“We Have to Be Better People” – 56 Y.O Joe Rogan Was Once Left Completely Emotional & Teary Eyed After Confession From a Poignant Rose Namajunas
UFC commentator, Joe Rogan, is someone who always appreciates the effort that a fighter puts into each fight. Rogan once got teary-eyed while taking the octagon interview of Rose Namajunas. Two years ago, while he was talking in his podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ he detailed what made him emotional during the octagon interview. Back then, Rogan also appreciated Namajunas’ partner, Pat Barry, for being her best coach. Namajunas became the women’s strawweight champion for the first time when she fought Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217. However, later, she lost her title to Jessica Andrade when they locked horns in Brazil for UFC 237.
However, the 31-year-old was not ready to give up, and she came back stronger for the title shot against Zhang Weili at UFC 261. She achieved a glorious victory by defeating Weili in the opening round via a head kick. This made her the women’s strawweight champion for the second time. According to Joe Rogan, Namajunas is not just a great fighter, but a great human who wants to spread good messages to the people. Let’s delve further to know more about what exactly made Rogan emotional.
Joe Rogan showers praises on Rose Namajunas
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Joe Rogan was talking in the #1665 episode of JRE with Carole Hooven, the evolutionary biologist at Harvard University, as his guest. During their chat, Rogan began to praise Namajunas for her determination. He said, “She looks like a model… It has nothing to do with men beating each other up. There’s nothing to do with brutishness. It has to do with high-level problem solving with dire physical consequences.“
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He further detailed the message that Namajunas passed on to the world after winning the strawweight belt for the second time which made Rogan emotional. The former Fear Factor host continued, “When she won the title the first time, I was interviewing her one of the things. She was saying is we have to be better people. She like had this message while I was interviewing her in the cage after winning a fight and she’s like we got to be nicer to each other. That was her message. It’s about transcending.”
From Rogan’s words, it is clear that he holds Namajunas in high regard. He also added that ‘Thug’ is a sweet person who is highly emotional. The commentator acknowledges that she is not brutish, but a determined fighter who wants to make a great name for herself.
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The UFC commentator gets teary-eyed
Joe Rogan is someone who watches each and every MMA fight passionately. One such fight that left Rogan teary-eyed took place between Darren Elkins and Mirsad Bektic. The bout made Rogan highly emotional, and he felt that it was impossible for him to interview Elkins after the bout was over. Elkins and Bektic locked horns at UFC 209 and put forward a gut-wrenching fight. Finally, when Elkins defeated Bektic, the UFC commentator found it hard to hold back his tears.
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The podcaster said, “There’s moments like, when Darren Elkins beat Mirsad Bektic, it was so hard for me not to cry inside the octagon. It was so hard.” Rogan was highly impressed at how he fought with all his strength and emerged victorious. Even while talking about the bout, the 56-year-old nearly broke down. According to Rogan, that was an unbelievable fight that moved him completely. Which was that one UFC fight that made you highly emotional, like Joe Rogan? Let us know in the comments below.
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