As Owner of CondomDepot.com, I became close with many of the guys I sponsored and believe me, sponsorship money that smaller companies like mine provide keeps them training and keeps their family fed. Its pretty damn hard to try to train for a “Career” in this sport when you have to work a 40 hour week AND train. For what some of these guys get paid, you do the math. You cant live on a purse of 5 or 10 grand! And these companies that put these bouts on are banking heavy. You think the guys fighting are seeing any trickle down?

Good Luck to you.

I want to make one thing very clear to you before we continue. I am not a christian and in many cases I protest against it. I have a question for you however Mr Miller, when has faith ever been an issue in the sport? why does this man’s religion have anything to do with the condom depot being banned as a sponsour?

Are you so stupid that you have to bring faith into the one place where it has not latched on to yet?

The Condom factory was banned because it was the choice of Zuffa. It is not up to us to say anything about what they decide to do, we cannot change anything, however much we think that we can. I don’t agree with it, fighters should have the best possible chance to make it in the sport because that leads to development. But what can you do?

Moving on to your next statement. I would like to inform you that the audiance of MMA is made up of 45% women. Now if you do the maths, to me that makes it nearly an even split.

You also have a growing women’s division in Strikeforce.

Why would you want to clean a combat sport up? Do you watch MMA for the blood and the guts, because I sure as hell don’t, I watch it to commend the men and WOMEN who are skilled in mant forms of mixed martial arts. On the strength of that statement Mr Miller I would be shocked if you knew anything technical about the sport.

I would also like to point out to you that Strikeforce can be seen on CBS on PRIME TIME shows. King of the Cage can also be seen 173 days of the year on many different networks.

Yeah Yeah, what you just heard there Mr Miller was areguement fall to bits. As far as the Burkas, WTF you pitiful self-obcessed man. Look into the wider world it is more complex than faith. You also talk about how faith shouldn’t be brought into the sport. Sorry but your whole response to this atricle has been centered around faith.

I hope that you read this, really I do.

My views only reflect where I see the sport needs to be headed.

The NFL also has the ability to ban sponsors.

Your thoughts on sponsorship are both archaic and completely biased by your narrow minded religious views. Who are you to cast judgement on a companies worthiness to sponsor a sporting event. MMA fighting is watched primarily by men, and most of them are not reverends. The first time I saw Condom Depot as a sponsor, I went to their website. It made sense to me and millions of others. Condoms are now a mainstream product wether you like it or not. Your comment on what was obviously Affliction as an “awful” clothing company was clearly based on your pompous religios views as well. Affliction is a wonderful clothing line with a great product. Sorry that they don’t carry the religious message that you were hoping for, But their rapid growth in the market tells us all that you are the moral minority on this issue.

MMA, like boxing, is fighting. Not a mainstream sport like football, basketball or baseball. So let’s not kid ourselves, your never going to see the prime time audience that these other sports enjoy. You can clean it up all you want, but it’s still a couple of guys beating the crap out of each other. Reverend, does it not bother you that we watch the fights to see blood being shed or a guy getting hit and knocked out cold?

Just like our government, we need to keep religious views out of our organized sports. Especially a sport like MMA. Next thing you know, the ring girls will be wearing burkas.