Rogan, a member of the UFC broadcast team as a color commentator since UFC 37.5 in 2002, has scaled back his broadcast work since Mike Goldberg's departure at the end of 2016. At present, the long-time martial arts enthusiast only covers domestic pay-per-view events each year and is no longer assigned to every event.

Podcaster Joe Rogan called out the Harris campaign, arguing that they have lied about the reasons why they declined to have the then-vice president appear on his podcast.