Gary Shaw Hits Back at Dana White
Wow. That was quick. Just yesterday, Gary Shaw did an interview where he didn’t respond to Dana White’s recent belittling comments. Guess Gary hadn’t heard the interview yet. He did respond today when chatting with Wrestling on Tap (via MMA Fightline):
“Dana is the type of guy that if he owned a gas station, he wouldn’t want any other gas stations in America, that’s just the type of guy he is. That’s the type of ego he has.”
“As far as Dana saying that I was never a fan of mixed martial arts, ask him to produce articles or tape on me saying the things he said I said. It can’t happen. I was watching mma with my son back when Dana was selling used cars or whatever he was doing before the UFC. I never belittle any sport or organization, that’s not my style.”
I think Dana said all he had to do was “go and search Gary Shaw and mixed martial arts (on the Internet),” and you would find Shaw ” saying five years ago that mixed martial arts was a joke” When I Google “Gary Shaw + Mixed Martial Arts,” all that comes up for me are multiple interviews featuring Dana White bashing him!
This battle between UFC and EliteXC is getting SERIOUS. Now it looks like we might get a bidding war over Fedor Emelianenko. Shaw said this in the same Wrestling on Tap interview:
“We would love to have Fedor with our organization. But Fedor and his people need to be realistic about what they are asking for. He hasn’t had a top fight in awhile. He needs to get back to fighting top competition. In the United States out of sight is out of mind.”
So who wants to pay Fedor? Will EliteXC offer him more money, or will the chance of fight Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell lure him to the UFC, regardless of money?
You know, one other thought. A lot of people complain about White and Shaw sniping back and forth at each other. I’ve seen them called “babies” multiple places on the Internet. But think about it this way: how much more interesting does their bickering make things? Exactly.
