BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Conspiracy Theorists https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Dana White again blasts conspiracy theories, Sports Illustrated on UFC 162 claim https://www.badmma.com/dana-white-again-blasts-conspiracy-theories-sports-illustrated-on-ufc-162-claim.html https://www.badmma.com/dana-white-again-blasts-conspiracy-theories-sports-illustrated-on-ufc-162-claim.html#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/dana-white-again-blasts-conspiracy-theories-sports-illustrated-on-ufc-162-claim.html Responding again today to questions of whether the main event of UFC 162 was fixed, UFC President Dana White ranted at conspiracy theorists and then targeted one of the most respected institutions in sports reporting. “Who’s going to throw a fight by getting viciously knocked out?” the UFC executive ranted during an appearance on ESPN2′s “Highly Questionable.” “You know how stupid you’d have to be to even think that?” “Speaking of morons, Sports Illustrated had this group of people together, and they actually – Sports Illustrated! – had this panel saying, ‘Yeah, so I heard over the weekend, this fight might have been fixed.’ First of all, these people looked like they covered tennis – not fighting – and you could tell none of them even watched the fight.” White was referring to a panel of reporters that mused on whether Anderson Silva took a dive against the newly minted UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman during a segment on the web series SI Now, which covers hot topics in sports. “For somebody like Sports Illustrated – people are supposed to be credible journalists – to go out and say something that stupid when they never even watched the fight, it’s just a testament to how bad reporting is getting these days,” White continued. “It’s more about the shock factor than the fact factor.” It’s not the first time White has let expletives fly on the topic. Immediately after the pay-per-view event, which took place July 6 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, he said people who thought that Weidman’s knockout was predetermined were “f—ing idiots.” Yet for several days, the topic hung in the air, which likely prompted the SI panel to address the situation. None of the journalists, however, were MMA reporters for the storied news outlet. Reps for SI.com could not be reached for comment. As White pointed out on ESPN2, if the fight was fixed, it would have been far smarter to have Silva tap to Weidman’s submission attempts prior to his fight-ending KO, and under better odds.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/dana-white-again-blasts-conspiracy-theories-sports-illustrated-on-ufc-162-claim.html/feed 0 Recounting concussion, T.J. Grant fires back at ‘idiot’ conspiracy theorists https://www.badmma.com/recounting-concussion-t-j-grant-fires-back-at-idiot-conspiracy-theorists.html https://www.badmma.com/recounting-concussion-t-j-grant-fires-back-at-idiot-conspiracy-theorists.html#comments Sat, 13 Jul 2013 22:15:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/recounting-concussion-t-j-grant-fires-back-at-idiot-conspiracy-theorists.html For the past month, T.J. Grant (21-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has been living inside his own head. After suffering a concussion – during a grappling session, of all things – Grant has been praying his brain would heal in time for him to compete at UFC 164. Now that it hasn’t, Grant is disgusted by those questioning his will. “Conspiracy theorists are idiots and douchebags,” Grant told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I don’t even know why I addressed it, to tell you the truth. You see people writing these things, and for people to think that I would do that for what

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