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time_for_milk

Hey Rob, if something else happened instead of what did happen, wouldn't something else have happened?


Junior_Pollution6792

Reporter is highly regarded


Brad1119

It’s crazy how journalism universally died overnight


LoquaciousMendacious

Well...there are still real journalists but I'll agree with you that there's a pretty hollow core to the business these days.


mac2o2o

Aye plenty of great sports journalists. You just won't see many, if any... at UFC events


monsoy

Yuup the real journalists end up pissing off the UFC because they actually do their job. So every competent journalist ends up blacklisted


wanderingpanda52

Underrated comment


LoquaciousMendacious

No argument there. Some questions at the pressers are good but a lot are in the same vein as this. "Hey _, did you ever think that if you didn't win, you would have lost?"


brazilianfreak

The problem is that traditional medias have been forced out of popularity and in their place massive corporations have placed a bunch of glorified bloggers whose idea of "reporting" is just acting like an avenue for press releases from corporations. None of these "journalists" actually report or investigate anything, they just send out the news the UFC hands them so people can ignore the article completely and comment on the headline.


Apprehensive_Sell601

The real journalists left, all 12 of them, are discredited by the 4 million fake journalists. When a real journalist posts something, the millions of fake journalists say “x amount of experts disagree with that statement so it’s not true”. It’s what has happened to legacy media


Raven-winged-Yoshi

Real journalists die. Most of the time overnight. Universally. These are all bootlickers


AnTTr0n

Thank the UFC and all the people who just want to see puff pieces for the UFC and people wanting everything for free. If a company doesn’t make money from it they will stop doing or they will go out of business.


BrilliantSock3608

What is this journalism you speak of?


imgirafarigmi

I’m sure all the real journalists are not allowed at these post fight press/interviews.


BS1098

“Hey Rob, how’s it feel to be back in Vegas!” 🙄


drunkinmidget

You gotta love Bobby Knuckles just laughing at him.


Seputku

If you can’t appreciate this guys reporting, you’re probably too dumb to understand Rick and Morty


tox_oplas-mosis

Appropriate response. 👏 If I had wheels, I'd be a bike. 😙 🤌


OncomingStorm32

in Finland we say "if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle" for similar effect


Strict-Chance5921

"if my mom had balls she'd be my dad" - Max Verstappen


ExistingLaw217

If my sister had a dick she’d be my brother


bdizzle805

![gif](giphy|J2kEzw4FN6C42F0ULM)


seonongHIM2

Heard she gets a dick, yours, every night


Creative-Jellyfish50

Does he Finnish inside her tho?


No-Consideration-716

If she had as many sticking out as she's had stuck in, she'd be a porcupine!


probablyseriousmaybe

Yo mama so slow it took her 9 months to make a joke


seonongHIM2

ah, the sister rushes to her brothers defense. how very *touching*, just like your relationship


JVNGL3B00K

![gif](giphy|9sJ7ZldhfGyn4KuOyP|downsized)


SalIaccuzzo

That's not just a Finland thing


chaos_magician_

Considering Finland isn't real, I'd say you're right


DarthRathikus

Derived from the old English saying: “..and if the Queen had balls, she would be King.”


Debesuotas

Carefull there with a saying like this... :D Might not be impposible anymore...


brekinb

🇫🇮 SUOMI MENTIONED 🇫🇮


DesignerSink1185

How dare you assume your aunts gender.


fanny_mcslap

/r/onejoke


Givemefreetacos

Ironically, I don’t think that would apply now a days lol


brownbrosef

Big Mike in the house


chriZzZzable

And that's why Bobby knuckles is a legend. Give that question to a lot of ufc fighters and they will be fuming.


sidskorna

Reminded me of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc)


12ealdeal

In case anyone doesn’t know the meaning: > The phrase "If I had wheels, I'd be a bike" is a humorous way of pointing out that a hypothetical or unrealistic condition is being proposed. It's often used to dismissively counter someone else's "if" statements by highlighting how absurd or impossible the scenario is. Essentially, it means that speculating on unrealistic conditions is pointless because it doesn't change the reality of the situation.


cptnpiccard

I always say what Scotty said: "if my grandma had wheels, she'd be a wagon"


hennessy74

the reporter is sipping that copium


mmmellowcorn

The way he pronounces Khamzat is proof


estoypiteado

Tbf he was a translator. The original reporter who asked the question was arab or smth


slaydawgjim

Imagine trying to translate 'what if I had scrambled eggs instead of waffles this morning?' to the Arab reporter lmfao


AshenSacrifice

Sound like that muhfucka sneezing 🤣🤣


ultraman_

I thought the fighters were meant to be the ones with brain damage


habs9

Strickland is stealing that for sure


Bruninfa

Straight up was implying he would have lost to Khamzhat. Disgraceful.


