Comments on: Dana White sounds off http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:13:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18771 mike Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:54:50 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18771 i dont think he sounds angry. he sounds like Dana, entertaining as always. i dont think he sounds angry. he sounds like Dana, entertaining as always.

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]]> By: mattio http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18734 mattio Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:34:28 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18734 Dana White is a hero. He went from being a doorman to running a very successful company. His antics are amusing and the only people who have a problem with them are the MMA fans who take the sport way too seriously. The Fedor bullshit turned out to be just that- bullshit. Look at what happens when an org bows to a fighter's every whim- they don't even get off the ground. Fedor fans are the worst in the world and actually seem to like that he dodges competition and plays games outside the ring, instead of fighting inside of it. Luke Thomas had a chance to back Dana White, but instead he sided with the lackeys who give him a bad time. The MMA media is full of people who like giving Dana White a bad time. They should back off and let him do his thing, unfettered by their annoying ways. Dana White is a hero. He went from being a doorman to running a very successful company. His antics are amusing and the only people who have a problem with them are the MMA fans who take the sport way too seriously.

The Fedor bullshit turned out to be just that- bullshit. Look at what happens when an org bows to a fighter’s every whim- they don’t even get off the ground. Fedor fans are the worst in the world and actually seem to like that he dodges competition and plays games outside the ring, instead of fighting inside of it.

Luke Thomas had a chance to back Dana White, but instead he sided with the lackeys who give him a bad time. The MMA media is full of people who like giving Dana White a bad time. They should back off and let him do his thing, unfettered by their annoying ways.

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]]> By: Adam Morgan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18725 Adam Morgan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:47:34 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18725 Evan- I'll take a Roger Goodell over a Dana White any day of the week. Evan-

I’ll take a Roger Goodell over a Dana White any day of the week.

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]]> By: el boxeo http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18709 el boxeo Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:49:23 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18709 dana knows whats comming... land of the wild wild west just like boxing... mo money mo problems... im pretty sure some of the problems with the hbo deal have to do with hbo wanting to use or follow what works for them in boxing and dana white pretty much wanting to stay clear away from that as possilbe... thats the hold up... cause you saw how the cbs and showtime deal came through and that was pretty much run through with gary shaw who knows the boxing model and there were no problems... dana knows whats comming…

land of the wild wild west just like boxing…

mo money mo problems…

im pretty sure some of the problems with the hbo deal have to do with hbo wanting to use or follow what works for them in boxing and dana white pretty much wanting to stay clear away from that as possilbe… thats the hold up…

cause you saw how the cbs and showtime deal came through and that was pretty much run through with gary shaw who knows the boxing model and there were no problems…

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]]> By: el boxeo http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18708 el boxeo Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:43:29 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18708 dana white doesnt realize that its stupid to compare the ufc to nascar.... doesnt even make sense... what dana should be AND IS afraid of is how fast mma (and the ufc ) will pretty much fall into the same ways as boxing... cause you know its comming... 1.the birth of the commisions that dont promote the fighters is a couple of years away (ie. wbc, wbo, ibf) just like boxing.. 2.the demise of the ufc (wwe) type buisness where they control everyting and no cross promotions occur... that stuff is okay in wrestling cause every thing is scripted and they are pretty much employees of the company like i am at my job.. meaning that if they need to drop the belt they have too... you cant control fighters wanting more money based on their accomplishments... and the more money that comes in the more the ufc will have to deal with fighters wanting some of that... does anybody think that the sponser ship with bud light is really gonna affect the pocketbooks of hte fighters... 3. UFC in five years will be like a boxing promotion... like golden boy or top rank.. they will have thier fighters (stars) but they will be forced to co promote with other new promotions representing other fighters... JUST LIKE BOXING... i know some of you dont belive this can happen but when salaries rise cause of the fighters.. not all fighters will want to be under the ufc banner TAKING LESS THAN WHAT THEY ARE WORTH (either in thier eyes or in the eyes of somebody paying them) just so that the ufc can look strong... you can already see this start to happen with couture, ortiz, aa, and other fighters...dana seems to think that just cause he has spike tv and the ultimate fighter as a way for the public to get to know new fighters THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO REPLICATE IT.... 4. any comparison to any major league sport makes no sense.. because a league like the nfl HAS 30 DIFFRENT OWNERS AND MARKETS... UNITED UNDER ONE LEAGUE... but they are diffrent entities... so the xfl v. nfl or gascar v. nascar makes no sense becuase all those teams in the nfl OR ALL THOSE CAR TEAMS IN NASCAR ARE diffrent companies competing under one league... and this will happpen in mma soon enough when you have diffrent "TEAMS" LIKE THE UFC, DREAM, ELITE XC, ETC fight and have promtioions under the a sanctioning banner... kinda like boxing has diffrent promotions that all fight (gbp, top rank, don king) under those WBA, WBO , IBF rules and titles... same thing will happen to them and dana white... if hendrick motorsports and joe gibbs racing decided to start their own RACING LEAGUE with their drivers ... you best belive nascar would turn into gascar real quick... dana white doesnt realize that its stupid to compare the ufc to nascar…. doesnt even make sense…

what dana should be AND IS afraid of is how fast mma (and the ufc ) will pretty much fall into the same ways as boxing… cause you know its comming…

1.the birth of the commisions that dont promote the fighters is a couple of years away (ie. wbc, wbo, ibf) just like boxing..

