Anti-Domestic Violence Protest To Take Place At UFC 191

those people should find something else to do with their time
yes coming from someone who uses sherdog
 
http://www.lowkickmma.com/UFC/anti-...protest-to-take-place-outside-mgm-at-ufc-191/




This should be interesting. I wonder if the Culinary union is behind this?

If a District Attorney does not think that there is enough evidence to prosecute, then they should be presumed innocent, don't you think?

not necessarily in the eyes of the public - see ferguson haha - looks like whoever is behind this shares some fo the opinions of sherdog, but actually is doing something about it
 
Rumble, young man, Rumble

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This may be one of the weakest excuses for a protest in some time.

It's one thing to protest a lack of punishment when you have someone who's convicted, or someone who has been charged, or even someone who is being investigated.

However, Johnson and Browne have not only NOT been convicted of a crime, they have not been charged with a crime, nor have they even been investigated for the possible commission of a crime by a law enforcement agency.

It's like me accusing a random person of a crime and you being suspended even though there isn't even an ongoing police investigation. That crosses over from stupid to potentially illegal.

Even if you have a conduct/morality clause in a contract, you can't actually enforce it without evidence that conduct/morality was violated. And without video proof, ample witnesses, or other recorded evidence it would be very hard to argue that you met a sufficient burden to meet that clause in the absence of at least a law enforcement investigation.

Rumble has been convicted in the past
 
Isn't a big deal; this protest won't gain much traction.

What the UFC should do is have Dana publicly state he is for bringing this women's issue to light, setting aside a spot for them close to the venue with security, personally bring these ladies refreshments during their protest, and take pictures with them while discussing these issues with them.
 
Classic case of missing the point.

Exactly it's not about the yoga mat. She was helpless and defenseless, minding her own business meditating on how she can obtain world peace for all. Then the evil rumble Johnson came and threw the helpless saintly woman across the floor throwing her Yoga mat of world peace across the room. Shouting and I quote

"Fuck your world peace. Go make me a sandwich."

This woman is not able to comment personally as she is currently nursing sick gorilla babies back to health in the Congo. After that she will be adopting children from across the war torn middle east.

Since this woman is now taking on mythic levels of innocence, helplessness, and defenselessness we might as well go all out. Odds are she was ratchet as hell though..but who cares..
 
Come on guys, have a heart.

No ones yoga mat should be thrown like that. Let's all gather in protest!

Sir... you make me sick.

You talk as if yoga mats are objects when clearly the yoga mat is the one being thrown. Yoga mats are people too!

New protest !!!!! Rights for yoga mats !!!!!
 
Did any current UFC fighters actually get convicted or charged for domestic abuse related issues?

If none of them have been found guilty, they should be presumed innocent. But of course people will pretend this shit matters way more than it does.
 
Did any current UFC fighters actually get convicted or charged for domestic abuse related issues?

If none of them have been found guilty, they should be presumed innocent. But of course people will pretend this shit matters way more than it does.

Yup.

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Did any current UFC fighters actually get convicted or charged for domestic abuse related issues?

If none of them have been found guilty, they should be presumed innocent. But of course people will pretend this shit matters way more than it does.

Guys that have been convicted off the top of my head are Rumble and Abel Trujillo.
 
Rumble has been convicted in the past

Yes, and at the time he was being charged and convicted the UFC suspended him indefinitely. Additionally, the UFC suspended Rumble immediately when the most recent allegations were made against him due to his past history while they investigated the situation.

The point is, arguing that the UFC hasn't done anything in the Rumble case (when they did on BOTH occasions) and suspended Browne for 3 months while they investigated the allegations in SPITE of there not being any police investigations in the most recent Rumble and Browne situations shows proactive action rather than a lack of concern on the issue.

Now, if there's a fighter on the roster that wasn't suspended or punished when charges or investigations were ongoing, that would be a completely different argument. However, this is not the case.

Protesting the 2 incidents regarding Browne and Rumble when the UFC has gone far beyond the scope of punishment being meted out by every other professional sports league is just silly.

If they were holding the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and MLS to the same standard, they would be holding protests at almost every game of the regular season. Many of those leagues won't suspend on pure allegation, some won't suspend during police investigations, and some of them are even hesitant to suspend after actual formal charges are laid, instead choosing to wait for an actual conviction.

Targeting the UFC for a protest on this issue when the UFC has been so aggressive in responding to this issue makes little to no sense.
 
those people should find something else to do with their time
yes coming from someone who uses sherdog


Good advice but then I realized you have almost 2000 post since Feb 2015.

But seriously, who gives a shit what they do with their free time. Should we criticize every poster who sits on Sherdog all day, no, we shouldn't.
 
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Good advice but then I realized you have almost 2000 post since Feb 2015.

But seriously, who gives a shit what they do with their free time. Should we criticize ever poster who sits on Sherdog all day, no, we shouldn't.

idk why you would make an entire post about something that i already acknowledged in the post youre replying to lmao
 
Yes, and at the time he was being charged and convicted the UFC suspended him indefinitely. Additionally, the UFC suspended Rumble immediately when the most recent allegations were made against him due to his past history while they investigated the situation.

The point is, arguing that the UFC hasn't done anything in the Rumble case (when they did on BOTH occasions) and suspended Browne for 3 months while they investigated the allegations in SPITE of there not being any police investigations in the most recent Rumble and Browne situations shows proactive action rather than a lack of concern on the issue.

Now, if there's a fighter on the roster that wasn't suspended or punished when charges or investigations were ongoing, that would be a completely different argument. However, this is not the case.

Protesting the 2 incidents regarding Browne and Rumble when the UFC has gone far beyond the scope of punishment being meted out by every other professional sports league is just silly.

If they were holding the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and MLS to the same standard, they would be holding protests at almost every game of the regular season. Many of those leagues won't suspend on pure allegation, some won't suspend during police investigations, and some of them are even hesitant to suspend after actual formal charges are laid, instead choosing to wait for an actual conviction.

Targeting the UFC for a protest on this issue when the UFC has been so aggressive in responding to this issue makes little to no sense.

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Jesus Christ.

Our country is turning into a fucking kumbaya circle.
 
Yes, and at the time he was being charged and convicted the UFC suspended him indefinitely. Additionally, the UFC suspended Rumble immediately when the most recent allegations were made against him due to his past history while they investigated the situation.

The point is, arguing that the UFC hasn't done anything in the Rumble case (when they did on BOTH occasions) and suspended Browne for 3 months while they investigated the allegations in SPITE of there not being any police investigations in the most recent Rumble and Browne situations shows proactive action rather than a lack of concern on the issue.

Now, if there's a fighter on the roster that wasn't suspended or punished when charges or investigations were ongoing, that would be a completely different argument. However, this is not the case.

Protesting the 2 incidents regarding Browne and Rumble when the UFC has gone far beyond the scope of punishment being meted out by every other professional sports league is just silly.

If they were holding the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and MLS to the same standard, they would be holding protests at almost every game of the regular season. Many of those leagues won't suspend on pure allegation, some won't suspend during police investigations, and some of them are even hesitant to suspend after actual formal charges are laid, instead choosing to wait for an actual conviction.

Targeting the UFC for a protest on this issue when the UFC has been so aggressive in responding to this issue makes little to no sense.

Great post.
 
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