{"id":104517,"date":"2014-07-09T19:51:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=104517"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:53:10","slug":"dana-white-bellator-isnt-competition-for-the-ufc-even-with-coker-at-the-helm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dana-white-bellator-isnt-competition-for-the-ufc-even-with-coker-at-the-helm\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: &#8216;Bellator isn&#8217;t competition for the UFC, even with Coker at the helm&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-white-responds-to-cokers-new-bellator-gig\/white-coker-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16236\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16236\" title=\"white coker\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/white-coker2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s going into business against us. I don\u2019t think [Bellator\u2019s] business is at the level that we\u2019re at. I think he\u2019s going in there to try to do whatever he can to keep that thing alive&#8230; (Former Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney) made this thing confrontational, and you know me, if you want to poke me, I\u2019ll poke you back. And he\u2019s gone, and there\u2019s guys over at Spike that I like and respect. I did business with those guys, and I think if you asked them, they\u2019d tell you I\u2019m probably the best guy they\u2019ve ever been in business with. I ate, slept and breathed Spike TV. I did everything I could to make it as successful as I could, and they\u2019re not bad guys. They\u2019re good guys. 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