2.the demise of the ufc (wwe) type buisness where they control everyting and no cross promotions occur… that stuff is okay in wrestling cause every thing is scripted and they are pretty much employees of the company like i am at my job.. meaning that if they need to drop the belt they have too…

you cant control fighters wanting more money based on their accomplishments… and the more money that comes in the more the ufc will have to deal with fighters wanting some of that… does anybody think that the sponser ship with bud light is really gonna affect the pocketbooks of hte fighters…

3. UFC in five years will be like a boxing promotion… like golden boy or top rank.. they will have thier fighters (stars) but they will be forced to co promote with other new promotions representing other fighters… JUST LIKE BOXING… i know some of you dont belive this can happen but when salaries rise cause of the fighters.. not all fighters will want to be under the ufc banner TAKING LESS THAN WHAT THEY ARE WORTH (either in thier eyes or in the eyes of somebody paying them) just so that the ufc can look strong…

you can already see this start to happen with couture, ortiz, aa, and other fighters…dana seems to think that just cause he has spike tv and the ultimate fighter as a way for the public to get to know new fighters THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO REPLICATE IT….

4. any comparison to any major league sport makes no sense.. because a league like the nfl HAS 30 DIFFRENT OWNERS AND MARKETS… UNITED UNDER ONE LEAGUE… but they are diffrent entities… so the xfl v. nfl or gascar v. nascar makes no sense becuase all those teams in the nfl OR ALL THOSE CAR TEAMS IN NASCAR ARE diffrent companies competing under one league… and this will happpen in mma soon enough when you have diffrent “TEAMS” LIKE THE UFC, DREAM, ELITE XC, ETC fight and have promtioions under the a sanctioning banner… kinda like boxing has diffrent promotions that all fight (gbp, top rank, don king) under those WBA, WBO , IBF rules and titles… same thing will happen to them

and dana white… if hendrick motorsports and joe gibbs racing decided to start their own RACING LEAGUE with their drivers … you best belive nascar would turn into gascar real quick…

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]]> By: Rich http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18707 Rich Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:42:28 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18707 i don't (expletive) know.. (expletive) Dana's pretty much right.. the whole (expletive) NASCAR thing sounded (expletive) stupid at the beginning, but then it started to (expletive) make sense.. i mean, i'm (expletive) glad there's other (expletive) organizations and (expletive).. but in all (expletive) reality, THE (expletive) UFC IS ON (expletive) TOP.. and it DID pretty much single (expletive) handedly "create" MMA.. Dana just (expletive) took it and made it a whole lot (expletive) better.. bottom (expletive) line....(expletive).... i don’t (expletive) know.. (expletive) Dana’s pretty much right..
the whole (expletive) NASCAR thing sounded (expletive) stupid at the beginning, but then it started to (expletive) make sense.. i mean, i’m (expletive) glad there’s other (expletive) organizations and (expletive).. but in all (expletive) reality, THE (expletive) UFC IS ON (expletive) TOP.. and it DID pretty much single (expletive) handedly “create” MMA.. Dana just (expletive) took it and made it a whole lot (expletive) better.. bottom (expletive) line….(expletive)….

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]]> By: slimm http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18706 slimm Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:38:12 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18706 As much as everyone hates on him for essentially not giving into Fedors demands and not resigning AA (as of yet), the guy runs a pretty good show well honestly the best show around, and most of his competitors are failing (M1, IFL, so on) EXC is interesting because they have a chance because they are trying to improve all the time "co~hosting" shows bringing in up and coming talent (kimbo) and getting established talent (yves edwards) they have a strong oppritunity to help make mma stronger, but one thing is true Dana runs the best show with the best talent (collectively) than anybody else, now go re~sign AA and go get the top HW in the world you (expletive), cheers As much as everyone hates on him for essentially not giving into Fedors demands and not resigning AA (as of yet), the guy runs a pretty good show well honestly the best show around, and most of his competitors are failing (M1, IFL, so on) EXC is interesting because they have a chance because they are trying to improve all the time “co~hosting” shows bringing in up and coming talent (kimbo) and getting established talent (yves edwards) they have a strong oppritunity to help make mma stronger, but one thing is true Dana runs the best show with the best talent (collectively) than anybody else, now go re~sign AA and go get the top HW in the world you (expletive), cheers

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]]> By: Evan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18702 Evan Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:11:11 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18702 I cringe when I hear him cuss but it's better than a buttoned up clone like other "commissioners." Do you guys really want a David Stern type fella? I cringe when I hear him cuss but it’s better than a buttoned up clone like other “commissioners.” Do you guys really want a David Stern type fella?

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]]> By: Echolocating http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18699 Echolocating Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:29:30 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18699 Thanks for digging up this interview, Adam. Great stuff. As for Dana's disposition, he just sounds excited to me. I didn't sense any anger, but who knows. Maybe when you're forced to answer the same questions over and over and over again... maybe there was a little frustration there. I think Dana mentions the other organizations because he genuinely feels that the UFC is the big leagues and the other guys are the minor leagues. Does the NHL not mention the AHL at all? There no competition between the two and it's the same difference with the UFC and it's "competitors." In North America, it's the UFC... followed by a bunch of investors trying to cash in on the action. This Kool-Aid is really tasty. ;-) Thanks for digging up this interview, Adam. Great stuff.

As for Dana’s disposition, he just sounds excited to me. I didn’t sense any anger, but who knows. Maybe when you’re forced to answer the same questions over and over and over again… maybe there was a little frustration there.

I think Dana mentions the other organizations because he genuinely feels that the UFC is the big leagues and the other guys are the minor leagues. Does the NHL not mention the AHL at all? There no competition between the two and it’s the same difference with the UFC and it’s “competitors.” In North America, it’s the UFC… followed by a bunch of investors trying to cash in on the action.

This Kool-Aid is really tasty. ;-)

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]]> By: joe http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18694 joe Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:50:14 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/dana-white-sounds-off/#comment-18694 3 years from now he's teaching hip hop aerobics in some local gym.lol 3 years from now he’s teaching hip hop aerobics in some local gym.lol

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