Joe Rogan names UFC legend fans forget to incorporate in a single GOAT debate: ‘In his prime…’

The UFC’s veteran commentator thinks one heavyweight often gets unfairly not noted of the conversation.

Relating to selecting the best heavyweight of all time in mixed martial arts, one UFC name and a legend who never competed contained in the Octagon often lead the charge.

Stipe Miocic’s two title reigns on MMA’s biggest stage put him in competition with the good Fedor Emelianenko within the minds of many fans.

Joe Rogan, nevertheless, thinks one other man must be within the equation.

Is UFC Vegas 116 headliner Aljamain Sterling essentially the most underappreciated fighter on the roster? 🤔

‘Funk Master’ broke records during his bantamweight title reign and is now pursuing a second championship.

Joe Rogan says former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum deserves more appreciation

To grow to be UFC heavyweight champ for the primary time, Miocic knocked out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 in Brazil.

Werdum, a four-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion and a member of the ADCC Hall of Fame, competed in top promotions like PRIDE, the UFC, and Strikeforce during a legendary profession spanning twenty years.

In 2015, Werdum submitted Cain Velasquez to win the undisputed UFC heavyweight crown, beating a person widely seen because the division’s best ever skill-for-skill.

‘Vai Cavalo’ also holds victories over Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Alistair Overeem, and Gabriel Gonzaga, and Rogan thinks many forget just how illustrious his résumé is.

“I don’t think there’s an actual GOAT in heavyweight,” the UFC commentator said on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “I believe there’s times where one guy would have beaten all the opposite guys.

“You’ve gotta put Stipe in there because he defended the title greater than everybody… Cain, Fedor — in fact. Fedor is like, the true connoisseur.

“I all the time say everybody forgets about Fabricio Werdum,” he continued. “Werdum tapped Cain Velasquez, Minotauro Nogueira, and Fedor — and he tapped Fedor when he was Fedor.

“Werdum in his prime, he’s in that range, man.”

The Brazilian legend has not competed in MMA since 2021 but he did return under Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred FC banner three years ago.

Werdum lost to Junior dos Santos via split decision of their bare-knuckle MMA contest. He was subsequently announced as a part of the Global Fight League roster at the tip of 2024 before plans for that promotional launch collapsed.