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snake-eyes
12-05-2003, 09:44 AM
Not good for MMA in Canada,

Just Released:

In a bizarre twist, the "Shut up and Fight" Card has been shut down. It seems owner Les Dickens is pretty skeptical of who exactly shut it down right before the event was supposed to come off. Here's Dickens words late last night on the Underground.

'As of 4:10 pm this afternoon, officially MMA in British Columbia is unlawfull as per section 83. No event no matter what the sanctioning body will take place in the province. One individual with maximum commitment took it upon himself to do an enormous amount of work in the last few days to ensure the criminal code was followed word for word. I apologize to everyone for the inconvenience and will post further information in the next few days.


Leslie Dickens Owner "Shut Up and Fight"

"PS Mark, why would you disrespect the sport this much?"

Dickens was on MMAWeekly Radio just yesterday morning talking about his exciting event with host Ryan Bennett. Now it's over and there is already fall out of exactly who shut it down.

MMAWeekly Radio will try to contact owner Les Dickens and talk about the situation today live on MMAWeekly Radio. As far as what some of the fighters are saying, here is what fighter Chris Brennan said on the same forum. Brennan was accusing another Canadian promoter for shutting down the show.

"I heard your name today from someone that was the last word in this being shut down. You know you did it and we know every avenue you took to do it. You ****ed us and I will make sure you get fu$%^$% in the end. We are here in Canada if you have a problem with anything I am saying, and get a new ****ing screen name and be more creative this time..."
Chris Brennan

Hibbert
12-05-2003, 11:20 AM
Terrible news. Some people should be ashamed of themselves.

Here is another announcement from Shut Up and Fight:

URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT
December 5, 2003 @ 1:40am

To all the valued supporters of Shut Up and Fight Productions: As of 4:00pm PST on Thursday Dec. 4 2003, the provincial government of British Columbia has banned all Full Contact, MMA fighting in the province of British Columbia. Hence we at Shut Up and Fight are sorry to announce that we are unable to proceed with the scheduled event. Please check back with this page for information on how to obtain refunds for your tickets. All tickets will be refunded as soon as proper arrangements can be made, so please hold on to them. Once again we are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause but the provincial government has enacted a provincial wide ban on any type of full contact sport and we cannot break the law.

MisterTwister
12-05-2003, 11:39 AM
Why is Canada so god damn conservative all of a sudden. People in Toronto are dying to see an event take place here. When it comes to gay marriges and weed, we are allways up infront promoting that stuff, but to see two grown professionals fight willingly is against the law. Now with Vancouver out of the picture, Motreal is only place pushing the sport in the country. Sad, sad day for MMA in canada.

Force
12-05-2003, 12:09 PM
I live in BC. This is pathetic. I can't believe some people actually think MMA is so much worse than boxing that it should be illegal!! How often do guys get hurt? Hardly ever. There isn't all of the odd behavior and weird antics in MMA like there is in Boxing? Some things I just shake my head at and this is one of them. BTW this Shut up and Fight couldn't have been that big I have never heard of it and neither have any of my friends. Por promotion or advertising I guess.

cyonbloodbane
12-05-2003, 12:54 PM
A buddy of mine had tickets for the event and he called me last week to say I could go along if I wanted, I was excited, then he called last night to say he had heard it was cancelled but was not sure yet, this does really suck, I was looking forward to it.

DT
12-06-2003, 11:34 AM
One side of the story is here:

http://www.mmaringreport.com/interview/interview_patry.htm

Booker M
12-06-2003, 05:39 PM
Nice link.
Thank you, DT. :wink:

kai
12-06-2003, 05:52 PM
That's dumb. British Columbia needs to get the stick out of their ass and make sure MMA is turned back legal soon.