Rico Verhoeven vs. Oleksandr Usyk
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Rico Verhoeven vs. Oleksandr Usyk has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
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John McCarthyVeteran MMA referee, PFL commentator and founder of the C.O.M.M.A.N.D. referee and judge training school
McCarthy says sending the mouthpiece to the corner for rinsing showed the referee had not kept up with current refereeing practice.
“No, what it means is you have not advanced as a referee to understand what we do now”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #179 with Josh Thompson & "Big" John McCarthy (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 40:13
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan calls the stoppage of Verhoeven's fight with Usyk a bad one, since Verhoeven took little damage after the knockdown.
“why would you let him rinse the glove off? And he didn't take significant damage after that. That's a bad stoppage”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #179 with Josh Thompson & "Big" John McCarthy (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 38:24
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
JRE MMA Show #179 with Josh Thompson & "Big" John McCarthyThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 27, 2026 · 2 h 52 min
Joe Rogan, referee Big John McCarthy and retired fighter Josh Thompson discuss MMA rules, weight cutting, judging, brain health, recent fights, the UFC White House card, ibogaine and California politics.