Joe Rogan: "He's a fan with an audience" - Ronda Rousey brutally rips into Joe Rogan being an expert of fighting

Ronda Rousey recently questioned Joe Rogan’s right to call himself an expert on fighting. The former UFC women's bantamweight champion said Rogan might understand martial arts, but not what it means to compete at the highest level.

Rogan has been part of the UFC since 2002. He has shaped how millions view the sport with his energetic calls and technical breakdowns. Over the years, he’s built a strong following through his commentary and podcast, where his opinions often influence how fans think about fighters and matchups.

Rousey’s criticism came during a casual conversation with comedian Bert Kreischer, when she was asked about Rogan’s fighting knowledge. She offered a sharp response by claiming that experience inside a cage carries a weight that study and commentary cannot match:

“He’s not an expert, he’s a fan with an audience. He’s never fought. Taekwondo is not fighting.”

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Check out Ronda Rousey's comments below (1:44:00):

Rogan’s background includes years of Taekwondo training and competition. He's also a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Eddie Bravo.

The UFC color commentator began training in Taekwondo as a teenager. He won the Massachusetts full-contact state championship at 19 and held a black belt in the discipline. Rogan later coached and competed regionally before delving deep and branching out into other martial art forms.

When Ronda Rousey called out Joe Rogan and the MMA media

Ronda Rousey revisited her UFC years while promoting her autobiography 'Our Fight' and didn’t hold back on how she felt about the media’s treatment of her. Rousey said the criticism after her losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes revealed how quickly support can vanish in combat sports.

Once the face of the UFC and its most dominant champion, Rousey defended her title six straight times before the knockout in Melbourne changed everything. Her comments also targeted Joe Rogan and sections of the MMA press. Speaking in an episode of The Chris Cuomo Project, she said:

“It was really disappointing to see how happily everybody turned on me and how people like Joe Rogan, who were crying in the ring about the honor of being able to call my fights, people I considered friends in the media, so quickly turned on me."

She added:

"I also am kind of grateful for it in a way because it forced me to separate other people’s perception of me from my own perception of myself, which I had realized had really become intertwined when you have that outpouring of love and support from people, it’s like you’re being love bombed by the world. ‘How do I keep this going?’ It was pushing me into a lifestyle that I felt like it was to impress everybody else, like I was pandering to everybody, and I was doing things that I felt like other people would think was cool but that I didn’t really enjoy."