So yeah, I remember a tweet from Nathan a few days ago, "I'm one of the fighters in @lionsgatemovies #Warrior - it's an awesome movie!!! take a look :http://brgd.net/kQ4ese"
What if Nathan cut a backdoor deal with SPIKE TV and their other ventures and ties to Hollywood? SPIKE TV, they're promoting Nathan and probably his new movie, why not give him a network deal, too, to piss off Uncle Dana even more? So long UFC and fighting, HELLO ACTING!
Again, why would SPIKE TV devote a marathon to just Nathan Marquardt? What about Chieck Kongo and the other established fighters on the card? Why not air TUF 10 and promote "Meathead" Matthew Mitrione?
Ahh good theory. Could be possible. Weird how no ones talking yet. 
So he's not cleared medically because he has a tv deal? Ok.
Him not being cleared medically doesn't seem to be the reason for his release sir
clattymine - So he's not cleared medically because he has a tv deal? Ok.
Was he cleared or did he fail his medicals? He could've throw the tests so that he failed, then didn't have to fight.
Remember, Uncle Dana said (and I quote), "He (Nathan Marquardt) FAILED his medicals...."
That'd be a real last minute, snake in the grass thing for Nate to pull - the sort of thing that your future employers in another industry might see and say 'Wow, this guy's a snake in the grass and burns his employers - perhaps we don't want to work with him'.
Chris Power - That'd be a real last minute, snake in the grass thing for Nate to pull - the sort of thing that your future employers in another industry might see and say 'Wow, this guy's a snake in the grass and burns his employers - perhaps we don't want to work with him'.
this
Exactly....
you will all be fans of marqaurt soon.
bhealthy - you will all be fans of marqaurt soon.
I keep seeing guys say this and it baffles me. If Nate failed his medicals for some honorable reason, why would Dana be so pissed and "fire" him? And if it is some health issue out of his control, then again, why would Dana be so upset?
I'm not saying it's not true, but my mind is bottled.
And I've always been a huge fan of Nate. He used to be my top 1 or 2 guys I loved to watch. He's only dropped in the rankings because guys like Anderson Silva came along, not because I like him any less.
I'm calling fake Medicals. That he got caught with a fake test or something.
bhealthy - you will all be fans of marqaurt soon.
If that's the case, he must have some injury that he didn't disclose.
AndrewJitsu - I'm calling fake Medicals. That he got caught with a fake test or something. <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
From what I can gather, all he had to do was turn in some paperwork, but didn't....