Joe Rogan believes one fighter is being underestimated ahead of UFC 300.
The popular podcaster will be on commentary duty when MMA’s premier promotion celebrates its latest landmark with a show at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
In the main event, Alex Pereira will defend his light-heavyweight title against former champion Jamahal Hill, who voluntarily gave up the belt after suffering a long-term injury last year.
Pereira has knocked out four of his seven opponents, including ex-middleweight king and long-time rival Israel Adesanya, during his UFC run.
Rogan believes that the former two-division Glory kickboxing champion’s knockout power distracts fans from the fact that he is an extremely technical fighter.
“The thing about Pereira, though, is he’s ultra high-level,” he said on a recent episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
“People just think about only his power and only think about it because he’s got the most insane touch of death.
“It’s insane. He just sleeps people, with everything. But when you see his movement and you see the sneaky shit he does where he gets his calf kick off, you don’t see s***, man. You don’t see s***.
“And when he checks his kicks, he doesn’t check them. He gets his foot like a hacky sack position. He just lifts his shin up so you’re just sliding under it.
“You ain’t getting s*** and he’s coming down with a right hand every time. He’s f***ng good.”
Despite talking up Pereira, Rogan is certainly not counting out Hill.
The 56-year-old also thinks Hill is also overlooked by fans, even though he battered Pereira’s training partner, Glover Teixeira, to become a champion in January 2023.
Rogan added: “Jamahal Hill is f***ing dangerous.
“Watch the fight with Glover [Teixeira], he pieced Glover up. And Glover is f***ing good.
“People underestimate him for some strange reason and I don’t understand it.”
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