Yes, McCain WAS (past tense) agains UFC. He has since been quoted as saying this: McCain's opinions have now been revised and he is quoted as saying: "The sport has grown up. The rules have been adopted to give its athletes better protections and to ensure fairer competition."
That was from the first web site you gave. Basicly, he was opposed to UFC when it FIRST came out. As MOST people were. It allowed a LOT back then that is not allowed now. Yes, UFC is advertised as being "No Holds Barred", but it is not truely that anymore.
McCain, an avid and lifelong boxing enthusiast, was horrified when he was shown a tape of an early UFC.
Well DUUHHH!! The first few were a spectical to say the least. And, to add to it, the rules that are enacted today were not in effect back then, so I would be against it the way it was as well.
Do you think it is possible for someone to be upset with the way something is run, then when that something changes, they then accept it?
The first website you listed showed exactly that. The second website you provided was written in 2003, and the UFC was still once again emerging and Senator McCain had not seen a new bout since the revisions in 2001. The third website was from 1998. Too old to be current information on a persons current views. Especially since Senator McCain was quoted in 2007 as saying that the sport had "grown up".
Here is a more current article that refrences Senator McCains current beliefs:
UFC night proves a hit - Telegraph
I don't mean to be arguementative, but...I still see no solid proof that Senator McCain is currently trying to put MMA fighting out of business.
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