MMA Nation - Miguel Torres Released From UFC Following 'Rape Van' Jokehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/33343/mma-icon.png2011-12-28T14:28:40-08:00http://mma.sbnation.com/rss/stream/23878862011-12-28T14:28:40-08:002011-12-28T14:28:40-08:00Miguel Torres Welcomed Back To UFC
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<p>Miguel Torres has reportedly reentered the ranks of the UFC after initially being let go for a controversial Tweet joking about rape.</p> <p>Top-ten bantamweight <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122471/miguel-torres">Miguel Torres</a> has rejoined the UFC, according to reports from <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/arielhelwani/status/152146954464399361" target="_blank">Ariel Helwani</a>. Torres was seen with UFC President Dana White in the media scrum following Wednesday's <a target="_blank" href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/28/2666487/ufc-141-press-conference-lesnar-vs-overeem">UFC 141 pre-fight press conference</a>.</p>
<p>A former WEC champion, Torres was <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623382/miguel-torres-released-from-ufc-following-rape-van-joke" target="_blank">unceremoniously released</a> from the promotion earlier this month after posting a controversial message on his Twitter account. The message, which read, "If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them. Everyone like surprises," was the third rape-related controversy for the UFC in a span of a month, following similar comments from <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122511/forrest-griffin">Forrest Griffin</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122510/rashad-evans">Rashad Evans</a>.</p>
<p>According to Torres, the post was simply a reference to the popular FX comedy <i>It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</i>. In episode two of season four, Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) obtains a van that is repeatedly referred to as a "rape van."</p>
<p>"I am very sorry for upsetting my bosses at the UFC, and also to my fans and everyone else who was upset by the language in my tweets," Torres <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2624556/miguel-torres-issues-statement-after-ufc-release/in/2387886" target="_blank">wrote</a> after his release. "I understand it was wrong, and I meant no harm or disrespect. Given the chance, I will do whatever it takes to make things right. I am going to learn from this. I think life throws you opportunities that can make you a better person, and so that's what I'm going to do here."</p>
<p>At the time White was adamant about his decision, however it since seems he has had a change of heart. According to Helwani, the UFC President <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/arielhelwani/status/152147379464843264" target="_blank">revealed</a> that Torres was extremely remorseful and donated money to local rape centers at his own discretion.</p>
<p>"Torres handled his business like a man," White <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/arielhelwani/status/152147834345496577" target="_blank">reportedly</a> said. "And no one told him to do it."</p>
<p>Prior to the controversy, the 30-year-old fighter experienced an admirable career resurgence. Torres (40-4) has won three of his last four fights, with the only loss coming in a controversial decision against Demetrious Johnson. He last appeared at <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fight-card/82269/ufc-139-henderson-vs-rua">UFC 139</a>, dominating <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122885/nick-pace">Nick Pace</a> en route to a unanimous decision victory.</p>
https://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/28/2666776/miguel-torres-ufc-fired-twitter-dana-whiteShaun Al-Shatti2011-12-09T14:09:29-08:002011-12-09T14:09:29-08:00Miguel Torres Issues Statement After UFC Release
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<p>Late Thursday night UFC bantamweight contender <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122471/miguel-torres">Miguel Torres</a> discovered he had been <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623382/miguel-torres-released-from-ufc-following-rape-van-joke/in/2387886" target="_blank">cut from the UFC</a> due to an offensive message posted on his Twitter account. The message in question has since been deleted, but read, "If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them. Everyone like surprises."</p>
<p>Following the abrupt announcement, Torres released this statement on his personal website. (via <a href="http://migueltorresmma.com/version1/?p=255#comments" target="_blank">migueltorresmma.com</a>)</p>
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<p>"I have a lot to be thankful for in my life, I have my beautiful wife and daughter, my family, my health, my gym, and in terms of my career, I succeeded to the biggest stage in the sport of mixed martial arts, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/promotion/ufc">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a>. I am very sorry for upsetting my bosses at the UFC, and also to my fans and everyone else who was upset by the language in my tweets. I understand it was wrong, and I meant no harm or disrespect. Given the chance, I will do whatever it takes to make things right. I am going to learn from this. I think life throws you opportunities that can make you a better person, and so that's what I'm going to do here. That is how I am going to react. I am going to use this to improve myself, and I hope that my fans will continue to support me."</p>
