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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Makwan Amirkhani made one hell of a debut in the UFC on Saturday night, stopping Andy Ogle in just 8 seconds at UFC on Fox 14. Unfortunately, the moment was hampered by UFC announcer Joe Rogan, who thought the stoppage was early and kept harping on it in the post-fight interview.
Replays clearly showed Ogle go out from an uppercut and get brought back to consciousness from Amirkhani's barrage on the ground, but Rogan wouldn't let it go.
Amirkhani ultimately wasn't fazed, and said at the post-fight press conference that he couldn't be too bothered by Rogan's line of questioning after the fight.
"It didn't bother me," Amirkhani said (via MMAFighting.com). "But I thought [Rogan] was a drunk, because Andy Ogle went for double leg with the referee and the referee tapped, so what should I say? [The] referee made his decision and you ask me, I said he was out."
Penick's Analysis: Rogan tried to explain himself on Twitter afterward, but it still seems like he hasn't actually watched the replay. He said he'd like for a fighter to get more time to recover - which in itself is hypocritical given the way he went after Brendan Schaub about his December loss and the damage he'd taken - but he's ignoring what actually happened in this particular fight, and the way he took the moment away from Amirkhani was just bad. It was as bad of a performance as Rogan's had in a long, long time, and it needlessly took away from a stellar debut from an exciting competitor.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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