“[Kamaru] was winning in the third round” – Joe Rogan sounds alarm bells for Khamzat Chimaev with “real 185er” Robert Whittaker looming on the horizon

It is widely acknowledged that Joe Rogan is one of the most esteemed figures in the world of mixed martial arts. As a UFC commentator, he recently shared his thoughts on the highly anticipated fight between Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev, scheduled to headline UFC on ABC 6 in June. This event marks the promotion’s first visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

During an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rogan expressed:

“Bro, Whittaker versus Khamzat is legit. That’s a real fight. That’s a real fight for Khamzat because Whittaker’s a big dude. He’s a big, I mean solid, beefy 185, former champion. Both guys started at 170, but it was too hard to make the 170. That’s a real 185er as opposed to – they gave him Kamaru Usman and Kamaru didn’t have a chance to prepare for that. He had 10 days. That’s not enough time. I don’t know what kind of shape he was in.”

Rogan carried on:

“Famously, Kamaru has bad knees, like real bad knees so I don’t know how hard he was training and whether or not he prepares – maybe he only sacrifices his knees during training and then when he’s not training for a fight, he takes it easy so he doesn’t stay in the same kind of shape. I don’t know, but I know he was winning in the third round. If that was a five round fight, who knows how the f**k that fight would’ve went. Obviously, Kamaru is world championship caliber – the best welterweight of all-time by most people’s accounts – it’s not enough time to get a guy like that to prepare for Khamzat.”

Joe Rogan’s thoughts regarding the Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev fight can be found below.

Despite his dominance in mixed martial arts, there are doubts surrounding Chimaev’s ability to perform at the middleweight level. His upcoming UFC on ABC 6 match against Whittaker will serve as his first encounter with a ranked middleweight opponent and his first experience in a five-round fight.

Joe Rogan teams up with Dana White to promote upcoming comedy special

During a recent interview with Sage Steele, UFC President and CEO Dana White was mistakenly identified as Joe Rogan. Steele had posed the question to White, thinking he was Rogan.

“What’s Joe Rogan’s dream?”

Despite being confused by the question, White responded with humor, acknowledging that this wasn’t the first time he had been mistaken for Rogan. In a playful manner, the UFC commentator used the face of the promotional frontman to promote his upcoming three-night comedy event in Austin, Texas. He captioned his Instagram post with:

“Austin! Tickets for this week at @comedymothership go on sale today at 2pm CST http://comedymothership.com”

Take a look at the Instagram post shared by Joe Rogan below:

Despite Steele’s apparent embarrassment over her mistake, the subsequent actions of White and Rogan suggested that they did not take the situation seriously. The two close friends appeared to have brushed off the error with laughter.