Boxing promoter Bob Arum once referred to MMA fans as a group of skinheads and racists. He was widely criticized in the MMA community, but seems more and more prescient as Nazi imagery pops up again and again on MMA apparel.
Recently Hoelzer Reich was banned from UFC broadcasts for their repugnant t-shirts, shirts that were seemingly unambigous in their support of Neo Nazis and other hate groups. But Hoelzer Reich was hardly alone. Dethrone and other groups have also reappropriated Nazi imagery for their t-shirts.
Most recently, Luke Burrett's Silver Star brand has featured the Totenkopf prominently on his gear, including on a t-shirt worn by fighter Clay Guida in a video for FIGHT! Magazine (video since removed by FIGHT!)
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/12/27/1898181/nazi-imagery-continues-to-haunt-silver-star-ufc-and-mma
JeffersonDArcyChoke - Bloody Elbow gets the gold star for journalism with such fine scribes as Snowden and Kid Nate. More like bloody vagina although my wife is less of a provocateur on her period than these guys on a daily basis. Everyone else has covered this story ad nauseum and here they come to beat the dead horse, hold it up and do a Mr. Hands show for us all with it.
And BJ Penn's nut-sucking- salad-tossing Luke Thomas.
In fairness, MMA Roundup put it on BE as a FanPost and got a huge reaction. Snowden got quotes from the relevant parties and wrote a story not long after. They actually did it fairly quickly (two days ago), but the OP was just late to post it here. It was one of Snowden's good pieces, unlike the condescending shit he usually writes.
WARNING WARNING the nazis are taking over !
ENOUGH OF THE NAZI SHIT
I put this up mainly as a vehicle to keep the story on people's radar, as the two threads on here that dealt with SS' sketchy behavior have magically disappeared.
JeffersonDArcyChoke - Bloody Elbow gets the gold star for journalism with such fine scribes as Snowden and Kid Nate. More like bloody vagina although my wife is less of a provocateur on her period than these guys on a daily basis. Everyone else has covered this story ad nauseum and here they come to beat the dead horse, hold it up and do a Mr. Hands show for us all with it. <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
Hey dummy, story was written a few days ago.
Jen The OCaholic Jameson - Bloody Elbow is working with Fox News now?
They are all Nazies, They want your money and your guns, better buy more guns.
equating coverage of commercialization of white supremacist culture with the demagoguery of fox news? did you come up with that by yourself?
evangelico - I put this up mainly as a vehicle to keep the story on people's radar, as the two threads on here that dealt with SS' sketchy behavior have magically disappeared.
Damn. Didn't realize both threads got deleted. Sure enough, I can't find them in my subs anymore. Probably the back and forth between Hitman/Rupture/Dethrone. Shame.
The state of MMA clothing is still pathetic – I’m really at a loss for how it hasn’t progressed. I’ve posted this before but seriously guys... there is something wrong with grown men wearing pitbulls, skulls, dragons, flames, SS/Nazi iconography, and tribal-tat print saying stuff about destroying and other junior high tough guy stuff you want the family behind you in line at your local Wal-Mart to know. The amount of retards that follow this sport or at least pretend is mind boggling.
God should forbid it.
CruJones - The state of MMA clothing is still pathetic – I’m really at a loss for how it hasn’t progressed. I’ve posted this before but seriously guys... there is something wrong with grown men wearing pitbulls, skulls, dragons, flames, SS/Nazi iconography, and tribal-tat print saying stuff about destroying and other junior high tough guy stuff you want the family behind you in line at your local Wal-Mart to know. The amount of retards that follow this sport or at least pretend is mind boggling.
It's all about playing on the insecurities of MMA fans. Playing that want to be tough guy mentality. MMA fans (many, not all) are insecure and live vicariously through fighters. Shirts with skulls and lightning make them feel like fighters. Why do you think they hold their fists up when posing with a fighter?