Joe Rogan on Luke Rockhold vs. David Branch

Hello freak bitches. And then you also have, what do you think about David Branch versus Luke Rockhold tomorrow? You know, I've some people, I haven't seen it myself. People are like, hey, have you seen Rockhold at Wayne's? Doesn't look the same. No, no, no, no. Not looking good. They had Wayne's yesterday. Oh, yesterday at Wayne's. Oh. When you're saying at Wayne's, I was thinking like, other Wayne's? Like what Wayne's? Oh, I hear you. I forgot that it's today. Yeah. Wayne's today. It's the fights tomorrow. The Wayne's were today, yeah. Yeah. And people were complaining about it. Let's see if we can try to get a picture of Luke Rockhold from today's Wayne. Yeah. I mean, Luke's, you could argue he's the best middleweight in the world. You know, he had that rough... How can you argue with that if Michael Bisping knocked him out? Well, you hear me out there. You could say he's not because Michael Bisping's a real champ, but he got caught by Bisping, right? But before that, Luke Rockhold's a motherfucker. Hacked a Lombard's back. Did you hear that Tiago Alves had a back out? Yeah. Lombard's fighting a big guy. Was that what it is because of a hurricane? Yeah. There's nothing wrong with Rockhold. He looks fine. The thinnest I've ever seen him. Talking shit to each other. Rockhold should destroy him. I want to hear what they were saying, man. Oh, listen, David Branch, don't joke, dude. Don't get confused. If Rockhold fucks up and gets clipped by Branch... What are they saying to each other? No volume? Branch has been talking shit for a while. Can't hear nothing? Yeah. See if you can hear it. ...first three former UFC Middleweight Champion, Luke Rockhold, versus the ninth ranked David Branch. That's Anak. Let me hear this. Yeah, I know. I'm going to break you up, son. I'm going to break you up, son. That's a good fight. That's a good fight. That's not dramatic. I wasn't great shit talking. I'm going to break you up, son. What does that mean? I'm going to break you off, son. It'd be funny if you said that. I'm going to get all up in that ass. What does that mean? What does that mean? What exactly does that mean? We're not going to want to fight, right? You know that. So what do you do? You break me up? You're going to break me up? What does that mean? What does that mean? Luke's been gone for a while. Branch is a tough customer, and he's a former world champion at World Series, fighting at heavyweight, middleweight. But if you're not in the UFC, I don't give a fuck. You're not fighting the same guys Luke Rockwell fought. Well, he fought Rumble, and he went to a decision. In World Series? A decision to Rumble in World Series. I like heavyweight. Yeah. That's Rumble in World Series. He was exactly a world beater. It wasn't that long ago. It wasn't the Rumble in the UFC. Also, Dave Branch had his run in the UFC before World Series. Not good. I think it was a World Series of fighting. It does work. Well, Gerald Harris KO'd him with a slam in his face. He hit him with a slam in his first fight. From the Garden. Picked him up, slammed him. Was a great time. Yeah. Yeah. And then he lost to... It's like, it depends how focused, motivated. Very skillful. He's very skillful. His ground game's very good. Talking about Branch or Rockwell? Branch? Branch is underrated. See, you can't say underrated because he's underrated because he's playing grab-ass in World Series of fighting. It's not even close to that. I mean, you're talking about WNBA compared to NBA. I just think he's very talented. And if Rockwell doesn't take him seriously the same way he didn't take Bisping seriously, he could get fucked up. 100%. There's a lot of pressure on Rockwell because he's been gone for a while. He needs his win. The only way I think Rockwell gets fucked up is, again, if you don't take him serious and if his heart's not in it. Yes. But if A game Rockwell shows up, A game David Branch shows up, Rockwell destroys him. I could see Rockwell even submitting him. He's underrated with his top position. Monster. His top game is like having a fucking tree on you. His jitsu's ridiculous. Yeah, very ridiculous. You look at the Leota Machida fight, beat the shit out of him from the top position. Look at the... Like, when he got wide-min down, you could see like wide-min was like shocked. He submitted Bisping with one arm after a head kick, but still. I think if Rockwell's stand-up is going to be the difference maker in this. And he's got a long reach, man. He's huge. He's got to make sure that he doesn't fuck up and get clipped again. But I want to see what happens because when a guy like Rockhold who has a lot to lose but not a lot to gain, fights a guy like Branch who has the golden opportunity in front of him. I mean, if Branch can beat Rockhold, it's just gigantic. Huge for Branch. I mean, huge. And I've been watching his training footage. He's training fucking hard. Just the question is, is it hard enough? Has he... I mean, is he in that kind of shape? Is he at world-class level? He's really never fought anybody like Rockhold other than Rumble in the World Series. But also with Branch, it's like, are you going to take the fucking governor off and go after it? Because his last fight, maybe it's just a dance partner. Even the World Series fight, he's not murking, guys. So it's like in the UFC, he's never been that guy everyone was afraid of. Luke Rockhold will take the governor off and kick you in the fucking face. It's a very interesting fight because it's supposed to be, if you looked at it on paper, it would be more of a showcase fight for Rockhold. Rockhold was the former champion. I don't think David Branch is ranked in the top five. I think he's nine. That makes sense. So it's a big opportunity for Branch. How old is Branch? I want to say he's like 36. Can't tell if Black guys. How dare you. You son of a bitch. That's a good thing. 35. 35. Yeah, so it's not too old. It's going to be interesting. And then Rockhold is like, what, 30? Rockhold's still pretty young, I think. The thing about Rockhold, he needs this fight because out of sight, out of mind. He doesn't find a grip. So everyone's like, all right, let's see it. Not only that, everybody remembers Bisping clipping him, knocking him out and then talking mad shit to him inside the cage after he knocked him out. Is this fight tonight or Saturday night? Tomorrow night. Is it for sure tomorrow night? We're doing a fight companion, but you're not going to be here. You guys are doing a fight companion instead of a, I'll watch that later. Triple G. I can't miss Triple. I got to see, I got to see. Maybe I'll watch a little bit of Triple G. You're crazy. I cannot fucking watch. I've got multiple screens here. Yeah. Oh, we'll watch both. With Eddie Bravo. Why not put one of them on YouTube as well? Under the Eddie Bravo playlist, in the background you see Tower 7 collapsing.