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Joe Rogan Details How he almost fought action film star wesley snipes: ‘I was going to kill him’

Joe Rogan Wesley SnipesJoe Rogan loves telling the story of how he almost fought action film star Wesley Snipes. The Blade and…

Joe Rogan Wesley Snipes

Joe Rogan loves telling the story of how he almost fought action film star Wesley Snipes.

The Blade and Demolition Man star found himself in some hot water when The IRS tried to collect $23.5 million from Snipes in outstanding taxes for the years between 2001 to 2006 during the late 2000s. Originally the actor attempted to settle for significantly less than the amount owed by only paying $850,000 in cash.

The offer was declined and US Tax Court Judge Kathleen Kerrigan upheld the IRS’ decision for Wesley Snipes to pay $9.5 million, adjusted from the initial demand for $23.5 million. In a desperate attempt to come up with the cash quickly, Snipes planned to call out fellow film star Jean-Claude Van Damme for a fight.

UFC co-creator Campbell McClaren advised against that option and instead suggested that he fight Joe Rogan.

“I was supposed to fight Wesley Snipes,” Rogan said during a recent episode of his popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. “That was real. Lawyers were in negotiation. I was training twice a day for six months. It was f*cking hard. I was so tired all the time and I only got a taste of what it’s like to train like an MMA fighter. I was training knowing that the fight was eventually going to take place so I was building up a base. I was kickboxing every morning and then I was doing jiu-jitsu every night and I was doing it for six months.

Rogan Says Wesley Snipes Bailed once he found out the former Fear Factor host was a trained martial artist

The longtime UFC commentator went on to suggest that Wesley Snipes ultimately bowed out of the bout after realizing that Rogan was an experienced martial artist, training in both taekwondo and jiu-jitsu.

“I think it’s because he knew I was going to kill him,” Rogan continued. “I think in the beginning he thought that he would be able to stuff takedowns and he would kick my ass. Then he found out that I’m a taekwondo champion. I’m a kickboxer. I’m way better at standing up than I am on the ground.

“I don’t know what happened. There’s a bunch of different demands. At first, it was going to be 50/50 and then he wanted it to be 60/40 and I agreed to everything. Then finally, it was like, ‘Just give me this amount of money and give him whatever the f*ck else you want. I’m gonna f*cking strangle that guy’ and it never happened.

“This would be a perfect thing to do; he’s never fought in MMA before. I’ve never done it before. This would be fun and I’ll make a lot of money. Just the idea of this guy who had never had any competitive fights at all, that he thought he could do that.”

In the end, Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for misdemeanor charges of willful failure to file federal income tax returns. He served 28 months behind bars and was released in April 2013.

“He was doing a lot of blow if I had to guess,” Rogan said. “He was in a bad situation where he owed a lot of taxes and he had some advisor or one of those dudes that tells you that it’s unconstitutional to pay taxes. There’s a few of those guys out there that will get you convinced that they’re not going to prosecute you because then it’ll have to be revealed that taxes are against the Constitution. There’s a lot of wacky people that people fall under the influence of and unfortunately, he wound up going to jail.”

Who do you think would have won between Joe Rogan and Wesley Snipes inside the Octagon?

Joe Rogan doubts successful UFC return for Conor McGregor amid injury: ‘No one has come back from that’

Joe Rogan doubts successful UFC return for Conor McGregor leg breakExpected to make his return to the Octagon in the early goings of next year, former two-weight UFC champion,…

Joe Rogan doubts successful UFC return for Conor McGregor leg break

Expected to make his return to the Octagon in the early goings of next year, former two-weight UFC champion, Conor McGregor’s highly-anticipated comeback to fighting may not be as successful as he has predicted according to color-commentator, Joe Rogan, who stressed how history has shown us a triumphant return is unlikely.

McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined from the Octagon since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO to Dustin Poirier in the pair’s trilogy rubber match back in 2021. 

And expected to make his comeback in the form of a welterweight return against one-time lightweight title challenger, MIchael Chandler potentially at UFC 300 in April of next year, Conor McGregor has taken his training camp to the Middle East in recent months – with sparring footage of him dropping down a teammate emerging this weekend.

Joe Rogan unsure of successful comeback for Conor McGregor

However, with fans clamouring for a return from the Dubliner – who claims he will defeat Chandler in his comeback to the sport, UFC color-commenator, Rogan doubts the 35-year-old will return to his highest level of ability amid his gruesome injury.

