After he has missed Dustin Poirier's last fight in the UFC, it is something that Joe Rogan will be at the desk for UFC 319 something that fans have wondered in the run -up to the event.
The comedian-reappeal commentator has been part of the UFC since 1997, when he was just a fan who got involved with the company.
Joe Rogan first appeared as a backstage interviewer at UFC 12, before he was invited to comment by Dana White after Zuffa took over the promotion in 2001.
However, his absence of the commentary tank on UFC 318 makes fans wonder whether or not Rogan will comment on UFC 319 on August 16.
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Will Joe Rogan be on UFC 319?
All signs indicate that Rogan is commenting for UFC 319, because there was no reporting in the weeks prior to the show about missing the event.
When he missed UFC 318, the week before Rogan did not comment on the map, with a main event between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier.
Mmajunkie reported that Rogan would miss the show a week before the event, on July 12.
With a little more than a week to go until Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev's main event in the United Center in Chicago in Chicago is not talked about Rogan who missed a second UFC PPV in a row for the first time in many years.
The full map for UFC 319 is filled with some impressive battles that will be made even more exciting with Rogan who mentions it on comments, as he has done at almost every important UFC event in recent years.
Why did Joe Rogan miss a comment on UFC 318?
UFC 318 marked the first American PPV event in more than three years that Rogan was forced to miss, replaced on the desk with Jon Anik, next to Daniel Cormier and Paul Felder.
The stand-up comedian had no conflict of schedules with his podcast or other TV shows.
Instead, Rogan and his family enjoyed a holiday throughout Europe and were depicted on board a luxury megayacht in numerous cities, including Venice, Italy and Brac Island in Croatia.
Because he did not mention a upcoming holiday on his podcast this week and is not depicted anywhere on vacation, it is expected that Rogan will be on a comment for UFC 319, unless exceptional circumstances change closer to Fight Night.
The last event he missed before it was at UFC 271 in Houston. The reason for this was originally announced as a planning problem, although Dana White later revealed that Rogan made the choice not to appear.