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Quinton Jackson and Joe Rogan have been involved in a fiery cold war for a long time now. The squash apparently began during UFC 144. Jackson was disappointed with Rogan?s biased commentary. However, things were brought down quickly after a justification by Rogan.

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The world of mixed martial arts is no stranger to Rogan?s love for jiu-jitsu. The 55-year-old podcaster indeed finds a way to praise the sport and its practitioners. Jackson once happened to take a jab at Rogan based on his love for BJJ. In an interview in Japan, about a decade ago, the former heavyweight fighter declared that he could easily defeat Rogan unless he took the fight to the ground. Thereafter, he began dissing the UFC commentator for being biased towards BJJ fighters.

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Quinton Jackson once dissed Joe Rogan for being biased

An 11-year-old video on the internet where a vintage Jackson was being interviewed at what seemed to be a park. In the video, the interviewer asked ?Rampage? about his thoughts on the outcome of a hypothetical fight between him and Rogan. He immediately replied that he would have beaten Rogan.

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However, Jackson was well aware of the commentator?s jiu-jitsu skills. He declared that it would be tough if the fight went to the ground and the two began grappling. But Jackson didn?t stop there. After commending Rogan?s jiu-jitsu skills, he began dissing him for being biased towards fighters who practiced BJJ.

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?Rampage? said, ?I think I beat the sh*t out of Joe Rogan, long as he, long as he don?t take me to the ground, because his jiu-jitsu is pretty good. You know he?s got good jiu-jitsu because he?s so biased against jiu-jitsu guys. You can hear it in his voice. Whenever a guy is a jiu-jitsu fighter, Joe Rogan might as well be like playing rusty trombone.?

Jackson wanted commentators to stay neutral

In an earlier interview with Ariel Helwani, Jackson opened up about his beef with Rogan. He declared that commentators should be neutral and not support the BJJ fighters all the time. ?Rampage? said, ?I think like commentators should be neutral and like a lot of times he just he does n*t ride Jiu-Jitsu guys a lot.? Further, he added that Rogan didn?t know how much he influenced the fans.

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After learning about how his commentary saddened the former UFC heavyweight champion, Rogan decided to come out clear. He sent a message to Jackson saying, ?I always wanted you to know that if I say anything, it?s never out of disrespect. I like you and I root for you.?

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Do you think Rogan could have taken down Jackson if the hypothetical fight was taken to the ground? Let us know in the comments down below.

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Krushna Pattnaik is a Olympic Sports writer at EssentiallySports, where he has spent the past three years covering prediction pieces, live event assignments, and beat reports with ease. Now a Senior Writer, he honed his editorial skills through our in-house Journalistic Excellence Program. Krushna briefly contributed to the ES YouTube team before returning to MMA reporting full-time.

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