{"id":312040,"date":"2019-05-03T07:52:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=312040"},"modified":"2019-05-03T07:52:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:52:54","slug":"al-iaquinta-details-the-special-rule-the-ufc-named-after-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/al-iaquinta-details-the-special-rule-the-ufc-named-after-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta details the special rule the UFC named after him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve stayed up to date with the UFC over the last couple of years, you&#8217;ve probably noticed there has been a little less swearing in fighters&#8217; post-fight interviews. That&#8217;s because UFC fighters are diligently following the &#8220;Al Iaquinta Rule.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This rule was put into place shortly after its namesake Al Iaquinta unleashed a profanity-laced tired in one of his post-fight interviews, and apparently, UFC fighters are reminded of it before every card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Iaquinta on &quot;Big Mouth&quot; Conor McGregor, Donald Cerrone, Justin Gaethje&#039;s &quot;Scared&quot; Comments\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K-k4Tc_ojso?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have a rule now about me. You can\u2019t curse on the mic. So that\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d Iaquinta revealed on Submission Radio (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/al-iaquinta-ufc-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA News (opens in a new tab)\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cAfter the weigh-ins, they do a meeting backstage. And they always bring me up and they say, no matter what happens, you can\u2019t curse on the mic. It\u2019s the Al Iaquinta Rule. So I\u2019m in the history books.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iaquinta says he had heard about this rule for some time before actually encountering it himself shortly before he beat Kevin Lee in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI heard about it forever,\u201d Iaquinta said. \u00a0\u201cEveryone kept telling me about it. And then finally, I fought Kevin Lee in the last FOX show, and Dana comes in the back and he goes, \u2018I always give this speech, but now he\u2019s actually here.\u2019 And we talked about the Al Iaquinta Rule, and it was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut I was glad that I finally got to hear the rule myself in person. That was good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, this is a point of pride for Al Iaquinta. In fact, he says he would have amped up the cussing on that fateful day had he known it would later inspire a piece of UFC policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I could do it again I would have went twice as hard that day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0on 5\/3\/2019.\u00a0<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve stayed up to date with the UFC over the last couple of years, you&#8217;ve probably noticed there has been a little less swearing in fighters&#8217; post-fight interviews. 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