Nakon isprike Cris "Cyborg" zbog šale o "penisu", UFC-ov komentator Joe Rogan je morao izreći još jedan "mea culpa".

On je nedavno rekao kako je Jose Aldo izgleda ispuhano i pomalo nervozno u borbi s Conorom McGregorom, i to u općenitom razgovoru u čijem je kontekstu bio i doping. On nije optužio Brazilca za ništa, no njegovom se treneru nije svidio taj dijalog, i poslao je četiri fotke jednu uz drugu kako bi pokazao da je Aldo izgledao isto i u ranijim nastupima.

Sada se Joe ispričava, i to ne zbog razgovora s Brendanom Schaubom, već zbog razgovora s osobom iz UFC-a.

"Procurio je audio zapis mog razgovora s prijateljem iz produkcije. Rekao sam da Aldovo tijelo izgleda ispuhano no da ne želim donositi nikakve preuranjene zaključke jer je to možda rezultat cardio treninga. Rekao sam i da izgleda nervozno. Sve je to rezultiralo kontroverzom. Od tada ljudi su slali fotografije od ranije i od ove borbe, i izgledao je jako slično. U krivu sam. Ispričavam se Aldu u njegovom treneru Andreu Pederneirasu. Cijenim i poštujem obojicu. Ovo nije trebao biti javni razgovor. Samo sam pričao s prijateljom producentom u kombiju, privatno."

 

There was an audio "leak" from inside the UFC production truck right before Saturday night's fight where I said that Jose Aldo's body looked smooth and deflated, and that I didn't want to jump to any conclusions and that it could have just been from doing a lot of cardio. I also said he looked nervous. Needless to say this caused a lot of controversy. Since then people have posted photos of Aldo recently as well as from this fight, and he looked very similar. So for that, I stand corrected. My apologies for being wrong to Aldo and his trainer Andre Pederneiras. I have nothing but admiration and respect for both of them. This wasn't supposed to be a public conversation, I was just talking to my friend the producer in the truck privately. As you can see from this photo from earlier in his career his body looked different from how he looked Saturday night. There are several possible reasons for that, one of them being that the 1st photo is him moving, and another that he had endurance problems in the later rounds of his fights and might have leaned out. Another thing some were upset with was that I didn't want an immediate rematch, and that I thought Conor should fight Frankie Edgar. My reasons for this are that I think Frankie stylistically is a great match up for Conor. I also think that when someone suffers a brutal knockout they should take a lot of time off to recover. I'm not a promoter, and I don't get to decide who fights who or when, and for that I'm grateful. What I am though, is someone who respects and cares very deeply for fighters and their health. Too many times I've seen fighters come back too soon from being KO'ed and watch them not be able to absorb punishment anymore. Aldo is on my short list of all time favorite fighters, along with Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, GSP, Mighty Mouse, and Fedor. I would love to see Aldo back motivated for revenge and gunning to regain his title. First though, I'd like to see him rest and recover. Again, my apologies to Jose Aldo and Andre Pederneiras and anyone else I offended with my opinions.

A photo posted by Joe Rogan (@joerogan) on Dec 16, 2015 at 9:01pm PST