BJJ Penn

[SubGrappler]

Its not so much that theres politics in the UFC as it is they have to take care of their fighters.

They had BJ on a contract. Suppose he goes over there and fights Duane Ludwig and ends up getting a serious injury that may prevent him from fighting for awhile (say a broken bone, torn ligament, anything that requires surgery, etc). Now, the UFC may have plans for him to fight shortly after, which he would not be able to do if hes injured. As a result, the UFC would lose time and money and dissapoint fans.

Its not just UFC that does this- Pride and many other MMA organizations do it as well. For instance, at the time when Dean Lister and Ricardo Arona fought, the Abu Dhabi World Submission Wrestling Championships were being held in California, and both fighters were participants. Arona won the MMA match, and as a result of his contract with Pride, was forbidden from competing in that or any other tournament to assure that he would be healthy for the following round of the Grand Prix which paired him with Wanderlei Silva.

[Adonis]

I usually agree with your posts Subgrappler, but the UFC like any orginization is all about politics. Reason why they let tank fight a few times in there. Gave horn a shot for the title at Chuck Liddel and what not when there were others that were more in line nad faught in the UFC more to go for it. IE. Have randy go back at him or chuck.

Its also poltics between dana and Tito. Even though thats more tito's fault on the money issues.

Either way its all about politics.

[TJS]

umm..dosent ROTR stand for rumble on the rock...not rage on the river?

[Adonis]

shoot yeah your right. Yeah I was thinking something else for a second thanks for the correction I will go edit it.

[Shogun of Harlem]

What happen with Tito ? Did him holding out against Chuck for $ have anything to do with it ?Another fighter let go that im curious about is Ivan Salaverry. He lost to Nate then was let go.

[Adonis]

a little bit. Him pricing him self out alot has something to do with it. Plus some issues between him and Dana. Tito isn't in a postion to price him self out. Chuck and tito are ahead of him as far as the LHW pecking order.

Chuck Liddel and tito did fight. Tito was KO'ed by chuck.

[SubGrappler]

I usually agree with your posts Subgrappler, but the UFC like any orginization is all about politics. Reason why they let tank fight a few times in there. Gave horn a shot for the title at Chuck Liddel and what not when there were others that were more in line nad faught in the UFC more to go for it. IE. Have randy go back at him or chuck.

Its also poltics between dana and Tito. Even though thats more tito's fault on the money issues.

Either way its all about politics.

Im not dismissing the notion of politics in the UFC- Im just saying theres a very logical reason why MMA events try to keep their fighters from going to other events while under contract.

[Adonis]

True but also fear of looisng fighters for fights. You have a fight for the UFC but say pride offers you a better fight and money for your career. Don't get me wrong UFC is great but I hear pride pays more and mma fighters are more of a celebrity over there then in the US