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Greasegate Faq's

-During UFC's title fight between George St. Pierre (GSP) and BJ Penn. Chuck Liddell who was sitting ringside was the first to point out to the commission that GSP's corner was illegally applying Vaseline to GSP's body.

-Commission officials immediately stepped in and took away the Vaseline from GSP's corner and also wiped GSP down with towels.

-After the fight BJ Penn complained to the commission that because of GSP’s illegal use of Vaseline on his body he was unable to use his primary weapon of Jiu Jitsu to effectively defend himself and that this put him in danger of serious injury

-Several of GSP’s opponents such as Matt Hughes, Sean Sherk, and Mayhem Miller came out after the fight and also acknowledged that they felt that GSP felt slick during their fight and Mayhem said that he smelt the familiar scent of Vaseline which he is familiar with during his Muay Thai sparring matches.

-GSP denied that he greased his body in order to gain an advantage. He said that his trainer Phil Nurse was applying Vaseline to his face and afterwards rubbed his back and chest. This was actually an energy ritual that involved GSP’s witch doctor/trainer sliding his hands over GSP’s chest and back. GSP said that if there was any Vaseline on his trainers hand after covering his face that it was not enough to have any barring on the outcome of the fight and totally accidental.

-The commission responded to the controversy by enacting new rules that only cut men such as “Stitch” could apply Vaseline to a fighter’s face.

-Dana White later said that he agreed with the commission that this was illegal for GSP’s corner to apply Vaseline to their fighter. But White also said that GSP was not involved with the incident and that it made no difference in the outcome of the fight.