Joe Rogan is fed up with judging in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Last Wednesday, during a chat with Max Holloway on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast, the color commentator launched a scathing attack on the UFC judges after the Hawaiian fighter questioned his unanimous decision loss at UFC 245.
Holloway, who holds the longest winning streak in the UFC’s 145-pound division, fought Alexander Volkanovski in the co-main event of the promotion’s final pay-per-view show this year.
The featherweight pair went the distance but it was Volkanovski who ended up with the featherweight belt on his waist after dominating all scorecards, 48-47, 48-47, 50-45.
“When I was in there, in my mind, I thought I won. When you think about it, I thought I was landing more damaging shots to the head and body,” Holloway told Rogan about his thoughts on the results.
“I know leg kicks he was landing here and there, but I didn’t think it was too much ’til after I saw whatever happened.”
The Scoring System
Despite absorbing over 40 leg kicks through three rounds, ‘Blessed’ said his legs are fine and insisted that it was the least damage he took in a title fight.
“But at the end of the day, it’s what I said, my legs felt fine. I went to the after-party and danced. If I put it this way, out of all of my title fights, this is the least damage I took in a title fight, and I lost my damn belt.”
“It’s a game and he outpointed me in the game, so good for him,” Holloway stated.
Rogan shared to Holloway his honest opinion about the judging in the UFC, saying the 10-point scoring system should be abandoned by the promotion.
“I think the system sucks. The 10-point must system. It’s boxing’s system, it’s not our system. We shouldn’t have that system. We should have a more comprehensive system that recognizes everything.”
“I think there’s a real problem with judges not even being martial artists. That’s a giant problem.”
Horrible
Continuing, Rogan wants the current set of MMA judges out of the UFC, saying their lack of experience is a disrespect to the high level of the game.
“The judges should at least have some martial arts experience, and I know there’s a bunch of them that have never even f*cking trained, they just took some courses.”
“It’s horrible. It’s horrible, and they don’t do anything about it.”
“There’s people out there that have put in bad decision after bad decision, and then you see them still being listed as judges, and you’re like ‘this is crazy’.”
“I want to ask them questions, I want to show them a video.”
“They do need to fire everyone. You know what they need to do man, they should hire ex-fighters.”
“It’s like passing a written test but never having driven a car. It’s like ‘here’s a driving license’ but you don’t know how to f*cking hit the gas, you don’t know how much brake you should apply.”
Watch the full video below:
(Featured Image Source: Instagram/ Joe Rogan and YouTube/ MMA Fighting)