Nate Diaz Claims Joe Rogan Caused Him To Lose To Maynard

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Joe Rogan's blatantly obvious and incredibly biased nature toward his preferred clientele may have once again placed the UFC commentator firmly on the hot seat.

"They were leading fans to believe I lost the fight," was the statement made in a recent video posted by UFC lightweight rising contender Nate Diaz, who came out on the losing end of a close split decision this past Monday night at UFC Ultimate Fight Night 20.

The cagefighting event—a sport which is growing rapidly in popularity—was aired live on Spike TV, with Diaz losing a rematch to fellow Ultimate Fighter reality show alumni and UFC top contender Gray Maynard.

Diaz has posted a video today on the popular Web site YouTube.com in which he lays the partial blame for his misfortune on well-known UFC commentators Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg.

Diaz doesn't stop there, either; he also "calls out" his opponent from Monday night's controversial match, challenging him to come out and show his battle scars.

“If anybody sees Gray Maynard, tell him to show his face today and see how it looks,” an upset Diaz stated. “I got more landed strikes in that fight, and I threw more [strikes].”

“He (Rogan) must’ve been judging it on the person who he liked better, because obviously, as far as the commentary was concerned, everybody liked Gray.

“If the fans want to go back and judge the fight for themselves, put the TV on mute, if you can.”

Diaz is now the second fighter to complain regarding Rogan's obvious biased nature toward fighters he likes.

At UFC 104—when UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida successfully defended his title against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua—Rogan continuously credited Shogun for his offense, without once mentioning that Rua's kicks were being countered by Machida's straight left counter-punching.

And as a result, the UFC 205-pound champion Machida urged his fans to also re-watch the unanimous decision, only this time on mute as well.

"The American commentators were pretty much biased," Machida told Sherdog.com.

"If you see the fight without audio, you will probably see a different fight. Shogun was a great opponent and had a nice strategy. He deserves all my respect as a fighter, but I was superior.”

Authors note: I see that Nate has taken his video down—my apologies. I hope from the above text you can get the "crux of the matter."

[ufoalf]

:lol:

Latest trend:
Joe Rogan decides the winner of UFC fights.

Damn Rogan is a good commentator.

[IntentionalButt]

Does he not get that the official judges are there live, and not sitting on a couch at home watching the TV broadcast?

[Cameron]

nate lost that fight because he punches like a 7 year old and has no wrestling at all

[IntentionalButt]

Someone should castrate the Diaz brothers before they pass on the dbag gene.

[codeman99998]

I doubt the judges were listening to Rogan's commentary.

I thought the fight was a lot closer than Rogan did, but Maynard still won.

[Sweet Pea]

Guess I'm the only one that agrees. I thought the fight was much closer through every round than the commentary would suggest. I definitely could see a case for Diaz winning, to be honest. In fact I thought he did win.

[Boinko]

Of course Diaz is going to whine about the decision. The last guy you want to ask for an objective opinion after a close fight is the loser.

There was certainly nothing at all wrong with giving Maynard the nod, regardless what Rogan was saying or doing.

[Nosbor]

F#ck the F#cking Diaz brothers-Tony Montana

Sorry: Stole that one from a poster on shitdog. :hey

[WiDDoW_MaKeR]

Wow... Nate Diaz really must be at least slightly retarded.:rofl I guess the fans at home now persuade the official scorecards?

[WiDDoW_MaKeR]

Guess I'm the only one that agrees. I thought the fight was much closer through every round than the commentary would suggest. I definitely could see a case for Diaz winning, to be honest. In fact I thought he did win.
Yup... you're the only one. You do realize that Diaz was the Tall guy right? Maybe you had them mixed up.:good

[AMERICANBORN]

Wow... Nate Diaz really must be at least slightly retarded.:rofl I guess the fans at home now persuade the official scorecards?
the thread title is completely misleading, read diazs quotes, he says nothing about rogans bias commentary swaying the judges, only the fans

[No Fear]

Rogan is an awful commentator.

He's like any obnoxious, half-drunk bloke in a bar who thinks he's the resident expert.

[Mazallan]

The Diaz family are cunts.

[TKDfighterJoe]

the thread title is completely misleading, read diazs quotes, he says nothing about rogans bias commentary swaying the judges, only the fansI was thinking the same thing.

I still stand by my usual 'Joe rogan is a bad commentator and a nobody in martial arts'. Can't we get one of the gracies to commentate?

