On the September 2 JRE MMA Show, Rogan and Ewing criticized Alexander Volkanovski for taking short-notice fights against Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria after knockout losses, arguing he was not in training when he took the Makhachev rematch. Volkanovski has since said he fought Makhachev on 11 days' notice and that the loss had nothing to do with Abu Dhabi. The conditioning claim is now contested by the fighter himself; the Topuria bout about four months later remains part of the original criticism, and no further response from his team has surfaced.