Joe Rogan has been a major staple in the success of mixed martial arts over the years. He has helped the UFC grow from the ground up but the commentator isn’t a fan of everything the promotion does.
One major disagreement Rogan has with the UFC is the implementation of USADA. Since 2015, the United States Anti-Doping Agency has been partnered with the fight company. It is tasked with protecting athletes by removing banned substances from the octagon through its extensive research into sports science, though it has caused friction among the combat sports fanbase due to their divided opinions on the organization.
Surprisingly, the popular MMA figure wants the anti-doping agency away from the sport. He revealed this during a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, in which he stated that the UFC should instead do in-house testing for their employees.
“There’s a six-month period USADA has to test them [the fighters] randomly, which I think the USADA thing’s a mistake. I really think they should do all that in-house because USADA does stuff like, well they don’t do it anymore but they were doing stuff like waking guys up at 6:30 in the morning like the day of the weigh-ins and testing them. It was f***ing insane,…
