Cofield Critical of Rogan's Fan-Bashing
by Steven T. Kelliher on Sep 23, 2009 9:55 AM EDT
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PrintAfter UFC color commentator and all around personality Joe Rogan launched into an aggressive rant against the vast majority of fight gear-donning MMA fans last Saturday on his official blog, many fans--and some writers, apparently--failed to see the humor.
Among them, Steve Cofield of Yahoo! Sports chimed in on Tuesday to inject a healthy dose of sarcastic commentary on the matter, claiming that Rogan was biting the hand that feeds him.
The guy does a great job analyzing the fights on UFC telecasts but sometimes Joe Rogan's blog rants miss the mark. He was a pretty big star before the UFC gig blew up so I could guess you could say he doesn't need it. That said, it's clear he enjoys being part of the fight game and its community. The driving force in that community is a rabid, passionate fan base. Gary Shaw once told Cagewriter that boxing will never match MMA when it comes to the culture the fans have developed. Through merchandising, supplies and gym sponsorship, most fighters are now making a healthy living. It's all good, right? Rogan says no, suggesting the majority of male MMA fans who buy these products are tools:
Cofield goes on to suggest that in any other mainstream sport, a leading commentator would be met with serious ramifications, both personally and professionally, should he make such statements.
I wonder what the NFL would say if one their employees made such a sweeping dig at its fans. Would it be cool with Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones if Cowboy radio color voice Babe Laufenberg said the 50,000 fans wearing Cowboys jerseys at Sunday's stadium opener were non-athlete clowns?
Still, no matter your thoughts on the whole Rogan/Fan-tools rant, I think many people on this site understand where he was coming from, even if he did go about it in the wrong way. It's nearly impossible to walk through a college campus these days without seeing one or two Tapout-wearing tough guys walking around with as much attitude as an eighth grader who has yet to get used to his new testosterone levels. I think Rogan is sick of the way some of these fans are protraying the sport to the uneducated masses--especially since he has such a passion for it--and this was his frustrated attempt at getting them to look in the mirror.
As for Rogan's response to all of this controversy? No surprises here:
I'm getting a lot of messages from upset meatheads and morons because of my latest blog.
And the following is probably as close to a retraction as we're going to get, not that I am asking for one personally:
I wear tapout all the time. It's not mma clothing I have a problem with, it's the ultra meathead dopey shit I was making fun of
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i agree with cofield. i think its stupid for Rogan to bash the fans, and i think its stupid for dana white to bash the blogs that support this sport. i think there’s a disconnect when rampage says something like “the bitch ass fans, they don’t pay me”… i think they dont realize its the fans that pay their bills, not the UFC
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I don’t. Cofield is making something out of nothing, and it’s typical a typical crap Cofield article that he’s basically trying to gain attention and hits from. Cofield probably doesn’t give a shit at all.
Furthermore, Cofield suggests that the NFL would go after someone saying similar things. The NFL isn’t the UFC, and it’s pretty obvious the UFC doesn’t give a shit considering Dana White, the king of bashing things inappropriately, is the president of the UFC.
Honestly, I see what Rogan means, but I’m not going to bash these people. I can come up with a statistical analysis of the concept though. Most people I meet in TapouT shirts or Affliction shirts are “tools” to me. They either think they can fight me when they get all drunk and stupid, or they believe the shirt will cause girls to think they are fighters. But hey, that’s just from my sample group of idiots around here. I’m sure plenty of fans who wear the stuff are perfect human beings who I’d hang out with all the time, but that’s the mentality of Rogan’s argument. He’s obviously ran into a lot of meatheads he can’t stand wearing those shirts.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yep..
I think it’s either cofield is overreacting, or he is just trying to get his blog more hits.
…and steven, that wasn’t a retraction, Rogan dislikes the hardcore-Deathskull-fire-dragon kinds of shirts. tapout shirts look better than those cause it’s just a logo.
If you ask me, i’d rather wear a simple shirt.. maybe something that just says “Lyoto”. no skulls, no bones, no dragons and shit.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 23, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree also.
