Joe Rogan re-ups with UFC for another year ... with a catch

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
color commentator Joe Rogan, despite
his insistence that a change in
ownership would result in a change of
jobs
, will be sticking around the world's
preeminent mixed martial arts (MMA)
promotion for at least another year.
The catch?
A reduced schedule (his choice) has
relegated his current role to pay-per-
view (PPV) only, which means
opportunities for existing "Fight Night"
commentator and former fighter Brian
Stann
, or perhaps fellow talkers Kenny
Florian and Dan Hardy, among others.
"I was on the fence, man," Rogan said
on his official podcast. "I just do too
much shit. I'm too fucking busy. After a
while I'm like, I don't know if I'm doing
myself or all the different things I do a
disservice. I was real close. It was like,
either I'm just gonna completely bail
off of this or I'm gonna figure it out."
Rogan, a successful comic and
podcaster, has been with UFC since
1997.
UFC was acquired by WME | IMG earlier
this year for $4.2 billion, which not
surprisingly, initiated dialogue about
who would stay and who would go.
Part of that deal has UFC CEO Lorenzo
Fertitta stepping down, while
promotion president Dana White is
contracted to hang around for another
five years
.
These could be the last 12 months of
Rogan's UFC career, enjoy them while
you can.