Big John McCarthy Takes Couture's Side

Long time UFC referree 'Big' John McCarthy who recently retired from referreeing has publicly stated that he agrees with Randy Couture and is unhappy with the way Dana White is running the UFC. He didn't go into specifics but said that UFC 80 shouldn't have been a pay per view.

I doubt that was the complete nature of his unhappiness but something must be going on behind the scenes that a bunch of UFC vets have expressed their displeasure of Dana White and the UFC as of late. Having Big John speak out against the UFC is just another link in the chain that maybe these fighters are right.

There's only a select few UFC vets who speak highly of Dana White and how he's running the UFC, and most of them are his friends from when he didn't own the company. The young guys are pretty much sucking up to White because he has the power to make or break them. He almost has them fighting scared.

Even though Joe Silva is the match maker, I'm certain that Dana White has his hand in the cookie jar. Look at Travis Lutter. The guy won the right to have a title shot, couldn't make weight, and hasn't fought since. That was way over a year ago. Granted, it did put a damper on a once promising night but should he be blackballed because of it?

Josh Barnett failed a drug test back at UFC 36 and has been at war with Dana White ever since. Given the nature of the heavyweight division, White shouldn't turn a cold shoulder to anyone. Of course, they're not friends and White has the power to keep him out of the UFC. Sean Sherk, and Tim Sylvia both tested positive for steroids at one time and both are still with the UFC, because they're friends of Dana White.

As I reported in an earlier post, it sounds like the UFC is starting to be run more and more like Vince MacMahon's WWE, a dictatorship. I doubt all these fighters who are expressing their displeasure of how the UFC is run have a vendetta against Dana White so there must be some truth to it.

It's no secret that the UFC is the biggest MMA organization and their pockets are very, very deep. But there is a chance they can lose some big names to smaller organizations. It's the fighters, not the company, that the product is all about.

Tito Ortiz has been very critical in saying that Dana White will never let a fighter get bigger than the UFC. Well if there are no fighters, there's no UFC.

It sounds to me that while MMA is on a huge incline, it might get a little worse before it gets better.