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An Open FU to UFC President Dana “Effing” White!

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Per: Rich Bergeron

Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, com, for instance, if you become the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, o sue me for $25 milió. Sometimes I may take things like that as a sign you might not want me to really find out who you are and what you do behind closed doors to screw hard working people over.

This week, a certain individual who won’t even let me follow him in Twitter (https://twitter.com/danawhite) pissed me off to the point where I could only think of one thing to do. Because I’m officially blacklisted in every possible way by the UFC brass, and have even had restraining orders placed against my directly contacting the Fertittas and ANY UFC fighter, my best option is to publish a drastic diatribe here I am just going to call my “OPEN FU” to Dana “Effing” White.

I’m sure Mr. White will not take my calls or subject himself to a one on one interview with me. Així, I will have to settle for a written FU…and a multi-tiered and multi-purpose FU.

FU, Dana “Effing” White… for many, many reasons…too many for one small blog post to do justice, but let’s just say Most of all FU….

For what you THINK you know about Holly Holm…

Ei, Dana, you wanna talk about your “effing” reality show “Looking For a Fight????” I was actually looking for a fight when I watched that old reality “shit show” when you were supposed to box Tito Ortiz, but HE magically backed out at the last minute.

Ara, you, DANA “EFFING” WHITE, are telling Holly Holm about a decision YOU think she didn’t think through enough??? And now you act like someone pissed in your Wheaties because you have two upset wins at UFC 196 to work around and figure out how to make sense of somehow.

Boo “effing” hoo, buddy.

Welcome to how things don’t go as planned sometimes in the fight business, you ungrateful prick.

Do you wanna be an “effing” Promotor, Dana “effing” White???

Holly Holm Was the Bantamweight Champion of the UFC when she allowed HER Manager (not Dana “effing” White) to negotiate the Tate fight on her behalf, and she knew (and her long-time manager knew, massa) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guess “effing” what, Dana? She wanted to fight.

Ho sentim, Dana “Effing” White, but Holly didn’t want to sit on an “effing” sideline waiting for Ronda Rousey to finish her “effing” ROADHOUSE REMAKE!

Holly wanted to go to work… but unfortunately she has to work for a boss who has no idea what it’s like to step into HER office and handle HER daily workload with such tenacity, classe, dignity and grace.

And I think maybe she looks back a bit differently than you do, Dana, with no “effing” regrets whatsoever for putting her absolute all into that fight and just plain getting caught in her one area of weakness in a battle where she likely would have won a three-round fight. Maybe if YOU were a fighter, Dana, you might get that whole concept. Maybe losing in this case only makes her better, més fort, and more durable as a career mixed martial artist. Who gives a damn if it makes her less marketable in your eyes? What do you really know, de totes maneres?

UNLIKE YOU, Dana “Effing” White, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Sí, she lost, but damn, she was absolutely correct about it being a challenge. I think the fight will go down as one of the greatest battles in female MMA history.

Ara, why don’t you open your “effing” eyes, Dana, watch the fight again, and quit bitching about what should have happened in that cage you never fought in yourself.

Be grateful you have a champion you just paid $92,000 in fight pay (before bonuses) to take your organization’s belt from the girl you WANTED TO WIN (and paid $500,000 just to be there). It may not be what you expected, but the anxiety you feel about it is what you DESERVE to feel for being such a douchebag to the fighters who built the UFC.

My biggest questions on this subject for Dana are: Why are you such a biased, crooked asshole who can’t bother to give Miesha the time of day FOR ALL HER HARD WORK? Why can’t you give credit where it is due…on both sides of that fight? Why can’t you shut the “eff” up about what you think Holly or her management should have or could have waited for?

It’s not your place to look back with 20/20 hindsight and act like Holly and her manager should have gone all Nostradamus on this fight when you obviously didn’t see this shit coming, qualsevol dels dos, you dome-headed dimwit.

Fighters “effing” lluita, Dana. That’s what they “effing” do, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be an “effing” manager of MMA fighters yourself. Sí, that was many moons ago, but how could you forget?

Fighters don’t sit on their asses on corporate jets and stand at podiums in front of the press all day to earn the “effing” paltry paychecks your organization pays out to most of them. Most fighters simply cannot afford to wait around for shit to happen or for someone “worthy” enough in your eyes to step up and fight them.

