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Dana White on “Hilarious” Vitor’s Plan For Return: “He’s fooling himself”
Saturday we heard from former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, and he told us he was ready to fight and finally clean of TRT. “I did all the tests that Nevada requires,” Belfort said. Now, during his UFC 172 post-fight scrum, Dana White addressed Vitor’s statements, and he isn’t too impressed. Check it: “He’s gotta solve […]
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Jon Jones: Dana’s no sensei, so whatever
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones is set to defend his title against Glover Teixeira tomorrow night at UFC 172 in Baltimore. After a long day full of media obligations, Jones sat down with MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani and asked the journalist for some different questions. Helwani obliged, noting that UFC president Dana White had recently made the case that […]
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Jake Shields: ‘UFC Release Not A Big Deal’
Following his recent and surprising UFC release, Top 10 welterweight, Jake Shields signed a multi-fight deal with the World Series of Fighting. In a recent interview with sherdog.com, Jake confirmed his intentions to stay at welterweight and thinks a title shot should be in his near future. “I was a little bit annoyed and a little […]
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White Responds To Barao’s Pay Gripes: ‘He’s Not A Star Yet, You Have To Deliver Numbers’
Earlier this week, UFC bantamweight champion, Renan Barao came out and discussed his contracted wage with the UFC. Wanting more money, the Brazilian based fighter compared his purse to that of his last opponent, Urijah Faber, who makes a nice chunk more than himself. And Faber isn’t the champ. During yesterday’s pre-fight media day, Dana […]
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QUICK TWITT | Dana White welcomes back Andrei Arlovski
UFC president Dana White recently took to twitter to announce that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (21-10 MMA) has re-signed with the promotion. @danawhite: “Welcome back Andrei Arlovski!” Arlovski has put together an impressive 6-1, 1 no contest, record over his past eight outings. “The Pit Bull’s” most recent win came over Andreas Kraniotakes, whom he defeated via TKO […]
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White Defends Rousey, Blasts Cyborg Over Her Looks
Birds of a feather… While attending today’s media event in Baltimore, UFC President Dana White discussed Cris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey and the trend of call-outs, insults, and challenges going back and forth between the two. Once again, Marc Raimondi of FOX Sports, Tweeted from the scene: Dana White compares Ronda calling Cyborg an it with […]
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VIDEO | Charles Barkley Challenges Shaq To MMA
Charles Barkley shows off his MMA knowledge on the Inside set & busts out his MMA move during a break.
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Dana White: The UFC Has Been Cleaned Of PED’s
Fresh off the suspension of Dennis Siver for banned substances and the UFC is already crying, VICTORY! With the war on Performance Enhancers waged, UFC President Dana White told ESPN yesterday that his company has been cleaned of this problem, proclaiming victory in the war on PED’s. Check it: “You know, PEDs have been cleaned […]
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VIDEO | Dana Talks MMA vs. Boxing
Earlier today, UFC President Dana White was a guest on ESPN’s ‘First Take’.
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Cyborg Rep: ‘Rousey resorts to name calling because she can’t hurt Cris’
First of all Cris Cyborg is a beautiful woman with a huge heart. She has a mother and father and a beautiful niece that she has raised since she was born. Ronda is not only trying to hurt Cris but is hurting them as well. This is fight sport, no reason for hateful attacks. You […]
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Jake Shields Responds To UFC Release
“I was definitely a little surprised, especially coming off some big wins, guys in the top-10, main events. I definitely didn’t think they’d drop me after one loss. But, you know, I had a terrible performance. I certainly didn’t feel like I fought like myself that night. But, given that it was one performance, you […]
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Dana White: Carano Deserves Rousey Fight On Day One
“I’m confident that we will (sign her) but we’ll see what happens. Until we have a deal, we’re not even thinking about anything. I feel like it’s going to happen, but crazier shit has happened. Wait till you guys here what this girl has to say. It’s absolutely fascinating talking to her. I don’t ever […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Head Coach BJ Penn Talks TUF 19, Episode 1
UFC legend BJ Penn made his return to The Ultimate Fighter this past Wednesday. Penn, who is coaching against Frankie Edgar on TUF: 19, was a coach on the shows 5th season back in 2007. The former UFC welterweight and lightweight champion recently spoke about this seasons premiere episode and how he felt about returning […]
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VIDEO | UFC Boss: ‘I’m ‘very confident’ Carano will come back’
Following last night’s TUF Finale event, UFC President Dana White told FOX Sports that he believes Gina Carano will return to Mixed Martial Arts. “Gina [Carano] and I had a good meeting. I’m very confident that she does want to come back and she does want to fight. We do not have a deal but […]
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Gina Carano’s Strikeforce contract expires in June, UFC still interested
