Miguel Torres više nije dio UFC-a. Posljedica je to njegove šale koju je objavio na svom službenom Twitteru, a koja je za temu imala silovanje.

Neprikladna šala je toliko uznemirila predsjednika američke MMA promocije, Danu Whitea, da mu je promptno dao otkaz bez puno okolišanja i objašnjavanja.

“Vidio sam što je napisao i za to nema nikakvog opravdanja. Apsolutno ne mogu ništa reći što bi opravdalo njegov postupak. Smeta me čak i to što on misli da je to nekakva šala…da se o silovanju smije šaliti. To me muči. Opet, Miguel je pametan momak koji ima vlastiti biznis, oduvijek je jedan od najboljih boraca na svijetu. Danas sam mu dao otkaz. Više nije u UFC-u”, izjavio je White i dodao:

“Njegova karijera kod nas je gotova. Već smo mu to saopćili.”

Ako vas zanima što je Torresa koštalo otkaza, onda je to bio ovaj vic.

“Da autobus za silovanje zovu iznanađenje, mnogo žena ne bi imalo ništa protiv da se malo provozaju. Svi vole iznenađenja”, napisao je Torres koji se sada pravda da je isti vic čuo u popularnoj američkoj TV seriji “Uvijek je sunčano u Philadelphiji.”

Kod Whitea to nije izazvalo previše suosjećanja. Pogotovo nakon što je sličnu šalu, na temu silovanja, prošlog mjeseca izrekao drugi UFC borac, Forrest Griffin. I jedan i drugi su bivši prvaci. Griffina su poštedili, Torresa nisu.

“Ovo nije prvi put. Torres mi kaže da nije čuo što se dogodilo Griffinu kada je na Twitteru napisao: Silovanje je nova misionarska poza. Stvarno? Gdje on živi? Čim se bavi? Kako nije čuo za to? Trebao je malo više paziti. Ne mogu obraniti ono što je rekao. To što je napisao taj vic mi nema smisla isto toliko kao kada kaže da je to smiješno. Meni to nije smiješno. Meni je to uznemirujuće”, zaključuje čelnik UFC-a.

Dana White: Mayhem Miller Has 'The Worst Standup I've Ever Seen'

"I still don't know," White said of Miller's performance. "It was bad. To be honest, believe me, my Twitter has been blowing up with all the Mayhem fans blasting me, but facts are facts. It was the worst standup I've ever seen in my life. I don't know if I've ever seen worse standup. The guy's been in the business for over 10 years. It looked like it was his first fight ever. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen."

White said Miller's issues in his third-round technical knockout loss go beyond ring rust or nerves and seem much more fundamental.

"Some of the punches that were thrown by Mayhem Miller in this fight, you could go to a girls' Tae Bo class and see better form, better stand-up. It was embarrassing," White said. 

"Michael Bisping is easy to hate so people want to discredit him because they don't like him, but Bisping is the real deal. He's a tough guy," White said. 

White has resigned himself, however, to the fact that Bisping will never be as popular in the United States as he is in England. And he says he's not bothered by the fact that Bisping got confrontational with the fans who booed him at the Ultimate Fighter Finale weigh-ins.

"Bisping is who he is," White said. "There are certain people, there's something about them that you're not going to like. Michael Bisping is one of them and so is Josh Koscheck. These guys could try to go out there, make everything better, say nice things, and you're still not going to like them."

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Tito Ortiz Sets a Date for Retirement, But Can He Keep It?

"May 30, 2012," he told reporters. At first it sounded like a joke. As if he was getting intentionally overly specific to mock the idea that something like this could be planned. After all, May 30 is a Wednesday. Is he going to end his career with a sparring session?

Then he kept going, and it became clear: Tito is serious about this.

"That'll be 15 years," Ortiz said of the May 30th mark. "15 years has been my goal. I make it to 15 years, that'd be my second fight, finishing this contract, maybe it's time to hang up the gloves, walk away while I'm still healthy. I don't want to get any more surgeries. I have three boys. I have a family to take care of. I've made enough money to take care of my family now."

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