By Brian Hemminger
If you were watching Strikeforce: Nashville last night on CBS, you got to see 4 fights. Three of them were title fights and one of them was a gang style beatdown of Jason “Mayhem” Miller by the Cesar Gracie camp after Miller intruded in Jake Shields’ post fight interview asking for a rematch.
Shields shoved Miller, and then Nate Diaz, Nick Diaz and Gilbert Melendez jumped him and started throwing punches and kicks as Strikeforce officials desperately tried to break it up…..on national television. While some may have found it entertaining (I drunkenly cheered when it happened). Now that I’m seeing things a little clearer, this is a pretty big black eye for MMA.
Many fighters, officials and journalists weren’t afraid to share their opinion on twitter right after it happened:
Journalist Ariel Helwani:
arielhelwani I hope that did not just signal the end of MMA on CBS
MMA Legend Pat Milletich
patmiletich thats why you only let 2 cornermen in the ring after a fight. completely retarded
Rolles Gracie
RollesGracie MAYHEM MILLER IS A BIG CLOWN!!!! I Enjoyed watching him getting his ass kicked. Thanks for DVR so I can watch it a few more times.
RollesGracie That was bad 4 the sport. Couldn’t Miller wait 2 min 2 ask 4 that rematch? U get in another man’s face like that it’s gonna be a fight!
UFC President Dana White
Jason “The Instigator” Miller
mayhemmiller Whoops.
Ben Saunders
bensaundersUFC WOW… that was awesome and complete crap at the same time. If it wasn’t gonna cause a potential negative impact on our sport. I would say that had to be the funniest thing I have ever seen. Mayhem u took a beating to entertain millions. My hat is off to u my friend. Charley Chaplin comedy at it’s finest. Physical violence gives us some of the best laughter. Specially when it’s uncalled for. Hahahaha
Miguel Torres
MiguelTorresMMA Oh, the Diaz bros are gangster as shit. Pride rules live. Mayhem should be the victim on “Bully Beatdown” show.
MiguelTorresMMA I’m not condoning jumpin someone. Its just funny television. I been jumped before, not funny on receiving end. But still.
Jamie Varner
jamievarner Wow bye bye CBS for sure
Urijah Faber
urijahfaber Man that end of strikeforce sucked. Wish they coulda switched the camera. & the commentator said “sometimes this happens in MMA” not very often
Shane Carwin
ShaneCarwin from what I read those guys should be ashamed of themselves. This is not a barn yard brawl. These actions are not needed in this sport!
ShaneCarwin and someone asked for a rematch? This is not crips vs bloods it is a sport which requires SPORTSMANSHIP. Seems basic
Brawl participant Gilbert Melendez
GilbertMelendez I apologize to all the MMA fans. My intentions were not to fight but to let Shields enjoy his moment. I think @mayhemmiller is a cool guy.
Jon Koppenhaver
WarMachine170 Why do people think athletes have to be ROLE MODELS? WHy can’t they just be good athletes and get paid to do a job they love? Leave us ALONE
Brian Stann
BrianStann Strikeforce brawl was an insult to the entire sport of MMA, Nick Diaz should be stripped of his belt, Mayhem suspended…
3 responses so far ↓
1 Tim Pilgram // Apr 18, 2010 at 2:52 pm
staged worse than WWE..
Somewhere, wherever he may be… Dana White is laughing, and when I say that, I mean his abs are probably starting to hurt. Yeah, ‘any publicity is good publicity’ but having this happen on CBS national television was a complete mockery of StrikeForce and will just allow the UFC to excel even more… if you missed the fight, check it out at http://www.lionsdenu.com/mma-strikeforce-post-fight-brawl-mayhem-millerjosh-shields/
Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if Dan Henderson comes back to the UFC after that joke
2 Charles // Apr 19, 2010 at 2:23 am
Great collection of feedback! Interesting to see each fighter’s take. Personally, I’m a little disappointed that the Gracie’s (at least Rolles) are actually PROUD of this, and not ashamed. You’d figure they’d be teaching more restraint than that.
Fyi, you really should change your color scheme. Dark grey on black does not suit you.
3 Brian Hemminger // Apr 19, 2010 at 9:17 am
Thanks for the comment. Yeah I was pretty disgusted with what Rolles had to say, that’s why I put it up there.
And while I have the ability to approve comments and add posts, I don’t have the privileges to change the format of the site or color scheme. The black background with gray words is still an improvement over the old red background with black type.
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