{"id":395535,"date":"2022-07-04T17:59:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=395535"},"modified":"2022-07-04T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:59:22","slug":"urijah-faber-sends-direct-message-to-ufc-president-dana-white-over-bullst-treatment-of-josh-emmett-at-ufc-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/urijah-faber-sends-direct-message-to-ufc-president-dana-white-over-bullst-treatment-of-josh-emmett-at-ufc-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Urijah Faber Sends Direct Message to UFC President Dana White Over &#8216;Bulls**t&#8217; Treatment of Josh Emmett at UFC 276"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking out at a UFC Fight Pass Invitational 2 grappling event, UFC legend Urijah Faber spoke to the media and talked about how one of the top featherweight fighters on the roster was disrespected by the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Per Faber, number four ranked featherweight Josh Emmett, was treated poorly during UFC 276 that took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Faber said that while Emmett wasn\u2019t a confrontational guy unless he was fighting in the octagon, he was truly taken aback by the way he was treated during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/some-people-talk-and-some-act-francis-ngannou-disses-jon-jones-after-his-scathing-comments-about-israel-adesanyas-ufc-276-performance\/\">\u2018Some People Talk and Some Act\u2019- Francis Ngannou Disses Jon Jones After His Scathing Comments About Israel Adesanya\u2019s UFC 276 Performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emmett was given poor seats and wasn\u2019t anywhere near the front with the other top UFC talents who were present at the event. The front row consisted of several top UFC stars, including Francis Ngannou, Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje. However, Emmett was sidelined from the action, away from his peers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler had to be restrained cageside at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC276?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC276<\/a>. \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilbertDurinho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GilbertDurinho<\/a> | Full story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8GdHXo2iO\">https:\/\/t.co\/B8GdHXo2iO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BR9sODTDRX\">pic.twitter.com\/BR9sODTDRX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAJunkie\/status\/1543422096717492231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe had a really bad experience. He was put way back in the seating, not even with the rest of the guys and had to find his way by himself upstairs because they have peons working security that are getting paid minimum wage that are like, \u2018Hey, you can\u2019t come this way.\u2019 He\u2019s not a confrontational guy unless you\u2019re paying him to beat someone up. He was really upset that there wasn\u2019t more made of the fact that he\u2019s the guy in line. I\u2019m going to talk to Dana (White) about it and talk to Hunter (Campbell) and let them know that it\u2019s really bullsh*t.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JBjIs1n6NKQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c(We got) ghosted. It\u2019s really sad and his wife was livid, he was livid and he was just like, \u2018What do I have to do to get a little bit of respect?\u2019 So Dana, I hope you see this and understand that it\u2019s Josh\u2019s time.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/07\/ufc-276-urijah-faber-furious-josh-emmett-treatment-dana-white-hope-see-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Emmett trains under the watchful eye of Urijah Faber and the \u2018California Kid\u2019 was truly upset by the way one of his top stars was treated.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Urijah Faber\u2019s pointed message to Dana White was well received, as the UFC President has not yet responded to Faber\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-just-think-i-can-beat-some-of-those-guys-kamaru-usman-eyes-the-205-pound-belt-as-he-chases-champ-champ-status\/\">\u201cI Just Think I Can Beat Some of Those Guys\u201d- Kamaru Usman Eyes the 205-Pound Belt as He Chases Champ-Champ Status<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hey-man-dont-do-me-like-you-did-that-costa-guy-israel-adesanya-reveals-backstage-interaction-with-sean-strickland-after-smacking-his-a\/\">\u201cHey Man Don\u2019t Do Me Like You Did That Costa Guy\u201d- Israel Adesanya Reveals Backstage Interaction With Sean Strickland After Smacking His A**<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-may-start-painting-my-nail-and-act-like-a-female-sean-strickland-on-what-he-would-do-differently-as-a-champion\/\">\u201cI May Start Painting My Nail and Act Like a Female\u201d- Sean Strickland on What He Would Do Differently as a Champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking out at a UFC Fight Pass Invitational 2 grappling event, UFC legend Urijah Faber spoke to the media and talked about how one of the top featherweight fighters on the roster was disrespected by the UFC. Per Faber, number four ranked featherweight Josh Emmett, was treated poorly during UFC 276 that took place at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":395536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}