Absolutely. Joe and Goldberg had so much soul… now the commentary is clean and sterile like the ufc.
Goldberg fucking up and not knowing so much made him have a certain charm. He was likeable. I thought him and Joe had great chemistry and were the most entertaining commentary of all time.
Agreed. Because he never stepped on Joe’s toes, he didn’t get into petty competitions with Joe, he would gracefully let Joe correct him or laugh at something dumb he said without getting upset, and he let Joe take reigns as the analyst.
Goldberg was cringe but great and so much better than Anik. I was actually watching Rashad and Rampage last night and after Rampage dropped Rashad Goldberg got all excited and said "here comes the rampage!!) and as cringy as it was it just worked for him. He also somehow made Rogan sound good where as now it’s like a competition between all of the announcers on a nightly basis on who can be more over the top and annoying.
That was the shtick. Goldberg played dumb on purpose to give Rogan a chance to explain to the people at home. The sport was still growing and not widely understood, especially the ground game, so the duo’s style was perfect for the time.
The acting like he had no idea what was going on and needed Rogan to explain everything was definitely for the audience’s benefit. They would often admit this.
Yeah I noticed this. Rogan is allowed to be the expert. These days it’s like a battle of who can sound the smartest on commentary. Especially if it’s Cruz, Bisping.
Like the other guy said, I don’t think it was on purpose, but I do think that Goldberg was aware that he wasn’t anywhere near as knowledgeable as Joe, which is why he wouldn’t get upset when corrected. I think he was aware of the dynamic, but I don’t think it was done on purpose.
Big time. It just doesn’t work well having multiple people on commentary that were fighters. They all want to be correct and can’t stand being corrected. They can’t even stand if another fighter on commentary has a different opinion of what a fighter needs to do or what he can or can’t do.
In my opinion, Goldberg played a role that wasn’t appreciated (at the time) but is needed for a successful commentary team.