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UFC 144: Rampage Jackson Bashes Joe Rogan For 'Biased' Commentary

UFC light heavyweight contender Quinton "Rampage" Jackson returns to Japan on Saturday to face Ryan Bader at UFC 144. Rampage, a long-time fan favorite in the Land of the Rising Sun, did an interview with Fighter's Only and pulled no punches in his thoughts on the commentary of UFC announcer Joe Rogan.

I think would beat the sh-t out of Joe Rogan - as long as he don't get me to the ground, because his jiu jitsu is really good. I know he's got good jiu jitsu guy because he's so biased towards jiu jitsu guys. Every time a guy is a jiu jitsu fighter Rogan might as well be playing the rusty trombone like, ‘oh a jiu jitsu guy' [mimes bl0wj0b action].

I don't give a f--k man, I am sick of people putting their [opinions]... if everyone was a jiu jitsu fighter it would be a boring-ass sport. Everyone is not the same. Some people like to stand and bang some people like jiu jitsu. I don't knock people who like jiu jitsu. Sometimes its boring when they are wrestling but sometimes its boring when people are standing too.

Rampage also shares his thoughts on Bader, cold weather, fighting in Japan and much more.

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Bas is a way better commentator than Rogan it's not even close

I’m sure one of rampages peoples told him this once and he believes them without hesitation

Looks like Rampage's hands were cold that day

Really workin’ that left one….just sayin’….

Sheesh forget the Joe Rogan part

1. He won’t go train at a better gym because it’s cold in Denver. If there’s a more symbolic statement for Rampage’s recent career, I don’t know what is.

2. Is it just me or has he started stuttering a whole lot more recently?

The truth hurts
If I was gonna make one complaint about Joe Rogan

It would be how his bias about certain fighters can make listening to the commentary really painful. He’ll concentrate on one fighter, whilst completely ignoring anything the other fighter does. Seems to be happening far more often these days too.

Machida vs Shogun 1 really sticks out in my mind, raving bout every kick Shogun landed whilst ignoring every punch landed by Machida.

Kenn Florian vs Jose Aldo

Kenny*

At UFC134 barboza-pearson.
Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone
Florian/Aldo was pretty terrible as well.
Joe's man crushes are getting out of control

I agree that we are hearing more and more “man crush” commentary from Joe. I’m pretty sure he follows twitter during the fights because ive called him out a few times lately and he seems to change direction, even mid fight. Condit v Diaz was the most recent, he started that fight w/ his head completely up Nick’s azz

I wanted to shoot myself during Chuck/Wand because Joe was sitting on Chuck’s nuts the whole time or any fight with Joe/Chuck.

The one that sticks out for me is

Shields vs. Kampmann.

rampage

Always classy

I've said it on other boards on this same topic...

i wish Rogan would start taking his job a little more serious and do a better job. His interveiwing is pathetic (same questions over and over) and his calling of the fights, is shottty at best. He says a lot of things like they are fact and he is way off.

Just my opinion and I loved the comment “8 ball, corner pocket”. That was freakin funny!

Rampage Jackson Bashes Joe Rogan For 'Biased' Commentary

Sensationalize much.

Huh? It's exactly what happened in the interview.

psychoblack doesn’t think so…

On my phone, so I’m having trouble finding it, but does anyone have a link to the old show Rogan used to have on UFC.com – when Rampage was the champ, Rogan went to train with him and tapped him with a guillotine. Also showed them hanging out on the back of (I think it was) a truck eating lunch. This was probably before the Griffin fight. Seems relevant now.

Someone tapped a fighter in training?

I am shocked.

I’m interested in seeing the video again in light of the highly relevant topic at hand, not to display some kind of proof of Joe’s superiority. I doubt anyone in their right mind thinks Rogan could submit Rampage in a legitimate fight. There just seems to be a lot of dislike on Rampage’s end and the show I’m referencing had them hanging out, eating lunch and training together like old friends.

Its time to book this fight!

I believe the only way this will be settled is, if they book the fight. So instead of Joe fighting Wesley Snipes, time to take on Rampage. Book it Joe Silva!

What are the chances Rampage retires after this fight?
I love Rampage

Yes, still.

hes getting on my nerves lately.

seems to lash out on anyone who has anything remotely critical to say about him.

Rampage is right and wrong about Rogan at the same time.

Yes, he does show bias to people that train under Eddie Bravo or anyone that uses any rubber guard technique but he doesn’t always show bias for BJJ guys

he does complain about early stand ups when a fighter is in any position other then guard.
I really really hope someone presses Joe for a response to this.

Yes i’m a drama queen. You know you are too.

Rampage’s post match victory is gonna be awkward now

"Y-y-you know what I'm gonna do?"

“I’m go ahead and let you talk to Ryan Bader. I’m through, hey put somebody else through to give me an interview. YOU NEVER GIVE ME A FAIR SHAKE! THE UFC NEEDS TO FIRE YOU! YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT ABOUT MMA! YOU AIN’T SHIT! YOU GOT SHIT!”

or it could be fucking hilarious. that’s where i’d put my money.

On the UG

Rogan agrees that Rampage could kick his ass.

just wait for his podcast. that train is never late.
if he answered that idiot ‘Monkey Spinning Arm Lock’ Sifu, he’ll have something to say about this.

Joe Rogan can be extremely biased and bad sometimes

Yelling that Condit needed a stoppage in the Rory Mac fight when he was on his way to winning a split decision, his dismissal of Frankie Edgar beating up Spencer Fisher, him and Goldberg so convinced that GSP was going to truck Serra they didn’t even notice that Serra had him on the ropes, amongst other things.

That said, it isn’t as bad as his commentary during the Phan vs. Garcia fight. You would think that Garcia was winning and not being dominated in the stand up outside of about a minute of the third round.

