If this claim is true then Bellator is so focused on the fighters that they'll ignore the rules by accepting forged medicals in order to allow the fighters to chase their dreams and fight. Truly fighters first.
For an ANTI ZUFFA GUY you write quite a bit of comments pertaining to UFC fights and fighters. Always find it funny how guys say they dislike Zuffa yet still watch their cards and or follow them. If someone is "ANTI" anything usually they make a stand and don't support the company by banning it completely. Must be doing something right if they have you watching.
Well...if Kimbo/Dada, Ken/Royce, and Ken/Kimbo are any indications then......
God I had forgotten that monstrosity.
That was still under Bjorn
It's sad when the anticipation of what you think will be a great fight outweighs the enjoyment you get from the actual fight itself.
it cannot be black and white like that. if you "ban zuffa completely" you're close to giving up on watching mma.
And the legacy continues...
I don't support Zuffa directly. The entirety of my support would come down to being a non-cover charge patron at a bar showing a UFC PPV. Oh and I used to post on the UG, so I guess I gave them some clicks.
No need for evidence. Case already solved:
Somebody contact the parties involved and tell them they don't need to go to court anymore.
I actually wasn't speaking about this particular situation. The whole Kimbo-Dada situation and Kimbo's subsequent booking immediately after popping for steroids is what did it for me. I have no idea if these allegations are true, I just think it's a stretch to say that you think the UFC is behind this.
Obviously I'm making assumptions here, I'm not in any position to know for certain whether the ufc is or isn't behind this lawsuit. However, taking into consideration what the ufc has actually done in the past, my assumption is not that far out there.
seriously doubt that zuffa is behind this, sounds more like an employee who got fired and now wants revenge.
You have to apply reason to your assumptions though. Just because the UFC has done some shady stuff in the past, you can't think they're behind everything that is negative. It logically would not make sense for the UFC to make this move, in the current state of the situation. I think you just applied your bias to a situation you didn't enjoy. You seem to really like Pride and Bellator. Have they not done shady things in the past? Pride was an extremely shady organization that had great fighters but has been romanticized with revisionist history. Bellator has shown themselves to not be the most upstanding organization either, but you still seem to think pretty fondly of them.
He essentially had his lifes work bought against his wishes & permanently shuttered by the Zuffa crew who he pre-dated to the industry by a decade, he gets a second chance to go at them with Bellator so he is playing the game now, that simple.
skirting medical processes is the exact opposite of a fighter friendly move
They fought tooth and nail against Rampage
This is what I'm thinking (or hoping anyway).
Nonsense. Fighter can't chase dream of fighting then fighter can't afford medical treatment. Avoiding the rules allows the fighters to fight and make money and therefore they can afford medical treatments and avoid becoming depressed by achieving their dreams.
No, he left while still under contract. They fought to keep him.
...against his wishes...
