Rogans and DCs disgusting commentary during Yair vs Pitbull

[Left Hook Lacy]

When a fighter comes from a different promotion and loses, the UFC is “a different level” and nobody from outside the UFC can compete. Somehow this makes sense in Joe’s brain even though most fighters, including champions, come from other pro organizations into the UFC. He’s sitting next to DC, one of multiple champs that came in when Strikeforce was acquired. Brock Lesnar came from the WWE. How does he explain the WEC acquisition, when entire divisions were brought across. Did all the bantamweights and featherweights reach a new level when they became UFC fighters?

They were even hyping up Chandler on the same exact card lol.

 

[flektarn]

Disrespecting fighters who're on your roster now is just silly. It even devalues Yair's win a bit.
He's a b-leaguer ? great, why didn't he get the finish then? Just dumb.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Just want to start this thread by saying Joe Rogan is an imbecile and DC is a fat, declawed, drunken U FIGHT CHEAP house cat. Their anti Pitbull bias was disgusting. The guy is 38 years old and 9 years past his prime and came to the biggest org in the world in the tail end of his career and was given a really nasty first fight against a guy who's matrixed his opponents in the past for being too aggressive.

Pitbull didn't want to go out like Krylov agaisnt Reyes or Zombie vs Yair so he took his time. It's amazing how DC and Rogan spun it like he was fighting a bad fight or not doing enough while Yair wasn't doing much of anything either.

Pitbull was standing in front of Yair and showing good defense. There wasnt a time when he was running away. He was looking for openings but an athletic guy like Yair doesn't give you that many opportunities to land on him or easily take him down and when he finally did Pitbull got a really slick takedown on him with a minute left in the round.

Rogan: "It's not enough!!!!!!He needs to do more!!!!"

DC: "There's a minute left. It's not enough!!!!!"

Round 2 was also uneventful but some decent exchanges from both guys. Yair landed a couple kicks and Pitbull landed a really nice counter but not a lot happening.

*Yair gets a takedown with 10 seconds left*

Rogan: "WOWOWOWOWOWW OMG DID YOU SEE THAT TAKEDOWN! HUGE!!!!!"

DC: Same as Rogan but in a drunken slurred "WOWOW WHAT A TAKEDOWN!!! HUUUUUGE!"

Amazing how a takedown with minute left isn't enough for Pitbull but a takedown with 10 seconds left for Yair was "HUGE"

In the third round Yair clearly took over. He floored Pitbull and followed up with some violent GnP. This won him the fight and Yair deserves hespect but up until then it was competitive.

The manlet Imbecile Rogan said there are "levels to this shit" as if 38 year old, 10 years past his prime Pitbull simply isn't UFC level according to Rogans usual unshakable world view hyperbole. Disgusting and everything I hate about U FIGHT CHEAP.

With all things considered Pitbull impressed me. First fight in UFC nerves. Way past his prime. Given a very difficult first fight against a guy who makes his opponents look bad.

I was impressed with the way Pitbull threw that armlock up on Yair while he was concussed and half knocked out. It was insane. I don't know how many LWs or fighters in the UFC can throw up an armlock that fast even if they were fresh and alert.

Very high level even though it didn't result in a win nothing about Pitbulls performance suggested that he doesn't belong in there. According to Rogan and DC Pitbull fought poorly because he couldn't Zulu Yair in the first 30 seconds smh.


Disgusting bias and arrogance from those two imbeciles.

Absolutely agree with everything. I was getting really annoyed and mad about that too. It was huge disrespect to the entire career of Pitbull.

When they say "there's levels to this" and "this is where the big boys play" (like we're in the Monday night wars of pro wrestling in the 90's) they are basically saying Pitbull's entire career was worthless. Of course they hype him to death in the pre-show and pre-fight hype videos and during his entrance (all to sell their product), but as soon as Yair starts winning they have to start with the predictable rhetoric.

Pitbull has beaten some really good fighters in his career. He clearly has skills and well rounded game. He is obviously older and at the end of his career. Yair is a great fighter himself. I like DC and Rogan but that was so disrespectful to shit all over a fellow competitor (who stepped into a tough fight!) Just shitting on his entire livelihood. How can they even shake his hand or talk to Pitbull next time they see him in person?

Plus, it would make more sense to keep hyping Pitbull as a great fighter and former champ and a legit threat all through the broadcast. It actually takes away from Yair's win when Rogan writes Pitbull off as a minor leaguer. Pitbull is a good fighter so the win should be celebrated as a big win, instead it's somewhat downplayed by Rogan's cheap shots.

 

[AfroBanana]

Patricio is only 14 months older than Volk and was 37 in this fight.

No need to round up here that’s not how ages work.

Patricio will be 38 in July.

Volk will be 37 next time he fights.

Commentary is always pretty trash.

 

[rjmbrd]

Everyone knows Pitbull is way past his prime, I don't really see that being relevant to calling the action.

Pitbull was in fact too slow and didn't seem to get the party started.

That was a pretty easy fight for Yair and he did it with very little damage. Basically hard sparring against someone you can outclass by a measurable amount.

 

[rjmbrd]

Patricio is only 14 months older than Volk and was 37 in this fight.

No need to round up here that’s not how ages work.

Patricio will be 38 in July.

Volk will be 37 next time he fights.

Commentary is always pretty trash.

This stuff never translates 1:1 but suffice to say, Pitbull looks well past his prime.

