Dana White: "Nate Marquardt Has to Man Up"

The reasoning behind Nate Marquardt's failure to pass his required medical examinations is shrouded with more mystery than a Sherlock Holmes novel.

A day after firing the former middleweight contender, UFC President Dana White sounded off on the UFC on Versus 4 pre-fight show.

He stated that he was upset with Marquardt for not addressing the issues handed down to him by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission (PSAC).

According to White and the PSAC, they are legally bound from releasing details on the situation, and it's completely up to Marquardt whether or not he wants to explain the situation to the fans.

"Pennsylvania laws are unfortunate that the commission can't come out and announce medical records or medical situations with fighters, but I think it's pretty clear to the fans and everybody else that I'm pretty disgusted with Nate Marquardt. He's been cut from the UFC. He won't fight in the UFC ever again," White told Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com.

"Bottom line is, what Nate Marquardt's thing is, it's bad enough to be cut from the UFC."

While White has his issues with Marquardt, he believes that the fans have a right to know why the former title contender failed to pass his medical examinations. The ball is in Marquardt's court. If anything, White hopes Marquardt will 'man up' and come clean about the situation.

"Nate Marquardt's gonna have to man up and come out and tell the world why he didn't pass his medicals." said White. "When he does that, I think everybody is going to understand why he was cut from the UFC."