Joe Rogan was on the decision for UFC 285 on Saturday as Jon Jones defeated Ciryl Gane to win the heavyweight title in his return to the Octagon in additional than three years.
Before the night time made its method to the large major occasion combat, Rogan had a serving to hand in ensuring Shavkat Rakhmonov was secure throughout his bout in opposition to Geoff Neal. In the primary spherical, Rogan alerted referee Herb Dean to Rakhmonov’s mouthpiece which fell out throughout the combat with greater than a minute left.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Joe Rogan walks contained in the Octagon throughout the UFC 282 occasion at T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 10, 2022 in Las Vegas. (Carmen Mandato/Zuffa LLC)
Dean pressed pause on the combat to verify Rakhmonov discovered his mouthpiece after which the bout would proceed. Daniel Cormier stated on the published it didn’t seem Rakhmonov “cared” about discovering the piece of kit to maintain his mouth secure and saved on preventing.
Dean checked Rakhmonov’s mouth after which discovered the mouthpiece on the ground of the Octagon.
Shavkat Rakhmonov of Uzbekistan talks to Joe Rogan in a welterweight combat throughout the UFC 285 occasion at T-Mobile Arena on March 4, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Images)
ACTOR JAKE GYLLENHAAL MAKES ‘ROAD HOUSE’ FILMING APPEARANCE AT UFC 285 WEIGH-IN
“He didn’t know,” Rogan stated. “If I didn’t tell him, he wouldn’t have known. That’s so crazy.”
Rakmonov defeated Neal by way of submission within the third spherical and remained undefeated with a 17-0 file. Neal fell to 15-5. Their bout was initially alleged to happen at UFC Fight Night again in January, however Neal pulled out as a result of an damage.
Their welterweight bout was then rescheduled for March. However, Neal got here into the weigh-ins 4 kilos over the restrict and the combat went on as a catchweight.
Joe Rogan anchors the published throughout the UFC 281 occasion at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 12, 2022 in New York City. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Rakmonov has been preventing in UFC since 2020. He submitted Alex Oliveira at UFC 254. Neal was in Dana White’s Contender Series 3 in 2017, defeating Chase Waldon by way of TKO. He then beat Brian Camozzi by way of submission at UFC Fight Night in 2018.