UFC 316 this coming Saturday will mark the return of Joe Rogan as he replaces UFC legend, Dominick Cruz on commentary duties.
This coming Saturday, the UFC returns to Newark, New Jersey for UFC 316, as Merab Dvalishvili appears to defend his bantamweight title for a second time when he takes on Sean O’Malley in an enormous rematch.
After profitable the title from ‘Suga’ again at UFC 306 final September, Dvalishvili went on to defend the strap in opposition to Umar Nurmagomedov this previous January, utterly dominating the undefeated contender.
Forward of their blockbuster rematch on Saturday, Dvalishvili has confidently claimed that he will knockout O’Malley, regardless of being most well-known for his dominant and relentless grappling.
Joe Rogan returns at UFC 316, changing UFC legend
The promotion’s final UFC PPV occasion, UFC 315, occurred in Canada, and with that, UFC icon Joe Rogan stated that he ‘would rather go to Russia’ and opted to not commentate on the occasion.
And with Joe Rogan‘s absence, he was replaced by UFC legend, Dominick Cruz, who joined Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier on commentary duties in Canada.
Regardless of that, with the promotion returning to New Jersey, it has been confirmed that Rogan will return to commentary duties, changing the previous UFC bantamweight champion, Cruz.
Rogan final commentated at UFC 314 in Miami, when Alexander Volkanovski reclaimed his UFC featherweight title after a dominant efficiency in opposition to Diego Lopes.
For some time now, Rogan has made it clear that he gained’t journey internationally to commentate on UFC occasions.
UFC 316 kicks off a busy month for Joe Rogan
Regardless of having missed out on UFC 315, the longtime UFC coloration commentator is ready for an especially busy June with the promotion scheduled for 2 PPV occasions.
The UFC 316 title battle double header features a ladies’s bantamweight title battle between Julianna Pena and Kayla Harrison, with Harrison lastly scheduled to battle for UFC gold.
After which on June 28, Rogan can be again within the commentary sales space because the UFC is ready to return to Las Vegas for Worldwide Struggle Week, culminating with two extra title fights at UFC 317.
Alexandre Pantoja is ready to defend his flyweight title in opposition to Kai Kara-France, and Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira conflict in a vacant light-weight title battle.
