Joe Rogan News
Joe Rogan questions UFC matchmaking: 'Why have f**king championships at all?'
Russell Ess - March 9, 2017
The sport vs. money fight matchups will be argued time and time again, especially after bouts such as Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre are announced by the UFC. With contenders climbing their way up the rankings their entire careers only to be leapfrogged by a more popular star that will sell a fight more, UFC commentator Joe Rogan understands why money fights are being booked ahead of the sport ranking system. However, that doesn’t mean Rogan is fully supportive of the championship matches being arranged.
Joe Rogan sounds off after Khabib Nurmagomedov taken to hospital
Russell Ess - March 3, 2017
UFC commentator Joe Rogan was one of the many people that were upset to hear the news that the UFC interim lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson was canceled. Nurmagomedov was taken to the hospital hours before the official early UFC 209 weigh-ins “due to weight management medical issues.”
VIDEO | Joe Rogan and Dominick Cruz argue the curious case of CM Punk fighting in the UFC
Russell Ess - February 28, 2017
https://youtu.be/Np5J-0yhDRc We still have yet to hear if Phil Brooks, better known as CM Punk, will get another shot at fighting in the UFC again.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan thinks UFC lost out on huge numbers for not having Diaz brothers on UFC 209
Russell Ess - February 24, 2017
https://youtu.be/Uu05BwPf6DY?t=1m4s Nick and Nate Diaz have been the straightforward scrappers with attitudes from Stockton from the first day they they stepped onto the professional MMA scene.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan lets Todd Grisham criticism slip on his podcast
Tom Taylor - February 21, 2017
https://youtu.be/3pOL5JHvty4 On Sunday night, the UFC made its second trip to snowy Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It did so with UFC Fight Night 105.
Joe Rogan on the return of Georges St-Pierre: I bet he's better than ever
Tom Taylor - February 19, 2017
Earlier this week, we learned that, after months of rumors and conflicting reports, former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has agreed to the terms of a brand new UFC contract. With this development, we can expect to see the welterweight great back in the Octagon sometime in the next few months – though it’s not known who he’ll fight or even what division he’ll fight in. Given that it has now been more than three years since St-Pierre has stepped into the Octagon, there is widespread debate as to how he’ll look upon his return. According to long-time UFC commentator Joe Rogan, however, the former champ might just look better than ever.
Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights
Tom Taylor - February 14, 2017
For a time, Ronda Rousey was one of the most dominant athletes in mixed martial arts. Scoring lightning fast submission wins and thudding knockout wins over game opponents, she looked more and more like an unbeatable champion which each consecutive defense of her women’s bantamweight title. During her reign of dominance, UFC commentator Joe Rogan was one of her biggest advocates, frequently praising her skill, and even suggesting that she could defeat many of the UFC’s male bantamweights.
Trio of commentators set for UFC 208 PPV event now without Mike Goldberg
Russell Ess - February 6, 2017
With Mike Goldberg no longer a part of the UFC commentating team, Joe Rogan will have some different company for the UFC 208 pay-per-view event taking place on February 11, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Goldberg commentated his last UFC event with Rogan at UFC 207 in December where Amanda Nunes beat Ronda Rousey in their UFC women’s bantamweight title fight main event.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan and crew react live to Jorge Masvidal defeating Donald Cerrone
Russell Ess - January 31, 2017
https://youtu.be/_lO3h0qdUTQ Jorge Masvidal walked into the Octagon on Saturday night as the #12 UFC ranked welterweight against Donald Cerrone who was ranked #5.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan vs. Conor McGregor in 'EA Sports UFC 2'
Scott Hernandez - January 31, 2017
EA Sports UFC 2 is giving fans fights they could only dream of! While UFC commentator Joe Rogan has never fought in the UFC, it’s no secret that Rogan is a martial arts expert. In addition to winning the US Open Tae Kwon Do championship at just 19 years old, Rogan became the US TaeKwonDo grand champion after he won the lightweight title and then moved up to defeat the middleweight, and heavyweight champions. As if that weren’t enough, Rogan is now a black belt under 10th Planet JiuJitsu master Eddie Bravo.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan opens up on why he never fought in the UFC
Russell Ess - January 24, 2017
https://youtu.be/eLdRpAXI3Y0 If you have ever seen UFC commentator Joe Rogan display his martial arts skills, you soon realize that the man behind the mic knows exactly what he is talking about.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan and crew: Conor McGregor is the only megastar left in the UFC
Russell Ess - January 5, 2017
https://youtu.be/J74WLR7apuY UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor made it clear after his last historic fight against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 that he wants to meet with the new owners of the UFC to talk business.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan and crew boil over Justin Bieber's mean tweet about Ronda Rousey
Russell Ess - January 4, 2017
https://youtu.be/2Oo_VmBb_Z4 When you are as big of a star as former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, you will be both praised and criticized by fellow fighters and even celebrities. In this particular case, pop star singer Justin Bieber was involved sending a mean tweet following Rousey’s UFC 207 loss to champion Amanda Nunes.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan and crew discuss Ronda Rousey's fight against Amanda Nunes
Russell Ess - January 2, 2017
https://youtu.be/fRiIcXszU7g Ronda Rousey, the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion suffered the second defeat in her professional mixed martial arts career on Friday night against the current champion Amanda Nunes in the main event of UFC 207.
Joe Rogan calls for fighters to fight at natural weight
Scott Hernandez - December 29, 2016
Ahead of UFC 207 on Saturday, two fighters missed weight for their scheduled scraps. The first was UFC flyweight Ray Borg, who is scheduled to fight Louis Smolka on the first PPV bout of the night. Borg missed the flyweight non-title fight limit by three pounds when he stepped onto the scales this morning in Las Vegas.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan talks about Ronda Rousey's UFC 207 media blackout
Russell Ess - December 28, 2016
https://youtu.be/9DlzpDOHYDY Ronda Rousey is making her return to the UFC Octagon after losing for the first time in her professional mixed martial arts career.
VIDEO | Conor McGregor goes belt hunting in hilarious cartoon parody
Tom Taylor - December 26, 2016
One of the biggest stories of 2016 was Conor McGregor becoming the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes concurrently.




