Dana White thinks Joe Rogan is the GOAT of MMA commentary.
Not too long ago the UFC CEO dubbed his friend and three-time GOP nominee Donald Trump the “greatest fighter ever.” Throughout that very same interview with FOX Information, White sang the praises of his long-time coloration commentator who first joined the Final Combating Championship’s broadcast staff all the best way again at UFC 12 in 1997, 4 years earlier than White and the Fertittas took over possession duties.
“I ended up reaching out to Rogan, we hit it off and that’s it,” White told Kilmeade.
“He mentioned, ‘Wait a minute. So that you’re telling me I can come to the the game that I really like essentially the most on this planet, have the perfect seat in the home, and speak about it on TV? I’m in!’ He did the primary 13 without cost, and the remainder is historical past. Now he has the largest podcast on this planet, and he’s the best fight sports activities commentator of all time” (h/t MMA Mania).
Although Rogan had already made a number of appearances for the promotion, usually as a backstage interviewer, White was unaware of that and reached out to Rogan solely after seeing the previous Concern Issue host defending combined martial arts on a sports activities program.
Joe Rogan’s appearances on the commentary desk are few and much between today
For a few years, Rogan labored each single UFC occasion alongside Mike Goldberg. It was a strong pairing as Goldberg was in a position to provide his play-by-play expertise whereas Rogan stuffed within the gaps along with his expansive information of MMA.
As we speak, Rogan is without doubt one of the hottest podcasters on this planet through his immensely common podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise.
Consequently, his appearances with the promotion today are few and much between with him exhibiting up for pay-per-view occasions emanating from america solely. That has allowed the UFC to experiment with different coloration commentators and construct a rotation of broadcast sales space expertise that features ex-fighters like Daniel Cormier, Michael Bisping, Paul Felder, Dominick Cruz, and Laura Sanko.
Rogan is predicted to return to commentary duties on September 14 when the promotion makes its highly anticipated debut at Sphere in Las Vegas.
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