{"id":324923,"date":"2019-09-10T08:48:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=324923"},"modified":"2019-09-10T08:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:48:28","slug":"melbourne-politicians-want-octagon-girls-banned-from-ufc-243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/melbourne-politicians-want-octagon-girls-banned-from-ufc-243\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne politicians want Octagon girls banned from UFC 243"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the UFC returns to Melbourne, Australia for UFC 243, it will bring top fighters like Robert Whittaker, Israel Adesanya, Holly Holm, Raquel Pennington, Dan Hooker and Al Iaquinta along with it. Yet if a one Melbourne-based politicians has their way, the promotion will not bring its beloved Octagon girls to The Land Down Under.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Mayor Sally Capp shared her grievances surrounding the UFC&#8217;s Octagon girls with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/subscribe\/news\/1\/?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a&amp;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fnews%2Foctagon-girls-in-fight-for-melbourne-ufc-event%2Fnews-story%2F766f218eb394baf0fb7b686af1c3166b&amp;memtype=anonymous&amp;mode=premium&amp;v21suffix=45-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Herald Sun<\/a>, reminding that other sports have done away with similar roles \u2014 such as Formula One and Professional Darts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iWQfWY\">\u201cIt\u2019s 2019, do we really still need scantily-clad women to wander around the middle of a fighting ring between rounds?\u201d Capp queried with respect to UFC 243 and the Octagon girls (via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/10\/20858892\/melbourne-politicians-want-outdated-octagon-girls-banned-ufc-243-time-move-on-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cGrid girls are no longer part of Formula One, walk-on girls are no longer part of professional darts \u2014 surely it\u2019s time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of yet, the UFC has not addressed this complaint from Melbourne&#8217;s Mayor. Neither have any of the UFC Octagon girls. That being said, it seems unlikely that the promotion will budge on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 243 goes down on October 7 in Melbourne, Australia. It will be topped by a middleweight title fight between Australian undisputed champion Robert Whittaker and Kiwi interim champion Israel Adesanya. This main event showdown has been billed as the biggest fight in Oceanic history.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the UFC 243 fight card as it currently stands:<\/p>\n<h4>UFC 243 Fight Card<\/h4>\n<p>Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya &#8211; for the UFC middleweight title<br \/>\nAl Iaquinta vs Dan Hooker<br \/>\nTai Tuivasa vs Sergey Spivak<br \/>\nNadia Kassem vs Ji Yeon Kim<br \/>\nLuke Jumeau vs Dhiego Lima<br \/>\nMegan Anderson vs Zarah Farim Dos Santos<br \/>\nHolly Holm vs Raquel Pennington<br \/>\nJake Matthews vs Rostam Akman<\/p>\n<p>Do you think it&#8217;s time to get rid of the UFC Octagon girls?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/10\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the UFC returns to Melbourne, Australia for UFC 243, it will bring top fighters like Robert Whittaker, Israel Adesanya, Holly Holm, Raquel Pennington, Dan Hooker and Al Iaquinta along with it. 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