{"id":437252,"date":"2022-03-22T09:28:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=437252"},"modified":"2022-03-22T09:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:28:13","slug":"dana-white-dismisses-narrative-that-uk-fighters-were-given-favorable-opponents-at-ufc-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-dismisses-narrative-that-uk-fighters-were-given-favorable-opponents-at-ufc-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White dismisses narrative that UK fighters were given favorable opponents at UFC London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White has dismissed the narrative that UK fighters were given favorable opponents at last weekend\u2019s UFC London event.<\/p>\n

It was just last Saturday, March 19th that UFC London took place amongst a full capacity crowd in the O2 Arena. It had been three years since the UFC was live in London, and it was to be the 12th live event in the English capital, and it didn’t disappoint.<\/p>\n

British fighters Tom Aspinall, Paddy Pimblett, Molly McCann, Arnold Allen, Paul Craig, Jack Shore, and Muhammad Mokaev all emerged victorious. It was a great night in London!<\/p>\n

\"Paddy
Paddy Pimblett wins at UFC London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UFC President, Dana White, expressed his thoughts going into Saturday’s spectacle:<\/p>\n

“Every time we put on an event in London it’s an unbelievable experience. The fans are incredible, and the fights are always off the charts. It’s a different kind of energy in England. And I can’t wait to get back there with a fight card on March 19th.”<\/em><\/p>\n

However, following the fights, some have suggested that the matches which took place in the Octagon were ‘set-up fights’, with the pendulum swinging for the Brits coming out victorious.<\/p>\n

At the post fight press conference Dana White had this to say, dismissing such a notion (h\/t MMANews<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were all fighting real people. These weren\u2019t like, hometown set-up fights. They fought tough guys.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In further interacting with the media, White had this to say about the Pimblett (17-3 MMA) vs Vargas bout (12-5 MMA):<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week, I was getting tired of hearing, \u2018Oh, wait \u2019till you see his walk, wait \u2019till you see this and that.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018I wanna see him fight. He needs to win.\u2019 But he did. And he did spectacularly. And when he was in trouble, he came back, and turned the fight around, and won.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Continuing Dana White said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the talk going into this fight about his walk-in and all this sh*t, listen, it\u2019s real. This kid\u2019s got a ton of hype behind him. Tonight he showed everybody that he\u2019s the real deal.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course it was ‘The Baddy<\/a>‘ who defeated Rodrigo Vargas via submission at 3:49 of round one. According to Dana White, Pimblett is the ‘real deal’.<\/p>\n

What is your take on the fights at UFC London this past Saturday? Do you think the matchups were rigged in favor of the Brits?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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