Joe Rogan wasn’t happy with the scoring of the Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes headliner at UFC 247, and he let it be known.
Rogan, the long-time UFC color commentator, expressed his frustrations with the judging Saturday night in Houston, specifically for the main event at Toyota Center. Jones retained his light heavyweight title, beating Reyes by unanimous decision in which he claimed scores of 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46.
There’s no doubt the fight between Jones and Reyes was close, which puts into question the 49-46 scorecard submitted by judge Joe Soliz. Rogan didn’t hold back when he weighed in on Soliz’s scoring on the UFC 247 broadcast.
“I can’t argue about this enough,” Rogan said. “I can’t get angry enough. I’ve done it so many times. For anyone to think that was 4-1 Jon Jones, that person’s insane.
“They’re insane. Dominick Reyes put on a hell of a fight tonight. And to disrespect that performance by that kind of judging is insane.”
This wasn’t the only time Rogan complained about the scoring at UFC 247. Earlier in the preliminary action, Rogan blasted the judging in the bantamweight bout between Jonathan Martinez and Andre Ewell, who won by split decision. In that fight, Soliz scored it 30-27 for the winner Ewell, much to the dismay of the MMA community.
Joe Rogan blasts UFC 247 judge for 'insane' 49-46 score favoring Jon Jones over Dominick Reyes
