{"id":302611,"date":"2019-02-20T06:49:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T14:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=302611"},"modified":"2019-02-20T06:49:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T14:49:40","slug":"joe-rogan-explains-why-hes-not-calling-ufc-on-espn-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-explains-why-hes-not-calling-ufc-on-espn-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan explains why he&#8217;s not calling UFC on ESPN events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC commentator Joe Rogan hasn\u2019t been featured on either of the US-based UFC on ESPN broadcasts this year, and now we know why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former \u201cFear Factor\u201d host, who has been with the UFC for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-gives-in-depth-account-of-how-he-got-his-job-as-a-ufc-commentator\/\">over 20-years<\/a>, says that it was his decision to cut back on the amount of events he\u2019d be working.<\/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=\"Joe Rogan on Not Working for ESPN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MYyEL__5s-4?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\u2019m not interested,\u201d Rogan explained. \u201cI would take this for zero money over being in Phoenix right now. Although I would like to see those fights live and call those fights live, I\u2019m good with 10 a year \u2014 10 a year is what I like. Once a month, two months off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Rogan went on to say he\u2019ll only be featured on UFC pay-per-view (PPV) events and explained that it\u2019s nothing personal against ESPN. The 51-year-old has been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-gives-update-on-his-retirement-from-ufc-commentator-role\/\">vocal about scaling back his work <\/a>for quite some time \u2013 dating back to when he worked for FOX. This is the first time Rogan has publicly talked about the topic as the UFC made no mention of it on either broadcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u201cListen, man, I was thinking I was on my way out, but I still love it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I love it way more now because I don\u2019t have to do it as much. And I love it way more now because we do this because we can do all of this shit-talking, have fun and be silly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the absence of Joe Rogan in the broadcast booth, Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier, Dominick Cruz, Paul Felder and Michael Bisping will take over his duties. <em>Fight Companion<\/em> is a podcast where Joe and his friends \u2013 mainly Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen and Eddie Bravo \u2013 watch fights together and share their opinions in real time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogan turns 52 in August and also has a successful comedy career along with his popular podcast <em>The Joe Rogan Experience<\/em>.<\/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 2\/19\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC commentator Joe Rogan hasn\u2019t been featured on either of the US-based UFC on ESPN broadcasts this year, and now we know why. The former \u201cFear Factor\u201d host, who has been with the UFC for over 20-years, says that it was his decision to cut back on the amount of events he\u2019d be working. \u201cI\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54468,"featured_media":300928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10151,39610,39507],"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 explains why he&#039;s not calling UFC on ESPN events | BJPenn.com<\/title>\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\/ufc\/joe-rogan-explains-why-hes-not-calling-ufc-on-espn-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Rogan explains why he&#039;s not calling UFC on ESPN events | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC commentator Joe Rogan hasn\u2019t been featured on either of the US-based UFC on ESPN broadcasts this year, and now we know why. 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