UFC President Dana White met with former Strikeforce title challenger Gina Carano last week to discuss her potential return to mixed martial arts. The meeting did not produce a future bout or a new contract, but the Zuffa fight boss told reporters at the ‘TUF Nations Finale’ that “Conviction” could still be octagon bound: “She wants to […]
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Dana White Wants To See ‘Big Nog’ Retire
By Evan Stoumbelis Last week fight fans saw MMA legend Antonio Nogueira get knocked out by Roy Nelson in Abu Dhabi (Replay HERE) at UFC Fight Night 39 on Fight Pass. Immediately after the bout Dana said he was “Blown up by media guys” wanting to know what was next for the former interim heavyweight […]
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White: Wanderlai Silva Injured Back In TUF Brazil Brawl
By Evan Stoumbelis According to UFC President Dana White Wanderlei Silva injured his back in the fight he had with Chael Sonnen on the set of a TUF Brazil episode which aired last week. “What happened was Wanderlei got hurt in that fight. He got double legged on the concrete and he hurt his back. […]
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Dana White Talks Diaz Brothers: This Will Be A Sad Story When We Look Back
By Evan Stoumbelis Last night, UFC President Dana White touched on (during his post-fight media scrum) the interesting situation he finds himself in with two of MMA’s most popular fighters, the Diaz Brothers. After Gilbert Melendez renegotiated his UFC contract, fellow teammate Nate Diaz unsuccessfully tried to do the same thing. Shortly after that Nick […]
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Dana White Explains The Will Chope Release
“It seems like a great guy and he’s got his stuff together, but a few years ago he didn’t sound like such a great guy. You put your hands on your girlfriend or your wife and you’re accused of it. You beat her three times or whatever you did, that’s a tough one to overcome.” […]
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Miesha Tate: ‘Carano Should Have To Go Through Me For Ronda Fight’
“There’s no way. I think there’s no way that would be fair or right. I don’t think anybody in their right mind would say that would be fair. I would love the opportunity to fight Gina. If she’s gonna make a comeback, I think anybody that wants to get to Ronda, I think that they […]
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Carmouche Doesn’t Think Carano Would Last 10 Seconds With Rousey
There’s been a lot of talk around the MMA world about a return of the former queen, Gina Carano. Ronda Rousey and Dana White, the UFC president, have stated that with a return, Carano would be placed in an immediate title situation. Former title challenger, Liz Carmouche is calling, BS, and doesn’t think the former […]
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Bellator Boss Shuts Down Dana – Ronda Not MMA’s Top Star
Before her crushing defeat over Sarah McMann, UFC President Dana White called, Ronda Rousey MMA’s biggest star. While her pay-per-view numbers, still leave room for improvement, her ability to land leading roles in major motion pictures is a feat not easily matched. Still though, Bjorn Rebney, Bellator’s CEO, isn’t buying it: “I would never want […]
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Three Reasons Nick Diaz Deserves To Get Paid
UFC president Dana White recently talked about a failed attempt at getting welterweight, Nick Diaz, back into the cage. White said that he contacted Diaz and offered him a fight with Hector Lombard, but Diaz did not respond saying if he accepted it or not. The elder Diaz brother then gave his side of the […]
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Couture: ‘The UFC Trying To Cover Their Butt By Pushing The Ban On TRT’
“In a small way it implicated the UFC when they highlighted Vitor Belfort who had a TRT exemption and he said he never heard of TRT until the UFC doctor turned him onto it and told him what it was all about, was I think one of the reasons why the UFC, they didn’t want […]
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Dana White: Nate Diaz Missed His Chance At ‘Justin Bieber Money’
The UFC operates to its own set of morals and principles, which is why so many mega-stars leave their ranks with a sour taste in their mouth. Nate Diaz recently came out with a decent rant about fighter pay, asking once again for a pay increase or a release. To that the UFC boss denied […]
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Dana White: UFC Will Be Drug ‘Testing The Whole Card Now’
“As far as testing, what we used to do is we used to roll into town and the title fight always got tested, and there was random testing. We’re testing the whole card now. The whole card is getting tested. Everyone is getting tested.” “Obviously, doing away with performance-enhancing drugs not only helps us run […]
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Couture: ‘Dana Put My Son In Bad Fights To Get Back At Me’
“No I don’t think he got a fair shake. I don’t think that any 7-0 fighter was being handled appropriately or properly in putting him in with a Ross Pearson who has 30 plus mixed martial arts fights. That’s not a real fair match up on the experience side of things. Was Ryan capable, technically […]
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Gina Carano Will Meet With Dana White On Wednesday
Last Thursday Gina Carano went on “The Arsenio Hall Show” and announced that she was going to be meeting with UFC president Dana White. Now thanks to White himself, we know that the meeting that could determine Carano’s fighting future will go down on Wednesday night. White confirmed the news with MMAFighting.com Carano’s name has […]