Joe Pyfer questions Joe Rogan’s commentary during his UFC 316 win

Rising UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer has called the commentary of Joe Rogan into question following UFC 316 last weekend.

For a few years now, Joe Pyfer has been seen as one to watch in the UFC’s middleweight division. From his size to his personality to his incredible power, it’s clear to see that he’s a problem at 185 pounds. While he did experience a setback against Jack Hermansson, he’s been able to rebound well, most notably this past weekend.

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Pyfer went up against UFC veteran Kelvin Gastelum and, for the most part, looked pretty comfortable throughout the course of the fight. He even managed to drop the former interim title challenger at one point, and some would argue he was on the verge of stopping him. Alas, he wound up getting the nod on the judges’ scorecards in what serves as the biggest win of his career to date.

However, in a recent interview, Pyfer made it known that he wasn’t all too pleased with the UFC 316 commentary.

Pyfer’s view on Rogan’s UFC 316 commentary

“They were a little hard on me,” Pyfer said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “Joe Rogan was a little hard on me. I just think the expectation is set so high for me, that if I don’t get a devastating finish, then everybody kind of starts being like, ‘Oh, well, if he wants to fight the higher competition, he’s got to do this, he’s got to do that.’

“It’s like, ‘Bro, Abus Magomedov just fought Michel Pereira when he was 2-2 in the UFC, and now he’s ranked No. 11. You could go from being unranked to No. 11 in one fight. I’ll get the better competition, relax. I think they were a little bit unfair as far as the reality of the fight. It was not a close fight. I was never in danger.”

Quotes via MMA Junkie