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Joe Rogan tror att Chad Mendes segrar över Conor McGregor

Chad Mendes blir underdog i matchen mot Conor McGregor under UFC 189 imorgon. Joe Rogan tror dock att det blir Mendes som kommer att vinna och att oddsen borde se bättre ut för honom.

Det här berättade Rogan, via sin podcast ”The Joe Rogan Experience”:

I think Chad Mendes should be the favorite. Chad Mendes knocked Ricardo Lamas, dead. Dead. With one punch. He smashes dudes. He goes after guys. He’s a destroyer.

Tungviktaren Brendan Schaub skrattade dock åt tanken på att Mendes skulle kunna spåra ur det hela, då McGregor tidigare var bokad mot fjäderviktsmästaren Jose Aldo.

Det här svarade Rogan:

See, I disagree. Mendes easily could be as big a star as Conor McGregor. He wouldn’t talk like Conor McGregor did, but neither did [former UFC welterweight champion] Georges St-Pierre. Georges St-Pierre was the biggest pay-per-view star of all time. Because he was a gentleman. Georges St-Pierre got a million pay-per-view buys.

Mendes står för nuvarande med 17 vinster och 2 förluster, och de båda förlusterna var mot Aldo.

The last fight was razor close. There’s an argument that could be made that if they fought in America [Mendes] would have won that decision. There’s also an argument to be made that if Jose Aldo didn’t land that late punch after the first round that knocked Mendes down and had him very hurt, it could have been a very different fight.

Let me tell you something, if he goes out and starches Conor, he’s a giant.

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