[elciego]

Im sure Mcain is over the whole UFC thing, he wanted to ban it before it got established rules, sactions from various states, and a much larger following which in turn gives economic and political clout.

it doesnt really matter because the republicans would never nominate him. they hate him.

[mma99]

Originally Posted by thrice96

he has been trying to ban the UFC for a long time, ever since the UFC came out. he had a pretty good debate with Ken shamrock on i thing the Larry King show but you could tell he wasn't really paying any attention to waht ken had to say

Didn't ken lose his temper when he realized that the man wasn't paying attention to him? ...I joke...I joke...

[Cal_Indy8121]

McCain is threatened by mma for one reason

He was a former boxer, he loves it like we love mma, and he has spent many years trying to help the sport including trying to start a program to get money to retired boxers which is a good thing, but hes also trying to help boxing by torpedoing MMA.... he does this because hes a 2 faced politician

[killerleben]

Originally Posted by prophet_uci

Umm Sen. McCain wanted to ban the original incarnation of the UFC because it was unsactioned, uncontrolled, and put fighters in danger. McCain currently has no problem with the UFC since it has a real set of rules and is sanctioned by the same committee that sanctions boxing.

Sen. McCain will likely be the Republican candidate for president; however, he is going to be because he appeals to both sides of the spectrum due to his very moderate political stances in most things.

Get you facts straight before you post nonsense about people, whether they are a fighter or not, its still common courtesy to post facts rather than make up bullshit or post 7 year old opinions that are completely out of context.

I have the facts right! this isnt bullshit mccain has disagreed with mma ever since he first saw it, mccain sent letters to all 50 state govenors trying to ban all mma, mccain said it was barbaric and he compared it to human cock fighting, and i didnt say shit about if i was going to vot for him or not

[Keith Shillan]

Originally Posted by killerleben

what do all of you think about how Senator John MCcain wants mma to be banned, and how he was trying to ban the ufc? MCcain is a huge boxing fan, and when he saw the ufc he was horrified! the thing is so many people in boxing have died!! John MCcain will most likely run for president in 2008, and i surely will not be going for him

Wasn't that like 5 years ago or something?

[MMA-Aficionado]

Originally Posted by killerleben

what do all of you think about how Senator John MCcain wants mma to be banned, and how he was trying to ban the ufc? MCcain is a huge boxing fan, and when he saw the ufc he was horrified! the thing is so many people in boxing have died!! John MCcain will most likely run for president in 2008, and i surely will not be going for him

Old old old news. I think he may event support the new "cleaned up" version.

[TheChance]

I didn't like McCain when he was fighting the UFC and i like him even less now. I can't believe people keep electing him.

[black-jack-shalack]

His position has changed since the NJ and NV athletic commissions have approved it. He's still not a fan of the sport but was happy about the "safty issues" that were addressed and it's no longer on his radar.

[The Black Cobra]

Originally Posted by Sub Evil

McCain is polling at 4 percent among Republicans right now, well back of Bill Frist. Republicans are too stupid to nominate someone good.

Maybe...or is it the fact that he is to liberal on social issues. The republican base will never let him out of the primaries.

[gattaca]

I don't know if McCain is still Anti MMA, but there are still people wanting to ban it.

The funny thing is that more people died this year after running the Toronto Marathon than have died in all of MMA.

And we all know Boxers have more long term injuries and problems.

Ignorant assholes all of them!