As of July 24, 2015 MMA fighter Tito Ortiz posted on his official twitter page that he openly supports the racist rants of Hulk Hogan.
According to Prowrestling.com, Hulk Hogan has been reported as stating the following in regards to his daughter Brooke who Hogan apparently believes has been sleeping with a Black man:
”She is making some real bad decisions now. My daughter Brooke jumped sides on me. I spent $2-3 million on her music career, I’ve done everything like a jackass for her. The one option Brooke had, Brooke’s career besides me, is [to] sell beach records.” They claim Hogan was mad because a “black billionaire guy” had offered to fund her music career. They then quoted Hogan as saying, “I don’t know if Brooke was fuc*ing the black guy’s son. I mean, I don’t have double standards. I mean, I am a racist, to a point, fuc*ing ni**ers. But then when it comes to nice people and s*it, and whatever.” They claim he later said, “I mean, I’d rather if she was going to f*ck some n*gger, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n*gger worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we’re all a little racist. F*cking n*gger.”
Tito Ortiz stated stated directly to his 551K twitter followers that he stands behind Hulk Hogan, even though Hulk Hogan has been scrubbed from the WWE Hall of Fame for his unacceptable behavior and mindset immediately upon his racist rant making mainstream news headlines.
LINK: Hulk Hogan Statement on Racist Rant : People.com
In addition Tito Ortiz has attempted to trivialize & justify Hulk Hogan's racist rant against Blacks / African-Americans by retweeting news articles supportive of Hulk Hogan and by tweeting himself:
"What ever happened to"Sticks & stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me?" Ppl need to relax. #HulkHogan is a good man.
If the UFC, MMA and supporting media outlets of Tito Ortiz do not terminate their contracts with Ortiz as the WWE has severed ties with Hulk Hogan, then they are openly supporting and endorsing racism against Blacks / African-Americans along with the trivialization & justification of hate speech.
Tito Ortiz is not the type of role model young MMA enthusiasts should have - especially considering how far the United States of America has come in regards to civil rights and racial equality.
Considering the high percentage of Blacks / African-Americans who are UFC fans, there is no place in the MMA arena or the American mainstream media for those with the mentality of Tito Ortiz. If he is allowed to remain a fixture in the UFC organization and MMA arena, it will reflect badly upon our society as a whole.
Tito Ortiz openly supports blatant RACISM against Blacks / African-Americans. He is not a good role model and his contracts should be terminated.
- Crystal Scott KELOWNA, CANADA
I'm disappointed in all of the negative publicity Tito Ortiz has brought upon himself. Everything from drug use to spousal abuse.As of recent, the racism.I'm a mother of three children, I am white and their father is black. It sickens me that in this day and age people still see color. People are people, the first thing you see shouldn't be the color od their skin.
- Daniel Langdon TACOMA, WA
Not only does Tito Ortiz support racism, he pretends to support our troops. I'm a soldier and I find his fake support for publicity disgusting.
- Fardowsa Hassan RICHMOND, CANADA
I am black and I'm offended by Tito supporting racism. I am also offended by his girlfriend slandering my beliefs as I am Muslim.
- jenna jones VANCOUVER, CANADA
Tito Ortiz is a public figure and supposed to be a role model his very public display of racism is disgusting
- Barry Nelson LANCASTER, CA
If Hulk Hogan's affiliation was terminated due to his utterance of racist slurs, anyone who supports Hogan's rants must be like minded and therefore deserves the same fate. I was a fan of both, yet I am finding it harder and harder to commit to a sport that allows it's fighters to get away with demeaning and hateful comments whether they spoke it or support it. Your duty is to show by example that your organization does not condone such behavior. You've taken the first step with Hogan, now your fans expect you to commit 100% by your words, and show the same intolerance towards Tito.
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