Apparently some people are offended by the Rising Sun gi GSP wore. I actually made a rising sun head band for a tournament as a teenager. I was unaware of the political significance it carried.

Not sure it would have bothered me anyway...you expect to see confederate flags at a southern rock concert, doesn't mean they're all a bunch of racists. Only 40% of them.

I'm sure he was just paying homage to his Japanese Karate.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-ca...4367--mma.html