Rogan probably could have chosen his words a little more wisely, but his point is well taken. People who are not MMA fans see these jackasses wearing Affliction or Tapout shirts & doing stupid juvenile things & think that all MMA fans must be this way.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
I wear the Fedor shirt. That’s it. I have an Affliction: Trilogy shirt that I won on Twitter, but it’s a collector’s item now that I will keep forever. I don’t wear the stuff. Too much going on on the t-shirts. TapouT shirts are much more realistic. Just the word TapouT.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
this fedor shirt?
I actually only have 1 mma shirt. and i only bought it recently. It’s a simple white shirt with URCC written in front and a light gray background of the shape of the philippines.
I hardly wear it here cause it has the shape of the Philippine Islands, but i plan on bringing it the next time i go to the states. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 23, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Mine is red.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I would rather wear a t-shirt that doesn’t cost 75 dollars, but I guess that might just be me.
by Phildo on Sep 23, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also a good point.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
tons of fake affliction shirts here.. hahahah.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 23, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
i totally agree with joe on the general ugliness and clicheness of most mma apparel. i’ve been watching since the nineties i guess and though i’ve been a “fan” of several fighters i’ve never owned a shirt. at first they looked cheap and bootleggy and now they’re all that same busy nonsense with cliched and outdated tough guy imagery and and enough metallic bits to cause seizures.
i disagree with him about the fist up pose for one reason. fighters pose for pictures with their fists up all the time, its part of their job as a fighter. every weigh in, at least once per episode of ultimate fighter, on posters etc. yeah, it’s a bit peculiar because not a lot of celebrities are famous for a certain photographic pose related to their profession, but if you told me you could magically make me a picture of me standing next to ali in his prime i’d think it was cool, magically make a picture of me and ali actually facing off like on a promotional poster for a real fight and i’d shit my pants.
joe has always been a much better spokesperson for the ufc than dana if you ask me. he’s far more willing to be honest while still deferring to the good points of the company. i’m glad he said what he did, i’d love to see more sophisticated and attractive mma crap out there to buy. i’d actually buy some of it.
agreed
A lot of athletes in all sports fail to realize it’s the fans that pay their salaries and make them as big a superstar as they are. We as fans hype them up and support their greedy asses and this is the thanks we get?
I’ve seen this in other so called ‘underground’ sports…like surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and MMA. These sports produce clothing so they can sell it but if you’re not actively participating in these sports you’re labeled a ‘poser’ Some fans just like to watch…some just are athetically challenged…that doesn’t mean they aren’t ‘allowed’ to like the sport.
Rogan’s an idiot anways…Like Cofield says, Rogan does great commentary on the fight and that’s it. Some of these guys want the UFC/MMA to be big…without the fans whether the ‘good or bad’ type, it’s just another phase…
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Dude.
Tapout has a section on their website of pictures people send in of their Tapout logo tattoos.
Rogan is 100% abso-freaking-lutely correct. Wearing fightwear to the bar to watch fights on TV is like wearing tartan pantaloons and a tamoshanter to watch the US Open golf.
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= p
Rogan is one of those Liberal Intellectuals who talk down about other people to make himself seem better. Whatever,though, he has the liberty to do that. = p
by evilstuntz on Sep 23, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
As someone who considers himself a "Liberal Intellectual"...
I take offense to the Joe Rogan association.
Yes, I do realize it makes me a douche to consider myself a liberal intellectual.
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by Anthony Pace on Sep 23, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
not so much douche as much as “trendy and in dire need to belong to the popular youth consensus”
by beersnbroads on Sep 25, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, I’m built (call it meathead). So, if I wear an Affliction shirt, does that automatically make me a douche? I was under the impression that the skinny guys wearing that sort of clothing were the douches.
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Sep 23, 2009 10:21 AM EDT reply actions
Do you walk around talking about how you banged three chicks in one night? Do you go to the bar with your Affliction shirt on and try to fight people when drunk? Do you tell chicks that you’re sponsored by Affliction and fight in the UFC? Do you think you’re better than everyone in the entire world because you have muscles? Do you wear the shirt to simply show off your muscles?
