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

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De: #Ri?a Bergeron

Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, #?Ati, for instance, if you become the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, #A? sue me for $25 Miliono. 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. Tiel, 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…

Hej, 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.

Nun, 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” Varbanto, 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, Tro) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guess “effing” what, Dana? She wanted to fight.

Pardonon, 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, klaso, 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, pli forta, 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, anyway?

UNLIKE YOU, Dana “Effing” White, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Yeah, 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.

Nun, 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, Aŭ, you dome-headed dimwit.

Batalantoj “effing” Batalo, 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. Jes, 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 job. It’s not. Ĝi estas “effing” hard work.

Tiel, jes, 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.

Oh…Kaj…by the way…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.

Tiel, 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, period! 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.

Tiel, 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” tagoj, 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, Tro.

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, honeste, truly “effing” know what it’s ACTUALLY like to be an “effing” fighter? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

Vi scias 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, Estas “one who fights.” And let’s be clear about one “effing” thing, Dana “effing” White, I know fighters, Kaj YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Dana “effing” White, and you never “effing” estos. 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,” #A? “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. Nun, 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, period?

Tiel, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, S-ro. 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?

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

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Reebok Ribelo povus Revolucii MMA kiel Ni Scias Ĝin

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De: #Ri?a Bergeron

Vi scias la Reebok batalo estas akiranta varmigita kiam homojn estas ruiniganta la terminojn de la interkonsento ambaŭ figuratively kaj LAŬVORTE:

UFC Malpeza Konkuranto Myles “Furiozo” Ĵurio vere ĵetis lia Reebok ilaro en la forĵetaĵo ĵus faras punkton en Pepi poŝton kiu havis UFCan Kapon Honcho Dana “La Baldfather” Blanka krianta faŭlan.

Kio estis pli diranta pri la okazaĵo, Tamen, Estis “Onklo Dana” Ne intervenanta puni la ĉagreniĝita batalanton por lia maltimida disrespect de grava UFC komerca partnero. Tio ĉi estis vojkruciĝa momento por la “Reebok Ribelo.”

Kio povis Dana fari, Post kiam ĉiuj? Myles estis efektive tiranta paĝan rajton ekstere de la UFCa Prezidanto’s propra merkatumada manlibro. Ĵurio estis estanta en-via-vizaĝa ofensivo vendi lian argumenton. Dana faras tion ĉiu tago.

Pli alta-profilaj batalantoj are consistently rubbing Mr. Blanka la malĝusta vojo ĉi tiuj tagoj Kiam ĝi venas al la Reebok interkonsento, Kaj kvankam li donis Ĵurion kaj Donald “Vakero” Cerrone transludo por ilia lastatempa kritiko, Li mordis reen kontraŭ la ŝatas de Brandon Schaub.

Tie povas esti malsama speco de piroteknikoj en julio kiam ĉi tiu kruda interkonsento oficiale prenas efikon kaj ĉiuj la batalantoj kiu surmetas’t konsentas kun Schaub kaj Ĵuria komenco konscii ilia shortsightedness. Some of those UFC fighters might even regret not joining their peers on the unofficial public picket line when it might have actually mattered.

La plej malbona parto pri ĉi tiu tuta fiasko estas la altempigo. La Federala Komerca Komisiono estas ankoraŭ foje laŭdire prienketanta la UFC En la maldormo de serio de alta-profila Klaso-Ago Anti-Fidaj plendoj volvanta ilian vojon tra la civilaj tribunaloj.

It’s hard not to question whether the world’s most powerful mixed martial arts promotion is overstepping its bounds in the way they are trying to control every aspect of a fighter’s career. It seems like a really bad deal to exchange a little bit of money and the right to fight under the UFC banner for the blood, sweat and tears it takes to stay at the top of the MMA game these days. Even to be at the middle of the pack in the UFC is a heck of a challenge. Batalantoj devi esti komencanta demandi sin mem kiam la amasigita ŝvelaĵajn kontuziĝojn, Delokigoj, Ŝirita ligamentojn, Rompita ostojn kaj concussions fariĝita tiel malbone ke la mono doesn’t afero anymore.

