Joe Rogan posted this on a message board back in 2003..

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Joe Rogan Can See the Future

Check out this question posed to Joe Rogan on his website message board on March 31, 2003:

“I got a question for the guys who know the ufc fight game. If Brock Lesnar trained hard for a couple of years, do you think anyone out there could beat him in nhb fighting?”

Rogan’s response:

“The guy is a huge ****ing monster, but I'm guessing he has zero striking skills.

That's the really hard **** to learn.

If he faces a guy his size that really knows how to strike (like Jerome LeBanner if he ever gets into MMA) and that guy can avoid being taken down, or can tire Lesnar out so that he can be an easy target, then he's ****ed.

But, if he seriously dedicated himself to it, within a few years, he would definitely be a threat to anyone. He's a big, bad dude.

As long as he was handled and trained properly and not rushed to the top, he would have a serious chance.

You'll never see it, though. there's just not enough money in the UFC right now”


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Give Rogan credit, he nailed Lesnar right on the head, almost five years before Lesnar’s first fight.

Zero striking skills, susceptible to strikers, and he did in fact end up rushed to the top. And as soon as the money was right a few years later, Lesnar took up fighting.

Ironic how Rogan was surprisingly objective there. But hey i guess he has to do his job. As for stating the supremely obvious does he deserve any credit at all for these comments? As he wasn't beaten by a striker ala JLB. But he will be dashed to the four corners of the earth when he does face JDS who isnt even a fraction of the talent that prime JLB was.

 

Think you just ended my thread...

 

Most definitely :thumbsup

 

No he's not. Not even close. Bas Rutten is the best.
And there absolutely nothing to get pumped about Brock's victorys pre Cain. Rogan was MORE than aware of Brock's vast limitations. All of a sudden his stance changes once Brock enters the UFC. Coincidence? Oh wait a minute....

 

Bas is one of the greatest Mixed Martial Artist's of all time. He is also one of the most knowledgeable trainers in the history of this sport of which he was a pioneer. No one comes close to his depth of knowledge. Not even Mauro who in my opinion is far superior as a colour commentator to Rogan who is just a cheer leader.
Take Rogan out of the UFC and i have a lot of time for him. He becomes incredibly objective when on his own. But when in the UFC he schills blatantly for their fighters and the fans buy it because the other dickhead opposite him Golderberg knows about as much about MMA as most of the fans on Shitdog.

 

Gus Johnson is garbage. Plus he wears lipstick or has ridiculously pink lips for whatever reason... Bas all the way for me!