Miguel Torres appears to suppose he obtained screwed over by Dana White and the UFC.
Again in 2011, Torres was briefly launched from the UFC for tweeting, “If a rape van was known as a shock van extra ladies wouldn’t thoughts going for rides in them.” On the time, White advised Sports activities Illustrated “There’s completely nothing I may say to make any sense of that” and mentioned the motion disturbed him, resulting in Torres’s launch.
How the occasions have modified.
Final week, UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell debut his new podcast and within the first episode declared that Adolf Hitler — reviled Nazi chief who orchestrated the deaths of thousands and thousands throughout The Holocaust — was truly “a superb man” and that he “fought for his nation, he needed to purify it by kicking the grasping Jews out that had been destroying his nation and turning all of them into gays.”
When notified of Mitchell’s feedback, White categorically denounced them, saying Mitchell’s comments were “beyond disgusting” however failed to chop Mitchell or levy any type of punishment upon him.
On Monday, Torres identified the distinction in therapy he obtained, with a scathing Tweet aimed on the UFC CEO.
“If a rape van was known as a Hitler van Dana White wouldn’t thoughts going for a experience in it. #hypocrisy #danawhite #arielhelwani #joerogan #FreeSpeech #UFC”
Torres was in the end reinstated with the UFC after a couple of weeks, following a public apology and Torres taking steps to rectify his actions by visiting rape disaster facilities within the Chicago space.
Mitchell did recently issue an apology for his comments, saying he “sounded insensitive” and “was not attempting to offend anyone.”
Torres is a former WEC bantamweight champion and was as soon as considered top-of-the-line pound-for-pound fighters on the planet. He retired from MMA in 2017.
