Dana White: ‘Don’t wait for tomorrow’
Dana White has been absolutely instrumental in establishing the Ultimate Fighting Championship as the premier mixed martial arts promotion on the planet. The type of success that White has reaped within the industry isn’t just handed to you. It’s no mystery that the president of the UFC had the good fortune of being close friends with the Fertitta brothers, but any successful businessman... [Read More...]
Dana White confirms Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
FiveOuncesOfPain.com was the first to confirm the light heavyweight championship bout between Lyoto Machida and Maurico “Shogun” Rua earlier this month through sources close to the fight and UFC President Dana White has recently made the bout announcement public. White’s confirmation of the title fight came during a segment that ran during The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale last night. In... [Read More...]
Dana White working to sign Vitor Belfort
It appears as though former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort will be maikng his return to the octagon in the very near future. UFC President Dana White confirmed that is actively working to get the heavy handed Brazilian back to the UFC during a segment of “Inside the Octagon” that ran during The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale last evening. “I’m working on some other 185... [Read More...]
Dana White on Mazzagatti: ‘That referee has no business being in this business’
Perhaps the most controversial referee in the history of the UFC has fallen under fire once again. This time from the president of the promotion where he does a good amount of his work. Steve Mazzagatti got his first crack at being a referee in the octagon way back at UFC 43 and it has been a bumpy road scattered with questionable decisions ever since. One of his more questionable calls of recent memory... [Read More...]
What Goes Around Comes Around for Dana White
Since arriving at FiveOuncesOfPain.com I have written a couple of editorials praising UFC President Dana White’s shrewd business sense, most notably his signing of Kimbo Slice to be on “The Ultimate Fighter 10” this fall. I even saw a few comments from the good folks here at Five Ounces that made me laugh accusing me of being Dana White himself. I make no apologies though. I respect Dana as a... [Read More...]
Report: Cro Cop Abandons UFC for DREAM after UFC 99 win
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filpovic let Dana White know that he would be leaving the UFC to fight for DREAM just after his TKO victory over Mustapha Al Turk at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany. The news comes courtesy of a recent report from Kevin Iole over at Yahoo! Sports. Just one month ago UFC President White did something almost completely unprecedented in the promotions history when he made a verbal... [Read More...]
Dana White: ‘We could see a Wanderlei Silva – Anderson Silva fight in the very near future’
How time can change things. Once close friends and training partners at the Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil, Wanderlei and Anderson Silva are anything but buddies these days. Wanderlei’s recent decision to drop to middleweight surely got underneath Anderson’s skin, and the UFC middleweight champion’s decision to train Rich Franklin for his UFC 99 showdown with “The Axe Murderer”... [Read More...]
Dana White Does it Again
Love him or hate him, you have to respect him. I am a person who enjoys studying successful people. I like to know what they did to get where they are so I can take some of those qualities and apply them to my everyday life. There may be no more intriguing human being on the planet to study than Dana White and his latest decision to bring Kimbo Slice into Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter is proof... [Read More...]
UFC Undisputed 2010 Announced
UFC President Dana White recently announced that the follow up for the recently released video game UFC Undisputed 2009 will be released sometime in 2010. UFC Undisputed 2009 was released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on May 19, 2009 and speculation has placed it’s first week of sales right around the 500,000 copies sold mark. Many expect for the title to eventually sell well over... [Read More...]
Forrest Griffin will Always be Dana White’s Ultimate Fighter
So I’m sitting at home watching another boring episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Season 9.” At this point I just feel obligated to watch the show as an MMA fan. I have totally lost interest, don’t really care who wins and really only wait for Dana White to appear and rip some poor soul for not having what it takes to be a fighter. But tonight was worth watching. Not for anything that happened... [Read More...]
Dana White: ‘It’s not my fault Pat Miletich is a (expletive) dummy’
Never being one to sit on his hands and bite his tongue when darts are being blown in his direction, Dana White recently fired back at comments made by a choice few on the recent episode of ESPN’s E:60 featuring the outspoken president of the UFC. “I have a lot of attorneys that could write (expletive) speeches for me every time I talk,” White said in a recent interview with Dan Duggan from... [Read More...]
Dana White to appear on Tuesday edition of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
UFC President Dana White is scheduled to make a Tuesday, May 19 appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”. The appearance on the show will mark White’s second major media exposure in just one week. White was most recently featured on ESPN’s E:60 debut piece to discuss the growth of the UFC under his tenure as president over the past ten years. The UFC recently made the news... [Read More...]
Dana White Responds to Tom Atencio’s Challenge
The war of words between Dana White and Affliction VP Tom Atencio continues to heat up. Earlier this month Atencio expressed his desire to compete against the outspoken UFC President in a Mixed Martial Arts match under the premise White talked tough but may not be able to back it up. Never one to back down from expressing his opinion, many followers of MMA felt it wouldn’t take long for White to... [Read More...]
Pat Miletich: ‘Dana has never told me anything that ended up being the truth’
It’s been quite some time since Pat Miletich and Dana White were friends and business associates. If one was to trace the divide between the two back to it’s origin they would find that the split was cemented with Miletich’s decision to become part of the International Fight League that has since gone under. On last night’s episode of ESPN’s E:60, the founder of Miletich... [Read More...]
Dana White: ‘Loretta oughta apologize to me’
Never had UFC President Dana White fallen under the level of scrutiny and criticism before the recent infamous blog rant that lasted just over three minutes long directed at Sherdog’s Loretta Hunt in a response to an article the respected journalist had written regarding many manager’s lack of backstage access at the UFC events. The firestorm of controversy that followed the blog post have... [Read More...]
Dana White and Tom Atencio: Fightin’ Words!
There’s no real mystery to the boiling feud that has been brewing between the largest fighting organization in the world and one of the most successful MMA apparel companies in the business. Sure, they used to be good, but that was back in the days when Affliction was one of the UFC‘s biggest sponsors and way before the fight clothing giant announced their intentions to promote mixed martial... [Read More...]
Dana White says it will be “war” if Chuck Liddell doesn’t retire
In a new interview with InsideFighting.com, UFC President Dana White has reaffirmed his desire for former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell to retire after sustaining his fourth loss in his last five fights last week at UFC 97. White was outspoken about his feelings regarding Liddell’s future immediately after his long-time friend suffered a first round TKO loss to Mauricio “Shogun”... [Read More...]
Dana White says Chuck Liddell has fought his last fight
UFC President Dana White had been clear in many of his interviews leading up to UFC 97 that Chuck Liddell would have to deliver a good showing against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in order to continue his fighting career. Following last night’s TKO loss to Rua at 4:28 of round 1, White indicated stated during the company’s post-fight press conference at the Bell Centre that Liddell’s... [Read More...]
Chuck Liddell Responds To Dana White’s Comments
It has taken him some time but former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has finally responded to some comments made by UFC president and close friend Dana White. Liddell told Fighters Only Magazine that he was unfazed by statements made by White which insinuated that Liddell needed to win impressively against former Pride superstar Mauricio “Shogun” Rua next Saturday at UFC 97. The... [Read More...]
White confirms deal for reality TV show is off during upcoming interview on “The MMAsh”
UFC President Dana White not only reiterated his apology to the gay community during a taped appearance that will air on the syndicated CBS Radio show “The MMAsh,” but also confirmed he will be taking on a reduced media presence as a result of this week’s controversy. FiveOuncesOfPain.com obtained the audio courtesy of “The MMAsh” before it is set to air tonight from 9-10... [Read More...]
