Rogan may cause reporter’s dismissal; apologizes for use of slur
The situation started ugly and only got worse. As the day went on slurs flew along with hard words. It…
The situation started ugly and only got worse. As the day went on slurs flew along with hard words. It ended with the UFC’s iconic announcer Joe Rogan claiming credit for getting Fighter’s Only writer Tomas Rios fired from one of the industry’s leading magazines and using a homophobic slur to describe the reporter.
It all began, believe it or not, with an obscure kick popularized by Brazilian K-1 star Francisco Fihlo. The so-called “Brazilian kick” was employed in the Tyson Griffin-Nik Lentz fight at UFC 123. Rogan, a former taekwondo standout, called the kick a “question mark kick” and Rios, an acerbic and aggressive journalist took him to task on twitter:
“Joe Rogan calling a Brazilian kick the “question mark kick” during Griffin/Lentz is pantheon level cluelessness.”
That is par for the course for Rios, who has rarely been called to the carpet for his attacking style. But following the lead of fighter Sean McCorkle, who claims his own flame war with Rios caused the reporter to be fired from Sherdog earlier this month, Rogan fired back on the Underground:
He’s a dumb c**t. That’s exactly what it’s called. Before it was ever the Brazilian kick it was also called a “fake front kick roundhouse kick.”