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Originally Posted by The Dastardly One
Honestly, Dana has himself to blame. He let Conor run wild, throwing dollies through busses, injuring fighters and now acts "disgusted" at Khabib. The precedent was already set.
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Pretty much this.
UFC has been trying to regain mainstream interest with their recent focus towards more escentric and wild fighters but forgot to reign them in once in a while so things don't get out of hand. Instead UFC is now seen like WWE with how carny things have become and just keeps taking hits to their image.
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Originally Posted by Seph
Accurate. If they punish Khabib with anything other than a slap on the wrist then you might as well throw in the towel because of the special treatment Conor gets ...
Now if he punishes Khabib you are going to get the stereotypical "Look they let the white guy do whatever he wants and punish other people!" response. It'll turn into nonsensical race baiting and arguing when it was really just about money. The only way you can punish him at this point is if they legit just cut ties with Khabib and Conor both and say they are sick of all these childish antics and won't put up with it any more.
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Dana is pretty much taking the easy way out and letting the Nevada Commission handle this mess. If they slap him with a heavy punishment, it gives Dana the excuse to strip Khabib of the title and suspend or kick him out since he can say it was the Commission who forced his hand.