Some fighters need to feed their kids. All of them need to pay their bills and for everything else involved with training camps, daily living expenses, travel and whatever costs medical insurance doesn’t cover when they have to address nagging injuries. Your shitty Reebok deal made it virtually impossible to get any other outside sponsors to help pay for anything like that stuff for many fighters, Dana.

Welcome to selling out and forgetting where you came from, Dana. You used to care more about fighters. Now you act like fighting in a cage is just like doing any other 9-5 treball. It’s not. Són les “effing” hard work.

Així, si, Holly chose to fight instead of waiting for Rousey to be ready for the rematch. And you think she needs your opinion now that everything didn’t work out as planned for you both?

FU, Dana.

She hurts a lot worse than you, and I can guaran-effing-tee that.

Ai…i…a propòsit…fighters are way more responsible for the growth and success of the UFC/Zuffa organization than you ever have been. And that’s real talk, you rich bitch with a stick up your ass because you were never good enough in your life to ever have your own official fight.

Així, get over the God complex and learn to respect ALL of your fighters, not just the ones you want to see win because you might think you can work with them better or you think they will move the organization in a better direction. Respect the effort, the sacrifice and the pain ALL your fighters go through each and every day to get where they get. That belt you put on Miesha’s waist was EARNED, and don’t you ever think it is “effing” cool to call the fact that Holly Holm had the guts to face Miesha Tate “a mistake.”

It rings hollow, especially when I would consider that handing you a microphone to talk about MMA at all was THE greatest mistake the sport ever made, període! Anyone who would try to knock a former champion down a peg that way in his own organization does not deserve to be recognized as that organization’s president.

You have no clue what it’s really like to fight, and your criticism of Holly Holm tells me you can never possibly understand the mindset that led her to take the Tate fight and not wait an idle year for Ronda “effing” Rousey to be ready to appear at one of your precious shows.

Així, FU Dana White for treating your former champ like she’s an idiot who doesn’t know how to control her own career without you butting your stupid, bald head into it. Holly’s fine without your advice, and she trusts her manager, which might be something you’re not familiar with, but for other people it is actually a reality of doing business with legitimate people.

 

FU, Dana for being a piss-poor ambassador for the sport, disrespecting fighters who bleed (and sometimes suffer lifelong injuries) for you and the sport, and totally underestimating and failing to grasp what it really takes to actually be a professional fighter who actually competes against other fighters…

Do you remember the days when you had to settle for being a lowly boxercise instructor because your boxing trainer Boston slapped you too hard in the ear once? You never had a single competitive fight in your life, Dana “effing” White, and that’s a DOCUMENTED FACT!

Do you ever even look back at those days before the silver-spoon-fed Fertittas helped you claw your greedy, selfish, egotistical ass into the position of OFFICIAL UFC MOUTHPIECE?

Do you remember those “hairy” days when you blew through $40 million of Fertitta funds to perpetrate the “Zuffa Myth” while claiming credit for the UFC brass singlehandedly legitimizing the sport and getting it regulated all by your “effing” selves? As if not a single FIGHTER nor any other industry professional who pioneered MMA before you dipped your greedy little paws into it had anything to do with it?

Your Mom remembers those “coulda been a contender” dia, Dana..when you thought you might be able to have an actual fight with another human being. Your own mother remembers even though you and one of your sleazy friends tried to silence her, BASH HER ONLINE, and even blacklist her BOOK, massa.

Do you remember the days when even Floyd Mayweather, Jr. thought you were cool, back when your daily driver was an “effing” Honda, Dana? Floyd Remembers. He knew you long before you could afford to blow a normal person’s yearly pay on a single hand of poker.

You’re in a different place now, Dana “effing” White, and it’s a delusional place. Like on the distant planet you live on, people actually believe YOU really, honestament, truly “effing” know what it’s ACTUALLY like to be an “effing” lluitador? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

Ja saps what A FIGHTER is, don’t you, Dana? A fighter is a man or woman who has the courage to willingly step into unarmed combat against another actual man or woman instead of just criticizing up and down the guys and girls who do have the guts to actually stand across from another human being while knowing and internalizing that the accepted goal is to physically destroy each other.

