Joe Rogan has come to the protection of Jake Paul after fastened struggle allegations stemming from his boxing match and unanimous choice win over Anderson Silva final weekend at Desert Diamond Enviornment in Glendale, Arizona.
Claims emerged that 47-year-old Silva was on the ‘payroll’ after Paul knocked him down within the closing spherical of the struggle, with followers alleging that the knockdown wasn’t authentic and the struggle was rigged.
Rogan finds these claims loopy contemplating Paul proved his energy in earlier victories over Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley the place the YouTuber flattened each fighters with the identical proper hand he used to flooring Silva within the eighth spherical.
“Some individuals are attempting to say that struggle was fastened due to the knockdown,” Rogan stated on his Joe Rogan Expertise podcast (h/t MMA Combating). “I simply wish to clarify to folks that is what occurred … Anderson moved ahead to Jake Paul and Jake Paul hit him with a form of a stepping jab and caught him proper on the chin. And when he caught him on the chin, Anderson Silva was falling backwards after which he leans away from the correct hand and he goes down. He was down from the punch, however it appears like the correct hand doesn’t join, however the left hand is what f***** him up.”
“That dude hits f****** arduous and for anyone to say he doesn’t hit arduous as a result of he’s a YouTube Star — if this man was not a f****** YouTube star and he was some dude who went on the market and flatlined Tyron Woodley with one punch and simply knocked down Anderson Silva within the f****** eighth spherical … Come on, son. That’s legit as f***. Anyone that claims that’s not authentic is loopy. He cracked him.”
Paul beat Silva to increase his unbeaten streak to 6-0, demanding respect after outboxing a person who was previously thought of top-of-the-line technical strikers in MMA. His subsequent struggle is anticipated to be towards Nate Diaz after the latter obtained right into a backstage brawl with Paul’s entourage in Arizona and alleged that the Silva bout was rigged.