“No one comes back from that,” Joe Rogan said on his podcast. “No one has ever come back from that catastrophic leg break. Not a single athlete has come back from it and performed at the same level. Anderson Silva’s the only guy who came back and fought multiple times, and he was not the same guy.” 

Without a victory since competing at 170 pounds back in January 2020, McGregor turned in a dominant 40-second high-kick and follow-up TKO victory over former title challenger and Hall of Fame inductee, Donald Cerrone in the pair’s headlining clash. 

Do you think Conor McGregor can make a triumphant return to the Octagon?

Joe Rogan and Derek, MPMD discuss the UFC’s Split with USADA and Conor McGregor’s Alleged Steroid Use

Joe RoganSitting down with Joe Rogan on the longtime UFC commentator’s popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, Derek of More…

Joe Rogan

Sitting down with Joe Rogan on the longtime UFC commentator’s popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, Derek of More Plates, More Dates discussed his take on the promotion’s split with USADA and the new regime that will be taking over testing duties in 2024.

In October, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced that they would be parting ways with the UFC after eight years and more than 27,000 administered tests to its athletes. The news came as quite the shock to fight fans but was largely celebrated by fighters who often slammed USADA for their frequently inconvenient testing practices.

Beginning on January 1, the UFC will begin an in-house testing program with Kansas City-based organization Drug Free Sport International taking over duties for USADA.

One of Derek’s biggest questions regarding the new switch will be the transparency between the UFC and the public when a positive test is detected.

“I guess it depends on how they document the positive test results because back in the day, depending on the organization, sometimes they’ll publish exactly what the person popped for, what happened,” Derek said. “Scrutiny is happening to them in the moment. How it’s being further reviewed. It was very negative press even before they actually confirmed and proved that this guy cheated. And then USADA took this different angle where they would be a little bit more vague about it and then they would get some scrutiny about whether or not they were covering up for certain people.

“But at the same time, they were getting scrutiny for being hyper-stringent, where they would show up to guys places in the middle of the f*cking night when they’re trying to sleep.”

Shortly after news broke that the UFC would end its relationship with USADA, the promotion announced that it had hired George Piro, a former special agent in charge at the FBI’s Miami Field Office, who was the Team Leader of the Saddam Hussein Interrogation Team in 2004.

Jeff Novitzky, the Senior Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for the UFC has said that Piro will make every decision in the new testing program and that the authority will be his and his alone.

“As far as the new organization, their level of scrutiny and how it’s going to play out and how private they’re going to keep the results, it’s to be determined,” Derek added. “But if they’re following the same WADA banned substance list and the same protocols, I imagine it’s going to be similar, but from what I understand, more scrutinous testing on some of the endogenous bioidenticals like EPO.

“Novitzky said they’re going to up their testing, but at the end of this day, there’s only so much budget to allocate to where it’s a viable economic thing. It’s like, are you going to EPO test every f*cking sample of every single athlete however many times per year?”

Joe Rogan Advocates for Conor McGregor’s alleged Banned Substance Use during recovery

At the center of USADA’s public break-up with the UFC is Irish megastar Conor McGregor. Travis Tygart, the CEO of USADA suggested in a statement that the pair’s relationship had become “untenable” due to the constant back-and-forth on McGregor’s long-awaited return to the Octagon.

McGregor just recently re-ented the USADA testing pool after suffering a broken leg during his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier in July 2021. During that time, the former two-division champ had allegedly taken banned substances to help him through the healing process.

Rogan fully supports fighters taking certain substances to help them recover from a particularly devastating injury, like the ones that McGregor, Chris Weidman, and Anderson Silva have all suffered inside the Octagon.

“I imagine it’s going to be a little more lax and I certainly support that and I support guys taking things to recover from injuries like Conor did with his leg injury, 100 percent,” Rogan said. “No question about it, I’m 100 percent all in on that. That’s the only way. No one comes back from that. No one has ever come back from that catastrophic leg break. The shin break, not a single athlete has come back from it and performed at the same level.

“Anderson Silva is the only guy who came back and fought multiple times, and he was not the same guy.

As for whether or not McGregor will reap any real long-term benefits from banned substance abuse, it’s hard to say, even for an expert like Derek.

“As far as the studies go for retention of what’s called myonuclei, like how much you can actually bank up from steroid use, it doesn’t seem”to be something that’s going to sustain for… I don’t know. In perpetuity, like we once thought, it’s kind of finicky if that’s actually something that happens or not,” Derek said.

