Be careful what you tweet. Dana shows Miguel Torres the door.

"If a rape van was called a surprise van, more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them," Torres wrote. "Everyone likes surprises."

 

while it's a lame joke, it's awfull that he was fired for this. UFC monopoly is a real bad thing it seems unless the fighters can get some sort of Union.

 

Yeah, not a cool joke, but to be fired over it? I think that's preposterous.

He is the one that encourages twitter, it's to be expected that a few of them might write things that are a bit on the extreme, or unsavoury side.

 

Just get to show that UFC is a joke of a ''sport''. Not much better than the WWE

 

FINE the Guy & PUBLICLY Reprimand him for his Verbiage, but FIRE Him???...Definitely an EXTREME Response from a Guy who Can Best Be Described as a "Potty Mouth" Himself....




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Give me a fucking break. Forrest Griffin tweeted "Rape is the new missionary" and I don't think he even got scolded.

The UFC urges these guys to tweet their asses off and then they fire someone for a tweet? Bullshit.

Now it's a matter of whether Dana White thinks a tweet is funny? LOL. Sounds like White flexing again. Douche bag.

 

Bantamweight Miguel Torres has been released by the UFC, according to UFC President Dana White.

White revealed to Sports Illustrated on Thursday that the former World Extreme Cagefighting 135-pound champion will no longer compete for the world's largest promotion.

“Miguel Torres has been cut from the UFC and his career with us now is over,†White told SI.com.

Known for possessing an active Twitter handle, Torres was released following one particular tweet on Wednesday.

"If a rape van was called a surprise van, more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them," Torres wrote. "Everyone likes surprises."

The news comes on the heels of a pair of controversial comments made by UFC fighters about sexual abuse. Roughly one month ago, former 205-pound champion Forrest Griffin tweeted that “rape was the new missionary.â€

According to White and Griffin, the fighter's questionable statement was intended to express his disbelief at how commonplace the crime had become after viewing multiple television media reports on various rape cases. Griffin later apologized for his comment and made a donation to the Las Vegas Rape Crisis Center.

Yesterday, another former UFC light heavyweight champion made a separate controversial remark at the UFC on Fox 2 press conference in Chicago.

Main event competitors Rashad Evans and Phil Davis began trading barbs near the end of the event, each predicting how the fight would go. Evans assured “Mr. Wonderful†that he would beat him up standing, predicting that the former Penn State University wrestler would go to his grappling base to avoid the strikes.

In articulating that point, Evans made a reference to the widely publicized Jerry Sandusky case, in which the former PSU assistant football coach stands accused of sexually abusing multiple underage boys during his time at the institution. “I guarantee you'll be the first one to take a shot, because I’m going to put my hands on you worse than that dude did to them other kids at Penn State,†Evans said.

White said he spoke with Evans after the press conference and the fighter explained his intentions behind the comment.

“Rashad walked me through what he did...Rashad wrestled for Michigan [State]. [Davis] went to Penn State. [Evans] wanted to slam [Davis] and Penn State,†White told SI.com. “Rashad is sorry for what he said. He truly is. He said it in the heat of the moment. He definitely took the wrong choice of words. He knows it, and I know he knows it.â€

Regarding Torres' tweet, White said that he did not see the humor in the bantamweight's apparent joke.

“There’s no explanation for that. There’s absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that,†White said. “And the fact that he even thinks that’s funny or that’s a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me.â€

Prior to his release, Torres, 30, had won three of his last four. Prior to the WEC's merger with the UFC, Torres became one of the company's most successful fighters, winning the promotion's bantamweight title in 2008 and defending the belt successfully thrice before being knocked out by Brian Bowles in 2009. Torres posted a 2-1 Octagon record in 2011, most recently outpointing Nick Pace at UFC 139 on Nov. 19.

 

Moral of the story? If you're Dana's boy it's a bad joke. If you're not you're shit out of luck because you're never fighting in the UFC again. Moral of the moral ? You better pucker up and kiss some shiny bald ass.

 

Pretty much.

Imagine if this was at the height of Chuck Liddel's popularity? Chuck could have tweeted "I just raped some woman and it felt really good".

You think he would have gotten fired?

 

Would do you think would happen if someone in the NFL or MLB did the same thing? Probably a huge fine or fired. The UFC doesn't want fighters making it look bad. It's as simple as that.

 

Dana would say " OH That Chuck!! :))) "

 

He's just a wacky guy!

 

He threatened to fire Anderson Silva for his "performances" against Maia and Leitas.

 

HAHA Dana would NEVER fire Anderson. Anderson could fuck Dana's wife and he wouldn't get fired.

 

He should tweet a rape joke and find out.

 

The more I think about this the more the double standards digust me.

I generally like Dana less and less, but he really is just a total chode.

If anything I find Torres' joke less offensive than Griffin's, as it's just so retarded and lame it's not even offensive.

Yet Forrest gets um, nothing at all, and Torres gets fired?

Absolutely absurd. If you're going to have a very strict policy in regards to stuff like that, at least be fucking consistent. Fire Griffin too.

 

If you listen to White it's about "context".

The context really being one guy is popular and the other guy is a nobody.

 

Fair Enough, but is CONSISTENCY Toooooo Much to Ask???...



REED:dunno:

 

THIS!!!



REED:Lok:

 

Dana is always two faced. This is bad though. In actuality I think Rashad's comments were the worst of everything, beings he's actually somewhat making fun of a situation where underaged boys were being raped. Something also tells me if Miguel was still the champ, he wouldn't have got fired. People should blow up white's twitter about him being a cheesedick two faced dumbass. Overload the server. See if he gets that joke.:atu:

 

Anderson just tweeted:

"My english bad, my rape good."

 

Dana should have fired Wandy for saying he wanted to Fuck Chuck Liddell. I don't think Chuck would have been down. ::

 

You know, Miguel Torres is pretty scrubby lately, I'm not so sad to see him get the boot, which is why I don't give a shit.

 

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That's still the funniest post fight interview since Marlon Starling after losing (NC) to Tomas Molinares.

I rewound the Silva comment 50 times... Did he really just say he wants to fuck Chuck?

 

Yes, way too much.

Dana White is a Vince McMahon wannabe.

 

That was some seriously funny shit.

 

Ya the Wandy thing was on another level LOL for years and years people wanted these two to fight. FINALLY Wandy gets to the UFC gets in the cage grabs the microphone and says I WANT TO FUCK CHUCK..... really? LOL

 

No way any other pro athletes would be fired for that. At worst they'd be suspended for a few matches

 

if 1996 mike tyson came out of jail for allegedly committing rape and decided he wanted to fight in the ufc, would dana have hired him?

 

Rashad's comment was worse.