Nicky
18-01-2005, 07:06
Dat is die kerel die tegen Kimbo vocht.
The Boston Globe recently did a feature on underground bare knuckle fighter (as well as Boston police officer) Sean Gannon, and stated that he has signed with the UFC.
Speaking as a professional cagefighter, I have to wonder exactly what the hell Dana White and the morons at Zuffa are doing now. They have spent millions on advertising the fact that under Zuffa's new ownership, the UFC is a 'new, safe, legit sport'. Zuffa constantly pushes their fighters and spokesmen during media events to mention how much safer and more legit their sport is, as opposed to the early 1990s SEG days, when violent Bloodsport style beatdowns were the norm. Dana White and others have made it clear over and over that they want the UFC to be a sport, not a spectacle.
However, what has that balding former Boxercise instructor done now? Dana White has gone and signed Sean 'The Cannon' Gannon, a portly policemen who recently engaged in an illegal streetfight for money with an ex-con representative of a pornographic website.
As I pointed out in previous editions of the Cagefighter's Corner, what Gannon did could very well have destroyed the sport of cagefighting and made it illegal once again. I was even so enraged that I issued a challenge to Gannon to meet me in the cage, which he promptly refused.
What sort of message does Zuffa's actions send? Apparently, no matter how much of a real sport the UFC supposedly is now, taping an illegal streetfight, betting thousands of dollars on it, and posting it on the internet for profit is enough to get an invite from the self proclaimed "Superbowl of MMA." In a way, Zuffa's latest actions may be even more dangerous to the sport than what Gannon did. After all, Gannon's actions were one incident, while the UFC's actions offer incentive for an endless amount of copycats to do the same.
Think of all the D-level wannabes in this sport who dream about being a UFC fighter and are willing to do anything to live out their dream. Does anyone really think that low level idiots like Jason 'Piggle' Turnage -- who was willing to break the Cagefighter's Code to further his career -- and numerous other pathetic green namers on mma.tv like Dan 'The Wolfman', Chris 'Red Dog24' Champagne, wreckker, Dhira 'CECM' Yesufu, etc. won't try and do the same?
Ironically, Zuffa's decision to sign the fat sideshow may be the end of legal cagefighting in America. As a result, I would like to take this opportunity to officially challenge Dana 'Boxercise' White to meet me in the cage. Dana and his fans brag about him being a boxer, Boxercise instructor, and BJJ man. Well now it is time to see those skills in action. Just as Gannon gambled in his fight with Kimbo Slice, my proposal for the terms of the fight is this: if I win, Gannon does not get signed, and vice versa.
Dana White, do you accept? As an internet representative of Arizona cagefighting, I normally shy away from issuing internet challenges. But when the sport I compete in and love is at sake, I am willing to do anything to save it.
http://www.yoxio.com/img/112481.jpg
The Boston Globe recently did a feature on underground bare knuckle fighter (as well as Boston police officer) Sean Gannon, and stated that he has signed with the UFC.
Speaking as a professional cagefighter, I have to wonder exactly what the hell Dana White and the morons at Zuffa are doing now. They have spent millions on advertising the fact that under Zuffa's new ownership, the UFC is a 'new, safe, legit sport'. Zuffa constantly pushes their fighters and spokesmen during media events to mention how much safer and more legit their sport is, as opposed to the early 1990s SEG days, when violent Bloodsport style beatdowns were the norm. Dana White and others have made it clear over and over that they want the UFC to be a sport, not a spectacle.
However, what has that balding former Boxercise instructor done now? Dana White has gone and signed Sean 'The Cannon' Gannon, a portly policemen who recently engaged in an illegal streetfight for money with an ex-con representative of a pornographic website.
As I pointed out in previous editions of the Cagefighter's Corner, what Gannon did could very well have destroyed the sport of cagefighting and made it illegal once again. I was even so enraged that I issued a challenge to Gannon to meet me in the cage, which he promptly refused.
What sort of message does Zuffa's actions send? Apparently, no matter how much of a real sport the UFC supposedly is now, taping an illegal streetfight, betting thousands of dollars on it, and posting it on the internet for profit is enough to get an invite from the self proclaimed "Superbowl of MMA." In a way, Zuffa's latest actions may be even more dangerous to the sport than what Gannon did. After all, Gannon's actions were one incident, while the UFC's actions offer incentive for an endless amount of copycats to do the same.
Think of all the D-level wannabes in this sport who dream about being a UFC fighter and are willing to do anything to live out their dream. Does anyone really think that low level idiots like Jason 'Piggle' Turnage -- who was willing to break the Cagefighter's Code to further his career -- and numerous other pathetic green namers on mma.tv like Dan 'The Wolfman', Chris 'Red Dog24' Champagne, wreckker, Dhira 'CECM' Yesufu, etc. won't try and do the same?
Ironically, Zuffa's decision to sign the fat sideshow may be the end of legal cagefighting in America. As a result, I would like to take this opportunity to officially challenge Dana 'Boxercise' White to meet me in the cage. Dana and his fans brag about him being a boxer, Boxercise instructor, and BJJ man. Well now it is time to see those skills in action. Just as Gannon gambled in his fight with Kimbo Slice, my proposal for the terms of the fight is this: if I win, Gannon does not get signed, and vice versa.
Dana White, do you accept? As an internet representative of Arizona cagefighting, I normally shy away from issuing internet challenges. But when the sport I compete in and love is at sake, I am willing to do anything to save it.
http://www.yoxio.com/img/112481.jpg