“A lot of people will shrink back down when they come off, but he’s competing pretty soon after what appeared to be a pretty f*cking full board. The guy was practically unrecognizable compared to the traditional Conor. To me, his face looked like the first time a guy takes gear. Like, ‘Oh, wow. You’ve gained like 15 pounds of water.’ It didn’t even look like it was an attempt to do it in a, ‘I’m trying to micro-dose’ way. It’s like a real cycle, seemingly. And why not, if you’re not being tested?

Joe Rogan Reacts to UFC Champ Sean Strickland pulling a gun on an Alleged Domestic Abuser: ‘That’s Karma’

Joe Rogan Sean StricklandLongtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan shared his thoughts on a recent incident involving Sean Strickland and an alleged domestic…

Joe Rogan Sean Strickland

Longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan shared his thoughts on a recent incident involving Sean Strickland and an alleged domestic abuser.

Strickland has found himself the subject of multiple headlines over the weekend. Most notably, the reigning UFC middleweight champion kickstarted a feud with rising contender Ian Garry, dubbing the Irish star’s wife a “succubus” and imploring Garry to get out from under her.

Hours later, Strickland was once again in the news after pulling a gun on a man who he thought was attempting to steal his truck.

“Did you see his house got broken into? What a wrong house to break into,” Rogan said during a recent episode of his popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. “Out of all the houses to f*ck with, that guy. UFC middleweight champion who is a gun nut and really knows how to use guns. He trains. Every photo that he has or when he does YouTube videos, there’s f*cking ARs on the wall behind him. He’s not f*cking around kid. He’s ready. He’s hilarious and so marketable, like an anti-hero, but also a hero.”

“I don’t know what the guy was doing. It seems like the guy was just obliterated drunk and [Strickland] thought the guy was trying to rob him. I think the guy was just sh*tfaced and was just looking for his keys or something.”

According to Strickland’s post on Instagram, the unidentified man was involved in an alleged domestic dispute before getting in his vehicle and attempting to flee from security. The getaway attempt didn’t last long as he reportedly hit a curb and shredded his tire. Strickland says the man attempted to ride on the rim before exiting the vehicle and hiding between two parked cars, one of them being Strickland’s.

That is what prompted the UFC champ to lead into action.

“That’s karma. That is the universe sending you to the wrong spot,” Rogan continued. “He was such a c*nt that the universe guided him to the absolute worst place he could ever be while he just did those things. Stomped out a girl, drove drunk, drove his car into a curb, ditched it, and tried to hide at the absolute wrong spot.”

Joe Rogan Looks Back at Sean Strickland’s Shocking Victory at UFC 293

While Sean Strickland finds himself the subject of many news stories courtesy of his outspoken nature and outlandish hot takes, his biggest story of the year undoubtedly came at UFC 293 when he scored a shocking unanimous decision victory over Israel Adesanya to claim the middleweight world championship.

“He’s behaving like a wild young contender, but he’s the number one guy on earth. People can say what they want about that Adesanya fight. ‘Oh, Izzy wasn’t himself.’ Dude, Izzy wasn’t himself because he got clipped by a bomb of a right hand by Strickland in that first round. Strickland connected with a picture-perfect right hand, rocked Izzy, and then hit him with how many shots? Eight, 10 clean shots to the head. Left hooks in the clinch. Of course, he wasn’t himself after that.

“You get hit like that in a fight, you’re in f*cksville for the rest of the fight. He probably doesn’t remember those rounds. Who knows how dinged up he got? Only he knows. Only Izzy knows how badly he got hurt in that first round, but when you get rocked that way, your legs go out, and you go down, that’s a concussion.”

Strickland is scheduled to defend his title for the first time at UFC 297 in January as he faces No. 2 ranked contender Dricus Du Plessis.

“You can talk sh*t about Strickland all you want because Strickland seems like he’s got this awkward style and people think he’s not as good as he is, but you watch him tune dudes up,” Rogan added. “That guy is a motherf*cker, man.”

Joe Rogan set to return to commentary booth at UFC 295 for title fights, snaps three month hiatus

Joe Rogan returns to commentary booth at UFC 295 snaps three month hiatusLong-time color commentator, Joe Rogan is slated to return to the commentary booth for the first time since August…

Joe Rogan returns to commentary booth at UFC 295 snaps three month hiatus

Long-time color commentator, Joe Rogan is slated to return to the commentary booth for the first time since August this weekend at UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden, calling action as part of a three man team in ‘The Big Apple’ ahead of a championship fight doubleheader.

