Dana White goes guns blazing against Fedor and M-1 Global on Twitter

Ppl need to calm down if they get this offended by wat 1 person thinks....personally I find this really funny Fedor is still one of the best fighters ever but tweet wars r hilarious

I dont think they get offened by what is said as much as who is saying it, that the president of the biggest mix fight organiztions in the world, it is extremely unprofessional and immature to say some of the things he is saying, and he probably thinks he being tough or whatever but in the end this is one of the reason mix fight is having trouble being legalized in certain places, because the UFC president thats trying to get it legalized is telling people to take Fedor Emelianenkos ball out of there mouth

Thats what I've been saying about why MMA is not legalized in New York. Dana ****ing White. What a dumb ass bastard spouting immature things like that, especially about a fighter who is humble, nice and overall a good person. He hypes of Crock Lesnar to be this big bad ass, but sadly cannot give Fedor an ounce of respect for his achievements.

And I wouldnt doubt that if these statements ever get into the major publics eye that something will be said that someone else got ahold of Danas twitter, but we'll see I was more confused than anything, I mean I know he hates Fedor but seriously do you have any class at all? he just lost his second fight in a row and stated theres a good chance he'll retire so Dana thinks the right thing to do is insult him?

are u really that dumb and ignorant? dana and the ufc are the only reason mma is legal in as many places as it is. do u see strike force trying to go to new places? no. mma is legal in ontario where i live now because of dana white. like him or hate him dana has done more for mma than about any other single human on the planet. think about what u say before going on an angry rant next time

i dont understand why so many ppl think dana white is good for the sport!! hope more MMA writers/sites see that problem!!!

No one should get offended by Dana anymore and it's not like he's ever been professional. The guy says what he feels and I guess there is nothing wrong with that. I don't like the guy but respect what he has going on. His business is thriving and he is cutthroat.

ur correct dana white is not good for mma ! coker is a better pres, and businessmen. its just a nother example of what i am tryn too say! sum day dana is going too be screw up in a big big way! its coming!

coker is the biggest dumb ass I know........you cant compare is business sense to Dana's

oh my god. twitter! relly? this is the gayest shit evr! twiter wars. setling it like all badases do. yah rite.

best business man of all times in my opinion

Fedor was one of the best. he kinda lost that claim in the past 3-4 years taking only a few fights against less then stellar competition and losing a couple times.



Danas kinda right. fedor was one of the hottest communities in MMA and he he didnt cash in as much as he could have. It seemed like fedors people thought he was bigger then the sport. but while he was waiting for big checks the sport was getting bigger, stronger and richer with out him.



Fedor nearly ruled the sport for a decade. Id be surprised to see him win against the elite in this decade.

Dana White is a complete asshole and has little to no respect for anyone who doesn't directly benefit him in some way.



He's been extremely important for the sport and has done soo many great things, but at the end of the day, he carries himself more like an immature and childish high school bully who would kick dirt in your face when you're down, then a business professional.



He's spiteful, pessimistic, arrogant and probably the most unprofessional business man I've ever encountered. I'll never deny what he's done for the sport and I agree with him on a lot of subjects and topics, but tonight... He crossed the line.



Fedor is the living, breathing example of how an athlete should carry themselves. He has NEVER asked for fame, popularity, success or recognition. The man has been at multiple disadvantages his entire career and yet he has still managed to cement himself as the best and most accomplished fighter in MMA history.



He disrespects NO ONE, he loves his family, his friends and he fights for honour, pride and for the love of sport. Fedor is more than a fighter to me, he's a role model. If I can one day become the gracious, kind humble man that he is... I would feel very proud.



It was obvious tonight that he was not himself and was not the Fedor of old. It was sad to see him dominated, but ultimately... No one defeated him, because in both loses, he defeated himself.



Fedor accomplished all of his victories with his mind, his ability to focus and think quickly is what gave him an advantage and ultimately a victory over all of his opponents. He lost to Werdum and to Silva because it seems that he just simply wasn't able to achieve the same mental focus he once had.



I will NEVER forget what he's done and who he is. And I will NEVER forget the words Dana White chose to speak ,about a legend of the sport whom every fighter seems to respect unanimously.



Dana will go to hell when all is said and done and Fedor will be smiling next to God in the afterlife.

I agree that Fedor was a great example of a person and for how a fighter should carry themselves.



With that said, I dont know very many people at all who would not agree that his management was completely handled the wrong way.



If you look again, Dana was actually taking shots at Fedors management and his rabid fanboys, not the man himself. And lets be honest - everyone here was probably upset with Fedors management at one time or another.



So I would try not to get too offended.

Not only I "sharped" your comment, I liked it so much that I copy/pasted it in a text file!

Dana tried to work something out with the "baddest man on the planet" and got denied... UFC's only real competition is Strikeforce and their claim to fame is comtemplating hanging up his gloves...



Do you really expect Dana to jump into bed with Fedor at the end of his career cause he is such a great fighter? Give him respect? Or take advantage of the opportunity?



I'm not sure what kind of big business you've taken part in, but it can be as cut throat as it gets. If you can eliminate or push your competition down for profits, chances are you'd do it too. Large scale business professionals are bullies... 9 times out of 10.



I think Fedor is the GOAT and I don't blame Dana for his comments... hes's just promoting! (Like it or not)

I agree with that completely, I've never been happy with his management.



But Dana tweeting smiles when the greatest legend of the sport has taken a beating and practically announced his retirement and his lack of willingness to continue is just inappropriate.



