Dana White has been plugging a “big announcement” for what seems like weeks, now. Today, we finally got that announcement, and in my opinion, it was more like a big disappointment.
If you haven’t heard, the big announcement was that UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta has resigned as president of Station Casinos in Las Vegas to work […]
June 18th, 2008 | Posted in MMA, UFC | No Comments
One of the biggest discussions coming out of UFC 83 was the performance–or lack thereof–of Canada native Kalib Starnes. Starnes appeared to spend the majority of his fight running away from UFC vet Nate Quarry. The phrase “running away” may sound like a bit of a stretch, but believe me, it’s not–the dude had his […]
April 22nd, 2008 | Posted in MMA, UFC | 2 Comments
In what you’ve got to consider as horrible news for UFC fans in England, Chuck Liddell has torn his hamstring and will miss his fight against Rashad Evans in London at UFC 85. The event will take place on June 7. The UFC provided the following picture of Liddell’s injury on their website:
After seeing that […]
April 22nd, 2008 | Posted in MMA, UFC | No Comments
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 […]
March 13th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, UFC | No Comments
Dana White was his usual talkative self in an a Boston Herald interview yesterday. White addressed several topics.
On EliteXC’s deal with CBS:
“The next company that was going to take me out has been coming for the last eight years,” White told the Herald last week. “Every time somebody puts something new together, it’s been ‘Oh, […]
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, MMA, UFC | 1 Comment
In a recent interview with HollyScoop.com, Tito Ortiz bashed the UFC and Dana White. Here’s what he had to say:
“I’m done with the UFC, I’m done being taken advantage of I’m done being disrespected. I’ve been in the sport for eleven years. I gave them a third of my life and they give me no […]
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, UFC | No Comments
ESPN the Magazine has a piece up about Fedor Emelianenko’s current free agency situation. Fedor’s agent, Apy Echteld, had this to say on a potential move to the UFC:
“We’re open to a discussion,” says Echteld. “If everybody is willing to put a little wine in the water, then we have something to work with. There […]
March 9th, 2008 | Posted in UFC | 1 Comment
MMAFightline’s Tim Ngo has an interesting news bit up today about the potential of Tito Ortiz signing with EliteXC after his contract expires with the UFC. Apparently there is “talk” that Ortiz will sign with the organization based on a post Ortiz made on MMA.TV’s underground forums.
Tito’s post simply said “Findlly Dana is shown for […]
March 4th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, UFC | 1 Comment