Kio okazos kiam tajdan ondon de eksaj UFCaj batalantoj eltrovas ke la gloro de batalis iliajn korojn ekstere por la fervoruloj isn’t paganta la kalkulojn kaj/aŭ sendanta iliajn infanojn al altlernejo? Kio okazas kiam la cushy kuraca priraportado eksvalidiĝas kaj via legenda batalanta statuso signifas nenion al la doktoroj kaj la hospitalo fakturanta vin skandalaj kaj astronomiaj kotizoj teni vin sana sufiĉa vivi al malnova aĝo?

Demandi Marc Coleman. Ĝi’s ne sufiĉe.

La pli la UFCa batalo aŭ fluga ekvacio ĝiradoj al havanta neniun liberecon esti entreprenisto kaj neniu kapableco konstrui vian propran markon, La pli Scott Coker’s telefono estas iranta daŭri sonoradi de la hoko. Almenaŭ en Bellator, Batalantoj ankoraŭ povas havi iliajn proprajn proprajn sponsorojn sur ilia shorts.

Ili surmetas’t ĵetas ĉiuj iliaj batalantoj ekstere por perdanta kelkajn batalojn en disputo, Aŭ. Ili surmetas’t publike kondamnas iliajn batalantojn ĉe poŝto-batala gazetaro konferencoj por ne metanta sur rezulto. Ili pagas kion ili povas, Kaj ili fari ilian plej bonan nur esti konsiderita UFCan konkursanton.

Phil Davis may be the first of many UFC defectors that could begin to trickle in if this Reebok deal eliminates as much income and opportunity as it sounds like it will.

Mi estas efektive seniluziigita ke Viacom isn’t faranta pli grandan puŝon akiri pli da UFCajn batalantojn kun pli da profitaj kontraktoj, Sed ne komerca deziras perdi monon. Ĝi’s pli malfacila por Bellator akiri masivajn enspezojn en reveno por iliaj investoj en iliaj batalantoj pro la supre fari ilian propran produktadon por libera televido. Ankoraŭ, Samtempe, Coker kaj Bellator’s nuna administrado ŝajnas efektive zorgi malgrandan plion pri la homoj kiu ja batalas sub ilia rubando. Ili scias pli bonan ol iu ajn ke viaj sponsoroj vere povas teni vin viva.

Fighters who value their freedom and want a little more control over their careers might start to see the only UFC competition as a much greener pasture in the wake of this sneaker giant’s exclusive apparel contract. Kio estas supozita simili gravan paŝan avanulon por la UFC efektive povus reprezenti tri paŝojn reen por ĉi tiu organizo kiu estas jam luktanta kun nuligita kaj prokrastita batalojn ŝuldata unuavice al kreskanta kvanto trejni vundojn ĉapeli batalantojn.

Nature ni povas’t forgesas Eksan UFCan Lumon Superpezula Ĉampiono Jon Jones supoze kraŝanta luita SUV en graveda virino’s aŭto kaj rompanta ŝian brakon antaŭ fuĝanta la scenon sur piedo. This is yet another unfortunate example of the UFC not caring enough about their fighters. Kiel povis ilin ne rekoni ĉi tiun ulon havis problemon kiu devis esti traktita longan tempon antaŭ ĉi tiu tragedia okazaĵo elvolviĝis? Kiel povas la UFC pravigas ne havanta ilian propran hazardan drogan elprovadon en loko kiel aliaj profesiaj sportoj? Kiel estas kontraŭleĝa droga OK por batalanto fari ekstere de konkurso en la unua loko? Kiu faris la regulojn kun tiu gapanta elturniĝilo en ili?

Georges St. Pierre estis unu el la UFC’s plej laŭtaj kritikantoj sur la PED-elprovanta fronton. The former champion continues to sit on the sidelines after one of the most punishing fights of his career led him to announce his retirement with the door left open only a crack. Only a broad, Ampleksa drogo elprovanta programon povas alporti lin reen nun, St. Pierre daŭrigas.

