HOUSTON – The absence of fan-favorite commentator Joe Rogan loomed large over UFC 271, but company president Dana White says his nonattendance was of his own accord.
At a news conference after the event, White said reports of Rogan having a scheduling conflict are untrue and that Rogan could’ve worked the event, had he wanted to.
“There was no conflict of schedule,” White told MMA Junkie. “Joe Rogan didn’t work tonight. Joe Rogan could’ve worked tonight. … Yeah, Joe Rogan, I don’t know what Joe Rogan had to do. You guys will have to ask Joe Rogan, but there was no ‘Joe couldn’t work,’ or anything like that. I know that came out. That’s total bullsh*t.”
