{"id":197121,"date":"2016-06-21T01:51:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T08:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197121"},"modified":"2016-06-21T01:51:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T08:51:46","slug":"randy-couture-says-ufc-already-sold-criticizes-dana-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/randy-couture\/randy-couture-says-ufc-already-sold-criticizes-dana-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Couture says UFC has already been sold, criticizes Dana White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Hall of Fame legend <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/randy-couture\/randy-couture-discusses-importance-of-ali-act-expanding-to-mma\/\">Randy Couture<\/a> spoke with ESPN1100 on Friday in Las Vegas and was asked to comment on the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-sale\/report-zuffa-accepts-4-2-billion-bid-purchase-ufc\/\">reported sale of the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two-weight UFC world champion opened up on what he has been hearing and his sources have told him that the deal was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/rumor-ufc-sale-is-done\/\">already finalized last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard a strong rumor that it is sold,\u201d Couture said (transcribed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvsportsnetwork.com\/2016\/06\/20\/former-champ-randy-couture-says-ufc-sale-is-already-final\/\" target=\"_blank\">lvsportsnetwork.com<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s done. It was done a day or two ago. Lorenzo\u2019s (Fertitta) out. Dana (White) is still in. I heard that from fairly reliable sources that that\u2019s happening.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Couture then went on to talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-whites-response-latest-ufc-sale-rumors\/\">UFC President Dana White<\/a> and his role and image that is currently tied to the brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hear the company that bought it is keeping him on as the president. And if the UFC has a problem right now as a brand, it\u2019s an image problem. How they act and how they treat the fighters. The things that they do with their fighters that are in their stable,\u201d Couture said. \u201cAnd lot of that trickles down from (Dana White). His attitude when he does interviews. His attitude when he deals with the media. His attitude when he deals with his fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Couture says that if he was the one who purchased the company, he would not be keeping White around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I bought the company and wanted to change that or take it to the next level, I\u2019m thinking you need a change of face. You need a change of image,\u201d Couture said.<\/p>\n<p>Couture also brought up the treatment of the media, as MMA journalist, Ariel Helwani was recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ariel-helwani\/ariel-helwani-was-removed-from-ufc-199-by-zuffa-staff\/\">kicked out of UFC 199<\/a> for breaking fight news announcements before the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s treating the media just like he treats a lot of the fighters. If you\u2019re not his boy. If you\u2019re not the guy that\u2019s going to sign away all your ancillary rights and let him control you head to toe, then he\u2019s going to find a way to put his thumb on you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Hall of Fame legend Randy Couture spoke with ESPN1100 on Friday in Las Vegas and was asked to comment on the reported sale of the UFC. The two-weight UFC world champion opened up on what he has been hearing and his sources have told him that the deal was already finalized last week. \u201cI\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":190160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10209],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Randy Couture says UFC has already been sold, criticizes Dana White | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/randy-couture\/randy-couture-says-ufc-already-sold-criticizes-dana-white\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Randy Couture says UFC has already been sold, criticizes Dana White | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC Hall of Fame legend Randy Couture spoke with ESPN1100 on Friday in Las Vegas and was asked to comment on the reported sale of the UFC. 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