On August 11, 1967 UFC commentator Joe Rogan was born in New Jersey.
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On August 11, 1967 UFC commentator Joe Rogan was born in New Jersey.
First News Radio, then Fear Factor, now UFC.. how did you move between all these?
The perfect combination of luck, whore-like opportunism, a rabid hunger for pursuing my personal interests regardless how the conventional wisdom would say they could negatively affect my career.
I just do what I like to do, except in the case of fear factor, where I did that because I like money.
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“Let me tell you something about Joe Rogan, when this thing was bleeding money and we were trying to get this thing off the ground, Joe Rogan starting commentating for us–Joe Rogan commentated for us for free. He did about 13…this was when Fear Factor was huge, he was doing it for free…I told Joe, ‘Dude, when this thing catches I’m going to f___n take care of you, and I couldn’t say enough good things about Joe Rogan, he’s gold man. He’s gold. ”
–Dana White speaking to Opie and Anthony
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UFC commentator Joe Rogan, who is an avid psychedelic and spiritual explorer, is giving away one of his isolation tanks. Rogan writes on his site about how his experiences in the tank have aided him in expanding his awareness and tapping into a universal unconsciousness beyond mind and ego. More info on how to enter this contest is at this link.
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A lot of people are talking about this clip with Joe Rogan talking about Dana White’s assessment of Fedor. There is a transcript of it as well at the end of this post.
Dana White has berated Fedor’s skills quite a bit lately after not being able to sign the Russian heavyweight. While well versed MMA fans know it’s nonsense, the casual fan probably isn’t as aware and may buy into the White’s heavyweight ranking of Fedor based on his business relationship he had with him. Even though a simple Sherdog fight finder search would show Fedor has two wins over their current heavyweight champ in Nogueira, the casual fan often can be swayed by statements from White. Which is why he made them in the first place.
It reminds me of a grievance Matt Lindland had, where Dana White allegedly made comments to the effect that Dan Henderson is 10 times the fighter Lindland is. Lindland took exception to the comment and noted that the casual new MMA fan, who is not a die-hard internet devotee, will tend to believe such statements.
But I respect the fact Rogan is willing to say his boss “talks a lot of s__t.”
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Caller (Dustin): Hey Joe, I wanted to know what you were thinking about Dana White talking shit on Fedor, and whether you agree with him or not?
Rogan: I do not agree with Dana White’s assessment of Fedor, I think Fedor is probably the greatest heavyweight in the world…
Host: Fedor is a guy who’s been fighting for a long time?
Rogan: …He’s a Russian guy, his name is Fedor Emelianenko, he’s this f___n machine from Russia, he’s an amazing fighter, he’s so technical, he’s one of the most unusual fighters ever because he’s this dominant attacking guy, but if you get him on his back he will f__k you up from his back. He’ll armbar you in a second, he did it to Mark Coleman twice. And the way he does it–he moves his hips like a lightweight man. The dude just catches submissions from all over the place. And he’s just f___n so durable, the dude is so bad ass, he comes at people with no emotion, and they call him a cyborg, literally it’s because of his fighting style…he’s not only the best heavyweight in the world, I think he’s one of the best pound for pound MMA fighters in the world. But you know what, Dana White is a businessman, and when Dana White doesn’t sign a deal with someone you think he’s going to pump him up? No, he’s going to throw them in the garbage. Same s__t that he did with Wanderlei Silva, but when Wanderlei was free and clear and he could come to the UFC, then he pumped Wanderlei back up and told everybody what he really feels about Wanderlei. He talks a lot of shit, but that’s why he’s good at his job.
Caller (Dustin): Hey Joe, I wanted to know what you were thinking about Dana White talking shit on Fedor, and whether you agree with him or not?
Rogan: I do not agree with Dana White’s assessment of Fedor, I think Fedor is probably the greatest heavyweight in the world…
Host: Fedor is a guy who’s been fighting for a long time?
