Mario Yamasaki claims he is prohibited to talk about DQ
by Orcus on Jan 16, 2012 8:20 PM EST
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Two big news outlets in Brazil, UOL and Globo, have tried to get in contact with Yamasaki to get further explanations about his call to disqualify Erick Silva during UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro, Yamasaki has turned down both interviews claiming he has been prohibited to talk about the occurrence:
“The Athletic Commission has prohibited me of giving interviews to the media until this case has been resolved” said Yamasaki.
While being prohibited, he did maintain his position on the DQ when being questioned by UOL:
“If you watch the fight in different angles, you’ll see that there were at least five punches in the area (around the back of the neck)” concluded Mario.
Mario claiming the Athletic Commission is making him silent on this issue is puzzling considering there are no Athletic Commissions overseeing MMA in Brazil and therefore he’d not be bound by any, unless he’s talking about Marc Ratner, who isn't an "Athletic Commission" just like "corporations" aren't "humans"... Silva’s camp have not formally appealed the decision either so there is no “case to be resolved” yet. I think perhaps he may be just tired of the questions and is making up an excuse so he doesn’t have to deal with them anymore. Those who don’t owe don’t fear, Mario…
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Oh alright cool
I don’t think there was five though. From all the gifs i’ve seen the most I could see were 2 maybe 3.
I thought it was a professor
"What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease."
They might have created a commission and used that to hire the refs to keep a lyer of separation between the UFC and the refs/and judges. Otherwise, why wouldn’t they have already overturned the decision if Dana (and whoever had to sign off on him getting his win purse) thinks it was wrong.
I went searching for some old fight videos, the ref of 2 fights I looked at from 142, Forrest/Rua from the last Rio card, the ref of Munoz/Leben, and several official looking types around the cage were wearing shirts with a similar logo. (Herb dean had a plain black shirt for silva/okami).
another weird “commission” note is this link I found while putzing around the other day.
http://www.tatame.com.br/2011/09/05/UFC-Rio—Minotauro-fatura-o-maior-cheque-do-UFC-Rio
why is that link weird?
it’s just listing each fighter’s purse.
I call you, I talk to me - Anderson Silva
it’s weird because i have no idea where it came from. It looks like a commission report, but there’s no commission. And because my excellent Portuguese skills (google translate) said people were getting scholarships, and i didn’t find that on any mma site, just a ink from wiki.
seriously though, did you see this reported anywhere else or hear people talking about it? I found it by accident when dicking around on wikipedia and was really confused.
I don't remember tbh
I don’t really pay attention to fighter’s pay, but I thought it was just a regular report of how much each fighter received. I didn’t know the commissions were the ones who usually releases those information.
I call you, I talk to me - Anderson Silva
from what I understand the UFC is responsible for its own drug testing when they go to other countries
I don’t know for sure if they use an independent company or if they have a deal with the CA commission (I heard that once) so it doesn’t seem fishy, but like edtSD said above, there are no commissions in Brazil.
I call you, I talk to me - Anderson Silva
I think the UFC has caught more people using PEDs
Than the actual state commission.
by discoandherpes on Jan 17, 2012 4:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this
By all indications, the UFC tends to be extra conservative when it acts as its own commission outside of North America.
Maybe just maybe
The commissions are inept and the UFC are just doing the regular good job they should be doing?
by taptomyarmbar on Jan 18, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
The funny thing
Is that Mario talked a ton of shit about here, being “no one’s land” and all, while consistently fucking up in regional shows, like Shotoo, when he robbed Hernani Perpetuo. Now he fucks up big time in the UFC and he has to keep quiet in his own country.
"To me in this sport, it’s fighting, it’s mixed martial arts, and I feel there’s too many athletes and not enough fighters…I think these people going in taking these sports enhancement drugs, they’re not real fighters, they’re athletes. I’m a fighter. I’m a real fighter. That’s all I did my whole life." - BJ Penn
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