{"id":113675,"date":"2014-09-27T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T17:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113675"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:24:08","slug":"dana-fires-back-at-wanderlei-says-hes-made-9-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-fires-back-at-wanderlei-says-hes-made-9-7-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Fires Back At Wanderlei, Says he’s Made $9.7 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dana\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wanderlei Silva retired from MMA last month, citing that the UFC tried to turn his fans against him, and saying that they didn’t pay him enough to live.<\/p>\n

The NSAC has since banned the former PRIDE champion for life, and fined him $70,000, however UFC President Dana White took a recent opportunity to defend his company.<\/p>\n

He spoke to Combate<\/a> after the UFC 178 weigh-ins.<\/p>\n

“You know how much money Wanderlei Silva has made since he\u2019s been with the UFC? $9.7 million,”<\/p>\n

“So Silva says everybody\u2019s getting rich except the fighters. What does Wanderlei consider rich? $9.7 million isn\u2019t rich? A lot of people would consider that rich. Let me say you what: Wanderlei Silva has fought six times in the last five years. He\u2019s fought six times in five years. If being overworked is fighting one time a year, I don\u2019t know what to tell you.”<\/p>\n

“And I think his strategy right now is brilliant. If Wanderlei Silva was standing here, not me, and you\u2019re interviewing him, he would go crazy about \u2018I hate the UFC, these guys don\u2019t pay us, I\u2019ve given them my body and they don\u2019t pay.\u2019”<\/p>\n

“When we offered him the fight, he said he was hurt. We sent him to a doctor two different times, and the doctor said \u2018this man is not hurt. There\u2019s nothing wrong with him,\u2019”<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s under contract. His contract is frozen. It doesn\u2019t matter. His contract doesn\u2019t matter. He has been banned from the athletic commission. He\u2019s appealing it, and he needs to go through the legal process. This thing is gonna play out. You know, I never had anything bad to say about Wanderlei, I still don\u2019t have anything bad to say about Wanderlei, but he could have not have handled this situation any worse than he has.”<\/p>\n

“Drug tests are in place for the safety of all the fighters. Not only did he run from the drug test, I kept calling him and he didn\u2019t return any of my calls, any of my texts, and he didn\u2019t return anybody else\u2019s phone calls and texts,” White added. “This man disappeared from the face of the Earth for days.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on Wanderlei’s bitter retirement video? (Watch it HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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