Rogan, a staple of the UFC’s commentary booth, is set to return to action for the first time since he called Sean O’Malley’s bantamweight championship win over Aljamain Sterling back in August in Boston, Massachusetts – as he makes the trip to Madison Square Garden. 

Joe Rogan returns to the commentary booth at UFC 295

And according to an initial report from MMA Junkie, Joe Rogan will call the action this weekend in New York City alongside fellow color commentator and former two-division championship holder, Daniel Cormier, and play-by-play lead, Jon Anik.

Headlining the night’s event, a vacant light heavyweight championship bout between former titleholder, Jiri Prochazka, and former middleweight gold holder, Alex Pereira will close the curtain on the night’s action.

Furthermore, in the night’s co-main event, an interim heavyweight championship fight between surging contenders, Sergei Pavlovich, and Tom Aspinall replaces an originally slated heavyweight championship defense by Jon Jones against the former champion, Stipe Miocic. 

Staple roving reporter, Megan Olivi returns to duty this weekend in New York City for UFC 295 to boot, conducting both pre-fight and post-fight interviews with personalities and athletes, as well as providing real-time updates on the card throughout the event.

Furthermore, veteran announcer, Bruce Buffer returns to the Octagon to bill the fighters ahead of action at UFC 295. 

Michael Eaves will host the event’s post-fight show, with former light heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith joining the analyst desk alongside former middleweight and light heavyweight championship chaser, Chael Sonnen, and veteran boxing coach, Teddy Atlas. 

Are you excited to hear Joe Rogan call the action this weekend at UFC 295?

Joe Rogan Discusses the banishment of 12–6 elbow Strikes: ‘They thought someone was going to die’

Joe Rogan elbow strikesJoe Rogan offered his insight into the much-maligned rule against downward elbow strikes, otherwise known as 12–6 elbows, which…

Joe Rogan elbow strikes

Joe Rogan offered his insight into the much-maligned rule against downward elbow strikes, otherwise known as 12–6 elbows, which are largely banned in the sport of mixed martial arts.

In 2000, the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts were established to make the sport more mainstream. Among the established ruleset that we know today, a series of maneuvers were outright banned, one of them being the 12–6 elbow. The primary justification for banning the blow was the damage that could result from such a strike on the orbital bone and the potential for spinal injuries if used in certain positions.

Speaking with Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk during a recent episode of his popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, the longtime UFC commentator shared his take on why the strikes were initially banned by the Association of Boxing Commissions.

“It’s so nuts. It’s so stupid. Do you know where it came from? It came from ‘Big’ John McCarthy who was the original UFC referee and a pioneer of the sport,” Rogan said. “He was bringing this to athletic commissions and they were allowing certain techniques, but one of them they wouldn’t allow was the 12–6 elbow because they saw those late-night karate demonstrations where someone would smash bricks and things like that.

“They thought someone was going to die if they hit him with this, but it’s not even harder than [an angled elbow strike] because this one you can throw your body weight into it and it’s a more natural movement. [12–6] is an unusual movement. I’m sure you could train it and probably get it as hard, but I think for most people… For me, the [angled] elbow has more power.”

The ABC offers their explanation of the 12–6 elbow ban

According to a recent report from the Association of Boxing Commissions, the banishment of linear elbow strikes was done purely for the “advancement of the sport.”

“The committee voted to remove the Linear Elbow Strike (straight up straight down), knowing that a Snap Elbow is much more impactful and is more damaging. This was done for the advancement of the sport. The Perception of a Linear Elbow Strike by fans is that it is the most dangerous elbow strike.”

In 2009, Jon Jones was disqualified during a December fight with Matt Hamill. Jones used his wrestling to dominate Hamill, dislocating Hamill’s shoulder with a takedown, and battering him with strikes from the mount. The bout was stopped by referee Steve Mazagatti who claimed that ‘Bones’ had thrown multiple straight up and down strikes during the onslaught. Though Hamill was unable to continue due to his shoulder injury, Mazagatti disqualified Jones and awarded Hamill the win.

It remains the only loss on Jones’ record.

In 2019, UFC CEO Dana White revealed that he was still actively attempting to have the result overturned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.