{"id":176143,"date":"2015-11-17T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T18:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=176143"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:31:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:31:57","slug":"dana-white-comments-on-bellator-149-ken-shamrock-vs-royce-gracie-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/dana-white-comments-on-bellator-149-ken-shamrock-vs-royce-gracie-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White comments on Bellator 149 Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President took in some questions from media and fans prior to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-193-live-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC 193<\/a> going down in Melbourne, Australia. One of the questions asked was about the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/must-see-shamrock-vs-gracie-slice-vs-dada5000-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellator 149<\/a> announced fight between 48-year-old Royce Gracie versus 51-year-old Ken Shamrock.<\/p>\n<p>White still seemed a bit baffled at just the thought of the fight and said (transcribed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2015\/11\/17\/9748650\/dana-white-on-ken-shamrock-vs-royce-gracie-3-two-50-year-olds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bloody elbow<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Listen, everybody\u2019s gotta do their own thing, but I don\u2019t think that 50-year-olds fighting is ever a good idea,&#8221; White said. &#8220;I hope nobody gets hurt. I mean, two 50-year-old guys. That\u2019s crazy. Crazy.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gracie and Shamrock are true pioneers of the sport, having first fought against each other at the very <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/on-this-day-ufc-1-goes-down-november-12th-1993\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first UFC event<\/a> in 1993. Gracie took the first meeting by submission and then rematched two years later at UFC 5 where the legends fought to a draw.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the fight between Shamrock and Gracie? Will you tune in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President took in some questions from media and fans prior to UFC 193 going down in Melbourne, Australia. One of the questions asked was about the Bellator 149 announced fight between 48-year-old Royce Gracie versus 51-year-old Ken Shamrock. 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