When Rogan is on he is on, but when he is bad he can be pretty terrible. It drives my dad crazy when he calls a move “new” or “unorthodox” when he has been training for years and has seen said technique in other martial arts.

In his defense, at least in the Rory / condit fight, a lot of people had Rory up twp rounds going in to the 3rd.

Except the judges

And rightfully so. Rory did jack shit with those takedowns in the first except get punched and elbowed in the face.

Right, I’m just saying it wasn’t unreasonable foe him to say he thought condit was behind.

At that point he is saying something that is straight up wrong

He is inserting something very subjective into his commentary that is wrong, instead of taking a bit more of a conservative approach. Instead of saying “I think Condit is down two, he might need a finish” his tone was “What is Condit doing? He needs a finish here”. This would normally be okay, but assuming Rory won a close first round when he didn’t informs his (wrong) commentary.

That’s only one example, but he has had some terrible nights on commentary (truly some of the worst commentary) and it’s only made worst that every tapout wearing douche nozzle takes Rogan’s word as gospel.

I agree he has some awful fights, namely phan / Garcia 2. I just don’t thinks that’s the worst by far. But he may have been more extreme than I’m remembering.

Paraphrasing: Leonard Garcia has so much power it's a curse

Also saying that if you don’t like Garcia you don’t like MMA is pretty awful. This is a guy who should be on a nine fight losing streak and has very little technique. there is nothing wrong with not wanting to see this guy in the UFC. He’s a worst version of Dan Hardy.

That ws bad, I usually don't mind Rogan but he was awful in that fight.
Not to mention that compared to people looking at the big screen,

They don’t have an ideal viewpoint, which I think at times can lead to some bad commentating in itself. Which is my same argument about the judges. Ringside isn’t the best way to call it, sometimes.

Via MMA Junkie.
Condit (25-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC) may have been just seconds away from this third-straight split decision in the UFC as judge Doc Hamilton had awarded him the first round, while Sal D’Amato and Lance Gibson saw it in favor of MacDonald.

Yeah, Rory was going to at least get a draw in that fight, if not win. I don’t know why people keep insisting Condit would’ve won that decision. Your quote confirms that the judges had it for Rory.

Because the judges released their scores and condit was going to take a split decision.

me thinks that rampage doesn’t know what a rusty trombone is. he’s got the trombone part right, but not the rusty.

This just in:

Human being not perfect. Tune in at 11 fir more details.

Joe Rogan's strength is also his weakness.

His fandom really shines through and gets people excited, but someone so emotionally tied to the sport is bound to develop favoritism.

I don’t think his strength is his fandom. In my opinion its his BJJ knowledge. He is able to explain what a fighter is doing and what he should be doing in every situation on the ground. That is incredibly useful for new fans or fans who dont fully understand the groung game

And thats why Joe is great...

Top notch BJJ knowledge and authentic enthusiasm that always delivers, even if he is a bit bias. Who isn’t, besides that talking robot Goldberg?

I think a huge part of the UFC’s success is Rogan, I don’t buy PPV if he’s not commentating, his personal touch is what makes the UFC the UFC. I’m not even joking, something is missing when I’m watching MMA and I don’t hear his voice, i will watch but I’m not willing to spend 60$, Rogan is part of the UFC experience.

So if GSP fought Silva, you wouldn't buy it if Rogan wasn't calling it?

You sir, are crazy.

I feel ya.

Something about his unique touch just makes the event come alive to me. Similar to if NPH ever left How I Met Your Mother. I’d hardly ever watch it again.

So, you didn't watch UFC 134 then?

I agree with discoandherpes, you’re crazy.

Wouldn't go that far..

but at the same time, really feels different without Rogan to me.

The main criticism I have of Rogan’s commentary is that the guy doesn’t explain the striking game very well. He’s constantly screaming “LOOK AT HIS FOOTWORK!” without explaining what exactly constitutes good footwork. It wasn’t until I read a lot of BE’s judo chop articles and took some muay Thai/kickboxing classes that I understood the basics of striking.

On a similar note, I wish the UFC’s production crew would have more full body shots show you can see the fighters’ feet while they’re fighting. It’s so hard to understand why a fighter’s standup skills worked without looking at their entire body.

Quinton "Big Baby" Jackson

He seems awfully tough when he’s picking on announcers and reporters like Aerial and Joe. Maybe he should stick to actual fighters instead of calling people out for doing their job. I’m going to make a prediction that if he loses this fight he will retire on Japanese soil. I for won’t lose any sleep over it.

The Joe Rogan Experience is the shit

Not that it has anything to do with this, but I love hearing him go on epic rants about society and psychedelics.

i'll just leave this here

His tongue is obviously under the wrong cheek

If Rampage were really sucking a dick coming from a diagonal angle to his left, the resulting impact of the schlong would be on Quinton’s LEFT CHEEK, not his right cheek. Ha HA!

Experience talking?
Yes, I'm very experienced

at watching the effects of my big fat cocking slamming into my gf’s your mother’s mouth

He forgot to cup the balls ...

… show him how it’s done HBK!

he put far too much effort into guzzling that phantom cock

and how did he do the whole thing with a straight face

I think the best color guy is Frank Mir. His work on WEC was so good. He was able to call moves 3 or 4 steps ahead because he knew what guys were going for. I know he is till active but I would rather listen to him than anyone.
Rogan has an orgasm anytime someone throws a high kick regardless if it is close or not.

Never gets old

I laugh a little every time i hear Rampage say “wrasstle”

pretty funny

i think Joe does a great job getting viewers interested at times and sometimes he tries too hard to sell someone on the ground “looking for a submission”

Rampage is pretty childish but the bj part was hilarious

Joe talks about this on his #187 podcast at about minute 37

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