Former WEC bantamweight champion and top pound-for-pound fighter Miguel Torres has been released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship for a post he made via his twitter account Wednesday that struck a cord with UFC brass.
If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn’t mind going for rides in them. Everyone like[s] surprises.
Speaking Thursday with SI.com, White had the following comments on the subject:
"This morning I’m on [Michael] Landsburg’s show, up here in Canada, and he hits me with the quote of what he tweeted. Now there’s no explanation for that. There’s absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that, and the fact that he even thinks that’s funny or that’s a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me. Again, you’re dealing with a guy that’s a smart guy, that owns his own business, that’s been one of the top fighters in the world forever. And I cut him today. He’s no longer with the UFC."
Torres (40-4-0) was 2-1 inside the octagon defeating Antonio Banuelos and Nick Pace, with a controversial decision loss to Demetrious Johnson sandwiched in between. The thirty year old Tristar representative has stopped thirty-two opponents in a career spanning nearly twelve years with twenty-three of those coming by way of submission.
Torres, who claims he was quoting a popular TV series, defended his right to expression regardless of the joke's nature; one such example is found below.
Jokes on racism, pedifiles, terrorism, & other fucked up things is ok, but some are off limits. What a sensitive world we live in.
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If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn’t mind going for rides in them. Everyone like[s] surprises.
Speaking Thursday with SI.com, White had the following comments on the subject:
"This morning I’m on [Michael] Landsburg’s show, up here in Canada, and he hits me with the quote of what he tweeted. Now there’s no explanation for that. There’s absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that, and the fact that he even thinks that’s funny or that’s a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me. Again, you’re dealing with a guy that’s a smart guy, that owns his own business, that’s been one of the top fighters in the world forever. And I cut him today. He’s no longer with the UFC."
Torres (40-4-0) was 2-1 inside the octagon defeating Antonio Banuelos and Nick Pace, with a controversial decision loss to Demetrious Johnson sandwiched in between. The thirty year old Tristar representative has stopped thirty-two opponents in a career spanning nearly twelve years with twenty-three of those coming by way of submission.
Torres, who claims he was quoting a popular TV series, defended his right to expression regardless of the joke's nature; one such example is found below.
Jokes on racism, pedifiles, terrorism, & other fucked up things is ok, but some are off limits. What a sensitive world we live in.
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Follow us on twitter @mmacombatDOTcom
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youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmacomba...m?feature=mhum
Blogger: http://mmacombatdotcom.blogspot.com/
And on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mmacombatdotcom
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