UFC 284: Joe Rogan insists Islam Makhachev ‘lost that fight’ against Alex Volkanovski
- UFC commentator insists Volkanovski won three of five rounds on Sunday, and should have been crowned new lightweight champ
- ‘Oh my god. Listen to the crowd. One of those scorecards was crazy,’ Rogan says after controversial Perth main event
Joe Rogan has weighed in on Sunday’s UFC 284 main event controversy, insisting Alex Volkanovski should have been crowned the new lightweight champion.
Islam Makhachev retained his title with a unanimous decision win over featherweight champ Volkanovski, who climbed up a division in his home country in Perth.
Two judges gave the Russian scores of 48-47, while the other scored the five-round fight 49-46.
“He [Makhachev] lost that fight, I believe,” UFC commentator Rogan said, watching from his home studio in Texas during a fight companion for the event on his Spotify podcast with former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub, jiu-jitsu coach Eddie Bravo, and comedian Bryan Callen.
“We were convinced, we might have to watch it. I don’t think we were biased. In my eyes, I thought it was 3-2 [three rounds for Volkanovski]. Oh my god, this sucks.
“Listen to the crowd. One of those scorecards was crazy. It’s hard – we’re watching it, we’re not scoring it legitimately. We’re talking s*** and we’re drinking but it seems to me he won three rounds.”
