Joe Rogan admits that one of his greatest regrets of ever is the missed negotiations of Dana White with the “Gangster characters” preventing a potential super-combat MMA of performing.
Rogan, who spent more than two decades as a main commentator at the UFC, opened the disappointment he still feels during the break in the competition, which came after White’s terrifying meeting in the island nation of Curaacao with a Russian “ Dangerous “.
The fight proposed in question was between the Russian heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko and the American rival Cain Velasquez, who was recently sentenced to five years in prison for attempted murder and attack of firearms.
Emelianenko and Velasquez are considered two of the best heavy goods vehicles that sport has ever seen, the two men winning the world championships in the former pride of Japanese promotion and the UFC respectively.
And although they participated in different organizations, Rogan revealed that MMA fans had almost been entitled to an attractive force of force between the now retired pair.
“My main regret in MMA is that we have never been able to see Fedor fighting in the UFC when he was at his peak,” he told UFC Fighter Ilia Topuria in the last episode of his podcast Joe Rogan Experience.
The longtime commentator of the UFC, Joe Rogan, revealed his greatest regret in the world of MMA
Rogan says that Fedor Emelianenko (left) against Cain Velasquez (right) does not happen the most
He explained how Dana White (left) had failed interviews with the entourage of “gangster” of Fedor
“If I could have one thing, a fight to his peak, Fedor against Cain Velasquez. To their peak. It would have been incredible.
Rogan continued by explaining how White was in talks with Emelianenko to bring him to the UFC to face Velasquez, before the intimidating Russian managers turned out to be too dangerous ” to do business.
Reports at the time said that the president of the UFC had even become in Crucao – a Dutch -Caribarian island 40 miles north of Venezuela – to eliminate the terms of the Fedor team. To date, the two parties blame themselves for the possible collapse of negotiations.
“I have to pay attention to the way I say this: Fedor was controlled by Russians who were very difficult men, so to speak. Gangster type characters, Rogan continued. “They had a lot of negotiations with the UFC, but these are very unreasonable requests.
“They wanted part of the promotion; They wanted to have a piece of everything because they knew with Fedor, they had their golden ticket and they wanted to play as much as possible.
“The negotiations were very intense and very conflicting. They went wrong, where Dana had to increase her safety. It has become quite heavy. They were dangerous people … had gone mad.
“At its peak, Cain Velasquez against Fedor. It is my greatest regret. A fight that we have never been able to see.
Emelianenko, 48, reigned as 2003 heavyweight champion until the organization was dissolved in 2007. He is widely considered the greatest fighter to never compete in the UFC.
As for Velasquez, the 42 -year -old man captured the UFC heavyweight crown twice, before hanging on his gloves after a direct elimination defeat against Francis Ngannou in 2019.
Last month, he was sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised probation after having pretended a car prosecution and shot a man accused of having attacked his four -year -old son in 2022.
