FOX News' Bill O'ReillyFOX News jackhole Bill O’Reilly took the gloves off during an “interview” on his show last night with UFC President Dana White and middleweight champion Rich Frankin.

It was more like a Matt Hughes slam.

From the outset, he ripped MMA as being dangerous and barbaric. He then referenced some obscure study on concussions and used Muhamed Ali and Parkinson’s Disease as an argument that the sport should be banned.

Below is a snip from Prowrestling.com that discusses the segment:

O’Reilly continually took shots, refusing the budge even when relevant arguments were introduced. He literally laughed them off.

For what it’s worth, Dana and Rich didn’t do too well. You can check it out right here. As you’ll see, it’s not the brightest moment for the organization.

But, something tells me this is just a minor bump in a long road to total domination.

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Comment by Dementia Pugilistica
2006-12-22 23:15:19

O’Reilly is dead wrong. Facts @ http://sulcus.berkeley.edu/mcb/165_001/papers/manuscripts/_164.html Dana is completely correct. Ali don’t have him no Parkinson’s Disease he gots him something else caused by repeated blows to head–much more than MMA fighters ever get unless they have no skills at all.

Article he mentions and clearly didn’t even read (authors were bunch of USAF guys getting paid to watch over 1200 MMA fights–that is real science I tell you what) : http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/2/169

Ironic that O’Reilly implies that UFC/MMA is not a sport then calls Ali one of America’s greatest athletes. No wait…that’s not ironic…it’s moronic.

 
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