Joe Rogan believes Fabricio Werdum belongs firmly in the heavyweight all-time great conversation and is tired of seeing the former UFC champion left out.
Speaking on an episode of his "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, Rogan argued there is no single best heavyweight ever. "I don't think there's a real GOAT in heavyweight," Rogan said, instead placing several names in what he calls a GOAT category.
Rogan highlighted Stipe Miocic, Cain Velasquez, Fedor Emelianenko and Werdum in that group. He pointed to Miocic’s record and key wins, saying, "You've got to put Stipe in there because he defended the heavyweight title more than anybody. He beat (Francis) Ngannou when Ngannou was in his f*cking prime, got rocked a bunch of times and came back. So you've got to give it to him. He's always going to be in the GOAT category."
But Rogan stressed that hardcore fans often overlook Werdum’s résumé. "Cain, Fedor – of course, Fedor is like the real connoisseur. The real hardcore MMA-heads are like, 'Fedor is the GOAT.' I always say everybody forgets about Fabricio Werdum because Werdum tapped Cain Velasquez, (Rodrigo) 'Minotauro' Nogueira and Fedor – and he tapped Fedor when Fedor was 'Fedor.'"
A former UFC heavyweight champion and two-time ADCC champion, Werdum owns submission wins over Velasquez, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Alistair Overeem and Emelianenko. Rogan summed up Werdum’s peak by saying, "When you look at Fabricio Werdum in his prime, he's in that range, man. He beat Cain Velasquez, he beat Mark Hunt with a flying knee to win the title. He beat the best of the best. He beat them all, and he tapped three of the all-time greats."
