I wouldn't consider PPV public television (well at least it was PPV in the states). Though I believe in the UK and other areas the fights are on ESPN, but don't you guys show nudity no problem on public TV? If that's the case, I'm sure his comments do no more harm then a pair of titties
Though I can certainly see a more 'public' issue if this happened on the FOX card.
I personally don't think it's a major deal. I don't think Rogan's comments hurt the sport overall anymore then Dana's public rants every other day.
I have no problem with it but it does seem like he is trying to get fired especially since in one of his podcast he mentioned that he didn't like how FOX came in with some notes.
But then again he is a comedian and he did mention "**** choke" a while back.
The dude said **** choke on live cable television and no one said anything and that is when the ufc was still fighting a lot of stereotypes and commissions. I think he'll be fine.
I did hate that fat ******* ref. I kept paying attention to him saying "Cmon work guys work" over watching the fight. **** i shouldnt even know the ref is there. Instead im worried that he is going to separate them cause he does not know what is going on.
Joe can do what he wants. If he gets fired I'll probably be watching a lot less UFC. I've been skimming the FX cards as it is with the two talking heads they have on there.
Joe has always been a great and funny personality to have around during PPVs. I sometimes get ticked at his blatantly biased commentary, but then I remember how big a fan he is of the sport. He roots for people the same way you and I do. It just get annoying when I'm not rooting for the person he is, lol.
I have noticed earlier in Womans fighting when they are in a north-south position that the audiance(male part) starts cheering. I think it`s kinda cool to just say NSFW posistion, although in the Anjos/Bocek fight, Anjos more or less sat on Bocek`s face.
I thought the ref joke was out of line, think of the ref telling his family and friends he is going to be reffing the ufc and has them all watch just to have rogan make a joke about him being fat
That was my thoughts before he annoyed the crap out of me by saying let go lets fight every time they clinched for even a second, then i was yelling at the tv for the fat ref to get the **** out of the octagon.
I love rogan, his commentary is part of the ufc experience, when he is not there it feels like a different organization. i did think he went a little over the line this time though
The Lance Bass joke was funny, and it probably offended the 5 gay UFC fans that were watching.
The fat joke was a little over the line, and Rogan always complains about separations. He immediately didn't like the ref for bein fat, and complained about the first separation, which was entirely deserved. They started a clinch at 4:45 of round one, and danced around with nothing of significance until 3:05. The clinch is fine if they are trying for takedowns, or landing some strikes, but nothing was happening at all.
He espeically complains about standups, and I'm assuming that's because he does BJJ and typically shows favouritism for BJJ fighters.
Other than that I thought his commentary was on point. He had me laughing quite a bit last night.
Crossing the line is the fact that Goldy still has a job, the guy is strange. His commentary, or irrelevant history lessons, is rubbish and he would be lost without Rogan.
Goldy said something about a fighter last night, Rogan continued with 'I like that word you used...etc'. Goldy fell to pieces, looked like he creamed his pants because Rogan agreed with something he said! Congratulations Goldy, how many years practice have you had?
'Why thank you...' he says with a creepy smile, no confidence in his evaluation of the fighter until Rogan approved it. Strange. I know Rogan is a big personality and speaks with a lot of conviction, tends to steal the show, but it's not his fault Goldy is a bitch.
As are as wooden annoying play by play guys go, Goldy is alright. I dont know why you cant get rid of that role and have two color commentary guys together, Couture and Rogan would be my preferred combo, but Randy is busy.
The commentary in general last night was hilarious.
Rogan had to be baked, the Lance Bass comment, the Tristar is a crockpot of talent comment and then there was that gem where he called 170 a "volcano of animals"
hell no it wasn't inappropriate. He is a comedian first and foremost which the UFC was well aware of before they hired him. He will say things to piss people off from time to time but that's expected. To muffle it would be a shame. Not a PC guy at all.
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