{"id":291449,"date":"2018-11-15T06:22:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=291449"},"modified":"2018-11-15T06:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:23:00","slug":"joe-rogan-argues-conor-mcgregor-did-not-tap-prematurely-at-ufc-229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-argues-conor-mcgregor-did-not-tap-prematurely-at-ufc-229\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan argues Conor McGregor &#8216;did not tap prematurely&#8217; at UFC 229"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s blockbuster UFC 229 pay-per-view, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> with what looked like a neck crank or face choke. Because this choke wasn&#8217;t under the chin \u2014 which would have made it a rear-naked choke \u2014 many fans have accused McGregor of giving up prematurely. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan wants to put an end to that talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did not tap prematurely,&#8221; Joe Rogan said on his podcast recently (transcript via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.punditarena.com\/mma\/ccunningham\/joe-rogan-conor-tap-prematurely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pundit Arena<\/a>). &#8220;He did not defend it though. He was done, he was beaten down. Khabib f**ked him up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of people who don\u2019t train who think that that was something that you shouldn\u2019t tap to. They are out of their f**king minds. That is what is called \u2018a fulcrum choke\u2019. It\u2019s not necessarily a choke but it really feels like your head is going to pop off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at what Conor did, he just waited until he couldn\u2019t take it anymore more and tapped. That was a perfect example of a fulcrum choke, a neck crank. It doesn\u2019t have to be under the chin, it can be on the face and you\u2019re going to get f**ked up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/x3yeS4wW1VQ<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rogan also encouraged anybody who doubts the intensity of the choke Nurmagomedov hit on McGregor to try the experience for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those folks out there saying it wasn\u2019t a choke need to go have someone apply that to them. They need to start training jiu-jitsu and stop talking about MMA submissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everyone is going to tap to that. Some others, unlike Conor, are going to be better at defending them. People tap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was because Conor had eaten bombs. It would help if he wasn\u2019t as tired. If that choke was applied in the first few seconds I think he probably would have had a good chance to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Joe Rogan&#8217;s take on Conor McGregor&#8217;s UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov? Do you think the Irishman tapped sooner than he should have?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/15\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s blockbuster UFC 229 pay-per-view, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor with what looked like a neck crank or face choke. 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