It has been widely rumored that Nate Diaz is in talks for a title shot vs. UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley at UFC 219, the league’s massive year-end show on December 30. Diaz’s head coach Richard Perez recently opined that a purse of $15 million would do it. However, naysayers believe the #6 lightweight shouldn’t get the shot ahead of the highest ranked welterweight contended. That would likely be #3 Colby Covington.

During the debut episode of the JRE MMA Show, the UFC commentator made a counter-argument.

“Here’s the argument for it: They’re in the situation where they just bought this organization for four billion dollars,” said Rogan, as transcribed by Chisanga Malata for England’s Daily Star. “They need to make money, motherf***er. So if they’ve got to have Tyron Woodley fight Nate Diaz like, ‘Hey this will do some pay-per-view numbers.’ And it will.

“That’s an interesting fight, I would like to see it. I’d like to see how Nate deals with the biggest, fastest welterweight in the division. The biggest knockout artist welterweight in the division.

“I mean there’s no doubt about it, Tyron Woodley is a tank. He’s a tank that throws f***ing missiles your way. Boom, boom. And he’s gotten very tactical.

“People got mad at him for those two ‘Wonderboy’ fights, but I suggest that they don’t truly appreciate what those fights represented. They represented extreme consequences for any mistake. You’re fighting guy who is one the best counter strikers on the planet earth in ‘Wonderboy’. He’s one of the sneakiest, slipperiest strikers in the sport.

“He moves like a world champion karate guy who also has takedown defense. And he’s got a ton of experience in MMA now. And he just fights weird.”