Worst MMA take? Joe Rogan’s idea to ‘legalize’ illegal fight moves leaves fans dumbfounded


Worst MMA take? Joe Rogan’s idea to ‘legalize’ illegal fight moves leaves fans dumbfounded

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UFC commentator and popular podcast host Joe Rogan is no stranger to making controversial statements every now and then. In his recent episode of The JRE with guest Jorge Masvidal, Rogan talks about how certain heavily damaging moves should be legalized inside the octagon. According to him, strikes to the back of a fighter’s head should be allowed in MMA.

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Strikes to the back of the head or rabbit punching is deemed illegal across all forms of combat sports, due to its high injury risk, serious and irreparable brain damage to the brain stem and spinal cord. Causing career-ending injuries and in certain cases coma, the use of rabbit punching is heavily shunned. But unlike everyone, Joe Rogan seems to think differently. “I don’t even know if we should stop hitting people in the back of the head. It doesn’t seem to make any sense“, said Joe on his podcast with Jorge Masvidal agreeing.

Rogan justifies his opinion immediately after making the statement. He gave an example to prove his point saying “Like Ciryl Gane and Junior Dos Santos, Gane kind of hit him with an elbow in the back of the head.” He added, how a lot of knockouts like the high kicks go around the shoulder and wrap around the back of the head, and it’s still legal. Regardless of his justification, fans did not take kindly to his comment.

Fans at the moment seem to be very upset with this statement, calling it possibly the worst Rogan combat sports take ever. Many have taken to Twitter to criticize this opinion. This statement comes from someone who’s been in the UFC for over nearly 2 decades and is highly knowledgeable on the devastating effects of this move. But for Joe Rogan, it should be alright since it was used in the ‘No holds Barred fighting’ days.

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Fans outraged at Joe Rogan’s views on illegal fight moves.

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Fight fans are taken aback after hearing Joe Rogan’s views on making certain illegal moves legal. Rogan recently shared that strikes to the back of the fighter’s head should be legalised inside the Octagon.

This comment caused an uproar among fans as they took to Twitter to express their discontent. Many claim this as a casual take coming from someone with a ton of knowledge on this sport. Here are some of the reactions:

Strikes to the back of the head or rabbit punch are banned across all boards of combat sports. Rabbit punches are more often seen in boxing. Most of these punches land unintentionally due to head movement. But, when used intentionally such moves result in disqualification.

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