Joe Rogan’s UFC 314 decision as broadcast team for | Sports News

Podcast host and celebrated MMA analyst Joe Rogan is set to return the place his followers love him most, behind the mic for one other UFC most important occasion.

The longtime colour commentator and MMA staple will return for UFC 314 on April 12, contributing his voice and insight to what’s anticipated to be one of probably the most thrilling playing cards of the 12 months. The occasion is set to happen in Miami, Florida, a state the place the UFC has operated in six cities over 20 occasions.

Rogan might be within the Kaseya Center for UFC 314, which options a featherweight title bout between former champion Alexander Volkanovski and the surging Diego Lopes for Ilia Topuria’s freshly vacated title. Lopes is driving a five-fight win streak, whereas the Aussie icon hopes to succeed after two title losses in a row to Topuria and light-weight champion Islam Makhachev.

Rogan’s presence marks one more attended home pay-per-view, joined by veteran play-by-play man Jon Anik and former UFC double champion Daniel Cormier. Former interim light-weight champion Dustin Poirier is set to supply star-powered evaluation on the desk alongside outspoken “American Gangster” Chael Sonnen and energetic mild heavyweight Anthony Smith.

Megan Olivi stays a fixed in UFC broadcasting and is set to return for her typical “sideline” reporting duties, bringing followers inside entry reporting from behind the scenes on combat evening. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto is set to look during pre-fight protection, with newly retired, former middleweight champion Chris Weidman additionally slated to affix the UFC weigh-in panel.

Outside of the vacant title combat, Michael Chandler will lastly transfer past a Conor McGregor payday endeavor that yielded no final result with a conflict towards fan favourite Paddy Pimblett in a high-octane light-weight bout that guarantees fireworks and trash discuss. Pimblett informed the ‘Full Send’ podcast his plans of ending Chandler within two rounds and preventing Topuria to declare the best 145-pound fighter on the earth.

The card will even function the debut of former Bellator champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ with former title challenger Yair Rodriguez welcoming the 37-year-old to the octagon. Former mild heavyweight title contender Dominick Reyes will attempt to proceed the momentum of a two-fight win streak in a most important card opener towards Nikita Krylov.

Dan Ige meets Sean Woodson in what may very well be a Fight of the Night sleeper with prime strawweight contender Yan Xiaonan going through Virna Jandiroba in a strawweight bout with title implications. Lightweight ironman Jim Miller returns to face one of the light-weight division’s youngest fighters in Chase Hooper, whereas Sedriques Dumas faces Michał Oleksiejczuk in a middleweight conflict.

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With UFC 315 scheduled for Montreal only one week later, that includes a headlining match between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena, Rogan is anticipated to skip the worldwide occasion. Both UFC 316 and 317 are set to happen within the United States, which provides Rogan’s followers an indication of how typically they will anticipate to see their favourite podcast host in his signature black button-down shirt, conducting in-cage interviews with some of the game’s greatest rising stars.