Miguel Torres Cut From The UFC Due To Twitter Remarks

[Dale]

I know, it will just mean he's pushed back in the que for fighting Jones.

 

[No More Sorrow]

And that would be a big deal for Rashad, as he said during the press conference that he wanted to lay Jones out with a kick upside the head. He wants that fight real bad.

 

[No More Sorrow]

"I'm a pretty fair guy," White said. "I've been a very fair guy through all kinds of crazy stuff. If you can't explain yourself, if you can't give me an explanation on why you did something? There's no explanation for that.

"You didn't see Miguel Torres come out – all the fans were behind him, and I love it. I love that all the fans were supporting him and everything else. It's cool. I like to see that, but you didn't see him come out with his explanation on why he said it. There is no explanation for it. And tweets like, 'Your mouth says no, but my roofies say yes,' I don't think that's funny, either – at all. It's not funny to me. Agree with me or disagree with me, it is what it is. I make those decisions, and that's what I chose to do."

Torres has since apologized for his remarks, and White said he has been in communication with the fighter's management team.

Some MMA pundits suggested the situation might prompt some type of personal code of conduct for the UFC's fighters, but White said he doesn't believe that will be necessary. While he says it's unfortunate Torres had to be the test case, White believes the company's stance should now be perfectly clear.

"Let me tell you what – you want to see consistency, let's see if anybody does that again," White said. "Let's see if anybody does it again. I double dare you. I double dare you to send another tweet like that again.

"It is what it is. It's unfortunate. He's a good guy. But it made no sense. It came out of left field. 'It was from a TV show.' I don't give a fuck. This isn't a TV show. This is a sport. And the thing is about sending things like that out on Twitter, it's not like you have some forum to explain yourself and to discuss what you meant. There's 100-and-something characters, you know what I mean?

"It's bad news, and it is what it is. People can agree with me or disagree with me. I don't care what anybody thinks. I don't care. It is what it is. It won't happen again."

So how exactly should fighters proceed moving forward?

"I think it's pretty clear," White said. "We're dealing with smart guys. Let common sense prevail."

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[The Cork]

What the fuck......Torres is worth x10000000 Griffins.

 

[Troy]

What a dumb thing to tweet. Glad that he was punished and it sets the example that from now own anyone that posts something dumb and offensive like that will be cut right away.

 

[Dale]

What a dumb thing to tweet. Glad that he was punished and it sets the example that from now own anyone that posts something dumb and offensive like that will be cut right away.

No chance. He wouldn't have the stones to cut a high profile fighter as he'll just do some work around reasoning as to why they shouldnt be punished.

 

[Troy]

Hopefully not, I hope that he would have the same rules for everyone and wouldn't let it slip by just because they are a big name. Maybe he will simply send them to Strikeforce for a bit to get around it.

 

[The Cork]

Pretty sure he tweeted another rape joke earlier on.

What a dumbass.

 

[No More Sorrow]

If he did he's a complete moron.

 

[The Cork]

@MiguelTorresMMA Miguel Torres
They should never say stop, no and don't. What you should hear is no don't stop.



IDK, but all the responses to it seem to suggest its a rape joke. Vague or not, he shouldn't even risk it considering what happened last time.