“He F***ed up the Entire Promotion”: Joe Rogan on Confronting Khamzat Chimaev With Truth Bomb for Nate Diaz Pull Out

Joe Rogan is undoubtedly one of the most well-reputed names in the entire UFC. The 55-year-old color commentator is also a seasoned comedian as well. He boasts unmatched fame owing to his multi-directional works. Rogan is a former TV host and a former martial artist too. His podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ is also one of the most viewed ones. In the most recent episode of JRE, Rogan was joined by Dave Portnoy: the noted founder of the website and digital media company, Barstool Sports. The two talked about a volley of issues, including Rogan’s experience of confronting the coveted UFC Welterweight, Khamzat Chimaev during his UFC 279 post-fight interview.

Joe Rogan confronted Khamzat Chimaev even though he was impressed

Rogan described the UFC 279 proceedings and narrated how Chimaev missed weight and which caused a lot of disturbances on the main card. Eventually, he faced Kevin Holland.

‘The JRE host’ talked about his job of conducting post-fight interviews and mentioned, “Occasionally, I have to confront them about certain things.” Taking out the example of one such a situation, Rogan narrated, “When Khamzat Chimaev beat Kevin Holland, I was in a very interesting situation because Khamzat weighed in 8 and a half pounds overweight…”

“He f**ked up the entire promotion,” said Rogan.

The former ‘Fear Factor’ host revealed how he wanted to praise Chimaev for “ragdolling” Kevin Holland. But he had to get into a confrontational tone and ask ‘Borz’ about missing weight.

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Rogan was thoroughly appreciative of Chimaev’s fight, stating, “He showed why he is the motherf**ker of  motherf**kers and why everybody is scared of him”. But it was understandably harder for Rogan to change to a confrontational tone, despite all the appreciation for Chimaev.

Dave Portnoy appreciated the witty interviewing skills of Rogan

Rogan had also stated how it was his job to ask proper questions that the fighters would love to answer. He also emphasized the point that an interview has to be entertaining for the audience as well.

Rogan stated, “My whole thing is just make them shine. That’s all I’m trying to do”. But things don’t go as per plan every time and situations like the Rogan-Chimaev interview might arise often.

Portnoy got to the core of Rogan’s situation in those moments and said, “I’ll give you the most credit cause I had a hard time understanding that perfectly.” Many might agree with Portnoy’s opinion here. The UFC comprises fighters from all around the world. They often speak in different dialects and accents which Rogan might not be familiar with in many of the cases.

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Hence, Rogan’s contribution may definitely be appreciated since he manages to turn most interviews into entertaining ones. Do you like watching Joe Rogan’s interviews? Do you think he does a good job?