If you answered “yes” to any of those, you just answered the “douche” question.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
This!
Rogan is not implying that simply wearing MMA apparel makes you a douchebag. He is saying that he is sick of seeing guys adting like douchebags while wearing MMA apparel. Which makes non-MMA fans think that we all must be like these guys.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Exactly...
It isn’t that the person LOOKS like a douche. It’s the actions of those types of people. One of my best friends wears Affliction shirts, and he’s a total non-douche. Although, I could probably answer YES for him to those questions above… but he doesn’t publicly state those issues. He doesn’t walk around saying “I can steal your woman from you right now because I have washboard abs!”
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Also...
You could add any Jersey douche references to these questions.
Do you have an orange tan that’s makes you look like an Oompa Loompa while wearing an Affliction shirt?
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
i try to fight people when i’m drunk… but usually i’m in just my boxers at this point, does that still count?
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Are you in jail at that point during the evening?
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never banged two chicks in one night, let alone three. I don’t ever try to start fights. I don’t lie to chicks about my accomplishments. No, not better than everyone else, just better than guys who are out of shape. No, a RL polo or any other t-shirt shows off muscles just as much. I keep my mouth shut and keep to myself for the most part. I’m not from Jersey.
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Sep 23, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Good deal...
Do you pop your collar?
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Of course not. I despise those guys. I don’t wear jewelry either, not even a watch.
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Sep 23, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Here’s a story. You’ve probably seen Inspirational posters on the Internet with a guy with like 4 popped collars on with some girl. I actually SAW some guy do that at a bar when I was in college, roughly 3 years ago. I couldn’t believe it. Jersey tan, some trophy girl on his arm who couldn’t figure out what the difference between “hard cider” and “beer” was. Ugh… I had to actually hold a conversation with the guy because my buddy knew a couple of his friends.
We get to talking, and I notice his girlfriend wearing a TapouT shirt. He tells me that he was fighting in the UFC back at the last UFC Fight Night and that he was on TV. Yeah… seriously. I believe it was UFN 3…
We subsequently get into who he is… and I knew who fought on the prelims and main card at UFN 3, and I knew this guy was full of fucking shit. He says his name is Josh Burkman. Now… he sort of looks like Josh Burkman, but he isn’t 170 lbs. He was maybe 145 soaking wet. But he says Josh’s name kind of wrong as well. So while I’m laughing on the inside, I come to the conclusion that I have to out this asshole because this chick he’s with thinks he’s a fighter, for one, and two… four popped collars is a god damn travesty.
After telling him the outcome of every fight on the card and knowing some facts about the UFC WW division along with him making total assnine statements about who he’d fight next… he thought Tim Sylvia was at 170 lbs apparently. His girlfriend left, and he swung at me. He subsequently got kicked out and half the bar erupted in applause that the place had been ridden of a douche. The singer playing, a friend of mine, announced it to the bar.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I just saw a dude with 3
popped collar polo type shirts at the mall here in Dallas. My girlfriend was laughing so hard he actually heard her & looked over at us while turning as red as one of the 3 shirts he had on.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Shit leland
Are you fucking serious? hahahhaha. that story is too good to be true. It’s already funny enough that he’s pretending to be burkman, but with 4 collars??! hahahahahhahahaha..
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 23, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
It doesn’t surprise me though because I’ve been in bars during UFN cards on Spike where people actually claim they are fighters with the UFC all the time to impress chicks. And the chicks don’t care to check a website or something to find out the dude is lying… they are too impressed by his chiseled abs. It’s just a gimmick, and I know those girls know it’s bullshit. I hear it quite a bit actually. I got into a fight about 4 years ago at a scuffle at a bar 4 years ago, and the dude thought I’d back down after knocking a friend of mine off a bar stool because he said he fought MMA locally. Unless he was Dan Hornbuckle (thank god he wasn’t), most local MMA here is bad, very bad. In actuality, his buddy literally said he was full of shit about 5 seconds later.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
And it was probably more like 2 or 3 collars. I really can’t remember. I just thought of that inspirational poster when talking about it. It was still GREATER THAN ONE collar, which is already a NO NO.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You must be referring to this guy:
Your story sounds too good to be true, but I’ll believe you. When guys do stuff like that with the multiple popped collars, you can’t tell if they’re serious or making fun of popped collars. I can barely wear one polo without overheating, so I don’t know how anyone could wear 4. It would have to be February or something.