A fighter, in more simple terms, és “one who fights.” And let’s be clear about one “effing” thing, Dana “effing” White, I know fighters, i YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Dana “effing” White, and you never “effing” serà. You are too weak, both physically and mentally. Until we see you go through a six-week training camp and then get into the cage against someone and kick his ass, we shouldn’t have to listen to one damn “coulda,” “shoulda,” o “woulda” out of your cornfed mouth about what you think of any particular fighter’s performance or decision making process. Those people have the guts to do what you will NEVER do yourself, and you ought to respect that.

FU Dana White…For not recognizing Real Fighters Like Miesha Tate and Nate Diaz who keep at it no matter what and NEVER seem to earn your ULTIMATE RESPECT….

Nate Diaz stepped up to fight Conor McGregor for a reason. He had nothing to lose, and he wasn’t intimidated one bit. He famoulsy went on television with Fox Sports 1 on a split screen with Conor before that welterweight fight and quipped that his nemesis had already been choked out before, “by two lames.” Diaz also had the perfect instinct to add humourously that McGregor’s choke losses happened, “like a week ago.”

Diaz beat Conor in the shit-talk game long before he ever slapped him down and slipped that choke around his neck in the cage. The media created by that freakshow fight might have stopped the unchecked rise of your big, bold, six-headed dragon champion, but it created a new monster at the same time. And he’s a Reebok-hating, scowling, swearing, Stockton-slapping Mother-F$#king BEAST who doesn’t care what anyone else thinks about what he does or says.

You might think Diaz and his attitude are “bad for business,” but I think his victory was the best thing that could ever happen to all you smug punks running the UFC. It just proves once and for all that you do not control the MMA universe.

Nate Diaz went without respect and credit for being an MMA pioneer and a good UFC soldier for far too long. The bitterness brewed and boiled within him, and I loved every second of him letting it pour out in post-fight interviews after he choked the shit out of Conor until the Irish bloke tapped the “eff” out and left Dana White drooling in a stupor at the thought of having to congratulate a man who’s become more of a mortal enemy than a member of the big “team.”

More power to Nate and all the crazy, abrasive, in-your-face Diaz brother types out there in the UFC who will fight Dana “effing” White’s flamboyant fire with even more bravado and brash talk of their own. They can always say, “I learned it by watching you, Baldfather!”

As for Miesha Tate, she deserves true respect and admiration for being champ now after picking herself off the mat twice in the face of grueling losses to Rousey. Kudos to Tate for continuing her career and relentlessly focusing on getting by that Rousey armbar once and for all.

Though Miesha never did solve that Rousey submission dilemma, trying at all costs to get another crack at the belt paid dividends at UFC 196. Her never quit attitude led her to an opportunity of a lifetime, and she capitalized on it. Ara, Dana, you actually have to pay this young lady what most of her fans would say she was worth a long time ago.

And now you simply have to treat Tate with a bit of reverence and appreciation for once in your ungrateful life, Dana “effing” White. I know it must pain you so much to give this young lady the credit she’s worked so incredibly hard for, because maybe she touched a nerve when she called you out in the past for being the true clueless and disrespectful prick you really are. She was right, and you were wrong about how great she really is at fighting. Then again, weren’t you also WRONG about women fighting in the cage, període?

Així, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, Sr. White? Then step aside and let the people who DO wanna be fighters go to battle for you so you can ride around the world on your jet and act like you know what the “eff” you’re talking about when you stand in front of a microphone to describe the sport’s true athletes and what they do to make a living in mixed martial arts.

The line from Dana that most stands out to me as comblete BS in this whole debacle is this one:

“He’s an old boxing guy who thinks he’s smart and he isn’t,” White said of Fresquez [Holm’s Manager]. “I feel bad for Holly because I don’t know if she really knows what she lost.”

I have only two more “effing” questions for you Dana “effing” White…

1.) What makes you think you are really in any “effing” position to EVER know or understand what Holly Holm lost the other night? Aside from a few bad poker hands and tons of respect, the only thing you ever lost is your mind.

