{"id":222878,"date":"2017-02-14T08:13:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=222878"},"modified":"2017-02-14T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:31:48","slug":"joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a time, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/ronda-rousey\/\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> 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&#8217;s bantamweight title.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s male bantamweights.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Rousey&#8217;s reign has ended, and she&#8217;s experienced back to back knockout losses to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/twitter-reacts-to-ronda-rouseys-brutal-ko-loss-to-holly-holm\/\">Holly Holm<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/video-amanda-nunes-kos-ronda-rousey-at-ufc-207\/\">Amanda Nunes<\/a>, however, Rogan has decided to backtrack on those statements. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rmkb6mmmvGg&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=14m15s\" target=\"_blank\">the most recent episode of his podcast<\/a>, The Joe Rogan Experience, the Octagon-side commentator explained his choice to amend his previous statements.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not happy that Ronda Rousey lost but in a way, it makes things easier because there was a bunch of f**kin\u2019 people going, \u2018Oh yeah, what about Ronda Rousey? And I made the mistake saying &#8211; hyperbole. I\u2019m the master of hyperbole, I exaggerate all the time &#8211; I was like, \u2018She could probably beat half the men bantamweights in the UFC.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s definitely not true. I shouldn\u2019t have said it at the time, now it\u2019s definitely not true. She could beat a few that aren\u2019t good outside the sport. Look, if she gets guys on the ground she could f**k a lot of people up. Her Judo is 100 percent legit, her armbars are amongst the best in the business but people were always saying that&#8230; Thank god now that she\u2019s lost everyone\u2019s relaxed with that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think of Joe Rogan&#8217;s comments here? Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Ronda Rousey back in the cage? Make your voice heard in the comments. Sound off,\u00a0PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/14\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s bantamweight title. During her reign of dominance, UFC commentator Joe Rogan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":196534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10151,10110],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not long ago, Joe Rogan suggested that Ronda Rousey could defeat many of the UFC&#039;s male bantamweights. He&#039;s now backtracked on those statements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not long ago, Joe Rogan suggested that Ronda Rousey could defeat many of the UFC&#039;s male bantamweights. He&#039;s now backtracked on those statements.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-14T16:13:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-14T16:31:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ronda-Rousey-Joe-Rogan.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87\"},\"headline\":\"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-14T16:13:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-14T16:31:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Joe Rogan\",\"Ronda Rousey\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\",\"name\":\"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-14T16:13:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-14T16:31:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Not long ago, Joe Rogan suggested that Ronda Rousey could defeat many of the UFC's male bantamweights. He's now backtracked on those statements.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Joe Rogan\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87\",\"name\":\"Tom Taylor\",\"description\":\"Tom Taylor is a globetrotting writer currently based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a staff writer for BJPenn.com, and also covers mixed martial arts for Fightland and Vice Sports. Follow him on Twitter @TomTayMMA.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/tom-taylor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights | BJPenn.com","description":"Not long ago, Joe Rogan suggested that Ronda Rousey could defeat many of the UFC's male bantamweights. He's now backtracked on those statements.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Not long ago, Joe Rogan suggested that Ronda Rousey could defeat many of the UFC's male bantamweights. He's now backtracked on those statements.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2017-02-14T16:13:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-02-14T16:31:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ronda-Rousey-Joe-Rogan.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Tom Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87"},"headline":"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights","datePublished":"2017-02-14T16:13:56+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-14T16:31:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/"},"wordCount":329,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Joe Rogan","Ronda Rousey"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/","name":"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-02-14T16:13:56+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-14T16:31:48+00:00","description":"Not long ago, Joe Rogan suggested that Ronda Rousey could defeat many of the UFC's male bantamweights. He's now backtracked on those statements.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-backtracks-previous-comments-ronda-rousey-beating-male-bantamweights\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Joe Rogan","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Joe Rogan backtracks on previous comments about Ronda Rousey beating male bantamweights"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87","name":"Tom Taylor","description":"Tom Taylor is a globetrotting writer currently based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a staff writer for BJPenn.com, and also covers mixed martial arts for Fightland and Vice Sports. Follow him on Twitter @TomTayMMA.","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/tom-taylor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}