{"id":377880,"date":"2021-03-03T07:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=377880"},"modified":"2021-03-03T07:52:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:52:04","slug":"joe-rogan-returns-to-commentary-duties-at-ufc-259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-returns-to-commentary-duties-at-ufc-259\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan returns to commentary duties at UFC 259"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan will be back at the commentary desk for UFC 259, alongside play-by-play man Jon Anik and former two-division champion Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 259 goes down this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card will be headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between champion Jan Blachowicz and challenger Israel Adesanya, who is the promotion&#8217;s middleweight champion. The card will also feature a featherweight title fight between Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson, a bantamweight title fight between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling, and a host of other high-profile matchups.<\/p>\n<p>While Rogan has greatly reduced his commitments to the UFC, he will provide color commentary for this blockbuster card, per <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/lists\/ufc-news-commentary-team-broadcast-plans-ufc-259-joe-rogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. This will be his first time calling a UFC card since UFC 258 last month.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan will be joined at the commentary desk by Anik and Cormier, while Megan Olivi will serve as the card&#8217;s sideline reporter, and Michael Eaves, Paul Felder and Chael Sonnen will handle the post-fight show on ESPN. Bruce Buffer will serve as ring announcer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joe Rogan has been working for the UFC since 1997. Initially, he served as a backstage interviewer for the promotion, but quickly moved into a color commentary role. He has worked for the promotion ever since, and has become as much a part of big UFC cards as the Octagon itself.<\/p>\n<p>While Rogan is a staple of big UFC cards, his commentary has been the subject of some controversy recently, with some members of the MMA community suggesting that he&#8217;s lost a step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-anik-on-joe-rogan-as-a-commentator-he-aint-going-nowhere\/\">According to Anik<\/a>, however, Rogan remains one of the best commentators in the game, and isn&#8217;t going anywhere, contrary to his many duties outside the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can assure you that he ain\u2019t going nowhere,\u201d Anik told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/2\/10\/22225188\/jon-anik-responds-criticism-of-joe-rogan-special-undeniable-quality-to-broadcast-when-hes-part-of-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting <\/a>earlier this year. \u201cAgain, I hate to put words in his mouth, but he absolutely loves this job and I think we had a little international flare with the pay-per-views at the end of the year \u2014 UFC 251, 253, 254 \u2014 that he wasn\u2019t a part of because they were happening in Abu Dhabi. But hopefully, domestic pay-per-views return more so in 2021 and he gets a chance to get back out there more often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that easy stepping up every eight weeks trying to do one of these things and constantly having a revolving door with the broadcast team, but I love the guy. I\u2019ve never been closer with the guy and hopefully he\u2019s here well past me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Are you a fan of the commentary Joe Rogan provides on UFC broadcasts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan will be back at the commentary desk for UFC 259, alongside play-by-play man Jon Anik and former two-division champion Daniel Cormier. UFC 259 goes down this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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