{"id":108728,"date":"2014-08-17T15:39:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T22:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=108728"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:41:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:41:20","slug":"dana-white-women-in-the-ufc-best-decision-i-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-women-in-the-ufc-best-decision-i-ever-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: &#8216;Women In The UFC Best Decision I Ever Made&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-white-ronda-rousey-is-a-fing-mega-star\/ufc-on-fox-vip-party\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104817\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104817\" title=\"UFC On FOX VIP Party\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana-Ronda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana-Ronda.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana-Ronda-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana-Ronda-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m really, really excited and proud of this season. The best decision I ever made was to bring women in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c(The season 20 fighters are) technically unbelievable,. We had two fights yesterday, and both fights were unbelievable. Great fights, really technical. These girls are nasty. I can\u2019t tell you how pumped I am. It\u2019s really fun. There are a few girls on this season that remind me of Ronda. They have that killer instinct.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m so sold on women fighting. Years ago, this whole thing started, and look at how much it\u2019s evolved. I look at somebody like Ronda Rousey, and she is so empowering to women and to little girls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was at dinner last night with the whole cast of \u2018The Ultimate Fighter 20,\u2019 and I was telling them that this table could get up and clean out this casino right now. And these girls are 115 pounds. This season of \u2018The Ultimate Fighter\u2019 is unbelievable. I\u2019m so happy that I made the choice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-whites-ufc-fight-night-47-pre-fight-media-scrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday&#8217;s sitdown with the media<\/a>, UFC President Dana White discussed the taping of the first ever all-female season of &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter&#8221; and what he thinks of the women in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m really, really excited and proud of this season. The best decision I ever made was to bring women in.\u201d \u201c(The season 20 fighters are) technically unbelievable,. We had two fights yesterday, and both fights were unbelievable. Great fights, really technical. These girls are nasty. I can\u2019t tell you how pumped I am. 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