UFC 97: A Case of Canadian Retribution?

Instead of writing screenplays about the "Irish Mafia," perhaps Dana White should have spent more time in Canada trying to discover if they have their own equivalent of a Mafia.

For certain, the insinuations that Dana made on his v-blog at UFC 94 concerning Quebec's own favorite son, Georges St-Pierre, the winner of the 2008 Canadian Athlete of the year by an 85 percent vote, may not have gone unnoticed.

French may be spoken in preference to English, but those living in the province of Quebec are smart enough to know that Dana put a blog on the Web that showed him confronting the stunned David Loiseau and Rashad Evans with the news that their friend and trusted training partner was in trouble for greasing with Vaseline during the fight.

Could it be possible that after Dana started stirring the pot to tar and feather Georges after best buddy Chuck Liddell spread the news that Vaseline was being used inappropriately by Georges' friend Phil Nurse, that Canadians are recalling that their version of the MMA rules were butchered when the UFC last came to Montreal and now they are mad and not going to take Dana's form of "cheating" a second time?

How funny would that be...Dana knocked off the high road and down in "le gutter."

Obviously, I do not speak French, though I am sure that neither Dana nor Chuck parlez vous Francais either; "gutter," I am sure they will understand.

So UFC 97 is in jeopardy for whatever reason, and I sit here laughing because it would be such wonderful poetic justice for Dana to take a direct hit where it hurts the most.

Guessing where that could be?

Wallet, massive ego, effort to market the UFC in other places in Canada?

Be my guest, I don't care as much which one you chose, but the picture of Dana running around f'n this and f'n that just really cracks me up!

I love Canadians and all of the Canadian fighters who were scheduled to fight on the card, but Dana, Liddell and the Penn clan have soured me on anything UFC. I may even burn my UFC t shirts...not the expensive Affliction ones, which I prefer anyway.

Dana just cannot learn to keep a civil tongue in his head, and his attitude was bound to catch up with him someday. Guess it might as well be now.

If Georges had actually broken any rules, I would not feel so bitter.

It seemed like a lot of people, Keith Kizer, Chuck Liddell, Dana and all the Penns' lawyers and all the king's men did not realize that the wording was different in the Las Vegas MMA rules than those used in Chuck's home state of California.

The wording that "no excessive" use to the face and body would seem to clear Phil Nurse of applying a minuscule amount of residual Vaseline to Georges' neck, back, or shoulders; we are certainly not talking dollops here!

Very few fans, even those who were cheering for BJ believe that grease affected the outcome of the fight.

Grease anywhere on Georges did not cause BJ to appear out of shape and gassed at the end of the second round.

BJ had said the fight was to the death, but was unable to answer the call for the fifth round which was very unfortunate, because as Georges ended the fourth round he looked extremely determined to kill Penn and was very pumped up judging from his swing at the fence.

Guess BJ really only meant to say, "until I lose my breath." He did appear closer to death than I have ever seen him appear before, though.

So the Canadians are obviously more aware of their rules and do not want to stand idly by while Dana's event breaks rules about strikes made to downed opponents.

Well, while UFC 97's future is up in the air, it gives a lot of people time to reflect.

Hopefully, innocent bystanders will not be hurt by the resolution to this new mess that Dana has gotten us (the fans) into this time.

I imagine there are a lot of other fans with theories they would love to share with Mr. White right now.

But, as granny likes to say, "If you are spreading sh*t all over, be sure you don't step in the middle of it and then track it in the house."