Sunday, May 9, 2010

White Kicks Daley out of UFC for Life

In another confusing and perplexing move, UFC president Dana White has decided to kick Paul Daley out of the UFC for life. After doing nothing to Brock Lesnar and signing Gilbert Yvel, this seems like a rushed moronic decision. Don't get me wrong, Paul Daley was the ultimate moron for what he did and there absolutely no place in the sport for that kind of thing. However, given that Brock Lesnar got nothing for a similar outbreak (albeit less so because he didn't throw a punch just a lot of bad gestures) and Gilbert Yvel was recently signed despite having a history of several displays of poor judgement this decision just baffles me. White is a genius having brought the UFC to where it is but it seems like he is bending to everyone around him now and changing fundamentally what his organization represented. The UFC was the anti-mainstream organization that every fight fan loved. Now it's becoming the ultimate mainstream organization. I understand that money dictates and it's time to change tunes and become mainstream but at least be consistent. The Daley move was way over the top. Not even another mainstream organization has issued a lifetime ban despite having experienced incidents that were far worse. Anybody remember Todd Bertuzzi? Well, he's playing in the NHL playoffs right now. I mean this seems a bit insane to me to suspend someone for life despite the terrible nature of this act.

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