{"id":119826,"date":"2014-11-19T16:05:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T00:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119826"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:08:15","slug":"dana-white-bellator-131-ratings-im-happy-tito-bonnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-bellator-131-ratings-im-happy-tito-bonnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White on Bellator 131 ratings: &#8220;I&#8217;m happy for Tito and Bonnar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/white-praises-werdum-dont-see-heavyweights-land-beautiful-flying-knees-like\/dana2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119359\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dana2.png\" alt=\"Dana2\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dana2.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dana2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dana2-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last weekend the UFC, Bellator, and World Series of Fighting all went head to head on the same night.  The UFC held UFC 180, which was on Pay-Per View, Bellator held Bellator 131 on Spike TV, and WSOF held WSOF 15 on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White spoke about the high numbers of Bellator 131 in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/video\/otr-white-ranks-top-mma-countries-1.138398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSN&#8217;s Off the Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That thing was a free fight on free TV. Yea, it&#8217;s going to pull some numbers. They&#8217;re both big-name guys. I&#8217;m happy for Tito and Bonnar. Those guys are getting paid, that&#8217;s really about it. To be honest with you, the &#8216;Tito thing&#8217; is old, it&#8217;s over. I couldn&#8217;t care less anymore. When Tito and I were a lot younger we used to battle about a lot of things. I&#8217;m happy for the guy, he&#8217;s getting paid. 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