2.) Doesn’t your backhanded quote about Holm’s manager describe your own shitty character a whole lot better than that of Mr. Fresquez?

I…just in case after reading all this anyone STILL needs yet another reason to have beef with the Baldfather:

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Reebok Rebel·lió podria revolucionar MMA com el coneixem

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Vostè sap la batalla Reebok s'està escalfat quan la gent està destrossant els termes de l'acord, tant figurativa i literalment:

UFC de pes lleuger Contender Myles “Fúria” Jurat realment va llançar el seu equip Reebok a les escombraries recentment per fer un punt en un missatge de Twitter que tenia UFC Head Honcho Dana “El Baldfather” Blanca falta plorar.

El que era més eloqüent sobre l'incident, encara que, va ser “Oncle Dana” no intervenint per castigar al lluitador frustrat per la seva falta de respecte flagrant d'un important soci comercial de UFC. Aquest va ser un moment decisiu per al “Reebok Rebel·lió.”

Què podria fer Dana, després de tot? Myles va ser realment tirant d'una pàgina només treure'l de la pròpia manual comercialització del president de UFC. Jurat estava sent en-la-cara ofensiva per vendre el seu argument. Dana fa que cada dia.

Combatents Superior perfil s'estan fregant constantment Sr.. Blanca pel camí equivocat en aquests dies quan es tracta de l'oferta de Reebok, i encara que ell va donar Jurat i Donald “Vaquer” Cerrone una passada per les seves crítiques recents, que va contenir contra els gustos de Brandon Schaub.

Hi pot haver un altre tipus de focs artificials al juliol quan aquest tracte injust pren oficialment efecte i tots els combatents que no estan d'acord amb Schaub i Jurat comença a adonar-se de la seva falta de visió. Alguns d'aquests lluitadors de UFC podria fins i tot penedir-se de no unir-se als seus companys en la línia de piquet públic no oficial quan podria haver importat realitat.

La pitjor part de tot aquest fiasco és el moment. La Comissió Federal de Comerç està investigant els informes, un cop més l'UFC arran d'una sèrie d'alt perfil d'acció de classe queixes antimonopoli sinuós camí a través dels tribunals civils.

És difícil no preguntar-se si més potent promoció d'arts marcials mixtes del món està sobrepassant els seus límits en la forma en què estan tractant de controlar tots els aspectes de la carrera d'un boxejador. Sembla un molt mal negoci per a l'intercanvi d'una mica de diners i el dret a lluitar sota la bandera de UFC per la sang, suor i llàgrimes que es necessita per mantenir-se al cim del joc de MMA en aquests dies. Fins i tot estar a la meitat de la taula en l'UFC és una diables d'un desafiament. Els combatents han d'estar començant a preguntar-se a si mateixos quan el cops contusions acumulada, dislocacions, lligaments estripats, ossos i commocions cerebrals trencats es fan tan malament que els diners ja no importa.

Què passarà quan un sisme submarí d'ex combatents de UFC descobrir que la glòria d'haver lluitat amb el cor dels aficionats no es paguen les factures i / o envien els seus fills a la universitat? Què passa quan la cobertura mèdica ganga expira i l'estat del seu llegendari lluitador no significa res per als metges i l'hospital de facturació que indignant i honoraris astronòmics per mantenir prou sa per viure fins a la vellesa?

Pregunta als Marc Coleman. No és bonic.

Com més la lluita o fugida equació UFC torna cap a no tenir llibertat per ser un empresari i sense capacitat de construir la seva pròpia marca, com més Telèfon de Scott Coker seguirà sonant del ganxo. Almenys en Bellator, combatents encara poden tenir els seus propis patrocinadors personals en els seus pantalons curts.

No llençar tots els seus combatents a terme per perdre un parell de baralles en fila, qualsevol dels dos. Ells no reprenen públicament els seus combatents a les conferències de premsa posterior a la baralla per no fer un espectacle. Ells pagar el que poden, i que fan tot el possible per simplement ser considerat un competidor de UFC.

Phil Davis pot ser el primer de molts desertors de UFC que podrien començar a arribar si aquest acord Reebok elimina la major quantitat d'ingressos i d'oportunitats, ja que sona com ho farà.