[IntentionalButt]

the thread title is completely misleading, read diazs quotes, he says nothing about rogans bias commentary swaying the judges, only the fans

Aha. So he's just a whiner, not a lunatic.

[Wilhelm]

I was thinking the same thing.

I still stand by my usual 'Joe rogan is a bad commentator and a nobody in martial arts'. Can't we get one of the gracies to commentate?

What would make him a "somebody" to you? He's not some top of the food chain competitor, but as far as guys go that can be in the spot light and perform and speak he sure knows a hell of a lot more about martial arts than most of the rest, and knows a hell of a lot more than 99% of the fans watching. Goldberg is the truly horrible one of the two; he's a shameless company man and uses the most annoying and ridiculous words, sometimes incorrectly. He also know fuck all about combat sports, except I guess he overheard a guy at a MT class mention a teep and now every time anyone throws a front kick he has to yell "TEEP!". They should really get an actual pro doing it and not him.

[Wilhelm]

Oh, and it was a close fight but Diaz didn't really DO anything but land pitter patter punches. Maynard landed the harder shots and staggered Diaz a couple times. They both looked like shit and neither should be too happy about their performance.

[TKDfighterJoe]

What would make him a "somebody" to you?Being a successful competitor/trainer/coach in any full contact martial practice would be a good start.

And if you say Taekwondo Im going to vomit.

[jimmie]

I cant believe that article is trying to make it sound like Machida beat Shogun.

[Wilhelm]

Being a successful competitor/trainer/coach in any full contact martial practice would be a good start.

And if you say Taekwondo Im going to vomit.

Well, I'm not that much of a fan of Rogan as a whole (I actually don't like his comedy that much or the fear factor stuff, just where he calls out joke thieves and such) but he has had a lot of experience in an array of martial arts, most specifically BJJ at a very good school which allows him to comment very technically on the part of UFC fights that is most opaque to the average viewer. A lot of the guys that are fighters or trainers may know more than he does but not be able to perform as well on camera or know at what pace to comment on the fight.

And what's your beef with his TDK stuff? Was the stuff he did in TDK not the "right" kind of TDK or something? He certainly doesn't hold that experience up as his main area of expertise, so what does it matter?

[TKDfighterJoe]

Well, I'm not that much of a fan of Rogan as a whole (I actually don't like his comedy that much or the fear factor stuff, just where he calls out joke thieves and such) but he has had a lot of experience in an array of martial arts, most specifically BJJ at a very good school which allows him to comment very technically on the part of UFC fights that is most opaque to the average viewer. A lot of the guys that are fighters or trainers may know more than he does but not be able to perform as well on camera or know at what pace to comment on the fight.He still comes off as an idiot in my opinion.

And what's your beef with his TDK stuff? Was the stuff he did in TDK not the "right" kind of TDK or something? He certainly doesn't hold that experience up as his main area of expertise, so what does it matter?he said

""I made my living with Tae Kwon do, and I will be the first person to tell you it's an almost useless martial art. When I first started kickboxing I quickly realised 99% of TKD is absolutely useless""

here you can read my description of joe rogans misleading taekwondo history

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[codeman99998]

Being a successful competitor/trainer/coach in any full contact martial practice would be a good start.

And if you say Taekwondo Im going to vomit.

Rogan's TKD credentials aren't good enough for you? I understand if his opinions about TKD are offensive but he did have a very legit TKD career right? Please explain.

He is also a brown belt in BJJ under Bravo I think.

[TKDfighterJoe]

He still comes off as an idiot in my opinion.

he said

""I made my living with Tae Kwon do, and I will be the first person to tell you it's an almost useless martial art. When I first started kickboxing I quickly realised 99% of TKD is absolutely useless""

here you can read my description of joe rogans misleading taekwondo history

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Rogan's TKD credentials aren't good enough for you? I understand if his opinions about TKD are offensive but he did have a very legit TKD career right? Please explain.

He is also a brown belt in BJJ under Bravo I think.I know the timing of posts was off, but you can read the thread I linked in the post above.

He did not have a legit tkd career, although people might like to have you think so. Please read through that thread, because actually the kind of small-time mixed rules scam of a tournament he won would be most likely to decieve people on the nature of Taekwondo internationally.

[Dave_j1985]

I love the fact that Machida is acting as thought Rogan had something to do with the fan backlash after his title defense even though it seemed like the whole live arena was booing the decision!