Joe Rogan admitted that, while he was on the fence about calling the fights at UFC 249, he was leaning towards going. That was until the UFC was forced to pull the plug on UFC 249 and all scheduled events due to the global pandemic after top-level executives at both Disney and ESPN intervened. Rogan found out about the postponement of events while filming the most recent episode of his “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, where he appeared to give a sigh of relief.
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Joe Rogan reacts to UFC 249 postponement: ‘Well, that saves me a lot of thinking’ – MMA Junkie