With Conor McGregor set to face off against Floyd Mayweather Jr., fighters and fans are beginning to give their thoughts on the epic cross-promotional match up. Among them, longtime UFC commentating veteran Joe Rogan recently gave his thoughts on the incipient match up.
On his podcast Joe Rogan Experience, the commentator explained what it would be like if the UFC lightweight champion delivered a head kick to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the middle of the fight.
As transcribed by Bloody Elbow, Joe Rogan said “[If McGregor kicked Mayweather], that would be f**ked up. There’s probably some stipulations in the contract that say, ‘you can’t get him in an armbar or choke him.’
“[But] could you imagine? He would be a god damn folk hero. If they got in close and Floyd was shucking and juking on the outside and he threw a jab to cover up a left high kick and that left high kick necks him? Just clang! And you see Floyd go limp – and he would go limp. He’s never been high kicked like that. Jesus, that would be crazy.”
Ending his thoughts on the matter, Joe Rogan explained “Would it be worth it? It would, but it would f**k everything up because no one would ever trust another fighter from MMA to ever fight a boxer in a boxing match again.”