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https://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2624556/miguel-torres-issues-statement-after-ufc-releaseShaun Al-Shatti2011-12-09T09:42:46-08:002011-12-09T09:42:46-08:00Bas Rutten Goes On Twitter Tirade About Miguel Torres, Rashad Evans
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<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/129587/bas-rutten" class="sbn-auto-link">Bas Rutten</a> has never been one to shy away from keeping it real.</p>
<p>In the wake of <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122510/rashad-evans" class="sbn-auto-link">Rashad Evans</a>' comments at the <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/7/2618290/ufc-on-fox-2-press-conference-rashad-evans-vs-phil-davis" target="_blank">UFC on Fox 2 press conference</a> and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122471/miguel-torres" class="sbn-auto-link">Miguel Torres</a>' <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623382/miguel-torres-released-from-ufc-following-rape-van-joke" target="_blank">release from the UFC</a>, it was only inevitable that "El Guapo" would chime in with his two cents. And he didn't disappoint.</p>
<p>Rutten embarked on a fiery eight-tweet rant on Friday morning, chastising Evans and Torres for their remarks. Check out the damage:</p>
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<p><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA"><img src="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1595259366/basrutten_landrymajor-675_normal.jpg"></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA">@BasRuttenMMA</a></strong><br>Bas Rutten</span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/Kirtis_Hour">@Kirtis_Hour</a> u have to understand that tweets r there 4 the world 2 c. Once u make it sound that "rape" is like a fun ride or surprise, u<br><span class="embedly_timestamp"><a title="Fri Dec 09 17:07:11 +0000 2011" href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA/status/145187750855974913">Dec 09</a> via <a href="http://blackberry.com/twitter" rel="nofollow">Twitter for BlackBerry®</a></span><span class="tweet-actions"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=145187750855974913" class="favorite-action" title="Favorite"><span><i></i><b>Favorite</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=145187750855974913" class="retweet-action" title="Retweet"><span><i></i><b>Retweet</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=145187750855974913" class="reply-action" title="Reply"><span><i></i><b>Reply</b></span></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA"><img src="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1595259366/basrutten_landrymajor-675_normal.jpg"></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA">@BasRuttenMMA</a></strong><br>Bas Rutten</span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/Kirtis_Hour">@Kirtis_Hour</a> the other foot, once u do that, u always c things better.<br><span class="embedly_timestamp"><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA/status/145188831954599936" title="Fri Dec 09 17:11:29 +0000 2011">Dec 09</a> via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blackberry.com/twitter">Twitter for BlackBerry®</a></span><span class="tweet-actions"><a title="Favorite" class="favorite-action" href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=145188831954599936"><span><i></i><b>Favorite</b></span></a><a title="Retweet" class="retweet-action" href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=145188831954599936"><span><i></i><b>Retweet</b></span></a><a title="Reply" class="reply-action" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=145188831954599936"><span><i></i><b>Reply</b></span></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA"><img src="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1595259366/basrutten_landrymajor-675_normal.jpg"></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA">@BasRuttenMMA</a></strong><br>Bas Rutten</span></span> Oh, and the same counts of course for the Rashad comment. A beating is nothing compared to what happened there in Penn State, NOTHING<br><span class="embedly_timestamp"><a title="Fri Dec 09 17:13:29 +0000 2011" href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA/status/145189335296249856">Dec 09</a> via <a href="http://blackberry.com/twitter" rel="nofollow">Twitter for BlackBerry®</a></span><span class="tweet-actions"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=145189335296249856" class="favorite-action" title="Favorite"><span><i></i><b>Favorite</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=145189335296249856" class="retweet-action" title="Retweet"><span><i></i><b>Retweet</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=145189335296249856" class="reply-action" title="Reply"><span><i></i><b>Reply</b></span></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA"><img src="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1595259366/basrutten_landrymajor-675_normal.jpg"></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA">@BasRuttenMMA</a></strong><br>Bas Rutten</span></span> Joke that went wrong. If u wanna make a sick joke, do it with u'r close buddies from who u KNOW its OK, don't share it with the world, end!