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Sep 23, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Too good to be true? I thought this shit went on in a lot of places… honestly. You guys don’t go to a bar and hear some dumbfuck saying he’s a UFC fighter? I’ve heard it quite a bit, but it was more back when MMA wasn’t as big as it is now, so maybe you guys aren’t accustomed to that.
Nowadays, I just hear people say that fight MMA locally, which is a much more believable thing to say.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
dude, nothing that awesome happens here(austin). you’re in chicago, right? that’ is one of the greatest stories ever told.
jesus that’s awesome. there is one bar where the gold’s gym people hang out for PPV fights and wear affliction shirts…guess i gotta start going back there.
I’m in Bloomington. The big difference is that this town is COLLEGE-RIDDEN. Great for single guys, just a hint. But… you get Chicago guys coming down thinking they own the town, and locals fighting against that, and then people from all over because Illinois State apparently has a top notch psychology department or something. Tons of women for men to fight over, trust me. It’s insane.
But you get stupid stories like this all the time. I have plenty of others regarding bands, such as Rusted Root’s lead singer, Mike Glabicki, came here to do a show with a few buddies of mine… and it was a pretty huge deal to the college crowd down here. I had a friend tell me that a guy was out back of the venue looking completely out of it, on drugs, or drunk and thought he was a vagrant so he avoided the guy at all costs. I mean, the dude looked homeless. Next thing you know, he’s on stage.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
I see your point now. It’s funny how full of shit some people really are.
I remember being in the military going through basic training meeting all these people from all over the country. I didn’t know these guys or their background so I couldn’t tell if they were full or shit or not. It seemed like everyone was a star football player or wrestler in their ‘hometown’ and basically picked joining the military over a full ride college scholarship. Some people are really tools…
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Also, I was at a bar during Diego Sanchez vs. Nick Diaz to which four guys got MAJOR PISSED at me because I said Diego won the fight… and then they said they knew him personally. I asked where they knew him from, and they said back home in New York City.
Didn’t they see that he’s from Stockton, CA on the damn profile before the fight? I almost got my ass fucking kicked that night too.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Knew Nick that is.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
That is funny Leland,
but you cant be C-blocking like that! lol I mean the guy was going balls to the wall to get that girl in the sack.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
If he was going balls to the wall, he shouldn’t have said he was Josh Burkman. Come on now! At least say you’re BJ Penn or a champion.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You have a good point there, lol.
But Josh landed Arianny so…..
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Ahh, good point.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
And he is the "Peoples Warrior" lol
so I guess it wasnt that bad of an idea to claim him.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Oh, and to be fair...
I’m not sure the girl left mad or anything… I think she was perturbed that I debunking his story. She probably went home with him anyways.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course she did. Lying about MMA or not, if the Girl thinks you’re all that and goes home with you, it don’t matter how many collars you’ve popped.
This is true. Although, I’d rather just get the girl by not looking like a complete tool bag.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
My Italian friends here in London keep trying to turn me into a collar popper. I steadfastedly refuse all attempts at conversion!
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by Well Read Idiot on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Not trying to brag...
…but I have been with two women in one night (hours apart) so if I wear an Affliction shirt will I get the fabled third? Suckas gotta know.
by black dragon on Sep 23, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It isn’t whether you’ve done it… it’s whether you BRAG about it publicly like it’s a fucking accomplishment. That’s a douchebag thing to do.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Duly noted Mr. Roland
I really should have added to that post to make it more humurous, but suffice to say, other than the anonymity provided by my screenname, I rarely kiss and tell and yeah that is a douchetastic thing to do in public.
by black dragon on Sep 24, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, did not mean to combine your names like that...
by black dragon on Sep 24, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL FAIL!
