Despite Knocking Out His Opponent Clean, Joe Rogan Was Once Left Traumatized & Never Recovered From That Sensation as ‘It Scared the Sh*t Out’ of Him

The UFC’s ‘color commentator’ Joe Rogan enjoys a massive following owing to his work in various fields. Along with his over-a-decade-long tenure with the UFC, Rogan is also a seasoned comedian, a former TV host, and a podcaster as well. His podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, has bagged the apex spot in the list of ‘Top Podcasts’ by Spotify multiple times. Rogan is often joined by noted celebrities on JRE and their discussion may be about anything.

In an episode of JRE, Rogan played host to one of his colleagues in the comedy world, Dave Chappelle. Rogan, a trained martial artist, went on to describe that during his fights, he would always look to “knock people out”. He also mentioned his feelings after knocking people out. Rogan also narrated an incident that changed his attitude toward knockouts.

Joe Rogan didn’t feel good after knockouts

Starting off discussions Rogan stated, “I’d try to knock people out all the time”. This had Chapelle saying, “I can’t imagine that”

Rogan went on to describe that “In Taekwondo, most of the fights are won by points, they’re won by decision. I won most of my fights by knockout. I was always trying to knock someone unconscious“.

Chapelle went on to question Rogan, “What does it feel like to knock somebody? Is it fine or is it scary at all?”.

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Rogan described that knocking people out “was shocking” and it didn’t “feel good”. He also said that some part of him would go, “Yeah!” but the other part “was like ‘What the F**k?'”. Rogan stated, “It always felt weird”.

The incident that changed Rogan’s attitude toward knockouts

Rogan stated that he was 19 years old at the time of this incident. He also said that this incident happened while he was fighting for the national finals. After winning his first fight, Rogan was all set to take on a “kid” from Chicago. It was only Rogan and his coach, ‘Jungsik’ on his side while his opponent had arrived with their whole team.

Rogan said, “I remember them saying ‘Come on Johnny, Get him Johnny, Get him Johnny'”. Rogan was quick to spot a few opportunities since his opponent was a bit slow. Then, Rogan struck him “harder” than he had “ever hit anybody in his life”. He said, “I hit him with a wheel kick. I hit him so hard that I was limping for a couple of days afterwards coz my heel hurt from hitting his head and I flatlined him”.

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Rogan continued, “He face-planted, he started snoring and he never got up. They carried him off on a stretcher, he was unconscious for half an hour. He also added, “but he literally never stood up and walked around.”

Chappel exclaimed, “That’s scary”, to which Rogan agreed, saying, “It scared the s**t out of me.”

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