<br><span class="embedly_timestamp"><a title="Fri Dec 09 17:20:43 +0000 2011" href="http://twitter.com/BasRuttenMMA/status/145191155867467777">Dec 09</a> via <a href="http://blackberry.com/twitter" rel="nofollow">Twitter for BlackBerry®</a></span><span class="tweet-actions"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=145191155867467777" class="favorite-action" title="Favorite"><span><i></i><b>Favorite</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=145191155867467777" class="retweet-action" title="Retweet"><span><i></i><b>Retweet</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=145191155867467777" class="reply-action" title="Reply"><span><i></i><b>Reply</b></span></a></span></p>
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https://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623770/bas-rutten-twitter-tirade-miguel-torres-rashad-evans-mmaShaun Al-Shatti2011-12-09T08:47:39-08:002011-12-09T08:47:39-08:00VIDEO: Dana White Explains The Firing Of Miguel Torres
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<p>The recent media storm surrounding the rash of inappropriate fighter comments came to a head on Friday, as UFC President Dana White <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623382/miguel-torres-released-from-ufc-following-rape-van-joke" target="_blank">abruptly cut</a> bantamweight contender <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122471/miguel-torres" class="sbn-auto-link">Miguel Torres</a> from the promotion for a rape-related tweet. Following the announcement, White spoke to<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/12/08/dana-white-discusses-why-he-released-miguel-torres-over-tweet/"> MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani</a> about the thought process behind his decision.</p>
<p>Video and quotes after the jump.</p>
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<p><b>White on the decision to cut Torres:</b></p>
<p>"It wasn't that I thought this was offensive. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous and offensive. And yeah, I'm sure, offensive to many people. There's been cases here where things have happened where some people have been offended by things that the fighters have said. You know, we have the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122511/forrest-griffin" class="sbn-auto-link">Forrest Griffin</a> incident, we've got the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122510/rashad-evans" class="sbn-auto-link">Rashad Evans</a> incident and now the Miguel Torres incident. Now, the way that I handle these things with guys is, you know, we're all gonna make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes. And, you know, a lot of the way that the public looks at these things is when a guy makes a mistake, you put him up on this pedestal, he makes a mistake and you want to burn him down. They burn him down, they beat him down. And that's not the way that I operate. We don't come out at the UFC with these canned statements that are written by our lawyers, we handle everything on a case by case basis, with the idea that people are going to make mistakes. And it's how you handle yourself after you make that mistake."</p>
<p><b>The initial process after discovering the tweet:</b></p>
<p>"He (Michael Landsberg) reads me Miguel Torres' tweet, which is...let me try to quote it here. Basically 'Rape vans. If they were called surprise vans, more women would get into them, because everybody loves a surprise.' When he read that to me here this morning I was...I was blown away. It's one of the first times in an interview that I didn't know what to say and I was just blown away. So as soon as I was done with that interview, I got ready and had to head over to the press conference. So I've got people working on 'is that what was said?' et cetera. After the press conference I find out that is what was said, he did say that, and he was joking. It was just a joke. And that's not a funny joke to me. That's not a... it's just not something you tweet, you know? If that's your sense of humor, keep it at home around you and your buddies and keep it to yourself. It's not something that you put out on Twitter. And there's no explanation for it, there's no...I can't make any sense of it. And enough is enough. If this doesn't...at least, when you're getting ready to Twitter or you're getting ready to say something, think about what you're going to say, think about what you're going to tweet and use a little common sense."</p>
<p><b>If the release was the result of outside pressure:</b></p>