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by Leland Roling on Sep 24, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Preach it!
Every time I see someone in an aflfiction shirt (even saw one with metal studs in it) the guy wearing it has his head on a swivel and this look in his eyes that says, “Ask me about how awesome I am”
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by E_liminatorjr on Sep 24, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
no, the douches wearing those clothes are the douches.
And that’s the problem, I don’t own any of these clothes myself, and I have friends that wear them and are perfectly normal people that I consider non-douches. But that doesn’t change the fact that I’ve had enough encounters with randoms wearing these clothes that I immediately think douche when I see the shirt.
People are just pissed because Rogan’s right: most “MMA Fans” are meat-head tools. There, I said it.
by Ahhhoki on Sep 23, 2009 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You can take it a step further and include most sports fans. They might not be meatheads, but most PEOPLE are borderline retarded.
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by Mike Fagan on Sep 23, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
LOL...
And the funny part… Fagan is right.
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by Leland Roling on Sep 23, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
YES.
I will go with Seinfeld’s line about datable people. 85% of the population is undatable & more than likely semi-retarded.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
It's not the shirt, it's the attitude
I have friends who wear fight gear like Tapout and have never trained a day in their life. But they are cool about it; freely admit they don’t train and are nice to everyone they meet.
It’s the guys you see at the gym wearing Tapout shirts and Sprawl shorts shadowboxing between sets who mean-mug everyone and inject D-Bol who ruin it. The best is when I wear my one “fight” shirt (Gracie Jiu-Jitsu) to the gym and these same guys ask me about fighting. I tell them I don’t fight and ask them where they train. They usually say AKA (I live near San Jose) and are fighting in the next Strikeforce event.
I’ll ask my friends who train there about these guys, and they will tell me they have never heard of them. People like this DO exist, and it bugs the shit out of me.
BOOSH
"mean-mug everyone"
lol, I have not heard this in a long time!!
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Shit like this is the reason I do drink
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by Anthony Pace on Sep 23, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Rogan has a point, however, so does Cofield.
The one thing I find both hilarious and a bit disturbing at the same time is that Joe Rogan is complaining about what people wear. Even if we forget the fanny pack, he’s not exactly one to talk about fashion or what to wear.
by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Sep 23, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions
rogan wears the same looking shirts all the time too. haha.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 23, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
???
What does Rogan wearing a fanny pack or MMA apparel have to do with Cofield’s point? Rogan is talking about people acting like d-bags while wearing MMA apparel giving MMA a bad name as far as non-MMA fans are concerned.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Here’s an interesting twitter conversation.
JOE ROGAN: Is it? I’ve never read it before? I may have been duped… RT @envyexile: @joerogandotnet MMABay is one of the biggest troll sites ever
COFIELD: More people ripping MMABay, this time over Cro Cop report RT @joerogandotnet: MMABay is one of the biggest troll sites ever
I don’t know if cofield just doesn’t know how to RT, or he doesn’t know what it means, or he’s just quoting people wrong, or whatever.. Cause Joe never ripped MMABay, he just replied to a fan (@envyexile) saying that it was a troll site…
but the way cofield put it, (by doing a wrong RT) it looked like joe was the one ripping them when he totally wasn’t.. and it’s kinda pissing me off..
I LOL'd
@ 15:01 of fame and counting, Rogan is pimping fanny packs yet takes the time to call MMA fans who geek out or nerd out, tools?
Irony?
can someone please call out rogan and his 'smedium' shirts
sometimes it looks like his shirts are painted on.
Well the guy is pretty big
& the stuff he wears seems to be pretty much the right size. Would you rather he wore stuff 4 sizes too big so it just hung off of him? I mean he pretty much wears all long sleeve shirts, so he kind of has to go with I dont know, the length of his arms?
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
I agree with Rogan
Not just about the shirts, but moreso about the pictures of all the douches standing next to fighters and holding their fists up like they’re about to throw a punch. Some of that is a product of the facebook society we live in, but a lot of it is just d-bags being d-bags.
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