{"id":49179,"date":"2022-08-18T15:08:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rockhold-slams-ufcs-ties-to-nelk-boys-calls-out-degenerate-for-mexican-gift-to-ecuadorian\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:08:45","slug":"rockhold-slams-ufcs-ties-to-nelk-boys-calls-out-degenerate-for-mexican-gift-to-ecuadorian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rockhold-slams-ufcs-ties-to-nelk-boys-calls-out-degenerate-for-mexican-gift-to-ecuadorian\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhold slams UFC&#8217;s ties to Nelk Boys, calls out &#8216;degenerate&#8217; for Mexican &#8216;gift&#8217; to Ecuadorian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"eD0TJl\">YouTubers The Nelk Boys have enjoyed many perks that many MMA fans can only dream of.  The group has so far gotten all-access passes to events around the world, as well as interview opportunities that most media outlets don&#8217;t get to have. <\/p>\n<p id=\"W2i4dw\">One of the group&#8217;s members even received a handsome cash gift for his birthday courtesy of UFC president Dana White himself, which of course got the MMA internet up in arms. <\/p>\n<p id=\"fYUjUr\">This seemingly tight bond between the Nelk Boys and the UFC likely won&#8217;t be understood by many, including former champion Luke Rockhold. <\/p>\n<div id=\"OwxEWl\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke Rockhold Gets Candid About KO Losses, Paulo Costa Fight, Dana White, Fighter Pay | UFC 278\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bzUwm3lOFLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"ODOFOv\">\u201cThe world&#8217;s going to shit,\u201d he told Shak Mahjouri of CBS Sports in a recent interview.  \u201cIncorporating Full Send into the UFC is just the dumbest thing ever.  I see these guys around here, I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Why the f\u2014k are these degenerate kids a part of our f\u2014ng company?&#8217; <\/p>\n<p id=\"2TyfYV\">\u201cWhy is Dana White\u2026 &#8217;cause he&#8217;s trying to buy into popular culture?  Popular culture is going down the drain, it&#8217;s bringing the whole world down the drain, and people just need to wake up.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"PNjOMm\">On the pre-fight press conference, Rockhold also called out a \u201cdegenerate\u201d from the outlet for his interview with teammate Marlon Vera.  he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightHiveYT\/status\/1560048591946878978\" target=\"_blank\">gave Vera a Mexican Luchador mask<\/a> and wanted to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightHiveYT\/status\/1560048845068926981\" target=\"_blank\">scream lines from Nacho Libre<\/a>when the fighter is actually Ecuadorian.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8FXEdq\">\u201cI see all you guys around here right now, and I see this motherf\u2014ker right here.  You need to do your f\u2014king homework.  This f\u2014king degenerate culture of Barstool Sports and Full Send, you gotta do your homework.  You ca n&#8217;t approach &#8216;Chito&#8217; and give him af\u2014king Mexican mask and about his culture.  His culture?  He&#8217;s f\u2014king Ecuadorian motherf\u2014ker.  Do your homework,\u201d Rockhold said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"efXe57\">\u201cYou gave him a Mexican mask and said &#8216;This is your culture&#8217; with wrestling, something along those lines.  It was a disrespect to him, and where he&#8217;s from.  Being a reporter is about doing your homework and really understanding.  I know that you guys got carte blanche because Dana is f\u2014king partnered with you guys right now, but f\u2014king do your f\u2014king homework,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dUVfSg\">\u201cYou related it to him being a Mexican.  That&#8217;s how he took it.  That&#8217;s Mexican culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"0AmbFo\">The 37-year-old (16-5) Rockhold will be breaking his three-year hiatus this weekend at UFC 278 when he faces former title contender Paulo Costa in the co-main event. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTubers The Nelk Boys have enjoyed many perks that many MMA fans can only dream of. The group has so far gotten all-access passes to events around the world, as well as interview opportunities that most media outlets don&#8217;t get to have. One of the group&#8217;s members even received a handsome cash gift for his &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rockhold-slams-ufcs-ties-to-nelk-boys-calls-out-degenerate-for-mexican-gift-to-ecuadorian\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockhold slams UFC&#8217;s ties to Nelk Boys, calls out &#8216;degenerate&#8217; for Mexican &#8216;gift&#8217; to Ecuadorian<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26521,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dana-white-reacts-to-backlash-for-250000-gift-to-nelk-boys-member\/","url_meta":{"origin":49179,"position":0},"title":"Dana White reacts to backlash for $250,000 gift to Nelk Boys member","date":"July 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Dana White is not happy with some of the recent backlash he received online. 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