UFC On Fox 2: The Time For Joe Rogan To Shine Has Arrived

Coming off his excellent performance at 142 in which he publicly badgered a ref, once again hawked Diamond MMA product, and relied even more than usual on his video-game sound clips (Virtual Joe sez “OH! HE’S HURT!”) rather than informative analysis, I’d say your hopes are a little too lofty right now, Josh.

And that rubs off on the audience, so I guess that’s good for the UFC.

I could do without him at this point though. YOU’RE OLD HAT JOE.

It always feels like I am watching the fight with a regular guy wo is aslo a fan of the sport, I dont think all commentators have to be zombies.

I typically take in my live MMA bouts at a local sports bar, and even though the volume is blasted out concert quality speakers that seem too loud before the fights start, it gets pretty rowdy in there and I have some trouble hearing the commentary. Joe Rogan seems to know this, or he just likes getting all hyped up and shouting, either way, it helps.

I couldn’t hear Anik and Florian at all. It sounded like another show, some TV talk show playing in the background during the fight. It wasn’t until I got home and watched it again thanks to my DVR that I was able to appreciate what those two had said at all, and they definitely do not bring the excitement.

Since it is on free TV, I imagine most casual fans will watch at home, maybe even recorded…but I’d still like to hear more excitement from my commentators.

In my opinion alot of this is a given… not really much to talk about.

to get enough distance on Joe to be objective. My instinct is that he strikes a pretty good balance between hype man and explainer for a more general audience, but the truth is that for me Joe and Goldie are like a well broken in pair of sneakers by this point. I barely think about them, but I’d miss them if they were gone.

I just wish he would stop calling the fight before it is actually finished.
“Oh he’s got the neck, it’s over!!!” Then guy gets out of choke etc…

I think Rogan will do a great job. On his podcast, his viewers aren’t just MMA fans and when he starts to talk about an MMA topic, he explains it to people who don’t know, very well. He never dumbs it down, just tells how it is in a simple and easy to understand manner.

Rogan having to do two jobs makes his commentary harder.

UFC 126 Front Kick

Goldberg: “COMPLETELY ROCKED HIM! TRYING TO FINISH! AND IT IS ALL OVER!”

Rogan of course said “HE FRONT KICKED HIM IN THE FACE!”

And these two on Cain/JDS were on FOX Sports Radio in a simulcast of the TV broadcast. If I were listening to Goldberg’s blow-by-blow on the radio of that fight I’d have had no idea what happened.

As someone who has never rolled before getting into MMA – or since, for that matter – Rogan was the guy that helped me understand the ground game back when I was a newbie. Without him, I wouldn’t have bothered with MMA since I had absolutely no idea what was going on. By this point, I’ve seen enough MMA to know what I’m looking at, and Rogan is more of an afterthought, and yes, he does make some bad comments and yes he gets excited over nothing sometimes, but Rogan is the man as far as I’m concerned. He does his job incredibly well. And I am glad he is getting these opportunities.

However, I will not miss Goldie. Anik looked nervous and he missed some spots, but overall, I think he did a fantastic job – better than Goldie ever did. It was nice, for once, to hear some actual play by play. The UFC is pretty loyal to those who are loyal to them, so I don’t see them getting rid of Goldie any time, but I would like to see Anik and Rogan paired up for a few shows.

someone tweeted the article to him and he’s since retweeted it.