Rogan: …He’s a Russian guy, his name is Fedor Emelianenko, he’s this f___n machine from Russia, he’s an amazing fighter, he’s so technical, he’s one of the most unusual fighters ever because he’s this dominant attacking guy, but if you get him on his back he will f__k you up from his back. He’ll armbar you in a second, he did it to Mark Coleman twice. And the way he does it–he moves his hips like a lightweight man. The dude just catches submissions from all over the place. And he’s just f___n so durable, the dude is so bad ass, he comes at people with no emotion, and they call him a cyborg, literally it’s because of his fighting style…he’s not only the best heavyweight in the world, I think he’s one of the best pound for pound MMA fighters in the world. But you know what, Dana White is a businessman, and when Dana White doesn’t sign a deal with someone you think he’s going to pump him up? No, he’s going to throw them in the garbage. Same s__t that he did with Wanderlei Silva, but when Wanderlei was free and clear and he could come to the UFC, then he pumped Wanderlei back up and told everybody what he really feels about Wanderlei. He talks a lot of shit, but that’s why he’s good at his job.
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Joe Rogan posted his thoughts on the Bisping-Hamill decision on mma.tv:
I’ve gotten a ton of emails about this, and I’ve seen all the threads here about it so I thought I would make a reply. I thought that clearly the most damage in the fight was done by Hamill in the first round. That was really the only time anyone was hurt. Hamill hit Bisbing with a huge right hand and had him hurt very badly. Hamill got some takedowns after that, but was unable to do any significant damage from them.
As for scoring, I just walked in the door from London, so I’ll have to look at the fight again and see what I think, but I remember when the fight was over I thought that if I had to bet, I would say that Hamill was going to walk away with a close decision. The first round was clearly his, the second was probably his as well, and I thought Bisbing did enough to win the third.
At the time I honestly didn’t think the decision was that crazy. We see so many fucking weird scorecards in the UFC that maybe I’m just getting used to it.
For instance, if I’m not mistaken, one of the judges in the Clay Guida vs Marcus Arellio fight scored the fight for Arellio, and I thought that was just fucking insane. Fortunately the other two saw it for Guida and he walked away with the win, but it’s an example of how goofy the scoring can be sometimes.
As for anyone telling me what to say or who to put the emphasis on during the commentary, I can tell you 100% that it has never happened. The ONLY thing that the ufc has ever asked me not to do, was mention Pride by name when they were in the middle of negotiations and shit was getting ugly between them. This was around the time when they had Wanderlei come into the UFC and challenge Chuck with a Pride T shirt on, and the UFC had felt like they were getting played and that Pride was using the negotiations to get free publicity for Pride in the USA and that they didn’t really have intentions to have any of their fighters come over here.
I thought regardless of the decision, the Hamill Bisbing fight was very entertaining, and both guys fought their hearts out. Coming on here and shitting on Bisbing for his performance is just ignorant. He did his best against a powerful guy that surprised him with some new found skills and a good game plan. The decision isn’t going to hurt Hamill in any way, and in fact it probably made him some new fans. It’s certainly not going to hurt him in the long run with the UFC. If I was advising Bisbing, I would probably tell him to drop down to 185. He walks around at 205 with a little body fat, and if he changed his diet and concentrated on the lighter weight class I think it suits his frame more.
I think there have been some really insightful posts on here about scoring, and some very good suggestions. One of them that I think we should look in to, is announcing the scorecards after each round. That could possibly help, and the only downside I can think of is that it would make some guys that are ahead ease up and take fewer chances because they know they’ve got a win in the bank if they can just coast. A way around that would be finishing bonuses for a submission or KO.
Overall though, I think this decision outlines a real problem that we have in this sport using a scoring system that was designed for boxing. I believe we need to use a more comprehensive system that quantifies each aspect of the sport. It’s not going to be easy to come up with, but I think that decisions like this are going to eventually force a change. Personally, I prefer the scoring that they used in Pride where they judge the fight as a whole and count the damage being scored at the end more highly.
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