(Props: NBCSports via CagePotato reader Dave T.)
In this MMA Fight Weekly clip, MMA journo Mike Chiappetta takes a closer look at the specific rules that the govern the usage of vaseline and other lubricants in MMA competition. The verdict? The rules don’t actually exist — or they’re so vague that they don’t have any punitive teeth. At the risk of infuriating BJ Penn fans, Chiappetta characterizes the no-lube rule as "an agreement between fighters, kind of an unwritten law, so to speak," and says that no fighter would be punished for putting Vaseline on his back until the athletic commission more specifically addresses what’s legal and what isn’t. So that settles it, I guess. Later, Mike C. talks about GSP’s eventual move up to middleweight and marks out hard over Lyoto Machida.
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Mike C is way off on the minimal “the fall out”, GSP’s whole character got called out and you think only minimal damage has been done. The commish did their job and caught him using “grease”. His integrity and his word were questioned by many including BJ . I give GSP credit and respect when GSP3 is over because he had the nutz to face the “fall out”,in the GSP camp there is no closer until they settle this in the octagon. You gotta be a fighter Sir to understand that when a man calls you a cheater you don’t just put your “Fancy pants” on and just prance around like everything is just lovely. You hit that gym and you prove yourself to all those who questioned your skill Sir. Minimal fall out, that’s not the mind of a fighter. As a fight fan I say It shall be done. GSP3…866k