Joe Rogan is under fire this week after making comments that Canadian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) legend George St Pierre is not on the same level of guys like Jorge Masvidal and Kamaru Usman.

George St Pierre has been considered the greatest of all time (GOAT) of MMA for the past 20 years. His time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization was legendary and his dominance in the sport is almost unprecedented to this day!

Popular UFC commentator Joe Rogan seems to hold a different opinion then fans who consider George the GOAT though. Joe took to his podcast to share that he thinks the level of fighters George faced isn’t even close to Kamaru Usman:

“I just think the level of competition he (Usman) faced is higher. GSP was so good he raised the bar, but, you look at GSP’s victories. He beat some very good guys, but I think the guys Kamaru Usman beat — Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal, Tyron Woodley — I think they are better.”

Popular country star Luke Combs happened to be Rogans guest in the podcast and questioned Joes claims. Joe doubled down on what he was saying though:

“Yeah, I think if Masvidal was around at that time he would be dangerous for everybody, I think he is on another level. I think everyone is on another level. The Masvidal that knocked out Ben Askren, that was one of the craftiest moves that anyone has ever done. He went sideways and ran straight at him and Askren’s instincts kicked in and he kneed him into the dark lands. Just one shot, boom, into the shadow realm. Masvidal, I mean he knocked out Yves Edwards with a f—g head kick back in the day. He is a f*cking assassin. Masvidal is a gangster.”

While Joes claims about Usman being close to George’s level aren’t completely off the mark, his remarks that Masividal is better then George are a extreme case of recency bias. Let’s hope Rogan has come to his senses since the podcast.