Dana White Previews UFC 121, Fires Back at Frank Shamrock
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10/20/2010 11:02 PM ET By Ariel Helwani
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- Ariel Helwani
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LOS ANGELES -- MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White at the UFC 121 press conference about spending time with Vice President Joe Biden, the way the UFC 121 main event has been promoted, Jake Shields' UFC debut, whether Tito Ortiz still has what it takes to be a player at 205 and his thoughts on Frank Shamrock's recent comments about him.
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Dana and the UFC are awesome for soo many reasons. WANT SOME * GET SOME!
Somewhere Frank Mir just dropped his hair jell and said "I built this company also by submitting tank abbot " I am a legend of this sport"
Out of all the things Dana talked about they chose to title it "Dana White fires back at Frank Shamrock". Whatever man. He didn't fire back he answered a question with 1 minute left in the interview.
and that was the highlight of the interview. So why not put it in the title? ....uh huh.
uh huh
Just sayin it seems like maybe the Olympic comments or maybe the Kampmann comments, heck even saying that Fitch deserves a shot more than Kampmann is more important than Ariel trying to use some cheap jabs from the 2 guys to grab some viewers.
I know personally I'm gonna watch whatever interview Dana does so I can find out what's going on in the UFC. I don't care if Dana and frank call each other names. There's more important MMA news out there than just Ariel putting cables on the situation trying to add heat.
Helwani is such a patsy for White anyways. 10 minute interview? Might as well stroke White off too. Get real. And White is such a low-life. He states publicly that Shamrock came personally came to his office to try to work things out, then rants like an immature child while calling Frank every name in the book.
At least Shamrock acts like a professional in public.At least Shamrock spoke with poise and dignity when being interviewed about MMA in New York. Dana is jealous of anyone who he sees as a threat to his position in MMA. The real douche bag in this instance is White. What an uncouth, classless, self-centered, babyish moron! Shamrock was man enough to try to treaty with White face to face. White responds by verbally smearing the guy on national television.White is the loser in this one. Fool!
Frank Shamrock does come off as two faced and not that great of a guy. He was a complete joke on the MMA Hour.
I just love how he speaks his mind. Name one other commissioner of a sport who does that.
Tell me what sport Dana is the commissioner of?
I wonder what Dana REALLY thinks of Frank?
Seriously tho, after the latest barrage of Shamrock's bitter washed-up nonsense he's been spewing and all of his bogus claims about his role in trying to get the sport legal in NY that was very satisfying to hear.
Dana is right about alot of the issues except for jake sheilds getting a title shot if he can beat martin kampman.There are others who should get the shot first like Jon Fitch he has earned his second shot after the thiago alves fight.Jake should have to earn his his place in the ufc its not strikeforce and to be honest i dont know really anybody who would buy a payperview to watch him fight hes not an entertaining fighter but it is what it is.
The pot callin the kettle black. Dana White is jus as two-faced. He goes back on his word all the time. UFC dont run freak shows, yup heres toney vs couture. Fitch is #1 contender, nope Shields is. Tito will never fight in UFC again, yup Tito's back. Hell, Paul Daley will probably be back in the next 2 yrs.
thinking that as well.
I also think it is kinda funny how he brings up Jake beating Dan Henderson. The same Dan Henderson he was trashing when Hendo decided to pack up and leave after being stripped of a title shot he earned after beating their UK prodigy (Mr. Bisping) in brutal fashion all after doing the Ultimate Fighter TV show. Of course Hendo left for probably many other reasons as well but that always stood out in my mind as probably a contributing factor.
Now that Henderson's name serves a purpose for him again (to hype Jake) he pretty much brings it up whenever he talks about Shields. As he should...because that is a great feat for Jake but it's just funny to see after all the sh*t talk he directed at Henderson after he left.
I don't think Dana is two faced, he is just passionate about how he feels at the moment. Sometimes he comes off like a hypocrite but that is what happens when you don't always make prepared statements like every corporate douche that runs a company. As much as people hate on Dana if there were more guys like him in charge of other sports it would make things better.
Dana is two faced, but then again he is the president of a buisness, and I think for the most part its kind of a requirement of that job. He isn't paid to be a nice guy; he's paid to run the UFC. Whether you like him or not, agree with what he does or not, he's done a pretty damn good job, along with Joe Silva, of turning the UFC into not only the premier MMA organization on the planet, but a force in the sports world.
I not debatin what he has done, I'm jus pointin the fact that he always calls people out when he aint no better.
Dana your a stud! Tell it like it is...I saw the Frank interview and Frank seems to go round and round with his answers to Ariel's questions. I'd like to see if Frank denies trying to squash it with Dana. Ask him at the next Strikeforce event Ariel!
Word!
Dana white has gone down alot in my oponion. UFC should not be political especially when it comes to supporting morons like Harry Reid and Joe Bidden. Stick to putting on UFC fight cards Dana. Unless you want to ailenate your fans that are on the other side of the isle from socialsts like Obama, Reid and Bidden.
he wasnt picking political sides. he was out talking to ppl about the importance of voting. of course who ever is in office is gonna be gettin these celebs to give these kinda speeches because a great number of ppl in the country do not vote and then complain about wins