Is Rogan a Hypocrite for Johnson Comments?

On the front page, there is an article discussing Jason Miller and Joe Rogan bashing CBS sports commentator, Gus Johnson (who is also used for boxing on Showtime) for his comments following the idiotic brawl following the main event of the last Strikeforce on CBS card.

Rogan stated that Johnson's commentary was too much like a mold (which I took to mean that Johnson tries to sound like a universal sports commentator even though he's calling freestyle fighting events.)

The hypocrisy comes into play when people take a look at the Zuffa announce teams. Of course there is Rogan's partner at the desk, Mike Goldberg, who is also a commentator in a wide variety of sports (from football to, of all things, air racing.) If you've ever watched something covered by Goldberg, you will notice he does sound a lot like he does when he is calling a UFC bout (but with more time to talk since Rogan isn't with him.)

You can even take it a step further by looking at WEC's Todd Harris whose primary job is calling college football for ESPN-U. And when he calls a big play in football it sounds a lot like he's calling a knockout in WEC.

So, does it make Rogan somewhat hypocritical to bust on Gus Johnson's announcing style sounding too "molded" (if that is the point he was going for) when two of Zuffa's head announcers (and his own broadcast partner) could be accused of doing the same things?

Bas Rootin Tootin says of Crazy Joe, "I am not impressed with your performance."

I'm not sure that's what he was saying. I think he was saying GUs Johnson sounds like he doesn't give a crap about MMA and is doing it just for a paycheck while the other guys are not.

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Originally Posted by BulldogWrestler

I'm not sure that's what he was saying. I think he was saying GUs Johnson sounds like he doesn't give a crap about MMA and is doing it just for a paycheck while the other guys are not.

That brings up an interesting question. Since he is contracted to CBS, does he volunteer to be a part of their Strikeforce shows or does CBS draft him for that? If he is sort of forced into the position he might, very well, just be going through the motions.

However, considering he is a boxing announcer and as excited and outraged as he does seem to get at high tension moments or poor referee decisions I don't know if we can say that he's just there for a paycheck.

I think its pretty obvious from his clueless commentary that he's just going through the motions. I dont think his "emotion" he exhibits is because he's into it, I think it's just because he's an idiot who gets riled up easily.

I mean, Goldberg is just as clueless but you can at least tell he's really into it.

So while other guys have other commentary jobs, that's fine and dandy because they are actually into MMA. Gus Johnson is doing it for a paycheck and would be no different if Chris Berman was doing commentary. THAT'S the main difference.

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Originally Posted by BulldogWrestler

I'm not sure that's what he was saying. I think he was saying GUs Johnson sounds like he doesn't give a crap about MMA and is doing it just for a paycheck while the other guys are not.

Rogan has been consistent with this criticism, although not of Johnson particularly. He's been critical of sports announcers and reporters that know nothing about the sport. Most recently, he said similar things in that backstage interview with Ariel, and he talked about how Goldie has been doing it for years now and is passionate about it. I assume that's how he differentiates Goldie from other commentators that do multiple sports.