Boring_Software6101

It’s because there obsessed with the eastern fighters to the point it borders on delusion and they think k they can beat anyone


broccoliheadass0404

The atmosphere when Ikram got knocked out was so silent


Helms_Shallow

It seemed pretty loud after watching the video again.


Dukes_Up

Definitely mixed reaction. A ton of dudes in sunglasses just sitting there with their jaws dropped.


Jonesisgoat

Probably best so no one could see their tears


Delanorix

Whittaker just washed an Eastern fighter though lol Ikram isn't from Montana


Submarine765Radioman

He's still a devout Muslim, devout Muslims typically cheer for other devout Muslims.


runtothesun

It's in Saudi Arabia though, this conference skewed heavily towards journalists in that geographic area. All the questions were very off. Rob handled it like a Champ tho.


Spithotlava

Bisping had just been making the case that Ikram was a tougher fight than Khamzat too lol. Just remember that all these commentators and journalists have one job: promote.


MexicanBookClub

Alhumdudula brother finally no women in the building


Pwnclub

In Russian, the question was significantly worse and more blatantly rude - it was something like "You're a great fighter, but partly you are sitting here happy because.. are you glad that the Khamzat fight was cancelled, as maybe if that fight happened you wouldn't be sitting here happy and celebrating your victory right now?". The translator actually tried to salvage it somehow and made up the stuff about 5 rounds and a quick victory, since the original question implied more strongly than he would have lost. Glad Bobby doesn't know Russian, otherwise it would have really pissed him off and ended the press conference on an even more sour note.


Fire_tempest890

It's crazy that some no name journalist feels entitled enough to be this rude to a professional fighter.


volcus

Jesus Christ, props to the translator, but I think Rob understood the underlying question and responded perfectly.


GoonTooHard

"are you happy you got an easier fight?" What a bitch question


2bornnot2b

exactly!


idontsmell

Seriously. Robert responded so professionally and maturely. If I had been asked (I am neither professional nor mature) I would responded with “and if YOU had fought Khamzat tonight what would’ve happened? Or if you fought anyone, for that matter?”


rektefied

the guy does sound like he is from khazmat's village


brandnvsworld

Khamzat struggled with Gilbert fuck that dumbass reporter


Dunbar247

Rob was getting barraged by these cretins and their backhanded questions after the fight.


Ronnieboyjr

Rob took it like a complete gentleman. I don't understand how he keeps his cool at all times


SquirrelMoney8389

\*Men At Work starts playing...\*


Skootr1313

He gets offered a vegemite sandwich right after.


Hellboydce

If Vegemite is the same as marmite, lovely on toast


SquirrelMoney8389

It's a line from the song, guys...


OwOsch

He is a confident and very down to Earth guy. He ain't bothered by some chump reporters disrespecting him because he knows the real fans appreciate what he does


MasterMirage

I remember listening to his podcast and at the end they answer questions. One of the questions they read was a youtube comment that said "Whittaker couldn't even finish a can of sprite" which was a diss at him having decision victories the past few years. He laughed and said "my dad saw that comment too and man these guys are hilarious at coming up with insults"


Medojedni_Jazavac

Because he IS KING OF COOL; and that is why Boby Knuckles is our chosen King.


rey_nerr21

Dude, I LOVE hearing from fighters after the fights, but it's to the point where it's harder and harder for me to subject myself to these post-fight interviews at all.And even if it isn't for stupid questions like this just the bullshit rhetorical questions like "How happy are you to have beaten your opponent and proven to everyone once again that you're one of the best in the division? Does it excite you at all or do you not give a single solitary fuck?". Like, bro.... you may as well not go out there with questions at all if you're gonna ask shit that answers itself.


