{"id":54360,"date":"2025-08-09T02:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54360\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T02:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:22:07","slug":"joe-rogan-returns-for-ufc-319-dustin-poirier-lands-post-retirement-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54360\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan Returns For UFC 319, Dustin Poirier lands post-retirement gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s rare for the popular podcaster, who almost always attends stateside UFC pay-per-view (PPV) events even with his demanding schedule. No explanation was ever provided but just about a month later, Rogan will return to attend and commentate UFC 319 (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc-events-ppv\/380671\/joe-rogan-returns-for-ufc-319-dustin-poirier-joins-broadcast-team-in-first-post-retirement-gig?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=app.dashsocial.com\/mma-fighting\/library\/media\/565607082\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a>), which is scheduled for next weekend (Aug. 16, 2025) in Chicago, Illinois. UFC 319 is headlined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/313768\/video-ufc-319s-dricus-du-plessis-explains-why-he-begged-to-fight-khamzat-chimaev-in-hostile-territory-not-chicago\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a highly anticipated Middleweight main event<\/a> between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev. A \u201cBorz\u201d title shot has been long-awaited by many, and Rogan will be there to find out if Khamzat is truly champion material alongside his usual crew of Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Guess who else will be there? Dustin Poirier!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Diamond\u201d recently revealed that one of his post-retirement goals is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/8\/1\/24478745\/dustin-poirier-reveals-next-career-move-after-ufc-318-retirement-espn-mma-lightweight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spend more time on the ESPN desk<\/a>, and he\u2019ll get his wish here. Working the desk alongside Poirier will be fellow former title challengers Anthony Smith and Chael Sonnen, as well as The Ultimate Fighter winner Michael Chiesa. Longtime UFC broadcaster Brendan Fitzgerald will round out the group of veteran fighters and serve as host as the athletes provide insight through the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Will there be any tension between the desk and broadcast booth after Rogan failed to make it to Louisiana? Not likely. Poirier didn\u2019t express any misgivings ahead of his swan song, but perhaps it could lead to an interesting chat come showtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In addition to the main event title fight, UFC 319 will feature a high-profile Featherweight showcase between unbeaten Lerone Murphy and Bellator standout Aaron Pico. The rest of the main card is filled with high-octane strikers like Michael Page, Carlos Prates, and Kai Asakura, so it should be a violent night in \u201cThe Windy City.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s rare for the popular podcaster, who almost always attends stateside UFC pay-per-view (PPV) events even with his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,1647],"class_list":{"0":"post-54360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news","15":"tag-upcoming-ufc-events"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}