Dana White's greatest UFC achievement, Joe Rogan's faith in elections restored, Tom Aspinall speaks on Jon Jones' fight IQ: MMA News Roundup

A former UFC veteran says Dana White's greatest achievement often goes unrecognized. Elsewhere, Tom Aspinall breaks down Jon Jones' fight IQ.

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Chael Sonnen points out Dana White's biggest UFC achievement

Chael Sonnen believes Dana White's biggest accomplishment as the top boss of the UFC is one that often goes unrecognized. In a recent video uploaded on his YouTube channel, Sonnen said that the way White runs the promotion has made suffering a loss a surmountable obstacle in a fighter's career.

He compared the matter with boxing, where losing one's undefeated record is a bad enough blemish on their resume. Few more losses and they are considered a washed-up has-been.

Thanks to White, that is not the case in the UFC.

"The greatest thing Dana White has ever done that nobody’s recognized is [that he] made losing acceptable. In boxing, if you lose, don’t talk about a title shot.''

Check out Chael Sonnen's comments below (43:10):

Sonnen also acknowledged White's knack for identifying potential superstars and giving them a chance, such as Khabib Nurmagomedov's title shot against Conor McGregor at UFC 229. Not only did the fight propel the Dagestani to megastardom overnight but the event is still the biggest pay-per-view card in UFC history.

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"Wow, voting works" - Joe Rogan is surprised that democracy still functions

After talking about the 2020 elections possibly being rigged over several podcast episodes, Joe Rogan recently admitted that he was relieved to find out that elections still work unbiasedly.

Speaking with The Joe Rogan Experience guest Marc Andreessen on episode #2234, the UFC commentator said:

"We are very fortunate. I mean, like I said, after the election, I was like, 'Wow, voting works.' Voting works, that's nice, like they don't have the system completely rigged. But they kind of tried to rig it, at least with the media."

Rogan once again emphasized that social media played an active role in manipulating the 2020 election results, leading to a Democrat victory:

"Where the real rigging in the 2020 elections - I mean, you can cast all your conspiracies upon it in terms of mail-in ballots and all this jazz, but the real rigging was the collusion between social media companies and the government to suppress information that would have altered the effect of the election. That's legitimate."

Watch Joe Rogan and Marc Andreessen's conversation below (5:38):

Rogan ended up endorsing Donald Trump in the recently-concluded presidential elections after being a lifelong Democrat supporter, a shift that has left both fans and mainstream media debating relentlessly.

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Tom Aspinall praises Jon Jones' fight IQ in latest breakdown

In a recent Fight Lab breakdown video on TNT Sports, Tom Aspinall delved deep into Jon Jones' spinning back kick KO against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309. The interim heavyweight champion, who is eyeing to fight Jones for a long time now, broke down the knockout:

"Watch this hand. He constantly distracts you with the lead hand. So, he's keeping you busy with this before he starts to turn and starts to do these kicks. This comes first, is the front hand, look, he just paws it out before he does anything, and he does that every time. He occupies the front hand and then works his attacks off it, which is high-level fight IQ stuff from Jon Jones. He's one of the smartest fighters ever."

Many believe that after Jones' emphatic victory over Miocic, he will now have to give in and fight Aspinall for the heavyweight title unification after all. Chael Sonnen recently claimed that the UFC has already given 'Bones' an ultimatum - fight Aspinall or retire. Jones, however, had his eyes set on Alex Pereira the last time he spoke on the matter; but if the negotiations do not go to his liking, he would vacate the belt before retiring from the sport.