Joe Rogan still loves working for the UFC after almost three decades with MMA’s premier promotion.
The podcaster made his UFC debut on the night the first heavyweight champion was crowned in 1997.
28 years later, Joe Rogan is one of the most famous people on the planet, with a nine-digit net worth.
Still, he turns up for several UFC shows a year to provide commentary and give the event a boost.
Joe Rogan provides retirement update
A small group of fans jokingly told Rogan to retire after his awful Paddy Pimblett impression at UFC 314.
Days later, the 57-year-old revealed that he has no plans to walk away from his UFC gig anytime soon.
The only thing that could prompt his departure is Dana White quitting his role as UFC CEO.
“I just enjoy it. I don’t think about retiring, no,” Rogan said on a recent episode of his podcast.
“If Dana White quits, I might quit, but that’s it. It’s actually in my contract. If he leaves, I leave.
“In my contract if he leaves, I don’t have to stay.
“I wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t for him. He’s my friend. He talked me into doing it.
“I started working for the UFC in 1997 when it was nothing, nobody was watching then.”
Joe Rogan wants UFC rule changes
Rogan may be happy in his UFC job, but that doesn’t mean he’s 100 percent content with the sport.
During the UFC 314 broadcast, he called for a rule change after he saw a fighter ‘blantantly cheating‘.
Rogan says all fence grabs and eye pokes should result in an immediate one point deduction from the offending fighter.
More recently, he shared some ‘wacky ideas’ he has to improve the sport of MMA.
“There’s many times I wish I was running the UFC,” Rogan admitted.
“I would change so many different things… I got some wacky ideas.
“I don’t even think they should fight in a cage. I think the cage is an unnecessary element in fighting. To push someone against something or to be able to get up from something. I don’t think it’s necessary.
“I think it should be in like a basketball court. Like a basketball court that’s matted up. Have a big space. Have a warning track where if you go outside the warning track too many times, you could lose points.”
