{"id":54422,"date":"2013-03-15T18:25:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T01:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=54422"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:14:25","slug":"dana-white-says-riddle-cut-because-hes-a-moron-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-says-riddle-cut-because-hes-a-moron-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Says Riddle Cut “Because He’s A Moron” | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMatthew Riddle tested positive for Marijuana at UFC 149. After the incident, Riddle stated in an interview that:<\/p>\n

“Honestly, it probably keeps me from beating my three kids because they\u2019re always screaming and crying at me and my wife\u2019s crazy and you know what life\u2019s like..”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After testing positive again following UFC on Fuel TV 7, he was released from the organization. Instead of apologizing for his failed test, Riddle said:<\/p>\n

“What I see happening is a year or two from now the UFC calls me back, after I’ve won probably like five or six fights, hopefully, and I’ll probably at the time say no.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dana White, president of the organization, was recently asked about Riddle’s cut following the UFC 158 pre-fight Press Conference:<\/p>\n

“Everybody is going to have an excuse of why they were cut,” White said. “Matt Riddle did an interview before that fight where he said ‘I smoke weed so that I don’t beat my children’, then he tests positive for it. He’s a f*****g moron. That’s why he’s not here. He’s cut because he’s a moron.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\n<\/em>Dana then weighed in on Riddle’s statement that he would refuse a return offer from the UFC:<\/p>\n

“I’ll make it real easy for him, we just won’t ask him.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Riddle should have been cut? Will Riddle be back in the UFC? Are Dana’s thoughts justified?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matthew Riddle tested positive for Marijuana at UFC 149. 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