A famous UFC commentator has suggested corruption may have played a part in boxing's brilliant heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder.

Joe Rogan, a podcaster and comedian, labelled it "one of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time".

But he disputed the result because of an alleged long count which allowed Brit Fury to get off the canvas in the fourth round and eventually win via an 11th round knockout against the American.

Rogan's corruption suggestion came across as something of a throwaway line.

But he was adamant about the long count, and said it may have been down to the referee "panicking".

The Sun reported that video scrutiny shows Wilder was to blame for giving Fury too much time to recover.

But Rogan said: "This is what happened. The referee is supposed to go, 'one two…' when the guy goes down.

"But if for any reason he has to interrupt the count…you're supposed to pick up the count where the ringside counter has it.

"So there's a guy who's counting ringside, and he'll keep the count going.

"So if you're at 'one, two,' and then you're like 'Go to a neutral corner,' that guy is supposed to be like 'three, four, five' but he didn't.