Miguel Torres appears to assume 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 referred to as a shock van extra girls wouldn’t thoughts going for rides in them.” On the time, White advised Sports activities Illustrated “There’s completely nothing I might 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 hundreds of thousands throughout The Holocaust — was really “an excellent man” and that he “fought for his nation, he wished to purify it by kicking the grasping Jews out that have been destroying his nation and turning all of them into gays.”
When notified of Mitchell’s feedback, White categorically denounced them, saying Mitchell’s feedback have been “past disgusting” however failed to chop Mitchell or levy any type of punishment upon him.
On Monday, Torres identified the distinction in therapy he acquired, with a scathing Tweet aimed on the UFC CEO.
“If a rape van was referred to as a Hitler van Dana White wouldn’t thoughts going for a trip 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 not too long ago subject an apology for his feedback, saying he “sounded insensitive” and “was not making an attempt to offend anyone.”
Torres is a former WEC bantamweight champion and was as soon as considered among the best pound-for-pound fighters on the earth. He retired from MMA in 2017.
