Joe Rogan on Khabib vs. Dustin Poirier

What do you think Khabib versus Dustin looks like? Cause that's what they're setting up. That's the next fight in Abu Dhabi. I don't know. I really don't know. It's hard to say, right? Yeah, before the Max fight, I would have for sure been like Khabib is just gonna blow him out the water. He's just gonna take him down. He's just gonna be too big. But like you said. But Max really wasn't trying to take him down the way Khabib will. It's a different fighter. Yeah, but the way Dustin's footwork was looking in that, that's what makes you think about it. Because Khabib's kind of a one-track, one-trained man. He's gonna come right at you. You know what he's gonna do too. But if Dustin, not even necessarily can out wrestle him, it's just, it's way easier to play defense on wrestling than offense. And if you've got great footwork like that to keep your back off the fence, might be a long night for Khabib. Who knows? It's a good fight. It's a good fight. Dustin's got that serious power. Dustin can hurt you. Yeah, and he's softball. You can see when you show his ag. Yep. You know, softball, I think that's gonna play a big factor in it. It's a little harder to get in on a lot of those shots. The real key is can he stop the takedown and can he defend himself on the ground? Because with so many guys, Khabib gets ahold of them and then they develop that thousand-yard stare where they're like, what in the fuck is happening? You know how it's like when, me especially, I'm sure you remember early in your career, when you would go with a guy who's just way bigger than you or way stronger than you and you just go, oh, I can't do shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that I can't do shit thing. I'm just sort of surviving here. Yeah, I mean, I still try and put myself in those situations now. It's a terrible feeling. I roll with Robert Drysdale or something. I'm like, oh, Jesus Christ. I'm lucky just to, I'm just counting how many times, or I roll with Vinny Mangalas. And I'm like, I'm just trying my best not to get submitted. I'm at the point where now you're only gonna submit me one or two times, you know? Before it was like 10. It was like as many times as you wanted to. But, you know, like, okay, if I slowly pick at this, then I might do it again. I was so shocked he didn't win that PFL thing. I was so shocked. I thought he was gonna win it for sure. Yeah, yeah. His striking has come so far, you know? It's one of those things, you know, it's the game. Yep. It's the game. The game, yeah. What can you do? It's a fucking crazy sport. It really is the craziest sport that's ever existed. And you never know, even as an athlete, like you can do everything to prepare right and you feel like all the chips and like everything's in your corner. And like, I mean, I guess it's like life. It's like you think everything is just right, but sometimes it's not. Yeah, shit happens. What can you do? You just pick it up and try it again like a madman. Well, you just have to accept that this is what you've chosen, you know? And this is part of what comes with it. It's just chaos. I think. Yeah.