Rogan apologizes for interviewing concussed Cormier
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UFC commentator Joe Rogan apologized Sunday for breaking his own rule and interviewing Daniel Cormier after he'd been knocked out Saturday at UFC 214.
Cormier's team was upset with Rogan's interview, which took place just minutes after the former champion was knocked out for the first time in his career. Cormier admitted in the interview he didn't know what had happened and couldn't keep himself from tearing up.
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Rogan apologized via Twitter, taking full responsibility for his actions:
My apologies to @dc_mma and to all of you upset by my interviewing him after the fight. In all honestly I was kind of in shock.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) July 30, 2017
I don't think I realized what I was doing until I actually had a mic in front of him. I've said I don't want to interview KO'ed fighters
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) July 30, 2017
And then I wound up doing it to someone I care a great deal about. D.C. Is a great man and the whole thing was surreal.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) July 30, 2017
I was beating myself up about it all last night. It'll never happen again. My apologies to D.C. And to all of you.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) July 30, 2017
Again, no one asked me to do it. It was 100% my fuck up. Like I said, I was kind of in shock.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) July 30, 2017
After interviewing Alistair Overeem following a knockout loss at UFC 203, Rogan said on-air he would request not to have losing fighters do postfight interviews if they'd been knocked out.