The great Joe Rogan has long been the voice of the UFC, working as the color analyst for all the big fights since way back in 1997.
He was working the broadcast again Saturday night at UFC 246, where Conor McGregor made his return after 15 months away form the Octagon and needed just 40 seconds to knock out Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.
Now that ESPN is the broadcast partner of the UFC, it means more ESPN analysts are getting in on the coverage, including Stephen A. Smith, who is paid well to yell about every sport in the world, apparently. He’s been there for some UFC fights and a lot of big boxing matches.
After UFC 246 we got to live in a world where Rogan and Stephen A. appeared on camera together in a segment in which they broke down the fights, and that pairing led to UFC fans having lots of jokes and thoughts:
Never would I have imagined Joe Rogan and Stephen A. together #UFC246 pic.twitter.com/f9feFTrKaf
— Trey (@mazeflaresword) January 19, 2020
Joe Rogan senses the MMA analysis fraud in Stephen A Smith pic.twitter.com/2itCHuSYsj
— #SPOachOfTheYear (@JBeans_15) January 19, 2020
Joe Rogan’s face every time Stephen A Smith talked while the reviewed UFC. #UFC246 pic.twitter.com/4T2cvp0V0Y
— ScodaScotty32 (@ScottyStyles29) January 19, 2020
Joe Rogan is wondering why the hell Stephen A Smith is there instead of max kellerman… he was laughing about Stephan A talking about ufc on his podcast like 2 months ago https://t.co/Gd4b0SmSp3
— Sam Snyder (@samuelsnyder2) January 19, 2020
Yo who tf let Stephen A do UFC post fight breakdowns? Whole time Joe Rogan like pic.twitter.com/TeqLnHfMhc
— CUZZIN VINNY (@cuzzinvinny90) January 19, 2020
Lol espn gave Stephen A Smith @stephenasmith a raise to 10 million a year a few months ago and since then they have just been sticking him on every single show and event 😂 making him earn that money.. joe Rogan wanted to call him out so bad tonight for not knowing anything pic.twitter.com/n47nrNTZ7U
— Gnome Army (@ryan_itsyaboi) January 19, 2020
Joe Rogan and Stephen A. Smith on the same screen will always feel fictional. pic.twitter.com/c0bUGNpmKv
— Matt Edwards (@MattEdwards) January 19, 2020
@stephenasmith in JRE @joerogan. Please. Make the weirdest episode ever.
— David McGallo (@davidtito17) January 19, 2020
I don’t know how it took so long for me to realize Rogan and Stephen A. need a show but here we are. pic.twitter.com/LGSCC3YGC7
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) January 19, 2020
The pain on @joerogan's face when he has to listen to @stephenasmith attempt to talk about MMA is hilarious. @espn maybe get someone that actually knows the sport to talk about the fights? Just a thought. #ConorMcGregor #ConorVsCowboy #UFC246
— John J Casey aka E (@BigJohn82375) January 19, 2020
Stephen A and Joe Rogan on the same TV screen together.
What a time to be alive pic.twitter.com/X5huQeA0ag
— SI Extra Mustard (@SI_ExtraMustard) January 19, 2020