Even fighters like Ronda Rousey are getting a little upset with the career control measures being wielded over them by their bigwig bosses. La UFC eĉ ne lasos Ronda aperi en kelkaj scripted WWEaj eventoj. Nur ĉar ĉi tiuj skits lasta pli longa ol kelkaj de ŝiaj realaj bataloj doesn’t mezumo ili estas multe da malsamaj ol kio ŝi faras en ŝia filma kariero. Ŝiaj UFCaj estroj estas bone kun ŝia plutraktanta ago filmaj roloj, Sekve kial ne malgranda falsaĵa luktado? Eble ĝi’s la fakto ke WWE ŝteladis la Tapout marko kaj prenis ĝin ĝuste ekstere de la kaĝo kaj en la luktada ringo. Eble ĝi’s ĵaluzo ke WWE havas la specon de fervorula bazo kiu faras ilin laŭleĝa minaco, Kaj ĝi’s la speco de fervoruloj la UFC urĝe bezonoj. Maybe it’s the fact that the UFC lost their chance at retaining Brock Lesnar’s services again and they are still getting over it.

Kio ajn la kialo, La UFC estas krampanta malsupren pli kaj pli da sur kio batalantoj povas kaj povas’t fari interne kaj ekster la kaĝo, Kaj ĝi iras ege pretere falsan luktadon. Kontraktoj estas fariĝantaj pli da kaj pli restrikta en ĉiu vojo.

The UFC also used to foster a climate where no fighter would dare speak a foul word about management or any business deal management put in place. La puno estus pli malbona ol bona se Dana decidis doni vin la Brendan Schaub trakto en la gazetaro.

Plendi, and you’d be called a coward or a bum. Vi’re ne teama ludisto, some ignorant fans will still say when you stick your neck out while under UFC contract. Ankoraŭ, Ĉi tiu klimato ne estas sufiĉe halti ĉi tiun novan malgrandan ondon de protesto kiu povus kreski al timiganta crescendo tuj antaŭ aŭ post kiam ĉi tiu Reebok interkonsento oficiale fariĝas realaĵo.

The mindless minions who criticize fighters for speaking out for their own best interests just eat right out of Dana White’s hand, Eĉ kiam li’s elpasanta ratan venenon. It is disgusting to hear and see so many people agreeing with a guy who never even fought an official amateur bout of any kind instead of listening to someone who actually put in the effort to compete in even one professional cage fight.

Kiam ĝi venas al aferoj de kio ĝi vere signifas “Esti F#$%ing batalanto,” Dana povas doni ĉiuj la faŭla-buŝmimita paroladojn li deziras, Sed ĝi’s la realaj batalantoj kiu sangita por jaroj sub la UFCa rubando kiu donis ke parolado vera signifo kaj resonanco al la ventumas kiun nun adori la tero Dana piediras sur. Majoritate, Ĉi tiuj ventumas nur kiel Blankulo tiel ĉar li parolas kaj cusses nur ŝatas ilin. Ankoraŭ, Unu UFCa batalanto mi intervjuis jarojn antaŭe dirita min estas io malĝuste kun la sporto kiam la plej rekonebla cifero en MMA estas Dana Blankulo. Mi couldn’t konsentas pli.

Libereco ne estas vorto esti prenita malpeze, Kaj libera parolado ne estas kiel libera kiel ĝi uzis esti. Vi subskribas sur la dotted linio interveni la UFCan kaĝon, Kaj vi devi ludi de iliaj reguloj, Eĉ la ones vi surmetas’t kiel aŭ surmeti’t konsentas kun. Kiu estis malbone sufiĉe kiam kiu estis la nuraj problemaj batalantoj alfrontis. Nun, Ĝi’s multe da pli malbona pro la Reebok interkonsento kaj la ramifications kaj ondetaj efikoj ĝi kaŭzos.

Kelkaj homoj forgesas ĉi tiun interkonsenton ankaŭ malsimpatiigas aliajn longajn tempajn sponsorojn de la UFC kaj ĝiaj batalantoj. Pensi de ĉiuj tiuj vestaĵaj firmaoj kiu ne estos kapabla vendi iliajn produktojn nun en asocio kun ajna oficiala UFCa evento. La okazonta UFCa Fervorulo Ekspozicia situacio is a prime example of how the UFC just doesn’t seem to care about the businesses and backers that helped put them on the map in the first place.

La homoj malantaŭ ĉi tiu dinama MMAa ligo malsimpatiigos iun ajn aŭ ajnan grupon de homoj fari dolaron de la malantaŭoj de pli bonaj viroj ol si mem. Ĉi tiu Reebok interkonsento estas vivanta pruvon de tio. Eĉ se ĉiuj la mono de la Reebok partnereco faras iri al la batalantoj, all those businesses that end up locked out of fighter sponsorship deals will have to line up to sign exclusive contracts with the organization itself. Aŭ tio, Aŭ ili transformos al Bellator subtenantoj kaj sekvi brulita UFCajn batalantojn al tiu organizo.

