Jason “Mayhem” Miller faces Michael Bisping in the fight that cost him his job in the UFC. Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC
For a while, middleweight Jason Miller and UFC president Dana White had a great relationship. The manager took advantage of the fighter's experience as a TV presenter and cast him as one of the coaches for the 14th season of The Ultimate Fighter, importing Miller from Strikeforce.
Two bad performances that resulted in defeats later, the athlete saw the relationship fall apart. Due to a poorly explained disagreement behind the scenes at UFC 146, when he lost to CB Dollaway, Dana White fired the fighter. Mayhem was upset at the time, but decided to vent his anger this Tuesday, taking advantage of a cue from his former boss.
Dana White used Twitter to question why the state of New York remains one of only two that have an athletic commission to not regulate MMA. Miller took the hook and blamed the problem on the prosecutor himself:
“I already know why (MMA) isn't legal in New York, Dana White,” Miller began the outburst. “You block all attempts to unionize fighters and fire everyone who suggests a union. The unions are based in New York and you can't go there without bowing your head to them. Since your inflated ego won't allow it, you burn the film of intelligent people as you continue your march towards monopoly.”
After the attacks on White, Miller responded to some followers in a brusque manner, including accusing the organization of not paying for a problem he had with his knee, alleging that it was a pre-existing injury to the standard that the UFC started to adopt for funding. the treatment of medical cases of its athletes, even if they occurred during training.
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