{"id":373064,"date":"2021-01-12T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=373064"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:17:01","slug":"pat-miletich-fired-as-lfa-commentator-after-attending-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/pat-miletich-fired-as-lfa-commentator-after-attending-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Miletich fired as LFA commentator after attending Capitol riot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight champion Pat Miletich has been fired from his commentary job with LFA after attending last week&#8217;s Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Miletich was among the throngs of Donald Trump supporters in Washington, DC last week, some of whom ultimately stormed the Capitol building in an attempted insurrection that left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/11\/us\/who-died-in-capitol-building-attack.html\">several people dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC champion made no secret of his attendance, and even shared a photograph of himself beside a man using a hand gesture widely associated with White Power groups.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course Pat Miletich was in DC on Jan 6th. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nVp1yayVAp\">pic.twitter.com\/nVp1yayVAp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John S. Nash (@heynottheface) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heynottheface\/status\/1348687997986770945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With a walkie and emergency management jacket. Normal things for a civilian to wear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IBwAbsgwKv\">pic.twitter.com\/IBwAbsgwKv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Russell (@MIKERUSSELLMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIKERUSSELLMMA\/status\/1348721722342715393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that Miletich claimed he saw &#8220;zero violence&#8221; at the now infamous riot, he unsurprisingly found himself under fire for attending.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans quickly began to push LFA to part ways with the former UFC champion, who had been serving as a commentator with the promotion, and ultimately, that&#8217;s exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Miletich announced this news in an Instagram post, claiming that he associates with people &#8220;of different races,&#8221; and calling his LFA release part of the &#8220;price of freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just got a call from the folks at the LFA, and they basically informed that they were getting a lot of pressure because I was at the Capitol,&#8221; Miletich said. &#8220;I want you guys to know that the people that I walked with at the Capitol, none of them\u2014that I know of\u2014were involved in any of the violence. I walked with white people, black people, a lot of Chinese people who escaped communist China, who are &#8216;for freedom&#8217; &#8230; It was across the board people of different races, religions\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBut the LFA was getting a lot of pressure and unfortunately that they felt that they needed to distance themselves from me,&#8221; Miletich added. &#8220;I understand their position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pat Miletich last fought in 2008, when knocked out Thomas Denny. He previously served as a commentator for Strikeforce, before moving to LFA.<\/p>\n<p>In July, 2020, he was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-ufc-hall-of-famer-pat-miletich-arrested-for-dwi\/\">arrested and charged with driving under the influence<\/a>. 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