Overview

• On a recent Joe Rogan Experience episode reported Sept. 25–26, Rogan said watching close friends lose in the Octagon leaves him in tears.
• He highlighted Daniel Cormier’s losses to Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic as especially painful to call from cageside.
• Rogan said Brendan Schaub was the hardest to watch late in his career, describing frequent knockouts in sparring with Shane Carwin.
• He recounted that Schaub suffered concussions even days before facing Ben Rothwell and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, reinforcing his push for Schaub to quit MMA.
• Rogan noted he avoids interviewing fighters immediately after stoppages but acknowledged he cannot fully detach despite his long tenure on the UFC’s pay-per-view commentary team.