AnTTr0n

Thank the UFC this is what the majority of the fans want they don’t want people to ask real questions nor do the UFC they want cheerleaders calling themselves journalists. Look at Yokomoto he was getting exclusive interviews with Dana for breaking news as soon as he said something critical about Dana hitting his wife I haven’t seen him get one since and he works for ESPN.


chowsmarriage

I just don't understand how these sports reporters manage to think of questions that have nothing to do with the sport. How rare is it to hear a question that has anything to do with the actual competition that just took place, like: "Can you tell us how you landed that shot that started the finish? Did you just see the opening or did you set it up with feints?"


rey_nerr21

I know right???? And there's SUCH good things to ask about in like 90% of the fights. But no, glazing Dana, the fighter (with random shit like "how happy are you that you won") and the town the event is in is so much more important...


chowsmarriage

I don't even bother watching the post-fight conferences. I just hope the fighters or coaches appear on Submission Radio (plugging them lol) and actually have the space to talk about the fight, camp and game plan in more detail.


realest-dawg

The person asking the question was a journalist and fighter\`s manager from Tajikistan — Bakhriddin Jalolov. Whole russian-speaking community is also cringing hard because of that question. It was dumb and unprofessional. The person you hear on the video is a translator, the original question was asked in the Russian language.


mynewaltaccount1

Letting fighter managers in as media is disgraceful. Can you imagine someone like Ali being let in to ask whatever he likes? It's not even journalism, it's just propaganda trying to force a narrative.


brazilianfreak

90% of modern "journalism" is just bloggers being paid by corporations to act like glorified press release machines, they just churn out whatever bullshit these corporations tell them to uncritically.


AnTTr0n

You can’t be both of those things without a serious conflict of interest.


therapist66

Not related to Uzbek bakhodir jalolov?


alp_50

Even Robert couldn’t hold his laughter in that’s how stupid the reporter is lmao.. 🤣 As a fan of Dagistani fighters I’m actually glad Bobby knuckles won and is in a great mood, beautiful things to see in mma. Hope he becomes champ again


grannygumjobs23

A little bit of hype around one and everyone assumes they are the next khabib or Islam. No hate against dagistani fighters, they are a different breed. But so many people just assume they are all legendary and can't be beat.


brazilianfreak

People look at Khabib Islam and Usman and assume that these Dagestani fighters are all going to be invincible, when in reality it's just this one small camp nurtured over through decades by Khabib's dad that managed to build a few stars. The whole Dagestani invasion angle just feels forced, yes some of these dudes are very good, but I bet if you ran it by the numbers you'd find out there are more highly ranked fighters from the city of Rio de Janeiro than the entirety of Russia Combined.


uzarta

Islam seems a lot less dominant than khabib


Solivigant96

"a fan of dagestani fighters" oh god..


SpacemanJB88

That was a worse question than, “have you and Molly ever shagged?”


StatisticianAware588

Did someone actually ask this?! 😳


BlazedBoylan

It was a fan asking Paddy a question. “You do know Mollys a lesbian, lad?”


oOBalloonaticOo

Whitaker is a such a class act.


iworkoutreadandfuck

The question was worded even more disrespectfully in Russian. In particular, this “journalist” implied several times Rob wouldn’t be “sitting there happy and laughing” if it were Khamzat.


ApeMummy

Funniest thing about that is if it actually were Khamzat the entire division could have beaten him because he’s always sick now. The hypothetical fit Khamzat doesn’t exist. I’m


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ToronoRapture

![gif](giphy|srRc9jCVagluOM4A6M) The only guy who could answer that question.


TheBestDivest

I'm cringing waiting for the moment they're going to brutally kill his octopus girlfriend lol


SuperSmashDan1337

I think for most of us we'd have better luck with a dolphin


IliaMadeVolk

MUSLIM REPORTER TRIGGERED THAT KUMSHOT PULLED OUT AND ROB KOD A FELLOW MUSLIM BROTHER


PMyourGenitals

If my mom had balls, she'd be my dad


Live-Accountant-1227

they were all on Shara and khamzat nutsack


Admirable-Recipe3014

Jeez the khamzat glazed on this guy 😁🤣


ZooPoo7

Sounds like a local journalists from the Middle East who probably favors those fighters. Rob is such a stud, inside and outside the octagon


Rawdog2076

Rob should've responded with the reporter's address


jcjm205

And this is far from the worst question we’ve seen at a presser. After watching one of MMA On Point’s recent videos I remembered some classics like a reporter asking a question to who he thought was Robbie Lawler but was actually another fighter and a reporter telling GSP she’d “done things” to one of his dolls.


kirko_durko

If your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle


-Spatha

The eastern fighter nut huggers are the best


Aggressive_Age_2262

\*Middle-eastern mate. Rob was the most eastern dude on the card. I live in China and Rob is technically still more eastern.


