UFC bans Werdum troll face masks

[Jehannum]

hahahahaha thefaintjoy from sherdog just posted this

 

[kneeblock]

Did anyone sneak one in?

 

[Jehannum]

Did anyone sneak one in?

Werdum

 

[Jehannum]

Did anyone sneak one in?

Werdum

and Miocic

Spoiler: lol

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

C'mon man, it's petty as hell. Who the fuck is going to see, or pay attention to, that little ass logo on TV (PPV)? No one. I get the company line "if we let Werdum it, everyone will want to do it". That's bullshit as well. What other fighters are going to spend $25k or whatever it was for face masks of themselves? No one else has the troll face shtick like Werdum. Mark Hunt or Robbie Lawler just going to pop headbands on and get masks made up with Gatorade on the headbands, for the fuck of it? The entire situation is absurd.

It's not only masks that carry this potential. It is anything that the fighter can have all of the fans hold that has a logo on it.

Also, there is a very good chance that the sponsor paid for the masks and Werdum didn't pay for them, so yes if the UFC allows this there is nothing but incentive for other fighters to follow suit. As is already said in this thread, I wish it wasn't the case but it totally makes sense for the UFC to nix it.

 

[Nemo?]

Initiative... Don't bother.
Imagination... Forget it.
Personality... Don't need it.
Individuality... Take a hike.

This should be Zuffa's new mantra.

 

[Haulport]

Werdum distributed tens of thousands of masks to fans all week in Curitiba, asking them to wear it during the UFC 198 main event Saturday. However, fans weren’t allowed to enter the Arena da Baixada soccer stadium with the mask during Friday’s weigh-ins and Saturday’s event.

The UFC heavyweight champion complained about the veto while speaking to Combate TV right after the weigh-ins.

"I was doing a great campaign for the ‘happy face’. I had 45,000 (masks) done and the ‘happy face’ was vetoed at the entrance for the weigh-ins," Werdum said. "I hope it’s not vetoed tomorrow.

"I think it’s absurd, actually. I spent a lot of money, got a nice campaign to excite the crowd, people were happy, posting it on social media, and UFC comes and vetoes it. I didn’t like it, but it’s fine."

LINK: Fabricio Werdum’s ‘happy face’ mask banned inside the stadium for UFC 198

This is EXACTLY why I despise the UFC and have lost so much interest in MMA.

Imagine what an epic moment in MMA history it could have been to see tens of thousands of people wearing Werdum's face!

They are the WORST...

 

[Jehannum]

The Werdum Troll Mask Saga

I retweeted this but twitter makes you view the gif too small, so I deleted tweet and tweeted the post directly above the one I'm quoting, which had links to the Werdum material in the "Shoops from Sherdog" thread, and shared a jpeg of the gif with it instead to see if I'd have any biters and it did get noticed, but I do wonder if anyone actually visited the thread from my link or saw the full gif version