The majority of fans in America is young white males. I might be wrong but, that is what i see and come across from work, gym and walking around the local mall. The prodominence of MMA fighters is whilte males in the U.S. Now that MMA is slowly becoming mainstream you will start to see more ethnic backgorunds becoming envolved. America is a melting pot so its only a matter of time before MMA becomes diverse as the rest of society.
   That is why you had Dana trying to push Huerta (BTW I think is over-rated) to open a the market to attract hipsanics. Dana’s only motivation by doing this is over course the all mighty dollar. Which i find nothing wrong with.
   The reason people are upset or should I say white males are upset at Rashad is because he beat their once great Icon in brutal fashion.
   Just as Jackie Robinson in baseball and other minorities in other sports or at work they will endure the racism of white males. They will try to tear down any of their acheivements becuase of jealousy or whatever motive they have or plain igonrance through hate.
   White males are afraid of seeing African-Americans taking over “their” sport. Just as in Football, Baseball and Basketball. Look at Tiger Woods when he won the Masters racism was again envolved. Instead of celebrateing his victory we are talking race and fried chicken.
   lets put racism aside and in the end I say may the best fighter win.

BTW I dont even like Rashad as a fighter…War WANDY!!!

And Chad Dukes = Samwise Gangee and/or Rudy

What is this? Only about blacks then? Because fans love Wanderlei, Shogun, Gomi, CroCop, ect. Fans also love Rampage, Crazy Horse ect and they’re black. There are just more Americans and whites in the sport. Could it be because the UFC is based in the US? And alot of camps are in middle America? I bet I can name over 50 non-caucasians that fans love or loved. I hate when people cry the race card just because the fans don’t like him.

While I agree completely with Rashads statement, I think the mma world is a pretty accepting one, at least in my region. There are always exceptions of course.

Come on! I am white, love MMA, love Chuck and I could care less about Rashad & really do not even think about him or his color. What I do think is that Chuck is done, but if he faced “Suga” in his prime that fight would have been over in the first round. Just the color of his skin does not make the majority of MMA fans not like him. I think, just like with a lot of fighters, people have their favorites & those that they hate. I like Chuck & Rampage and their ethnicity does not concern me one bit, as it does not for most MMA fans I would suspect. Lets not make this a racism in America forum.

It’s been my experience that white people love to see a black male/female that can dominate in any sport. I think that is why Kimbo is so famous right now, he is not famous b/c all the black people in our country are his adoring fans. Black people are not only the minority in this country (around 10% of the population) but in the realm of the mma fans.

White people in general love to be entertained by Black people who excel in what they do.

Just for the record I am not racist at all, I am a bi-racial American, born & raised in Louisiana.

Can’t we all just get along.

I really think the reason why Liddell was so loved and Evans so booed was because of their history. Liddell rarely took his opponents to decision and when he did it was often an epic fight (Silva). Evans was known for decisions and his last few bouts were duds for the most part.

And for people booing the “stun gun”, there are always fan favorites, Brown going into the fight had a huge following due to TUF and the fight was close enough that it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to feel that Brown won (esp if you were biased towards him in the first place). Couple that with the fact that Kim couldn’t relay his thoughts on the fight well (via translator) and you have a recipe for booing. I think a lot of it comes from education about what a fighter goes through and what is considered a good exciting fight. It’s gotten a lot better in my opinion and with time we’ll see more informed/knowledgeable fans.

See what dumb shit gets you? More dumb shit. To give any creed to what Rashad said is just fu@king stupid. The only racist comment I’ve heard has come from Rashad’s mouth. Dumb begets dumb.

For example? Seems you and I are the only ones that have a beef. There are many writers on BE. Which ones, besides yourself, have I offended? I can go back and find the post where this started between us. Unless you’ve changed it of course. If I don’t agree with something you wrote, sorry. I know you consider yourself the end all be all of blog. Admittable you write better then I do. Grammer, punctuation and all that stuff. That doesn’t mean everything you write is law. It is your site though, so whatever. You can have the last word and whatever else you want.
I do believe that Rashad’s problems are his own. He is basically calling all white UFC fans racist. I for one am offended at that comment. For you to agree, is calling yourself a racist. I can write pages of reason why demographics show more of a slant in fans then race ever will. But I don’t care enough to respond that much about Rashads whining. It’s not his color keeping fans from liking him, period.
Your Mmmm hmmm was inflammatory and seemed to call me a liar. Like I’d waste my time to lie to you. You put a tremendous amount of worth in yourself huh?

I find it amusing how upset some white people get at other white people for acknowledging racism in our (U.S) society. I know, I know… You guys don’t see in color, and none of the people you know are racists…. But in the same manner in which you get upset at the insinuation that “all white fans are racist” (which I personally haven’t heard Rashad or Luke say), it’s not as if you can speak for all white people and say they aren’t racist. Racial undertones are prevalent in almost all facets of society, from obviously bias media, to sports that certain cultures historically excel at. I know a lot of white folks who don’t understand why the subject is so sensitive, and i also know that there are claims of reverse racism everytime this subject comes up… In the broad scheme of things racism is still very much alive, even if its not quite as blatant as a few decades past.

As a professional athlete I’m sure Rashad has dealt with some prejudies from atleast a few people including fans… ffor him to acknowledge it the way he did in this interview was a pretty cool way of dealing with it, imo,.

But you guys are calling into question Rashad’s own experiences. To tell him he isn’t disliked because of his color, when you don’t know what he experiences on a daily basis, in his professional or personal life is unfair. You can’t make assumptions about how he is treated, nor can you assume that all of the people that dislike him are not racist. I’ve experienced racism on numerous levels in my average life, so on a larger stage, imo, it’s safe to presume that he may have as well. His opinion on this issue has probably been shaped by personal experience.