Joe Rogan Reveals His Private Conversation With Israel Adesanya Way Before He Joined UFC & “Humped” Paulo Costa
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Joe Rogan is not only an MMA enthusiast, the UFC commentator watches various other sports that showcase striking talents. Rogan’s first martial art was striking. Thus, he observes fighters from Muay Thai, kickboxing, and other various aspects of combat sports besides grappling. Consequently, he knew about striking stars like Israel Adesanya, Gokhan Saki, and others before they arrived at the UFC.
On the JRE podcast episode #1838, Rogan talked about his initial impression of the Kiwi kickboxer and the conversation he had with him.
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After describing how exceptional of a striker Israel Adesanya is, Rogan showed his guest, Brian Simpson, the ending sequence of Adesanya’s bout with Paulo Costa. The standup comic pointed out Costa getting ‘humped’ by Adesanya and both laughed about it.
During the conversation, the 54-year-old Joe Rogan brought up his first interaction with the Nigerian-born; Rogan said, “I reached out to Izzy before he ever fought in the UFC. I saw him fight in the kickboxing matches. And I reached out to him on Instagram; Like way back in the day.”
Rogan added, “He was telling me that he’s taking some fights in China, and he’s like, he’s gonna come to the UFC, but he’s gonna do it the right way. He did it the right way; he was smart.”
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Thereafter, the UFC analyst talked about how some kick-boxers don’t take proper time before transitioning to MMA, which costs them big time while facing a wrestler with a good double leg attack.
Joe Rogan revealed what made Israel Adesanya lethal
The UFC middleweight champion is one of the best fighters at the moment. Besides, while talking about pure strikers, he perhaps tops the list. Long-time UFC announcer Joe Rogan picked one aspect of Israel Adesanya‘s game that makes him unique.
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Joe Rogan talked to Herb Dean on his Spotify podcast and said, “He [Israel Adesanya] is, like, in my opinion, probably the very best in sport at setting traps. He’ll like, gauge you, see what you’re doing, and then switch stances.”
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Thus, the dynamic striker presents a lot of issues to his opponent with his various looks and unique style.
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Edited by:
Vibhanshu Kumar