Joe Rogan slams Stephen A Smith over McGregor v Cowboy UFC 246 criticism YouTube: Joe Rogan \/ ESPNFollowing Conor McGregor\u2019s victory over Donald \u2018Cowboy\u2019 Cerrone at UFC 246, famed sports commentator Stephen A Smith sparked debate after accusing Cowboy of \u201cgiving up\u201d. Joe Rogan has hit back, saying Smith doesn\u2019t understand the sport. It took just 40 seconds for McGregor to put Cerrone down, in what Smith called \u201can atrocious performance on [Cerrone\u2019s] part.\u201d But veteran UFC interviewer and color commentator Joe Rogan (who is now best known for his podcast) fired back at Stephen A Smith over his comments \u2014 which had been made as both men were dissecting the fight on ESPN. On his latest MMA podcast on January 24, Rogan explained that Stephen A Smith has \u201cmade a career from sh*t talking,\u201d, but while it works in other sports, he thinks it\u2019s a \u201cbad idea\u201d to carry it over to MMA. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of currency in being a Stephen A Smith. He\u2019s really entertaining, but that sh*t-talking that he does, you know, he\u2019s a guy that\u2019s fun to watch, he talks a lot of sh*t, and gets real loud,\u201d Rogan explained. \u201cLook, it\u2019s made him a fantastic career, [but] he carries that over to MMA, I think it\u2019s a bad idea.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know him as a human being,\u201d Rogan continues, \u201cI\u2019ve only met him a couple times, he\u2019s a nice guy, nice guy to me, we had a nice conversation.\u201d But, Rogan explains there was a \u201clittle weirdness\u201d between them on-air, over Smith\u2019s comments about Cerrone\u2019s performance. Joe Rogan then said that he believes other fighters, such as his guest Josh Thompson should be the ones giving post-fight analysis, rather than people like Smith who \u201cdon\u2019t know the sport, and practice d**k punches.\u201d His comment about \u201cd**k punches\u201d referred to a video Smith posted on his Instagram, showing him sparring with training pads. \u201cI would have preferred to talk to DC, or Felder, or [Josh Thompson], or anyone who understands the sport,\u201d he reiterated. \u201cAnd Stephen A Smith was very nice to me too, I have no problem with him as a human being. \u201cI just think\u2013 look, I don\u2019t know jack sh*t about baseball or basketball, [\u2026] I know MMA, I understand, so if you want to talk about MMA, I\u2019d like to talk to [someone] else who knows about MMA.\u201d Rogan went on to explain that MMA requires a \u201cdifferent perspective,\u201d arguing that it\u2019s \u201cnot the same as a ball going into a hoop, it\u2019s not the same as crossing a line with a football. It\u2019s very intense, it\u2019s personal, and it\u2019s also very f**king dangerous. And, to play it off like it\u2019s just a game, I just don\u2019t agree with it.\u201d He concluded by saying that Stephen A Smith\u2019s style of inflammatory commentary works well in other sports, but that MMA is not the place for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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