Joe Rogan on Paulie Malignaggi Fighting Artem Lobov in Bareknuckle Match

Paulie's amazing though. But Paulie, when he was gonna fight that bare knuckle, I went on a little bit of rant on my, me and Paulie are close, man. I went on a rant house saying, I don't think you should do it. And I feel like he's punching down. He's one of the best commentators. He has a job so many people want. Then of course, me and Paulie work together. So we're breaking down the wilder Brazil fight in New York. And there was this weird, Paulie's gonna hear this. I felt like there was this weird kind of, well of course, I mean, you're telling him not to do something that he's definitely gonna do. Yeah, I know. So you're resisting his idea. But if I was doing something you didn't want me to do, if you're doing something and we have an open conversation, there's no weirdness. Why can't we talk about it? If Paulie went up to him and was like, dude, I'm doing it, cause I'm like this fuck out dude. And hopefully I get McGregor out. And also I'm just kind of bored with my life, man. This could be fun for me. I went, oh cool, man, I support you. There's no, I'm not shaming him. I agree with you. I feel where you're coming from. And I agree that I would want you to tell me if you thought I was fucking up. And it was a bad idea. But I think that with a guy like him, this is, I don't know what kind of options he has. Nobody was beating down his door to fight him. And that I know that Connor didn't want to fight him. He wasn't interested in that. And I don't know what other options he's got. When I see it. Like he's time for boxing, but also. But then that's what I'm saying. He's one of the greatest analysts in the game. But if he's gonna fight a bare knuckle boxing fight, like there's gotta be a financial motive for that. I would hope. The only thing that makes sense is that that's a financial motive. But listen, Showtime pays them well. Showtime pays them well. Do they? Yeah, man. Yeah. So it's like, to do that, you look at the pay, like Artem made I think 50,000 for last fight. So let's say they pay him triple. Let's say he paid him quadruple. Let's say he's making, what is that? Fucking $250,000. Is that enough to do a bare knuckle fight when you're making six figures? You know? You could get your face fucked up too. That's the reality of those knuckles, man. I'm changing my tune a little bit. But not all the way. Come on, you gotta change your tune, Joe, a little bit. But here's the thing. You do get cut up more in bare knuckle boxing, but you're also not kicking or using takedowns or anything else in bare knuckle boxing. I think it'd be way more brutal if there was takedown and kicks. Because with the, maybe. I don't think the best guy wins also in bare knuckle. Why's that? Because, you know, Pauly has way more fighting experience than Artem, right? So he's got more scar tissue. So if there's a guy with a ton of scar tissue, your face opens up like a, it looks like a murder scene. It looks like a Charles Manson murder scene. Because of the knuckles. Yeah. So he might, you might land seven shots to his two, but your face is fucked up. They have to fight. Listen to me. No.