Joe Rogan believes that Zuffa Boxing represents something that MMA is lacking.
The plans for the first Zuffa Boxing title bout, featuring Jai Opetaia, have encountered some issues ahead of fight night due to the IBF withdrawing their sanctioning.
His arrival was the biggest name added to the roster before the sport was shaken by Dana White getting Conor Benn’s signature for a one-fight deal.
It’s major moves like this that are why the long-time UFC commentator believes that the promotion’s plans are a positive for the sport.
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Joe Rogan thinks MMA needs more competition to benefit the fighters like boxing has
On a recent episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan was asked whether he would commentate on Zuffa Boxing events.
He explained that they’ve already got a team in place for that, though he does have interest in checking out some of the fights that the promotion puts on.
Rogan specifically likes that Zuffa Boxing’s arrival is giving fighters another option of who they can sign with, which he believes is something that’s currently missing from MMA.
“I think it’s interesting. I think it’s good to have more organizations that are competing to get the fighters because then the fighters will get more money and I think MMA could use that too,” he said on JRE MMA Show #175 with Shakur Stevenson.
Rogan went on to explain that he believes in boxing, it’s all about who is fighting and who the champion is, with the choice of promotion not being nearly as important as it is in MMA.
He made a point that he’s spoken about several times over the years about fans not paying attention to mixed martial artists that don’t compete inside the Octagon.
“Unfortunately, the UFC is the big name in MMA and MMA, unlike boxing, is all about the UFC… If you are an excellent fighter, but you fight for the PFL, nobody knows.”
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Some UFC fighters have a very different stance to Joe Rogan on Zuffa Boxing
Several UFC fighters have had negative things to say about Zuffa Boxing, specifically in regards to how much Conor Benn is being paid for one fight in the promotion.
This does, to some degree, go hand-in-hand with Joe Rogan’s initial point about competition and how MMA…
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