Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, both apologized (again) for his past homophobic comments while encouraging gay fighters to come out. “I’ll tell you right now, if there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out,” he said. “I could care less if there’s a gay fighter in the [...]
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Michael Bisping is the latest UFC fighter to make ‘gay’ comments
I guess when you’re straight and you spend most of your time with half-naked men you might feel the need to distance yourself as far as you can from the gays. It seems to be the case for many UFC fighters, and Michael Bisping is the latest (Bisping earlier this year called a fighter a [...]
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira of the UFC says he doesn’t want to train with a gay fighter
UFC fighter and former Interim Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira told UOL Esporte he would not train with a gay fighter. Bloody Elbow has the translation of the 35-year-old Brazilian born fighter’s interview: I have no prejudice against the gays, but I wouldn’t train with someone who’s gay. I have no malice, I don’t take our [...]
UFC freaks out after fighter wears a Speedo
The UFC has banned its fighters from wearing Speedos into the ring after Dennis Hallman wore one in UFC 133 Saturday night. In fact, UFC President Dana White gave a $70,000 bonus to Hallman’s opponent Brian Ebersole for knocking him out in the first round and thereby sparing the fainthearted babies who apparently watch the [...]
UFC fighter Michael Bisping calls opponent ‘faggot,’ then spits on his corner after fight
Huge tip of the hat to our friend Michael David Smith for calling out fighter Michael Bisping and the UFC after Bisping called opponent Jorge Rivera a “faggot mother——” during a promotional video. For good measure, after delivering an illegal knee to Rivera in their fight he won, Bisping then spit in Rivera’s corner. That’s [...]
MMA gay porn for straight guys?
Boxer Bernard Hopkins is tired of his sport being compared to MMA, mostly because the whole gay porn thing. Oh yeah, that… Everybody is different. I don’t want to watch two grown men wrestling with panties on. I’m from the hood, we don’t play that. To me, I’m not buying a ticket to watch two [...]
Dana White: UFC would embrace gay fighter
Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, says that fighters and fans of the sport would embrace an openly gay fighter. This is the same Dana White who apologized recently for using an anti-gay slur. In an interview (video below) following the May 23 UFC card, White was asked about how an openly [...]
Another hollow apology…from Dana White
Add the apology from UFC’s Dana White to the immeasurably long list of non-apologies (he used the ‘faggot’ in a rant earlier this week). While a simple “I got it wrong, I’m sorry” would have sufficed, White decided to go the “You don’t understand me and you got it wrong” route. GLAAD seems to have [...]
UFC’s Dana White to apologize for anti-gay slurs
Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts organization, will apologize for an anti-gay slur he unleashed in a video while pissed off at a journalist. Ted Rybka of GLAAD’s sports arm spoke to White and just posted this: I just spoke with UFC President Dana White. White expressed remorse for [...]
Kanyon rips Lesnar’s “dumb luck”
Openly gay former pro wrestler Chris Kanyon (right) has become well-known after his career for 1) being gay and 2) for not pulling punches when it comes to talkin about pro wrestling. The latest in Kanyon’s sites: Brock Lesnar, who a couple weeks ago won a big fight on UFC. On Myspace, Kanyon rips into [...]