Podcaster Joe Rogan pulled completely no punches when unloading on the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 occasion on the White Home.
“The White Home factor is odd. I don’t prefer it,” Rogan mentioned on the newest episode of “The Joe Rogan Expertise” podcast alongside former UFC fighter Josh Thompson and veteran referee John McCarthy.
“I don’t like the concept of combating exterior in any respect,” frequent UFC commentator Rogan continued, pointing to triple-digit temperatures in Washington, D.C., across the identical time final yr.
“That’s scorching as fuck,” Rogan famous, earlier than expressing his considerations about bugs, pesticides and dehydration for each fighters and followers on the occasion, which is backed by Donald Trump and scheduled for June 14, the president’s eightieth birthday, as a part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
Watch Rogan’s feedback from the two:28:00 level on YouTube right here.
Rogan, who interviewed and endorsed Trump earlier than the 2024 election however has since criticized the president on a number of fronts, argued that world title fights belong in managed environments.
Georgian-Spanish star Ilia Topuria will tackle American Justin Gaethje within the light-weight title bout, the primary occasion. Brazil’s Alex Pereira will combat France’s Ciryl Gane within the heavyweight interim title bout. 5 different bouts are additionally on the cardboard, per the occasion’s web site.
“I simply don’t assume that it is best to compete in a world championship combat in a non-controlled setting. I feel it ought to be inside an air-conditioned area,” Rogan mentioned. “It ought to be a managed setting, identical to you wouldn’t ask them to play a world championship basketball recreation exterior within the solar. That might be loopy. It’s important to you play in a fucking air-conditioned area and that’s the way it ought to be.”
His proposed repair? “Construct a fucking roof,” he mentioned.
“Think about if somebody loses a combat as a result of it’s too scorching out,” he continued. “Think about if that turns into an element. Think about the dehydrated fighters, just like the dehydrated fighters that at the moment are being pressured 24 hours later to combat in 100-degree warmth exterior.”
Final week, UFC CEO Dana White admitted he was apprehensive the large lighting rig across the octagon may entice swarms of bugs.