During a recent edition of The Joe Rogan Experience, host and current UFC play-by-play commentator, Joe Rogan discussed with comedian and podcaster Yannis Pappas an age old question: “Who is the greatest UFC welterweight of all time? Georges St. Pierre or Kamaru Usman? Joe Rogan leaked this Conor McGregor ‘training accident’.
Rogan made a surprising case for Usman during his show as he stated: “In terms of the greatest welterweight of all time, it’s tough to not f**k with Kamaru Usman. He’s right up there at the top of the food chain. He doesn’t have the credentials in terms of the overall volume of impressive victories as a champion because he won the title vs Tyson Woodley, Colby Covington, Gilbert Burns, Jorge Masvidal…”
Rogan continued: “But Georges’ legacy is so long, but Georges…in all fairness, I don’t think he has fought the same calibre of competition as Usman has…and that’s no knock on Georges, he’s still one of the all time greats.
Rogan concluded and did give props to the time when Georges came back and choked out Michael Bisping unconscious: “Georges, when he came back and stopped Michael Bisping and choked him unconscious, you gotta say, Jesus Christ! Georges is even better than he was when he was a champion because Bisping is fantastic. But I think that level of competition Usman has faced is arguably better”
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