FOX TV Producers Asked Joe Rogan To Tone It Down

Excerpts from the Joe Rogan Podcast
“I’ve been doing the UFC for how long? F-ing, who knows? 97′. It’s very rare that anyone ever says anything. But, once we started going on FOX, the producer actually had to tell me in my ear, the FOX executive was like, ‘Tell him to take it down a notch.’

You can’t tell me to deliver the way I deliver. I’ve been doing it forever. They either like it or they don’t. Most people like it. If you don’t-tough s-. It doesn’t sound like your f-ing baseball guys, your basketball guys-it’s not supposed to. It’s not. It’s not supposed to. It’s a different f-ing sport, and it’s just the way I do it.”
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FUCK YOU FOX! That one new guy sounds like a fuckin nascar dude and I can't stand him.

Yeah what's his name? Akin or something?

They want everybody to sound exactly like that.
No thanks! I'll take Rogan's style over most braodcaster's any day of the week.

I hope they don't pull him and plug in Florian. That would be plenty vanilla enough for their liking.

And so it begins.... do you think FOX will stop at telling Joe to tone it down? Naw... you will see them trying more and more to put in their two cents to change the product.

fuck them rogan is awesome.
him and bas rutten

Fox trying to weasel themselves in slowly to take over..... nope not gonna happen.

If Dana sells out and sides with Fox, the UFC won't get another dime from me. I'm not particularly fond of Rogan, but he speaks directly to the fans. There's no dispute about that whatsoever. He might as well be a dude in your living room. The last thing MMA fans want is another stiff wearing a suit and fucking up MMA related terms and historical references.

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If Dana sells out and sides with Fox, the UFC won't get another dime from me. I'm not particularly fond of Rogan, but he speaks directly to the fans. There's no dispute about that whatsoever. He might as well be a dude in your living room. The last thing MMA fans want is another stiff wearing a suit and fucking up MMA related terms and historical references.

That Jon Akin guy is pretty decent but that's where Fox should stop. U're right, we don' need another suit wearing doofus, Akin is where is should start, stop and end. That's it.

I hate that fuckin guy.

^^^
2nd'd.

Cookie-cutter sports broadcaster brought in to get things nice and mellow.

Rogan going on a verbal rampage isn't the smartest move to be honest. Dana better be in his corner, because they could can him for that interview alone.

Rogan gone today and then fox will probably can Diaz for his middle fingers tomorrow. Who knows what the following day will hold. I thought going to fox was a good move at first but i am starting to have 2nd thoughts on that.

Fox is just terrible at sports.
I was never excited about this deal.

Triggerman99 wrote:

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2nd'd.

Cookie-cutter sports broadcaster brought in to get things nice and mellow.

Tru, he may be cookie-cutter.. but atleast he knows his shytt instead of trying to seem like he knows his shytt lol...

Yeah, I'm more reffering to his demeanor and general vanilla-ness that falls in line with other major sports broadcasters. They don't want anybody standing out in any way, god forbid.