Some guy nobody remembered is going to bring it down? It’s like saying a 3rd string lineman who washed out of the NFL after 2 games would destroy pro football for killing his wife. And that the media would care the same way they would if a Manning Brother did it. A big star like Randy Couture killing Kim, maybe. This is going to have a short shelf life. And Dana is easily as teflon as Vince McMahon is anyway. A quick “He fought here twice and we let him go for being lousy. We gave him all medical and drug tests under commission standard in his 2 fights.” from Dana and the media won’t care anymore.

That’s what will happen. Many people are simply stating that this is always going to happen, and it will. I just think it’s sad that the mainstream media literally feeds off stories like this to rile up a bunch of overly conservative people who believe MMA is still “human cockfighting”.

It is sensationalism and ratings that their after, and that what the sport will have to put up with from time to time as things like this are bound to happen again.

“Authorities also took into custody what appeared to be prescribed painkillers and anti-depressant medication, though they were not found in the standard-marked pharmaceutical containers denoting whom they belonged to.”

I believe that the people who do this sort of thing are just pre-disposed to do it because of their make up & mental illness & ANY sort of low point in their lives could trigger it. No matter what they did for a living.

I went through a tragedy like this myself with my ( then ) brother in law & my four year old nephew back on New Years Eve of 1980.
He was separated from my sister & had just been laid off at the local Nabisco plant when my sister dropped my nephew off at his place for visitation. During which, he made the insane decision to kill his own son & then, unlike in most similar cases, lost his nerve during the subsequent suicide attempt.

Needless to say, he’s spent what’s remained of his life in prison & in an institution for the criminally insane.

My point being that, his horrific actions didn’t prove to place a black mark on all the other employees of Nabisco back then.
Nor should what Levens may have done in any way disparage those individuals who make their living fighting in MMA.

What we fans need to do is to look for comment from investigators on the case, and family, friends and training partners who actually knew Justin. If they choose to discuss this, they might have some insight as to what happened or what he may have been dealing with. At this point, we don’t know what happened, and the mainstream media doesn’t know either. Ignore the excesses of the stupid mainstream media. The investigators and any folks who knew Justin personally may have the answers in time.

People who love MMA will continue to love MMA. People who hate or do not understand MMA will continue to be ignorant. Sensational media coverage of this tragedy won’t change one type of person into the other.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/12/18/696654/quote-of-the-day-deadspin

They called Andrei “Sergei?” That changes EVERYTHING!