Joe Rogan doesn’t journey internationally to name fights for the UFC and that apparently even extends to a possible journey to Canada.
On Might 10, UFC 315 lands in Montreal for a card headlined by welterweight champion Belal Muhammad defend his belt for the primary time when he faces Jack Della Maddalena. The co-main occasion options Valentina Shevchenko placing her flyweight title up for grabs towards high contender Manon Fiorot however the broadcast sales space received’t function Rogan on colour commentary.
“I received’t be there,” Rogan mentioned throughout his UFC London Fight Companion podcast. “I don’t go to Canada anymore. I don’t. I’d reasonably go to Russia.”
Whereas it’s not a complete shock contemplating Rogan additionally didn’t journey to Canada for UFC 297, which befell in Toronto again in January 2024, it’s the primary time the comic and podcast magnate expressed his disdain about touring to the USA’ neighbor to the north.
When he first determined to cease calling fights for worldwide playing cards, Rogan defined that it was extra concerning the extreme journey and time away from residence.
Whereas going to Canada wouldn’t require an extremely lengthy journey from his residence in Austin, Rogan simply doesn’t sound eager about touring there given the present political panorama in North America.
The U.S. and Canada have been at odds currently after President Donald Trump initiated a sequence of expensive tariffs on items coming from different nations together with Canada, which has doubtlessly ignited a commerce warfare.
There was additionally a working joke that Trump would possibly look to annex Canada and create a 51st state within the U.S., which Rogan acknowledged from a previous dialog he had with the president.
“That’s by no means going to occur,” Rogan mentioned with amusing about Canada becoming a member of the USA. “That’s so loopy. Requested them to be the 51st state.
“I had a dialog with Trump about it. He goes ‘I began calling him Governor [Justin] Trudeau only for enjoyable however lots of people are saying good thought. Perhaps it’s a good suggestion!.’”
Trudeau, the now former prime minister in Canada, only recently resigned his seat and he was succeeded by Mark Carney, who has already spoken out about Trump’s commerce warfare.
“We face probably the most vital disaster of our lifetimes due to President Trump’s unjustified commerce actions and his threats to our sovereignty,” Carney said during a news conference.
It appears the tensions between the U.S. and Canada attain so far as the UFC broadcast sales space with Rogan bowing out of UFC 315.
Whereas Rogan is absent, Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier are each anticipated to name the fights as normal and the UFC will ultimately resolve on a substitute to step in for him for the occasion on Might 10.
