Former UFC title challenger John Moraga is upset over the UFC’s decision to pull his walk-out music from this Saturday’s UFC 216 PPV.
The fighter has used the same song for every fight as part of his pre-fight get-hyped ritual as he enters the cage.
Unfortunately, the song he has chosen as his traditional music is “Bone-Thugs-In-Harmony’s” ‘Thuggish Ruggish Bone’.
The song is riddled with lines about gun violence, something that in these times the UFC finds innapropriate.
Some of the song’s lyrics are,
Chill, better bring yo weapon, when steppin’
Bring on that ammunition, trip and don’t slip
Not to mention, never knew no competition
Gotta give it on up to the glock glock
Pop pop, better drop when them buckshot blow
The bone in me never no ho, so no creepin’ up outta the zip-lock
So sin, sip gin, and lil’ mo heart run up, nut up
And flipped in, than slipped the clip in, mistakin’ the bloody victims
Ever if ya test nuts, to the chest and put em to rest
And, but I won’t test bucks, put a hole up into me vest
And gotta get through my soul,
but they won’t budge, mud, drug me victim
The blood in me runnin’ my mental, the thug in me, stuck in me
Keepin’ it simple, the bone in me runnin’ with thugs so
To the temple, buck when you duck to the thuggish ruggish T’s
St. Claire P’s to appeal to the G’s
And a buck to all my enemies
In addition to the song’s lyrcis describing gun violence, the sounds of gunshots can be heard several times throughout the track.
Moraga takes to twitter to voice his grievances:
They’re making me pick a new walkout song. I’ve had this song for the last 9 fights. It gets me in the zone and ready for war. This is bs.
They're making me pick a new walkout song. I've had this song for the last 9 fights. It gets me in the zone and ready for war. This is bs.
— John Moraga (@chicanojohn) October 5, 2017
When fan’s asked why the UFC made this choice, the fighter stated,
@fightfanjunkie @Aaronjamesgee the recent shooting
@fightfanjunkie @Aaronjamesgee the recent shooting
— John Moraga (@chicanojohn) October 5, 2017
A recent John Moraga walkout is placed in the video player at the top of this article. It’s not hard to see why the UFC made the decision to pull it. It does however suck for the fighter, as athletes can be pretty picky about their rituals.
UFC 216 goes down this Saturday from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The night’s main card will air live on pay-per-view.
