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Joe Rogan Claims Everyone In MMA 'Would Be F****d' If One Current Sports Superstar Competed In The Octagon

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Updated 17:14 14 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 17:07 14 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Joe Rogan Claims Everyone In MMA 'Would Be F****d' If One Current Sports Superstar Competed In The Octagon

UFC colour commentator Joe Rogan says that MMA fighters are "lucky" that LeBron James doesn't fight in combat sports.

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

UFC legend Joe Rogan believes that everybody in the world of MMA “would be f****d” if basketball megastar LeBron James had competed inside the octagon.

LeBron, 37, has enjoyed a prolific playing career in the NBA and won four NBA championships to date, along with four MVP awards and two Olympic gold medals.

The Los Angeles Lakers star, who is often considered one of the all-time greats alongside Michael Jordan, comes in at a towering 6ft 9in and weighs around 250lbs.

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And James’ sheer size, peak conditioning and body physique were enough to wow Rogan, who believes fighters are “lucky” that King James didn’t compete in MMA.

During a 2017 clip from The Joe Rogan Experience, the UFC colour commentator said: “Well, see a guy like that [LeBron], if he was fighting, everybody would be f****d.

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“They’re lucky, they are goddamn lucky there’s that much in basketball and LeBron James got into that.

“And people would go, ‘Well, you know what, man? Some things that make a great basketball player wouldn’t necessarily make you a great fighter.’

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“Listen to me: save it. That guy’s gonna beat your f*****g a**e. He’s a winner, there’s just a certain level of winners and he’d do whatever the f**k he wants.”

UFC president Dana White echoed previous sentiments about LeBron fighting in MMA and believes the Space Jam: A New Legacy star would have been a “beast.”

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Speaking at a UFC expo in 2014, he said: “[…] Imagine if a guy like LeBron James trained in mixed martial arts when he was a kid, you know, what that type of guy like that could do.

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“I think LeBron would be a beast. Yeah, a guy like him. Look at Jon Jones, if you look at his family, he probably should have played football or something, but he fought and look at the talent.”

Featured Image Credit: The Joe Rogan Experience/PA

Topics: Joe Rogan, Lebron James, Basketball, NBA, LA Lakers, UFC, MMA

Adnan Riaz
Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz is a journalist for SPORTbible. He studied for a B.A. in History at the University of York and followed it up with an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism at MMU. Before he started writing about sports, he spent over four years in the gaming press. He has worked for several publications, including Hardcore Gamer, LADbible and the Manchester Evening News. Follow him on Twitter to find out what he is working on next. Got a story tip for Adnan? Email him: [email protected]

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