{"id":499184,"date":"2026-02-25T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499184\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:29:08","slug":"ufc-commentator-joe-rogan-praises-one-of-the-most-terrifying-strikers-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499184\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC commentator Joe Rogan praises &#8216;one of the most terrifying strikers alive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret that Joe Rogan is a big combat sports fan \u2014 and is obsession is not limited to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>The long-time UFC commentator also pays close attention to other MMA promotions, and even other combat sports. That includes the Muay Thai fights that ONE Championship promotes in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Sbh7ymCkjuM?si=zy1wXVUFenw02sVp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a recent episode<\/a> of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the UFC commentator spoke a bit about ONE, and got very excited about one fighter in particular: Asadula Imangazaliev.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to the Russian flyweight as \u201cone of the most terrifying strikers alive,\u201d praising the way he blends styles like Muay Thai, karate, and taekwondo together.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rogan gushes over ONE Championship fighter<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s this cat coming out of Muay Thai, out of Dagestan right now, Asadula Imangazaliev, who\u2019s like 22 years old and he\u2019s [expletive] everybody up,\u201d Rogan said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/sports\/3204114\/one-championship-joe-rogan-hails-asadula-imangazaliev-as-one-of-the-most-terrifying-strikers-alive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangkok Post<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cA Dagestani Muay Thai fighter who has his own style\u2026 one of the most terrifying strikers alive right now. A lot of people think he\u2019s the best striker alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe\u2019s this long, tall, lanky dude, perfecting timing and measurement\u2026 just piecing dudes up,\u201d Rogan added. \u201cLighting dudes on fire, including Thais. They just don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on because he fights differently than them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[He uses] lot of front kicks up the middle, especially to the face. Wicked spinning attacks. He comes off angle a lot, his head\u2019s never on the centre line. Super technical \u2013 but always attacking\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEverything is precise and his accuracy is spectacular. He\u2019s a laser beam, he\u2019s so focused. He\u2019s so good, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Imangazaliev earned a $100,000 contract to compete on the main ONE roster with six straight fights on the ONE Friday Fights series. He won five of those fights by KO, including a stunning head kick against Thai veteran Panpayak Jitmuangnon. Next month, he will battle Thai legend Nong-O for ONE\u2019s interim flyweight belt.<\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, Joe Rogan will definitely be watching.<\/p>\n<p>You can see some of Imangazaliev\u2019s highlights below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s no secret that Joe Rogan is a big combat sports fan \u2014 and is obsession is not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-499184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}