<p>"I'm not gonna be pressured by the fans, the media or anybody else to go in and attack my guys when they make a mistake. I'm not gonna come out with these canned, written statements from our lawyers. We're gonna handle this thing honestly and real. Just like everybody would in real life. And what Miguel Torres wrote is unacceptable. It's unacceptable."</p>
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https://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623552/video-dana-white-explains-firing-miguel-torresShaun Al-Shatti2011-12-09T08:04:28-08:002011-12-09T08:04:28-08:00Miguel Torres Released From UFC Following 'Rape Van' Joke
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<p>Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres was abruptly released by the UFC on Thursday after posting a rape related message on his Twitter account.</p> <p>Bantamweight contender <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122471/miguel-torres" class="sbn-auto-link">Miguel Torres</a> has been released from the UFC following the posting of a controversial message on his Twitter account. UFC President Dana White announced to the news to <a target="_blank" href="http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/12/08/dana-white-responds-to-rashad-evans-miguel-torres-media-miscues/?sct=mma_t11_a1">SI.com</a>.</p>
<p>"This morning I'm on [Michael] Landsberg's show, up here in Canada, and he hits me with the quote of what he tweeted," White explained. "Now there's no explanation for that. There's absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that. And the fact that he even thinks that's funny or that's a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me. Again, you're dealing with a guy that's a smart guy, that owns his own business, that's been one of the top fighters in the world forever. And I cut him today. He's no longer with the UFC."</p>
<p>Earlier this week Torres posted the message, "If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them. Everyone like surprises."</p>
<p>Torres explained the line as a reference to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", the popular comedy show on Fox-owned FX. According to <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/MattErickson23/status/144957995183382528">Matt Erickson of Heavy MMA</a>, the former WEC champion was watching the show at the time of the tweet -- throughout episode two of season four, Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) has a van repeatedly referred to as a "rape van" -- and felt the joke was in good fun.</p>
<p>News of the release sets a unique new precedent for fighters employed by the UFC. Recently former light heavyweight champion <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122511/forrest-griffin" class="sbn-auto-link">Forrest Griffin</a> came under fire for a string of rape related jokes on Twitter, capped by a tweet that declared, "Rape is the new missionary." Griffin eventually deleted the offending tweets and was not released for his offense.</p>
<p>Likewise, earlier this week light heavyweight contender <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122510/rashad-evans" class="sbn-auto-link">Rashad Evans</a> found himself in hot water after haphazardly slipping the Penn State scandal into trash talk during the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fight-card/92421/ufc-on-fox-2" class="sbn-auto-link">UFC on Fox 2</a> press conference. Midway through an exchange with <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122509/phil-davis" class="sbn-auto-link">Phil Davis</a>, Evans dropped the line, "I guarantee you'll be the first one to take a shot cause I'm going to put my hands on you worse than that dude did them other kids at Penn State."</p>
<p>Evans eventually apologized for his comments and White scoffed at the idea of punishment. "What do you want me to do? You want me to have our lawyers draw something up and I'll come out and read it to you guys," White said to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/12/08/dana-white-rashad-evans-penn-state-joke-one-of-the-dumbest-th/">MMA Fighting</a>. "You know, he said something stupid. It's probably one of the dumbest things you could say. He gets it, and he knows it was a stupid thing to say, and we'll see what happens."</p>
<p>Torres' release comes on the heels of a recent career resurgence. The 30-year-old, currently ranked the No. 8 bantamweight in the world on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloodyelbow.com/rankings">MMA Nation/USA Today rankings</a>, has won three of his last four fights, with the only loss coming in a controversial decision against Demetrious Johnson. Torres last appeared at <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fight-card/82269/ufc-139-henderson-vs-rua" class="sbn-auto-link">UFC 139</a>, dominating <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122885/nick-pace" class="sbn-auto-link">Nick Pace</a> en route to a unanimous decision victory.</p>
<p>For reaction and response to the story, including a personal statement from Torres, visit <a href="http://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623845/miguel-torres-released-ufc-rape-van-twitter-dana-white" target="_blank">this StoryStream</a>.</p>
https://mma.sbnation.com/2011/12/9/2623382/miguel-torres-released-from-ufc-following-rape-van-jokeShaun Al-Shatti