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Clay Guida skickar en syrlig hälsning till Barack Obama

Den amerikanske fjäderviktaren Clay Guida gjorde en imponerande insats under gårdagens UFC Fight Night 63 gala där han besegrade Robbie Perralta via enhälligt domslut. Det var dock segerintervjun med Guida som gjorde störst intryck, där han uppmanade den amerikanska presidenten Barack Obama att kolla på MMA och brottning.

Happy Easter to everyone that came here in person on such a sacred holiday weekend. I know there’s a Final Four going on. Secondly, with all due respect to Mr. Obama, I don’t know if you’re out golfing, hopefully you’re attending to our important united affairs. But hey, don’t forget about the world’s fastest growing most popular sport, UFC, and it all starts with wrestling.

Under den efterföljande press förklarde Guida vad som låg bakom hans uttalande.

Like I said, first I wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter on a very sacred holiday, because without the big man above, none of this would even be possible. And then I said, ‘With all due respect, Mr. Obama, if you’re not too busy golfing or playing with your bracketology and your NCAA Final Four things, or if you’re handling our nation’s important issues – hopefully you are. Come on over to Fairfax, Va., which I think is your backyard or side yard, and watch the fastest growing sport in the world. And, if you couldn’t be live at this one – I know a lot of fans would have liked to see him and his wife here – maybe you’ll make another one down the road.’

So, I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful, but it is the fastest growing sport in the world. And It’d be nice to see some of those bigger names, important people in our country get behind it and support it a little bit more. No disrespect toward their direction. It’s such an important sport and it’s growing so quickly. We’re on FOX for a reason. I hope we’re not getting – you know, the NCAA’s March Madness. What about MMA madness? Don’t forget about these guys that are out doing world tours right now. McGregor and these guys that are out trying to build our sport, Aldo and all these guys that are all over.

Det är inte första gången en fighter uppmanar presidenten under sin segerintervju. Jacob Volkmann utmanade presidenten och fick besök av Secret Service på grund av det. Dock var Volkmans uttalande mycket mer hotfulla än Guidas, så ”The Carpenter” kan förmodligen vara lugn.

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