“They Don’t Know What the F*ck Just Happened”- Joe Rogan Shares His Thoughts on Interviewing Fighters That Get Knocked Out

Joe Rogan has been a commentator for the UFC for more than two decades. The podcaster, who’s a black belt himself, helped casual fans under the nuances of ground fighting and jiu-jitsu. Meanwhile, earlier Rogan used to be present at the desk for every big and small-scale event. However, in the past few years, the 55-year-old has reserved himself for only PPV events.

Nevertheless, fans get extremely excited whenever Rogan is commenting. Not just because of his wild reactions and technical breakdowns; but also because of the kind of questions the comedian asks in the post-fight interviews. 

Although most of the time the winner and the loser both are interviewed. However, most of the time, Rogan avoids talking to a fighter who has lost the fight via a knockout. The comedian discussed the same thing on a recent episode of his podcast. 

Joe Rogan does not like interviewing fighters after they have been knocked out

On episode #1898 of the JRE, the podcaster hosted a fellow stand-up comic, Neal Brennan. The pair sat for a prolonged conversation. Meanwhile, during their talk, Brennan mentioned that it’s a bad time to interview fighters who have just been knocked out. Because they are not completely there, meanwhile, the body is trying to provide oxygen to the brain. 

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Rogan said, “Well, I was doing interviews of people after they were knocked unconscious.” Brennan then enquired, “And do you feel, are you kinda like ahh… do you not like it?”

Rogan replied saying, “It’s not a good time to interview people, they make mistakes. Because like you just had your brain shut off. So maybe they think they won a fight or maybe something. They don’t know what the f*ck just happened. And there’s varying degrees of that.”

He further added, “Like you can pretend, like oh he knows, he’s playing dumb. But have zero idea what’s going on in someone’s brain. Unless you are them and you have been knocked out.” The UFC commentator even revealed that he regretted interviewing the former double champion, Daniel Cormier. After his TKO loss to Jon Jones at UFC 214.

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