De fet, estic decebut que Viacom no està fent un esforç més gran per adquirir més peleadores de UFC amb contractes més lucratius, però cap empresa vol perdre diners. És més difícil per Bellator per guanyar ingressos massius a canvi de les seves inversions en els seus combatents a causa de la sobrecàrrega de fer la seva pròpia producció per a la televisió gratuïta. Encara, al mateix temps, Gestió actual Coker i de Bellator sembla importar en realitat una mica més sobre les persones que fan la batalla sota la seva bandera. Ells saben millor que ningú que els seus patrocinadors realment pot mantenir-te viu.

Combatents que valoren la seva llibertat i volen una mica més de control sobre les seves carreres podrien començar a veure l'única competició de UFC com una pastura més verd en el deixant de contracte exclusiu roba d'aquest gegant de la sabatilla d'esport. El que se suposa per semblar un gran pas endavant per al UFC en realitat podria representar tres passos cap a enrere per aquesta organització que ja està lluitant amb baralles cancel·lades i posposades degut principalment a una quantitat cada vegada més gran de les lesions d'entrenament per als millors peleadores.

Per descomptat no podem oblidar ex campió de pes semipesado de UFC Jon Jones presumptament xocar un tot terreny llogat al cotxe d'una dona embarassada i trencant el seu braç abans de fugir de l'escena a peu. Aquest és un altre lamentable exemple de la UFC no preocupar prou sobre els seus combatents. Com no reconèixer aquest tipus tenia un problema que calia abordar molt de temps abans d'aquest tràgic incident es va desenvolupar? Com pot el UFC justificar no tenir les seves pròpies proves de drogues a l'atzar en el seu lloc de la mateixa manera que altres esports professionals? Com són les drogues il·legals està malament per a un lluitador de fer fora de concurs en el primer lloc? Qui va fer les regles amb aquest enorme buit jurídic en ells?

Georges St. Pierre ha estat un dels crítics més vociferants de la UFC en el front PED-prova. L'ex campió segueix seure a la banqueta després d'una de les baralles més dures de la seva carrera el va portar a anunciar el seu retir amb la porta queda oberta només una esquerda. Només una àmplia, programa de proves de drogues integral pot portar-ho de tornada ara, St. Pierre manté.

Fins i tot els lluitadors com Ronda Rousey estan una mica molestos amb les mesures de control de la cursa que s'exercien sobre ells pels seus caps bigwig. El UFC ni tan sols li permetrà Ronda apareix en una sèrie d'esdeveniments de la WWE amb guió. El fet que aquestes paròdies duren més que algunes de les seves baralles reals, no vol dir que són molt diferents del que fa en la seva carrera al cinema. Els seus caps de UFC estan molt bé amb els seus papers en pel·lícules d'acció perseguir, ¿Per què no una mica de lluita lliure falsa? Potser és el fet que la WWE li va robar la marca Tapout i va posar la dreta fora de la gàbia i al ring de lluita lliure. Potser és l'enveja que la WWE té el tipus de base de fans que els una amenaça legítima fa, i és el tipus dels fans de UFC necessita desesperadament. Potser és el fet que l'UFC va perdre la seva oportunitat en la retenció dels serveis de Brock Lesnar de nou i que encara estan rebent sobre ell.

Qualsevol sigui la raó, l'UFC està dràstiques contra més i més en el que els combatents poden i no poden fer dins i fora de la gàbia, i va molt més enllà de la lluita lliure falsa. Els contractes són cada vegada més restrictives en tots els sentits.

La UFC també s'utilitza per a fomentar un clima on cap lluitador s'atreviria a dir una paraula sobre falta de gestió o qualsevol gestió repartiment del negoci posat en marxa. El càstig seria pitjor que una multa si Dana va decidir donar-li el tractament Brendan Schaub a la premsa.

Queixar, i que li diran un covard o un rodamón. No és un jugador d'equip, alguns fanàtics ignorants encara diran quan vostè s'enganxa el coll cap a fora, mentre que sota contracte amb UFC. Encara, aquest clima no és suficient per aturar aquesta nova petita onada de protestes que podrien créixer fins a un crescendo aterridor just abans o després d'aquest acord Reebok es converteix oficialment en la realitat.

