Veteran UFC color commentator Joe Rogan is also a successful podcast host and a comic. Rogan has an eye for comedy and his stand-up comedy fans consider him to be funny. In the recent episode #1838 of his podcast, the veteran color commentator revealed how he became obsessed with memes during the pandemic.

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Rogan was talking to Brian Simpson, a fellow stand-up comedian when he revealed his obsession with memes. The podcast host said, “Through this pandemic, I’ve been obsessed with memes. I’ve been getting so many people send me funny memes. So many of these like text message chain, are funny memes.” 

The veteran color commentator also spoke about the emergence of so many meme pages. He said, “So many good pages. Some of them are restricted, some of them are hard to find…It’s a new form of comedy, right? Images with funny text.” 

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While Rogan continues to enjoy his memes, he also announced the tickets for one of his tours. While his comic fans will be excited to see him perform, one of his shows takes place a day before UFC 278.

Will Joe Rogan commentate at UFC 278?

Joe Rogan is one busy man. From commentating UFC fights to stand-up comedy shows, Rogan does it all. Similarly, one of Rogan’s upcoming stand-up gigs is scheduled to take place right before UFC 278: Usman vs Edwards.

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On Instagram, Rogan shared a post with his fans and followers. This post contained information and the ticket prices of his upcoming gig. The veteran color commentator wrote, “General on sale tickets are now available for August 19 in Salt Lake City tix at http://joerogan.com.” The prices of these tickets start from $49 and go up to $150.

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According to his schedule, the podcast host will perform at Salt Lake City on August 19th, 2022, whereas UFC 278 takes place on August 2022. However, MMA fans do not need to worry as UFC 278 takes place in Salt Lake City too. Hence, the probability of Rogan commentating at UFC 278 is as usual.

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This is a great time for his fans as they will get to enjoy both his comedy gig and his commentary for the UFC. Comment below and let us know how excited you are for UFC 278.

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Varun Anand Bhat is an MMA writer at EssentiallySports. Not only does he train in MMA but he is also a certified judge, which gives him valuable insight while writing content. The fight between Conor Mcgregor & Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 was responsible for making him interested in the sport of MMA. Since then he has been following and studying the sport fanatically. He has completed his graduation in sociology. His goal remains to compete and grow in the sport of MMA while writing comes to him because of his parents who inculcated the habit of reading and writing from a young age. Apart from MMA, Varun loves to read non-fiction books along with writing about different topics on his blog. You can also find him grooving to music and listening to podcasts during his leisure.

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