Suddenly that second fiddle is sounding like it could steal the show, and my prediction that Bellator could fail looks premature and presumptuous now.

“Do vi deziras esti f$%^ing batalanto?”

Lasi min doni vin Scott Coker’s nombro.

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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 Kaj Hector Lombard failing tests for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), Dum Jon Jones Kaj Nick Diaz failed tests for cocaine and marijuana, Respektive.

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. Plus, 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.

Tamen, 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 writes about mixed martial arts in the state of Maryland. He also shares his thoughts on the UFC, Bellator, and World Series of Fighting. Check out his blog, or follow him on Twitter: @mmamaryland.

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Dana White and the Women

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Sabato, Feb. 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 la co-#?efa evento, 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 Kaj 2014, Respektive.

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 writes about mixed martial arts in the state of Maryland. He also contributes his thoughts to our site on the UFC, Bellator, and World Series of Fighting. Check out his blog, or follow him on Twitter: @mmamaryland.

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Junia Blankulo #Ali?i la FNUajn Batalajn Sportojn Montras #?I-NOKTE!

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Nia speciala gasto #?i tiu semajno sur la FNUa Batala Sporta Rezulto estas junia Blankulo. ?i’s perfekta altempigo pro tio ke mi nur ricevis #?i tiu #mesa?o sur Pepi la alia tago:

“Vi estas blokita de sekvantaro Kaj spektado ‘s Tweets.”

Junia Blankulo (@JuneWhiteMMA) #Ali?i Tom, Tony kaj #Ri?a sur la FNUa Batalo Sporta Rezulto 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, Honesta rigardo en la vivo de la eksa boxercise instruisto kiu nun reguloj super la UFC kun fero fist kaj #la?ta #bu?o. Kontroli #?i tiu dirantan YouTube Promo por ?Dana Blankulo, King de MMA:?

??Sychic?? Tom Padgett, ??Abble Rousin’?? #Ri?a Bergeron kaj Ekskluziva ??Li Tornado?? Penecale #anka? havas tunon de militaj sportaj eventoj kaj sciigo diskuti #?i tiu semajnon.

Klaki #?i tie #A?skulti al nia elsendo Viva de 8-10PMa EST #?i-nokte. Uzi la saman ligon aliri la diskon de la rezulto. La juniaj Blankaj intervjuaj komencoj #?e 9:15 PMa EST.

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DANA BLANKULO’S PATRINA JUNIO BLANKA JOINSa THE FNUa BATALO SPORTA REZULTO #?A?DO NOKTO!

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Junia Blankulo (@JuneWhiteMMA) #Ali?i Tom, Tony kaj #Ri?a sur la FNUa Batalo Sporta Rezulto 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, Honesta rigardo en la vivo de la eksa boxercise instruisto kiu nun reguloj super la UFC kun fero fist kaj #la?ta #bu?o. Kontroli #?i tiu dirantan YouTube Promo por “Dana Blankulo, King de MMA:”

“Metapsikia” Tom Padgett, “Rabble Rousin'” #Ri?a Bergeron kaj Ekskluziva “La 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, Al Deontay Pli #Sova?a’s vico kun Bermane Stiverne por la WBC Superpezula #?ampioneco #?i tiu semajnfino, Al Roc Nacio’s fuzio kun Gary Shaw #Anta?enigo, Al la kreskanta probableco ke Manny Pacquiao fine batalos Floyd Mayweather Jr. La 2an de majo, Tie’s tuno de zumo #?irka?igi la sporton boksi #?uste nun.

Ni’ll #anka? diskutas #?i tiu #diman?o’s UFCa Batalo Nokta evento en Boston prezentanta Conor McGregor #kontra?. Dennis Siver en la #?efa evento kaj Donald Cerrone #kontra?. Benson Henderson en la co-prezentita vicon. Bellator #anka? piedbatoj de la 2015 Spici #?i tiu vendredon kun Patricio Pitbull enspezo sur Daniel Straus en la #?efa evento.

Klaki #?i tie #A?skulti al nia elsendo Viva de 8-10PMa EST #?a?do nokto.

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