{"id":459495,"date":"2021-04-27T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=459495"},"modified":"2021-04-27T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:21:18","slug":"if-youre-tired-of-woke-sports-the-ufc-is-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-youre-tired-of-woke-sports-the-ufc-is-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"If You\u2019re Tired Of Woke Sports, The UFC Is For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-youre-tired-of-woke-sports-the-ufc-is-for-you%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=459495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3953.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Everyone has an issue with sports these days.<\/p>\n<p><span>The Left is up in arms over supposed \u201cgender equality\u201d in sports. Men\u2019s and women\u2019s sports can no longer be different in any way. Dare to mention that the reason why the women\u2019s national soccer team is paid less than their male counterparts is a revenue shortfall? You\u2019re a sexist. <\/span><span>Offer a way for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gifdsports\/status\/1372066565085073408?s=20\"><span>WNBA<\/span><\/a><span> to more closely resemble the NBA game in order to make the league more attractive to new viewers? You\u2019re a misogynistic pig.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Right also has an issue when it comes to sports. They\u2019re tired of the political messaging that\u2019s now ingrained in most major sports.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Everywhere you turn, even now in the world of sports, the politics of the woke Left has entered the fray.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thankfully, there\u2019s a sport that won\u2019t (or at least shouldn\u2019t) offend either side.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>UFC 261 took place in Jacksonville, Florida, this past weekend. It was the first full capacity crowd at a UFC event since March 2020, and masks were optional. At first glance, this would seem like a conservative paradise. Full crowds and no muzzling of the spectators?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Yes. The Daily Wire is covering sports \u2013 without the woke. Want more? <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe?utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_term=daily%20wire&amp;utm_campaign=Search+-+Daily+Wire+Brand&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_kw=daily%20wire&amp;hsa_ad=432007871445&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;hsa_grp=71680674390&amp;hsa_cam=927227687&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-316236076046&amp;hsa_acc=6411461344&amp;hsa_mt=p&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqrfwVNC1MZnI5ZRWdzEbOk3Pjz0oFVeTr7sA8iGOgsyrhbqydkk91vsaAkuXEALw_wcB\"><b><i>Become a member.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>But hold on for one second. Men and women were competing on the same card, in front of the same amount of fans at UFC 261 Saturday night. The main card may have been Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal, but the women\u2019s strawweight title stole the show.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rose Namajunas\u2019 vicious KO of Weili Zhang was the highlight of the evening, stealing the show and setting Twitter ablaze.&nbsp;<\/span><span>It\u2019s a fact that should be celebrated by people on both sides of the aisle.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a sports world dominated by men, the women took center stage in Jacksonville on Saturday night. There was no difference in the coverage of the men and the women and the full-capacity crowd was equally energetic for all the fights.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4280936454849\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The most beautiful thing about Rose&#8217;s headkick is that it comes inside the guard of Zhang. Such perfect timing. <br \/>Zhang on the other side saw it coming as an inside leg kick (hips movement pull back)<br \/>Beautiful. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC261?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC261<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0uL4GdNAU8\">pic.twitter.com\/0uL4GdNAU8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sweet Punch Memories (@SweetPmemories) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SweetPmemories\/status\/1386165317437698049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The fight had a little extra juice as \u201cThug\u201d Rose made some controversial statements leading up to the match.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rose got herself in hot water for using a phrase commonly heard during the Cold War: \u201cBetter dead than red.\u201d Zhang is from China and Rose\u2019s family fled communism in Lithuania.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you\u2019re confused about any of my opinions, you can watch the documentary and you could get a good idea as to what my family had to go through, the reason I\u2019m in the United States today, the reason that I do mixed martial arts, all of that stuff,\u201d Namajunas told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/31254452\/rose-namajunas-stands-communism-comments-ufc-261-opponent-zhang-weili\"><span>ESPN\u2019s Ariel Helwani<\/span><\/a><span> the week leading up to the fight. \u201cI\u2019d probably have a really different life if it wasn\u2019t for everything in that documentary, how Lithuanians had to struggle with communism oppression.\u201d<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe reason that I brought it up and that I referenced it is because the reporter suggested I had animosity toward past opponents, and that\u2019s what maybe caused some motivation in those fights, and in this one there\u2019s no animosity so maybe there\u2019s a lack of motivation. But that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.1061946902655\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reaction says it all \ud83e\udd2f \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC261?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC261<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@espnmma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NO1Uw98ULJ\">pic.twitter.com\/NO1Uw98ULJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1386166718121267200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>And while the UFC does have a bit of politics find its way into the conversation, it\u2019s not nearly as prominent as in other sports leagues.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President of the UFC, Dana White, wants to keep the political conversation out of the octagon.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen you watch sports, you\u2019re tuning in to get away from all the crap that\u2019s going on in your life,\u201d White told Candace Owens in an exclusive interview on the latest episode of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/candace\"><i><span>Candace<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>. \u201cWhether it\u2019s personal, professional, political, whatever\u2019s going on in the world. That\u2019s your time where you tune in. Never once did we talk about COVID, we didn\u2019t talk politics, we didn\u2019t talk about anything negative that was going on. When you come in and you watch two or three hours of our fights, you\u2019re tuning in for fights. You\u2019re coming in to watch a sport. You want to hear all that crap, watch any other channel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s like we live in this world right now where nobody\u2019s allowed to have their own opinion,\u201d White added. \u201cThese are all grown men and women that fight for us. They all have their own beliefs, their own politics or whatever it is. They can say whatever they want to say, to a point. I mean, there\u2019s some times that some things cross the line, but at the end of the day, too, this is the fight business. Guess what? They say really mean things to each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The UFC has it all. Women and men fight on the same card, and all political thoughts are welcome.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So, give the UFC a chance. Their arms are open to all.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has an issue with sports these days.The Left is up in arms over supposed \u201cgender equality\u201d in sports. 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