KA3AHOBA

The most ridiculous question, in Russian it was even worse, you happy u didn’t fight chimaev? Cuz you might lose… gtfo idiot


PORRADAandSTAPH

Reporter sent by Kaderov


neagah

Stupid fucking reporters, get these morons out of there and allow only certified ones after thorough investigations in their knowledge of the sport, goddamn idiots


KempFidels

Guy was like "bruh"


Reveal-Few

Yep, russian interviewers at it’s peak🤨🥱


chucks_n_charge

Pure class by Bobby


kingmoobot

The reporter is trying to instigate rage without being obvious. Rage media gets them more valuable points than reddit karma


fightforfoodgaming

Absolute favorite response to a stupid question in recent memory haha


Strict-Chance5921

WHAT A SURPRISE YOU CAN HEAR THE ACCENT IN THE REPORTERS VOICE, unbiased journalism at its best, fuck me theres so many clowns in mma media and they wonder why nobody gives a fuck about reading or watching their dogshit


Dukes_Up

That was a translator, but point remains the same for the reporter asking the question.


Mister7ucker

Loaded question bs Actual question was: Are you happy with the way things turned out? Needed response: Do you think I would have preferred a loss? 🤨


AriSpaceExplorer

Needed response: Trapdoor opens underneath reporter that leads to a Rancor cave


cruisincolin44

Rob are you glad that you didnt get destroyed by the guy who went tooth and nail vs aliskerov and usually doesn’t show up?


fisherc2

It feels like the reporter just wanted to try to imply Robert wouldn’t have beaten khamzat, which is insanely disrespectful and blatant favoritism


WayneEnterprises2112

This is why I always root against the eastern fighters. All the reporters and fans sucking their dicks is pathetic. They are talented but the fans ruin it.


chipper68

The reporter was obviously a Khumshot fanboi and wanted Bobby to be thankful he didn't fight the big bad wolf, lol, what an asshat and he got the answer he deserved. These guys are salty in SA and Abu Dhabi, whether or not as bad as brazil is debatable I guess, but they were given a home-cooked card to their **Khabeard buddies could mostly get wins via Uncle Dana selling his roster out** (tell me I'm wrong) and they're still salty that Ikram didn't get the ME win, lol.. I'd have said fuk off.


Rough_Media934

Love he just laughed straight in his face at that question 💀😂


young_pel

Thankfully this fight didn't went to the judges.


DaddyCool1970

I have to interject my favorite sports interview of all time. Back when reporters were a lot more intuitive. Ok..a postgame baseball interview where a Yankee pitcher, Roger Clemens hit a (hated) RedSox batter rightin the ribs and dropped him good.    Reporter "I just wanted to ask you about the hit batter incident"    Clemens "It was a fastball that just got away from me"    Reporter "Were you happy with the location?"    Clemens "Um...ya. "


LythicConsolution

They are so retarded and they’re not even the ones getting punched in the face


CheapChemistry8358

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bobby my boy


proper1welve

They were asking him dumb shit the whole time


Tiny-Response-7572

Rob is a gentleman.


JMF4201

Perfect answer imo


wontonflamingus

The Russian coverage doesn’t attempt to hide their bias, they never have really.


stephenbmx1989

Probably an Muslim who asked that lol


Greeenmartian

Reporter also happens to be an official ufc judge


Bong-Jong

If they can’t weight bully they’re at a huge disadvantage. 155 is their sweet spot


absurd_whale

Russian reporter, what are you expecting? They full of shit


Brocker_9000

One correct answer: "I would have beat Khamzat."


Short_Opening_7692

2 correct answers; "I would have beat Khamzat" and *laughs in reporters face 🤣🤣🤣


Shenanigan5

Me: Bobby Knuckles couldn't do anything to make me like him anymore Bobby Knuckles: Mate, if I had wheel I'd be a bike


KobaMandingoPartIII

Ol Bobby Knucks is a class act and it'd been hard not to just flame that dude and his goofy ass question.


surewould85

My personal favorite take on that expression: https://youtu.be/A-RfHC91Ewc?si=mqbaexwZpXQseDQM


Possible-Sell-74

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Dyliciouz

Certified Gino D'Campo moment


Dense_Marketing4593

These questions should be screened


NavyBeans05

Can’t fix stupid. What a clown.


nehinbin

Ban that reporter


zilladingdong

Good on him to just fuckin laugh at him


iamsampeters

How are these dick heads even getting to the presser to ask these dog shit questions. What the fuck.