Els sequaços sense sentit que critiquen als combatents per parlar pels seus propis interessos només mengen directament de la mà de Dana White, fins i tot quan ell està repartint verí per a rates. És repugnant escoltar i veure a tanta gent que acorden amb un tipus que ni tan sols va lluitar un combat aficionat oficial de cap tipus en comptes d'escoltar a algú que en realitat posar en l'esforç per competir en fins i tot una baralla gàbia professional.

Quan es tracta d'assumptes del que realment significa “ser un F # $% ing lluitador,” Dana pot donar tots els malparlats discursos que vol, però són els combatents reals que sagnaven per anys sota la bandera de UFC que va donar aquest discurs veritable significat i ressonància als fans que ara adoren el sòl Dana camina en. En la major part, aquests ventiladors només com blanc tant perquè parla i cusses com ells. Encara, un lluitador de UFC vaig entrevistar fa anys em va dir que hi ha alguna cosa malament amb l'esport quan la figura més reconeixible en MMA és Dana White. No podria estar més d'acord.

La llibertat no és una paraula per prendre a la lleugera, i la llibertat d'expressió no és tan lliure com el que solia ser. Vostè s'inscriu en la línia puntejada al pas a la gàbia de UFC, i has de jugar amb les seves regles, fins i tot els que no els agrada o no estan d'acord amb. Això va ser bastant dolent quan això era l'únic problema que enfronten els combatents. Ara, és molt pitjor a causa de que l'acord Reebok i les ramificacions i repercussions que causarà.

Algunes persones s'obliden d'aquest acord també allunya altres patrocinadors de llarg temps de la UFC i els seus combatents. Penseu en totes aquestes empreses de roba que no seran capaços de vendre els seus productes ara en associació amb qualsevol esdeveniment oficial de UFC. El proper Situació UFC Fan Expo és un excel·lent exemple de com l'UFC no sembla que es preocupen per les empreses i patrocinadors que van ajudar a els va posar al mapa en el primer lloc.

La gent darrere d'aquesta central elèctrica lliga MMA es alienar a cap persona o grup de persones per fer diners a costa d'homes millors que ells mateixos. Aquest acord Reebok és la prova que viu. Fins i tot si tots els diners de l'associació Reebok no anar als lluitadors, tots aquells negocis que acaben tancats fora dels acords de patrocini de combat hauran de fer cua per signar contractes exclusius amb la pròpia organització. O això,, o van a convertir els partidaris de Bellator i seguir lluitadors de UFC cremades a aquesta organització.

Tot d'una, que el segon violí sona com que podria robar-se el xou, i la meva predicció que Bellator podia fallar sembla prematur i presumptuós ara.

“¿Així que vols ser un f $% ^ lluitador ing?”

Deixeu-me donar-li el nombre de Scott Coker.

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UFC and PEDs: Where do we go from here?

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Usually when I ask that question, it’s in the wake of a pay-per-view and I’m wondering aloud at what’s next for the fighters who competed on it. This time around, I’m talking about something that affects ALL mixed martial artists in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

The UFC announced this week that it will implement far stricter, far more comprehensive drug testing in the wake of fighters like Anderson Silva i Hector Lombard failing tests for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), mentre Jon Jones i Nick Diaz failed tests for cocaine and marijuana, respectivament.

Increased drug testing and harsher penalties can only help the UFC, and mixed martial arts in general. But what brought on this increase in failed tests? PEDs have been a part of sports long before MMA fighters started taking them, and they have been a problem in MMA prior to the last month-and-a-half.

But more fighters seem to be getting caught. As in most sports, there is a tremendous amount of pressure to perform in MMA and in the UFC. If you don’t perform, you basically don’t get paid. The increased demand for UFC programming by virtue of its deal with FOX could also be a factor. They went from being on Spike TV – where they only broadcast “The Ultimate Fighter” once a year and two or three live fight cards annually – to practically having two live fight cards a month and airing “The Ultimate Fighter” twice a year on the FOX channels.

The increase in programming means a need of more bodies to fill that programming. It also means that more fighters are training for more fights, which can lead to more injuries. PEDs, in addition to giving you a competitive advantage over your opponent, allow you to recover from injuries more quickly. With the need for more fighters to fill more fight cards, I think it’s possible the apparent increase in failed drug tests can at least be partly attributed to that.

