Joe Rogan Responds to the Jon Jones Illegal Knee Debate

Wonder boy, Darren King. John Jones. John Jones. John Jones was throwing up fucking arsenal of kicks. It's very interesting watching him, man. He's doing a lot of side kicks now and spinning back kicks, turning side kicks. How about the kicks landing to the body? Yeah. He's throwing a lot of side kicks. He throws a lot of everything, man, but he fucks you up. He's just... And he's so good at keeping guys in the back foot. And just taking away their arsenal. I want to say this though, because this is something that's coming up and it's actually kind of pissing me off. What's that? There's a bunch of people that have been saying, should Anthony Smith have laid down after he took that illegal knee and won the title? Who said this? Ariel Hawani. A bunch of other people said it. I think Ariel was suggesting or asking whether or not he should have. That's some beta male shit. Well, it's crazy because the guy should be praised for he ate the knee, he was okay, and then he wasn't even thinking about quitting. Yeah. That didn't even go through my mind. It went through my mind that someone might do that. Not with Anthony Smith. Not with Anthony Smith. Have you ever seen him fight before? No. That was even a thought. No. Nope. Nope. It wasn't a thought. I don't agree with... And I wasn't like, oh, we should all give him praise for this. I was like, well, no, why would he do that? Well, that's who he is. But some people, like, let's be honest, and I think Chael Sun will probably admit to this. If he took that illegal knee, he might say, that's it. Can't go on. Sorry. Rematch. But Chael's a businessman. Chael's a businessman. Yeah. I mean, you get the win, you get the title, you get a rematch. I could be wrong. Chael might disagree. He might say, no, I'm a competitor. When I'm in there, I wouldn't think that way. Not now. His age now. But the bottom line is, like, some people were actually suggesting that, that that would be a good option, that he was... Many people suggested. I saw several people, and the fans went hard on these people that suggested it. Like, you're out of your fucking mind. You're out of your fucking mind. You're getting out of class. That'd be such a bitch move. Well, unless he actually couldn't go on... Yeah, but we all saw he could. We all saw he could. He goes, I'm fine. He goes, no, no, I'm fine. I'm fine. Yeah, exactly. That's anything Smith. I actually think Anthony Smith's stock went higher now. Yes. Two would go, oh shit. No, he stopped five for sure. And he looked very good in the first round. The first round looked very good. How about his takedown defense? Yes, very good. Very good. John started figuring him out. John is so good at forcing you to fight his fight and being first. He's so good at being first. First with the kicks, first with the punches, first forward. He doesn't give you a chance. And that's the thing with Anthony Smith. Anthony Smith's chance was to always be first. If you watch Anthony Smith's fights prior, he was a bulldozer, comes at you. John went, that's what you do? Cool. I'll put you on your back foot. You go first? Not in my night. I'm going to go first. So then Anthony Smith was defensive the entire time. Trying to hand fight. He just took away all his tools. He also fought very technically in the first round. He didn't just swing at him. Anthony felt very technical. John actually in the first round got a little wild. I felt like he almost felt the pressure of being a minus 800 favorite. Really? We've never seen John throw those wild punches in that first round. He was trying to get them out of there. Then he went, you know what? This is going to be as easy as I thought. Recalculate and then dismantle them. Yeah, I mean he's the best of all time. By far. By far the best. But who in that division can fuck with him now? I mean, Jocko Santos. Which is, look, Santos is a wild card. That motherfucker can knock out anybody. I would have liked to see Johnny Walker not below his shoulder out celebrating. I heard he's fine though. What? Listen man, he couldn't move his arm. He came in the back and they're waiting until I think today, but in the back after he went, I'm actually good now. Okay, so what that must have mean, that must mean that he dislocated it and then they popped it back in place. So it could be fine or there could be some significant tearing inside that allowed it to dislocate and that could be a problem in the future. Let's say it's fine though. Let's hope it's fine. He's still not fighting Jon Jones yet. He has a ways to go. Listen, fill that dude up with stem cells. Just get a bunch of needles in there and fucking. No, no, no. Do all the fucking. No, no. Warm Joanne, bro. Yeah, don't, don't give him cortisone. Just give him some stem cells. Santos is an interesting fight for Jon. Yes. Very good Santos throws fucking nuclear missiles at your head. And you know, he did stop Jimmy Nemanoa. He stopped several guys at light heavyweight. He looks spectacular at light heavyweight. He stopped Anthony Smith in their last fight at middleweight.