Volk may be past his prime, but still comfortably point fought to a win over Diego. He wasn't good enough to even survive 5 rounds with Topuria, and the #1 contender wasn't even in the cage that night.

Suffice to say there is no specific age you hit and the wheels come off, but on average its in the mid 30's. Some guys are done even before that. Your millage may vary.

Pitbull isn't getting anything done in this division today. He probably would have 5 years ago.

 

[koa pomaikai]

He couldn't get in against a really good, much taller fighter... and he still had his moments in the fight

Yair is better, you guys want Pitbull to just run in and get KO'd for your entertainment... he was outmatched and tried his best

I'm not complaining about either of them, but why not blame the taller, better fighter for not making more happen? It reminds me of some of Izzy's fights... the dude is a better striker and has the range advantage and people get mad guys who are losing to him don't run in like morons, they still don't want to get hurt even if they're gonna lose

What kind of logic is that? It is always on the losing fighter to take risks. It is never on the winning fighter to stop winning and take risks.

You don’t ever blame the winner of a boring fight, you blame the loser for not willing to risk more to win.

Could pit bull rush in and get KOed? Sure, absolutely.

If he wants a chance to win the fight though, did he have to rush in and create openings while risking his chin? Yes, absolutely.

Pitbull choose to lose via points than risk a KOed loss for a potential win.

He gets shit on for that decision.

 

[Johnnny]

There is no such thing as a "Russian state Doping Program" for MMA, you nitwit.

 

[krelianx]

Rogan is what stupid people think smart people sound like.

 

[Gabe]

They were right Pittbull looked like shit stop being so butthurt.

 

[Pharenheit]

Any chance UFC has to shit on Bellator, they’ll take it

 

[TR1]

When a fighter comes from a different promotion and loses, the UFC is “a different level” and nobody from outside the UFC can compete. Somehow this makes sense in Joe’s brain even though most fighters, including champions, come from other pro organizations into the UFC. He’s sitting next to DC, one of multiple champs that came in when Strikeforce was acquired. Brock Lesnar came from the WWE. How does he explain the WEC acquisition, when entire divisions were brought across. Did all the bantamweights and featherweights reach a new level when they became UFC fighters?

Bendo suddenly became washed up overnight when he came to Bellator and promtly lost (including, to Pitbul lol).

A screenshot that does nothing to further your argument.

Good job.

 

[snugglecakes]

theoretical pitbull of 10 years ago never would have touched UFC gold

he can go Ai promo pose for a theoretical GFL event that won't ever happen.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

All these clowns in this thread shitting on Pitbull and condoning the dishespect from imbeciles Hogan and DC are just exposing yourselves as the exact type of weasels U FIGHT CHEAP of WME era wants as fans. Straight up weasels and chumps.

Outside of the third round Yair didn't do much in rounds 1 and 2 either. There were moments when he was running away and all those fake ass "significant" strikes recorded for heem by compustrike were brushed off, partially blocked and walked through. Yair didn't do much at all in the first two rounds.

 

[markantony20]

Rogan has been phoning it in for a long ass time imo.

I genuinely don’t know why he’s around aside from him being a huge celebrity.

It made sense back when it was just him and Goldie because respectfully Goldie had absolutely no idea about what was going on in there but he had a good voice for commentary and was fast play by play of the action.

Joe at the time was a relatively popular face who also trained BJJ so it brought eyes to the sport and he could give some insight to what was happening in the ground although he just kinda jerked off 10th planet when they hit the mat.

 

[Chayanne]

Hm maybe you have a point, on the other hand I found Pitbull arrogant fighting like I'm double champ and I'm the goat. I don't know how much Pitbull earns now at UFC but what he showed was dramatic.

 

[Kaiokenrye24]

Yair was in the best shape of his life too off 2 losses so it was a lose lose scenario

 

[Cartiac]

Amazing how a takedown with minute left isn't enough for Pitbull but a takedown with 10 seconds left for Yair was "HUGE"

Haha, I definitely thought WTF when they made such a big deal about that last second Yair takedown.

The commentary across the board regardless of the individuals leaves a lot to be desired ever since they switched to the 3 person crew. It just doesn't flow smoothly and often becomes a distraction with the commentators arguing with each other. Obviously Pitbull was losing the fight and no one needs commentators telling us he needs to do more, but that is a lot easier said than done.

Ultimately that was a nightmare situation for Pitbull to make his UFC debut.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

What kind of logic is that? It is always on the losing fighter to take risks. It is never on the winning fighter to stop winning and take risks.

You don’t ever blame the winner of a boring fight, you blame the loser for not willing to risk more to win.

Could pit bull rush in and get KOed? Sure, absolutely.

If he wants a chance to win the fight though, did he have to rush in and create openings while risking his chin? Yes, absolutely.

Pitbull choose to lose via points than risk a KOed loss for a potential win.

He gets shit on for that decision.

I mean you aren’t completely wrong, Pitbull need to take SOME, more calculated risks to get in against the more technical, longer fighter

So if that’s all you guys are saying that makes sense, but a lot of fans almost expect anyone losing to make the decision to either get KO’d or get the KO even if they’re outclassed and almost definitely not gonna get the KO

At the end of the day, it’s one fight, it’s not life and death, and this guy has to go live another 40-50 years in his body… you can’t expect these guys to completely not care about their health. I’d much rather lose a decision and not get too badly hurt than get KO’d and please the just bleed fans