{"id":299152,"date":"2019-01-23T08:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=299152"},"modified":"2019-01-23T08:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:14:54","slug":"joe-rogan-gives-update-on-his-retirement-from-ufc-commentator-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-gives-update-on-his-retirement-from-ufc-commentator-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan gives update on his retirement from UFC commentator role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joe Rogan has been working as a color commentator for the UFC since 1997, having debuted all the way back at UFC 12. Over the years, the comedian and podcast host has become as much a part of big UFC cards as the Octagon itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, there will eventually come a day when Joe Rogan decides it&#8217;s time to take off his broadcaster&#8217;s headset once and for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news for Rogan fans is that that day still seems to be a ways off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast recently, Rogan said that he still enjoys working as a UFC commentator, particularly now that the promotion has hired many other commentators to help reduce his workload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Joe Rogan Ever Retire?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n4Yi4VOTXkY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do enjoy it,\u201d Rogan told Brendan Schaub on his\u00a0podcast (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/trentreinsmith\/2019\/01\/22\/with-reduced-workload-joe-rogan-not-planning-on-retiring-from-ufc-commentator-gig\/#2e04971258d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Forbes (opens in a new tab)\">Forbes<\/a>). \u201cI cut way back. Cause first of all, I was doing too many of them. At one point I was doing 24 a year, it was way too many. It was like half of the weekends of the year, I was flying somewhere to go to the UFC. It was too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was before the UFC really started adding a bunch of people and it took a lot of the weight off of me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think about retiring because I like what I do,\u201d Rogan added. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think about \u2018oh I need \u2018X\u2019 amount of money in the bank so I\u2019m not going to do this very much longer\u2019. I like all that stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Joe Rogan still enjoys his work with the UFC, he does admit that certain aspects of it can be quite stressful \u2014 particularly the ceremonial weigh-ins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like doing the weigh-ins,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cIt\u2019s stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much longer do you think Joe Rogan will continue his work as a commentator for the UFC? Will you miss him when he&#8217;s gone? Join the conversation in the comments section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 1\/23\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan has been working as a color commentator for the UFC since 1997, having debuted all the way back at UFC 12. Over the years, the comedian and podcast host has become as much a part of big UFC cards as the Octagon itself. 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