Joe Rogan is a big fan of all forms of martial arts. The UFC color commentator used to be a fighter himself. However, after injury scares, he chose to take another career path in life.

Rogan is very much invested in combat sports and martial arts, especially. He is a Taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and has also trained in Karate and wrestling. The color commentator often incorporates martial arts in his workouts and daily life as well.

In a discussion, Joe Rogan claimed that the art of Muay Thai is more exciting for him personally than the sport of football. Rogan expressed his admiration for the intensity of Muay Thai, as well as what he admires about the fighters and their conduct in the Muay Thai world.

Rogan said, “I mean you go to Muay Thai events and they’re rabid and it’s like a very deep community of people that really understand and appreciate the sport. They’ll play the thai music and wear the Mongkon on their heads. They bow to their trainer… Throwing elbows, and smashing, and kicking legs. It’s amazing to watch.”

He added

, “You would have to have some sort of an epic change in the way we view things. But to me, it’s way more exciting than football. Like if those football players all decided to do Muay Thai, it would be better for their brains. Believe it or not, to be a fighter. And two, you would see these elite athletes f**king smashing each other like that. Incredible.”

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Joe Rogan about the country of Thailand

In his discussion about the martial art of Muay Thai, Joe Rogan spoke about his thoughts about the country of Thailand. Rogan called the country ‘a land of smiles’ and spoke about how down-to-earth the lifestyle is among the locals in Thailand.

He said,” first of all it’s very inexpensive to go to the fights. You know that everything’s inexpensive in Thailand. and I mean everybody’s wearing flip-flops right? it’s an interesting place.”

Rogan added, “it’s the land of smiles. Like everyone’s friendly, like one of the things I noticed there, like people are genuinely very friendly. there’s very little materialism there. people are generally happy with like wearing a pair of shorts.”

Rogan is not a very materialistic individual himself and we’ve seen that in the way he carries himself and also dresses. Rogan doesn’t show off on social media in jewelry or wearing branded luxury brands all the time. He is extremely humble as well, and it is no doubt that he liked the non-material mindset in the country of Thailand.

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