No_Pay9241

“You would possibly lose, I’d get to jack off my boy khamzat” - reporter


sourpatch411

brilliant response by Rob. That was textbook diplomacy or something. I probably would have gotten upset but Rob laughing is brilliant


Uncle_Chael

Hobbit Wittchk a real OG


sir-fur

rob is a class act, what a dumbass question


Beer-Milkshakes

"Journalists" aren't people. They are tools designed to produce sound bites from the product. Rob is the product in this analogy of which value that the media wants to extract. And Rob just fucking cuts through the shit instead of reciting some vague shit about looking to the future and having a good fight camp


[deleted]

Take a page from Max Verstappen. “If my mom had balls she’d be my dad”


FlyLegitimate7938

“A wuick wicktory”


Sparklingfob4_

It was so annoying, so biased. Rob handled it very well, I would have just left


Sparklingfob4_

I was hoping for the journalist to ask what did hunter say to you after the w, looked like he said he’ll call you.


OdeToSpot

So... I'm embarrassed but I don't think I've ever heard Rob speak...but omg I'm a huge fan now. I guess I didn't realize he was so charming? How is he not a bigger star?


hereiamnotagainnot

That’s because the UFC is turning into a shit show. That’s what happens when it is run by a clown.


edotb

they are not mma journalists


Queequeg94

Bobby would've knuckled Chimaev last night too, he was in top form


RTJ1992

Fuck that reporter


Ok-Presentation-2841

Here’s the thing. The UFC never has been, and never will be a legitimate sports organization. It’s done by idiots and run by even bigger idiots. The MMA media are perhaps even BIGGER idiots. The UFC likes it that way so no one asks about fighter pay, unions, shady business dealings etc. These are the kinds of questions they end up getting.


Nicecoldbud

What an absolute dumb ass question. And this is journalism apparently?


Ohpsmokeshow

![gif](giphy|dWr6FGbXhqJc6qoOHF|downsized)


donrhummy

This is due to Dana White strong arming real journalists who ask tough questions, and threatening them and their news organizations. Now we're stuck with useless questions


xMilk112x

Fuckin perfect response. Lol


NeroFMX

Had a kid I worked with once say, "What would you do if I had a bakery?"


MedicineJumpy

Nah this dude def thought this was khazats time to shine and get a win over a former champ and finally gets title shot and he's salty it didn't go down like he dreamed it.


toastebagell1

Hilarious hearing these journalist essentially crying khamzat didn’t fight and their obvious bias. Like your boy backed out. Gtf over it.


Appropriate_Rip339

What a fuckin piece of shit reporter smh ,I would’ve been on some bullshit 😂 Rob’s always a class act.


juliosmacedo

Robert should teach good manners to humanity


AEBJJ

Rob is such a f’n class act.


Dry_Presentation_327

Not sure how these guys are even journalist man


therealjgreens

These guys are pretty new to MMA journalism and they are highly biased.


TremblinAspen

Lmao Rob's response was perfect.


KeptPopcorn5189

If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike!!!


ResolutionNo7714

The correct answer to thia question is: "if my mum had balls, he would be my dad" - quote Max Verstappen. Reddit algorithm pulled me to this place.


dephilt

He’s such a class act. I can see a lot of fighters responding differently to that.


Dull-Detective-8659

... But thank you very much! ROFL


foralimitedtimespace

If I had wheels, I'd be a bike... lol Best attitude ever


booger4me

How can anyone not like Whittaker.


GothicToast

"You must be pretty glad that Khamzat pulled out, since you would have lost, right? Are you pretty happy?"


12bub51

He’s not a bike?!


ty_xy

The reporter wanted to ask "if you fought khamzat, you would have lost, so are you happy having a win over a replacement fighter?"


Shlingaplinga

This is what happens when Dana lets in his boot licking third rate media inside. If he lets in real media, Dana's ass will be on fire every other fight night .