The UFC’s increased drug-testing measures take effect July 1. What can we expect once it does? Here are some of the guidelines the UFC presented.

Even UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta admitted during this week’s press conference that things “would get worse before they better” with the new testing. Més, it remains to be seen how much of this will actually stick once July 1 rolls around. UFC previously considered expanding its drug-testing efforts before but pulled back, citing cost and a previously botched attempt at doing so.

No obstant això, with the rash of high-profile stars like Silva, Jones and Diaz failing tests, cost can’t be considered a hindrance and the UFC must be vigilant. Browsing my Twitter feed following the press conference, it was eerily quiet. Almost no fighters weighed in initially. It is likely that was just a byproduct of the press conference taking place on a Wednesday afternoon, when most people are working or presumably have other things to do besides post on Twitter. But it was still pretty telling. It seems like this has grabbed fighters’ attention, as it should.

What do I think will happen? There will be an increase in failed test once the new measures take effect July 1, I’m fairly confident. But given that the UFC is supporting harsh penalties for those who do fail – including a ban of up to four years – I expect the dirty fighters to eventually cycle themselves out and the ones who compete clean (which is most of them, presumably) to take a more prominent role.

Increased drug testing is long overdue in the UFC. The sport of mixed martial arts itself is still in its infancy, especially compared to other sports like football, basketball and baseball. But just like baseball is still recovering from its own crisis with PEDs, these recent failed drug tests have shaken the foundation of the UFC and have harkened back to the days when it was referred to as “human cockfighting.”

UFC adopted the slogan “The Time Is Now” for 2015, and I couldn’t agree more. The time is now for them to take the lead in cleaning up the sport of mixed martial arts.

Chris Huntemann escriu sobre les arts marcials mixtes en l'estat de Maryland. També comparteix els seus pensaments sobre la UFC, Bellator, i la Sèrie Mundial de Lluita. Fes una ullada al seu el bloc, o seguir-ho en Twitter: mmamaryland.

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Dana White and the Women

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Dissabte, Febrer. 28, is going to be a landmark day for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. All the fighters on the pay-per-view card that day will pass their pre-fight drug…….never mind. That’s too easy.

That day will be the first time a UFC card features women’s bouts in both its co-main event and main event. After middleweight champion Chris Weidman was forced to withdraw from his fight against Vitor Belfort due to injury, the new main event at UFC 184 is Ronda Rousey defending her women’s bantamweight belt against Cat Zingano. En l'esdeveniment co-principal, much-heralded prospect Holly Holm will make her UFC debut against Raquel Pennington in another women’s bantamweight fight.

As I’ve mentioned before, UFC has come a long way from when Dana White told TMZ that women would “never” fight in his organization. Rousey will main event her third consecutive February PPV and Holm is widely believed to be the next in line for a shot at the title, should she defeat Pennington. Holm is still very raw in mixed martial arts, but trains with the world renowned coaches Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn.

Rousey is carrying the flag for women’s MMA and for women in the UFC. Other female fighters have followed her into the Octagon, including Miesha Tate, Liz Carmouche and Alexis Davis. What do those three have in common? They all also fell to Rousey – Tate twice in Strikeforce and the UFC, and Carmouche and Davis both in the first round at UFC PPVs in 2013 i 2014, respectivament.

Rousey and Tate’s feud is well-chronicled. It led to the two being coaches on The Ultimate Fighter, which included female fighters for the very first time who greatly outshined their male counterparts on the show that season.

Given that season’s success, the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter featured ALL female fighters and the debut of the UFC’s newest division, women’s strawweight. Carla Esparza, the former Invicta FC strawweight champion, won the inaugural UFC version of that belt after defeating Rose Namajunas.

So in the span of four years, UFC goes from having no female fighters and White emphatically stating that it never will, to being home to TWO female weight classes and undoubtedly the promotion’s biggest star right now in Rousey. Don’t believe me? Did you see the third Expendables movie? Or do you plan on seeing the film version of Entourage this summer? You might notice a familiar face.

