Fact one: I have tits and a vag. Fact two: I love MMA. Like stupid super fan kind of love. I know all the fighters and their styles; I can do play by play of entire fights and call strategy while I am at it. I have been watching MMA since UFC 1 when Gracie wrapped a rear naked choke on Gordeau and I say these things not to toot my own horn, but to impress upon you my love of the octagon. By long and far UFC is my fav organization. The fighters are top notch and the promotions are well done. Dana White is one hell of a showman. And don’t get me wrong, I like Dana White. A lot of people think he is a loud mouth douche bag, and they are partly right, but he knows that and that is why I like the son of a bitch.

With all that said, let me say this, Dana White has pulled some brilliant shit, but some dirty ass shit this time around. You see Saturday is Gina Carano vs. Cris “Cyborg” Santo on Showtime via Strikeforce. This is some heavy ass shit for women’s MMA and a huge fucking fight for both fighters. Once again, this fight puts women’s MMA on the national stage and brings the question to Dana White; will he promote women’s MMA? Apparently Dana is none too happy about this, in an effort to protect the UFC brand he is playing UFC 100 on Spike during the Strikeforce event. And I would totally support this move if the rest of the card was big names, or Fedor was on the card, but he isn’t and with the exception of the women’s fight the rest of card isn’t so great! While I know this is mostly about protecting MMA from losing fans to Strikeforce, I can’t help but wonder how much of this is to keep from losing fans to Women’s MMA and having fans getting behind the push to get women’s MMA to the UFC. He used to say he didn’t want to see women fight in the octagon, then he said there were not enough women fighters to develop a division, then when EliteXC (shitty ass promoter btw) took on women’s MMA and the women fighters started drawing crowds it he said that there was no money in it. Now that another promotion has picked up the women fighters it seems that making his feelings known by giving away UFC100 free to draw people away from the Strikeforce event, ultimately hurting women’s MMA by default. Personally I hope Cyborg punches him in the nuts.

Dear Dana, no matter your feelings on Strikeforce, your feelings on Women’s MMA or your feelings on women in general… shut the fuck up. There was a time that MMA was considered a barbarian sport, chicken fighting for humans they called it. Men and women alike rallied around the cause and helped you make MMA what it is today. Yet, when another branch of the sport faces the same desire for acceptance your response is to try to cover up their fight by yelling louder. While it is fine to protect your brand, to protect your spot in the industry as the best in MMA, while it is fine to rally against Strikeforce, maybe the human thing to do would have been to let the women have their night in the lights and help grow the women into a profitable force in MMA. Then if the fans wanted it, bring them into UFC. I will always love you Dana, but I still hope Cyborg punches you in the nuts.

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Help support Women’s MMA, watch Gina Carano vs Cris “Cyborg” Santo- Sat. Aug 15 at 10:30PM on Showtime! Watch it and DVR UFC 100 cause it is really good and Dan Henderson knocked Bisping the fuck out. ! I will be having a viewing party at the house.