Joe Rogan says Leon Edwards' big ego may have put off fans

[Senzo Tanaka]

This is the same Rogan who thinks that anyone that ends a round in top, wins. Ignore this man with his imaginary scoring and rules system.

Leon took him down because he could and simply made a mistake in round 5. Colby was never a threat. Easy 4-1.

 

[ineverpost]

Joe is being such a fucking idiot on this. Leon went for a finish via arm bar/triangle and it didn't work. He actually took a risk and still won the fight because he correctly had no respect for Colby's finishing ability.

 

[ineverpost]

This is the same Rogan who thinks that anyone that ends a round in top, wins. Ignore this man with his imaginary scoring and rules system.

Leon took him down because he could and simply made a mistake in round 5. Colby was never a threat. Easy 4-1.

this is a man that thought you could kill covid in your lungs if you hung out in a sauna. Guy doesn't live in the plane of reality.

 

[kuf]

I don't fault Leon at all for engaging colby in his world. It's a decision that is praised upon when fighters pull it off emphatically (i.e. Jones deciding to just outwrestle Sonnen for the fun of it).

He just happened to end up on bottom in the dying moments of the fight, which sparked all this discussion.

 

[Tweak896]

It keeps us from stupid rematches. If it was close in grappling Colby would be begging for a rematch soon again.

 

[RiseAboveHat]

If anybody knows about turning off fans due to their ego, it's Joe Hogan

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Be more mad that Colby lost Joe

 

[Grayto]

the headline makes it sound like joe called leon an egomaniac, like a braggart or cocky loudmouth. in context, joe is saying exactly what you are—leon made ego-driven choices in the fight (e.g., fighting to “challenge himself,” or “prove a point,” etc.), which hurt his performance. and that’s true. leon gave up a round to “challenge himself,” and he ended the fight on bottom. even people who hate colby and like leon see that and think “why tf did he do that?” and it leads people to perceive him as a weaker, more vulnerable champ, because he is prone to such moments.


you’re watching emotionally then. last time it cost him a round. next time it could cost him the belt. it’s like when strickland chose to stand with alex pereira because he wanted to “outstrike the striker” or whatever. it’s good from an entertainment perspective, but an ego-driven decision that cost him a fight.

Unless he’s fighting purely for money, not trying to challenge the grappling so he can hold the belt is also ego-driven. Losing hurts the ego and holding the belt inflates it. If his motivation was truly to challenge himself, then it’s less “ego driven” than playing it safe. It’s just that one is avoidant and is directive. In any case, few things are not ego driven. Personally, it’s nice to see champions challenge themselves. And if you think about, doing what he did to Colby in a fight he was winning is smart: it gave invaluable experience and confidence with manageable risk.

 

[gentel]

Baller move beating Colby at his own game so that's a bit of a draw, but not as big of a draw as knocking Colby out would've been

 

[Goutfather]

Unless he’s fighting purely for money, not trying to challenge the grappling so he can hold the belt is also ego-driven. Losing hurts the ego and holding the belt inflates it. If his motivation was truly to challenge himself, then it’s less “ego driven” than playing it safe. It’s just that one is avoidant and is directive. In any case, few things are not ego driven. Personally, it’s nice to see champions challenge themselves. And if you think about, doing what he did to Colby in a fight he was winning is smart: it gave invaluable experience and confidence with manageable risk.

well, isn’t any sort of competition essentially ego-driven? are people even capable of acting outside of their own egotistical needs? we’re getting into philosophy here. but let’s just say, for purposes of a fight, fighting to an opponent’s strength in order to “prove a point” is probably too ego-driven. and you can rest assured leon’s coaches weren’t happy about it.

 

[krelianx]

He's right that trying to take Colby down and wrestle was unnecessary and an ego-based decision, but it has nothing to do with fan reaction.

The fans don't like him because he has no personality and he fights with very limited offensive output, as a striker. Egos sell fights, often.

 

[Pechan]

I loved it, and it also tell the rest of the division that he is no longer oy a brit striker.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

Tae Kwon Doe reject Rogan telling a UFC champ what he should have done. I think the HGH is seeping into Joe’s brain because the way he talks about Leon… you would think Leon banged his wife.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Funny considering Joe couldn’t get Leon’s ball out of his mouth during the fight

 

[Johnny_Knuckles]

More like Roe Jogans ego puts people off

 

[BjPenn2017]

The grappling was the most interesting part of that fight tbh

 

[Koala]

So are there not really racial dialects in the UK like there is in the US? Just regional dialects only? In the US we have regional dialects but then also, there is a distinct way that white, black or Latino Americans will talk that make them sound different from each other

From my experience, in London, there are some ethnic slang and accents. But Edwards has a thick brummie accent, not a Jamaican one. On top, he seems to stutter or mumble a bit.

 

[TheMaster]

Rogan is talking shit.
It was exactly what he needed and wanted to do, to really spank Covington by beating him at his own game and taking him down multiple times and outwrestling him. Yes it unfortunately led to him finishing the fight on the bottom and allowing Gobblington the chance to jump up at the end and pretend that he believed he won, but in his quiet moments those takedowns will haunt him which is what Leon wanted.

 

[IronGolem007]

“What was interesting is that he made choices that were not the best choices to win the fight, but almost like to prove Colby a point. Like, he chose to engage Colby in grappling in moments where he did not have to, where he could have left and got back up to his feet. I think that would have been the better path to victory. Where he could have completely dominated the fight, absolutely dominated it.”

“He found himself on the bottom at the end of the fight getting punched by Colby, which really didn’t have to happen! That’s not the way we want to see a guy who’s as good as Leon Edwards fight. You don’t want to see him make ego-based decisions when you shouldn't have to, especially when he’s so superior standing up.”

Wow. It's a bit strange that Joe is so critical of Leon when he's usually hyping the winners. Thoughts on this?

Source: https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/joe...ed-decisions-made-by-leon-edwards-at-ufc-296/

Joe Rogan is such a phony.

I despise his voice; I despise his thoughts.

There was a time when Joe was was interesting and sincere ... now he is a charlatan and carpetbagger.

 

[Local Plata]

Joe is an idiot. You can ignore him.