Bob Arum fires shots at the UFC

[JollyRants]

He saids that the UFC doesnt care about test results, that as long as the test come out after the fight and they get paid thats all that matters. He also says the UFC is buying off lobbyist so they are not subject to the Muhammad Ali act. He does have a point about Brock's test results getting revealed after the PPV was sold already.. Also the Fertittas brothers getting out the UFC business as the Muhammad Ali act gets closer.

 

[cevo]

Lol at this guy.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Bob Arum =

 

[Vulcan]

ban bob arum talk, dude is more dead than he is alive let it go bro

 

[JohnyBrabo]

Enjoy the last few years you have left getting rich off screwing your clients Bob.

 

[UL]

He's right
But arum is a slimy fuck just like them

 

[Tormund]

Arums jealous that the UFC aren't restricted by the Ali act.

 

[Gigaton Punch]

He has no point. Why the fuck would they take Jon out of the main event if they had any control over that?

 

[BoosieBoo]

Literally everything he said is spot on

1) They knew about Vitors test results - let him fight Jones

2) They knew Brock was heavily roided - exempted him from USADA

3) Literally paying lobbyists and sending out emails to fighters to avoid the Muhammed Ali act which protects the fighters.


Bob Arum doesn't like MMA, but he's 100% right about UFC shady business.

 

[JohnyBrabo]

It had already been reported that UFC was lobbying against the Ali act. Groundbreaking reporting from Mr Arum.

 

[Joseph Budden]

Literally everything he said is spot on

1) They knew about Vitors test results - let him fight Jones

2) They knew Brock was heavily roided - exempted him from USADA

3) Literally paying lobbyists and sending out emails to fighters to avoid the Muhammed Ali act which protects the fighters.

The Muhammad Ali act will do no good for MMA, but thats a different discussion

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

The UFC would be better off without USADA and without random drug tests. Just drug tests on the night of the fight. You must be clean on fight night in competition. That's it.

The thing is, the UFC wanted to clean the sport themselves and have lost out on millions in potential revenue for themselves. Jones and Lesnar being out for 2 years a piece does not help the UFC at all. The UFC are the ones paying USADA millions of dollars a year to clean up the sport. If the new owners want to cut costs, they can easily axe USADA and go back to the old way of testing. But it seems they really have a hard on for clean fighters. Good for them. I'm not saying its the right course of action. It very well may not be, but they're trying something new. They're doing it for fighter health.

 

[riitzni]

I still have trouble believing this guy didn't die ten years ago and it's actually a complicated lever system keeping him upright and talking Dick Cheney style.

Remember that one time he told Ariel MMA is a bunch of skinheads rolling around like the gays and Ariel took offense since he's Jewish?

 

[Glove]

 

[BoosieBoo]

I still have trouble believing this guy didn't die ten years ago and it's actually a complicated lever system keeping him upright and talking Dick Cheney style.

Remember that one time he told Ariel MMA is a bunch of skinheads rolling around like the gays and Ariel took offense since he's Jewish?

That was almost a decade ago. You're holding onto scraps.

 

[RJ43]

He looks like he's about to tell us how great a president John F. Kennedy is going to be.

 

[Straightcross]

The UFC would be better off without USADA and without random drug tests. Just drug tests on the night of the fight. You must be clean on fight night in competition. That's it.

The thing is, the UFC wanted to clean the sport themselves and have lost out on millions in potential revenue for themselves. Jones and Lesnar being out for 2 years a piece does not help the UFC at all. The UFC are the ones paying USADA millions of dollars a year to clean up the sport. If the new owners want to cut costs, they can easily axe USADA and go back to the old way of testing. But it seems they really have a hard on for clean fighters. Good for them. I'm not saying its the right course of action. It very well may not be, but they're trying something new. They're doing it for fighter health.

They're doing it so they could get licensed in more states like New York

 

[JohnyBrabo]

People should really listen to him. There has never been corruption in boxing!

 

[JollyRants]

People should really listen to him. There has never been corruption in boxing!

He does have some good points if you actually pay attention to what hes saying. If you can actually not take this as a MMA vs Boxing thing and listen.

 

[synyster]

he has done it all before, takes one to know one..