I figured we needed a thread for all things MMA for those of us on here who are MMA Junkies! That being said:

Soooooooooo Nate Marquardt failed his medical screening for his main event fight tomorrow night and has now been CUT by the UFC. Dana confirmed him being cut but nobody is saying why. They just replayed like all his fights and have made such a big deal about him coming down to 170. He's always been a contender in the promotion. I wish somebody would say what happened! Sucks for Rick Story too, potential title shot on the line after taking the fight on short notice and now this.

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I'm a huge junkie, actually went to a WEC event, but have not kept up as much as I can lately. HAHA, that's great. Never was a big fan of Nate anyway.

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That's awesome, I've never gotten to attend a pro event in person. I always liked Nate. Not a huge fan but I always looked forward to his fights. This must be something big, Joe Lauzon tweeted that Nate's weight was on point, which dispells the top rumor as to what happened, and that he heard what happened but that everybody is waiting to say something until the UFC does.

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MMA Junkie tweets: A Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission rep will address the media regarding Nate Marquardt tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET.

I can't wait to hear what happened!

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From what I have read it sounds like they will be making some sort of announcement on the versus pre-fight live before the main card tomorrow night. Somewhere I think I even read that it would be Nates people making that announcement, but if he was caught taking something to help cut the weight or caught taking something for other means I can't think why they would let someone from Nate's camp on the show. I can't wait to find out what it is.

ENFIDL posted at the same time I did. I had not seen that yet. Thanks for the find!

Rob

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Well I don't know that I would call myself an MMA junkie...just a regular fan I guess. I have been training Jiu-Jitsu for about 10 years under Relson Gracie so I am a student of the game per se. Sounds like a drug issue to me.

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I think considering the crazy build-up of what's gonna be announced is it's something maybe more serious. Like hiv or some other crazy disease. Dana didn't come out and bash Nate, I feel like if it was drugs or ped's he'd be trashing him pretty badly right now. He's never handled any situation like this with any tact before. It worries me that something could be really bad wrong

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Dan I'm glad to hear you are a fan, next time I am off on a fight night we gotta meet up at Hard Times for the fights and some smokes!

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ENFIDL:

I think considering the crazy build-up of what's gonna be announced is it's something maybe more serious. Like hiv or some other crazy disease. Dana didn't come out and bash Nate, I feel like if it was drugs or ped's he'd be trashing him pretty badly right now. He's never handled any situation like this with any tact before. It worries me that something could be really bad wrong

You can't fight with butt cancer

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Who Farted?

Looks like Nate did something and then dime dropped on himself, heres a tweet from ranger_up:“@Ranger_Up: Got some info on @NathanMarquardt.  My opinion: he is an honest, stand up guy who is great for the sport. Raw deal. Don't judge w/o facts.”

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I was bummed when I heard the news. But, if Tito Ortiz still has a job, I'm sure Nate will make his way back eventually. And did anybody catch the Strikeforce Challengers on Friday? Ricehouse vs. Couture Jr. was a great fight!

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I was bummed when I heard the news. But, if Tito Ortiz still has a job, I'm sure Nate will make his way back eventually. And did anybody catch the Strikeforce Challengers on Friday? Ricehouse vs. Couture Jr. was a great fight!

I was working and couldn't see it, glad to hear it was a great fight. Lil Couture seems to be developing into a beast! Good point, Tito hasn't won a fight in ohhhhh 5 years now. I really wanna know what happened! lol

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From Twitter
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Dana: "Bc of the laws of the state of PA, Nate is going to have to man up & come out and tell the world why he didn't pass his medicals"
1 minute ago
UFC
Dana said he's all about giving people 2nd chances and Nate is one of those people."So for him to not fight for the UFC anymore, it's bad"
1 minute ago
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if you missed dana on versus - "I'm disgusted with him... he has no business in the UFC."

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From Twitter
UFC
Dana: "Bc of the laws of the state of PA, Nate is going to have to man up & come out and tell the world why he didn't pass his medicals"
1 minute ago
UFC
Dana said he's all about giving people 2nd chances and Nate is one of those people."So for him to not fight for the UFC anymore, it's bad"
1 minute ago
UFC
if you missed dana on versus - "I'm disgusted with him... he has no business in the UFC."

OMG I'm at work so I'm missing all of this. Thanks for the update. Man he must have done something BAD!

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My son AND his wife are MMA freaks !!! So , I get to hear about it non-stop when he is over . He has been into martial arts for the past 11 years ( since he was 12 ). Can't get enough of it . I always had a favorite "hold" I would use on him when he was 16-17 years old . It was called the " I have the car keys hold " . He wasn't able to break that hold till he got his own car !!! Damn that was fun !!!