So where does women’s MMA go from here? I am personally a big fan of female fights, as they tend to be among the more entertaining and action-packed fights on a UFC card. As I previously stated, female fighters are more than capable of outshining their male contemporaries. Why is that? Maybe female fighters feel they have more to prove inside the Octagon and always go for broke. Maybe they go into the Octagon with more of a “go for broke” mentality and actively seek a finish as opposed to “playing it safe.”

The fight between Rousey and Zingano on Feb. 28 will also go a long way toward determining the future of women’s MMA. Should Rousey defeat Zingano – which all signs indicate she will – she will have essentially cleaned out her division, with only unknown challengers like Holm and Bethe Correia left. If Zingano pulls the upset, then the division has a fresh batch of exciting matchups waiting.

But who knows what would have happened if Dana White kept his promise to TMZ?

Chris Huntemann escriu sobre les arts marcials mixtes en l'estat de Maryland. També contribueix amb els seus pensaments en el nostre lloc a la UFC, Bellator, i la Sèrie Mundial de Lluita. Fes una ullada al seu el bloc, o seguir-ho en Twitter: mmamaryland.

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Juny Blanca s'uneix a la FNU Combat Sports Tonight Show!

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Per: Rich Bergeron

El nostre convidat especial d'aquesta setmana al combat FNU Esports Show és juny Blanca. És el moment perfecte ja que acabo de rebre aquest missatge a Twitter l'altre dia:

“Vostè està bloquejat de continuar i visualització 'S tweets.”

Juny Blanca (JuneWhiteMMA) s'uniran a Tom, Tony i Rich en el FNU Combat Sports Mostra TONIGHT to discuss her unauthorized biography on the UFC President known for his brash language and a ruthless approach to building and expanding the UFC brand. Her book is an unflattering, mirada honesta a la vida de l'ex instructor boxercise que ara governa el UFC amb mà de ferro i un bocamoll. Fes un cop d'ull a aquesta dient YouTube Promo per "Dana White, Rei de MMA:"

"Psychic" Tom Padgett, "Chusma Rousin '" Rich Bergeron i Tony "El Tornado" Penecale també tenen un munt d'esdeveniments d'esports de combat i de premsa per parlar aquesta setmana.

Feu Clic Aquí escoltar els nostres Transmissió en viu des 8-10PM EST Tonight. Utilitzeu el mateix enllaç per accedir a la gravació de la sèrie. L'entrevista comença al juny Blanca 9:15 PM EST.

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MARE DE DANA WHITE juny BLANC S'UNEIX A LA FNU ESPORTS DE COMBAT MOSTRAR DIJOUS A LA NIT!

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Juny Blanca (JuneWhiteMMA) s'uniran a Tom, Tony i Rich en el FNU Combat Sports Mostra Thursday to discuss her unauthorized biography on the UFC President known for his brash language and a ruthless approach to building and expanding the UFC brand. Her book is an unflattering, mirada honesta a la vida de l'ex instructor boxercise que ara governa el UFC amb mà de ferro i un bocamoll. Fes una ullada a això dient YouTube Promo per “Dana White, Rei de MMA:”

“Psíquic” Tom Padgett, “Xusma Rousin '” Rich Bergeron i Tony “El Tornado” Penecale also have a ton of combat sports events and news to discuss this week. Boxing will be a huge part of the conversation. From Al Haymon’s new NBC Sports venture, a la baralla del Deontay Wilder amb Bermane Stiverne pel campionat de pes pesat del CMB aquest cap de setmana, a la fusió de Roc Nation amb Gary Shaw Promotions, a la creixent probabilitat que Manny Pacquiao finalment barallar amb Floyd Mayweather Jr.. el 2 de maig, hi ha un munt de rumors que envolten l'esport de la boxa en aquest moment.

També parlarem de UFC Fight Night esdeveniment d'aquest diumenge a Boston amb Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver en l'esdeveniment principal i Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson en la baralla co-estel·lar. Bellator també dóna inici a la 2015 Temporada aquest divendres amb Patricio Pitbull assumir Daniel Straus en l'esdeveniment principal.

Feu Clic Aquí a escoltar la nostra transmissió en viu des 8-10PM EST dijous a la nit.

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