Joe Rogan has been left stunned by Aljamain Sterling’s drinking habits.
The former UFC bantamweight champion admitted he consumes alcohol while in fight camp during a recent appearance on Joe Rogan‘s podcast.
Just like Ilia Topuria, ‘The Funk Master’ even drinks the night before he enters the Octagon to compete.
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Joe Rogan & Aljamain Sterling debate about alcohol
Aljamain Sterling caught Joe Rogan off guard by revealing all about his pre-fight alcohol consumption during their almost three-hour conversation.
“I drink in training camp, and people think I’m crazy,” he said.
“I drink the night before the fight. I have one glass, sometimes two. Three is like we are getting crazy. I’m not Jon Jones. I’m built different, but he’s built different than me.
“If I lose because of this one drink, I wasn’t supposed to win. Point blank period.”
Joe Rogan initially responded with shock by saying: “What! Really? The night before the fight, why do you do that?”
The UFC commentator went on to challenge Sterling’s view that one or two pre-fight drinks have no impact on his fights.
“Okay, but let me push back on that,” Rogan added:
“Imagine you’re fighting a guy who you and him are neck and neck. The difference is whether or not you go that extra REM sleep the night before where you could push when you lay off, when you lay back on the gas, when you really maybe could like if you were a little bit more rested, you could just one extra move, one extra transition, one extra guard pass, one extra attempt at a submission, one extra thing that gets you the round.
“You know what I’m saying?”
Sterling responded with a chuckle: “I take my naps before the fight. Recharge that battery.”
Rogan realized he wasn’t going to convince Sterling to give up his booze, so the conversation turned to the importance of doing what makes you happy as much as possible.
⬇️ Skip to 38 minutes to watch Sterling talk about his pre-fight drinking habits with Rogan. ⬇️
Will Joe Rogan be at UFC 330?
Joe Rogan hasn’t called a fight since Conor McGregor‘s disastrous comeback fight on July 11.
The UFC legend was injured and TKO’d by Max Holloway just 69 seconds into their UFC 329 main event.
Big time MMA will return when Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Garry clash at UFC 330 on Saturday night.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that Rogan will be on commentary duty for the event alongside Daniel Cormier and Jon Anik.
The rest of the broadcast team will be made up of Bruce Buffer, Megan Olivi, Chris Weidman, Paul Felder and Kate Scott.
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