“The man walked in 250”

On March 22, 2025 edition of JRE Fighting RafikJoe Rogan and his usual group of close friends Brendan Schope and Iddi Bravo welcomed the legendary formulation of Gordon Ryan. The group discussed together the MMA fighters who cut off a huge weight to compete.

The first name that Rogan created was governing a lightweight UFC champion, Islam was not afraid, and it is one of the largest light weights in the world. It is so big, in fact, to the point that he struggled with his weight to UFC 284 due to the smaller Edema window in Australia and was significantly weaker.

This, though, prompted Bravo to bring one of the few fighters to make the Great Normagomidov Khubayb struggle.

“What about Gleison Tibau? It was cut to 55 (155 pounds). This man wandered at 250 lbs. I think the elegant has a record of weight reduction.”

This then caused Ryan to be surprised by the fact that the former UFC heavy weight hero Alex Pereira used to fight in medium weight.

“I don’t know how Alex Pereira 185”.

Check the Joe Rogan and his guests discuss the weight cut in UFC (44:28):

the UFC suspended for a long time He was open about his shock to Pereira’s ability to make medium weight. Nevertheless, the defects of the huge weight cutting became clear, the moment when the Brazilian pieces moved to heavy weight, as it is tougher.

Meanwhile, the Dagestani group in MMA is often accused of being a weight, as Colaby Kovington, in particular, has informed this criticism given that he is fighting in his natural chapter.

Joe Rogan had previously paid to Alex Pereira to fight in heavyweight

John Jones’s next opponent’s theme was angry throughout 2024, especially with both Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinal, who dominates their opponents. While many were keen to watch the British, which is the hero of the temporary heavyweight holes, Joe Rogan supported the idea of ​​doing so.

“One of the things that have been discussed is that you are likely to move to heavy weight. Is this something we will see from you in the future?”

Check the Joe Rogan who brought Alex Pereira’s heavyweight plans (2:19):

Pereira had a very dominant tour in 2024, Tko’ing everyone Who stood before him defending the heavy weight title. Then he expressed his interest in moving to heavy weight to face Jones, which was Rogan as a huge supporter.

Unfortunately for “Poatan”, his heavy plans have been destroyed by Magomed Ankalaev, which he cleared as a heavyweight hero at UFC 313.