Yesterday was nothing but one of the saddest and most historic days in MMA history. There are certain fighters that you should never look forward to losing because they are outstanding human beings and deserve respect... Randy Couture, Mirko Crocop, Vitor Belfort, Georges St. Pierre and above all Fedor Emelianenko.

DANA ARE YOU AN STRIKEFORCE FAN NOW????

i tot he was about fedor being mismanaged! i tihnk ill give it a whilebeofre i comment again on any of this though haha his passionate fans will be on the rampage for a while

Arent only two of those twits from dana??

I wonder if Dana paid for his PPV or if he watched it on a stream. In either case it says a lot.

It was not PPV...

yes it was on ppv

as well on showtime

Dana is just a flaming asshole

be4 i even read this article just want too say DANA WHITE your a no good hooker for the ufc! ass hole!

What a role model Dana is and also a professional, the guy is nothing but a fraud, he never achieved anything in boxing so he had to be a aerobics instructor, and yet he has spend an incredible amount of time bashing a legend like Fedor, this guy is joke...

I be honest, with the exception of Fedor, Overeem, GSP, Cain, and Anderson Silva. MMA sucks. The rest of Strikeforce and UFC fighters all suck. I can't stand watching them with the exception of the fighters above. It is JOKE. Everyone can put gloves on and train to fight. NOT EVERYONE can put the helmet on and play football. When these fighters are gone the sport will suck. Gayna, has NO hope of EVER out dooing football. The Sport will NEVER evolve in America because of football and the Bowl Championships and the NCAA TOurney.



I will say Kudos to Strikeforce on the GP tourney. I think the doctors rang the bell too early on Fedor. In the GSP/Koscheck fight they let Kosheck keep fighting. I know it was a different doctor and a different country they fought in. It turned out to that Fedor only had a swollen eye NOT a broken orbital bone like Koscheck had.



Also Gayna (Dana White) is the worst thing that happen to MMA. The worst guy to run the UFC. Vince McMahon would make it main stream just like he did with the WWE. Everyone knew who Hulk Hogan was. NOT everyone knew who Brock, Randy Couture, or Cain is. Sad could of been good Dana, but you couldn't sign Fedor.



Whether Fedor is done or not MMA sucks. I am not a doctor, but I have seen some orbital bone break over the year. If it was broke you could see a definant dispostion of the eye socket. I told my brother when they were checking that it was not and it was just swollen I bet from a lasseration. Turns out I was right. Again, they let Koscheck fight with a broken orbital, Fedor just had a swollen eye.

Fedor said it best himself, "when my career is over it will be the UFC who are sorry, not me"

exceot thats not true at all cos ever since dana offered him MASSIVE amounts of money and prestige and m-1 turned him down out of greed, fedors lost twice, once to a ufc reject and the second time to a guy whose biggest career win up to that point had been arlovski on a 3 fight losing streak....hmmmm im not sure danas that sorry, strikeforces biggest draws keep losing

except Werdum was not a UFC reject, he just did not wanted to take a salary cut down, also Silva will smash most of the UFC HW....

well he demanded more money after a crippling loss, what did he think was gonna happen? he was a mid-level HW, and i agree with you that silva would smash MOST of the HWs, but not the top ones like cain, jds carwin and even brock...the way i see it of strikeforces HWs, overeem would smash everybody in the ufc but no other strikeforce HW would get the belt

Silva is as big as Brock and more skilled. I would bet on Silva.

i think it would be a hard fight to call, but you wouldnt say bigfoot would crush him would you?

i do agree about the mismanagement part....but that's it.

Fedor to me is still a hero for who he is and what he's acheived in MMA. I wish Fedor the best of luck with what he wants to do from here.

I wonder what M-1's future holds without Fedor?

its absolutely sickening that this **** is taking shots at fedor when he just announced a possible retirement..



Fedor will go down in the history books as the greatest of all time in mma, whether Dana White likes it or not.



**** Dana, **** Zuffa.



Thank you Fedor for bringing me into mma, thank you for all the great fights and the good memories, thank you for everything. You have made your fans and your supporters proud.

Why was he the greatest of all time in MMA. keep in mind, te ömg hiz record"argument is played out especially if you don't actually want to discuss the quality of the opponents or circumstances of the actual matches.



greatest heavyweight of all time im alright with though.

i dont think hell go down as the greatest of all time

What exactly do you mean by quality of opponents and who do you think is good haha?

It's more than likely that he has no clue how severely dangerous and dominant, Crocop, Mark Hunt, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman and Nogueira were.



Few have beat Nogueira in his prime let alone beat him in his own guard 3 times. No one could defeat Crocop in his prime and he was the most feared striker in MMA and Fedor defeated him standing up.



At the end of the day... You're an idiot.

Yea..crocop and nog were the only two people worth mentioning on that list. At the end of the day, you're an idiot for talking about randleman or coleman like they wouldn't get chewed up and spit out by decent fighters today.



And ofcourse..they do, and don't say it's because they aren't in their prime.

While Dana does go too far when it comes to Fedor, I feel hes right about M1. In my opinion, and probably a lot of people's opinion, they really held Fedor back. Imagine the fights we could have seen if M1 wasn't picking and choosing who Fedor fought? Oh well what could've been. Props to one of the best to ever do it.

What's else can you expect from DW regarding Fedor? DW is probably kissing BigFoot's picture with many thanks!

Silva did very well. He beat the legend!

Fedor is still the best fighter of the decade by all MMA publishers, like it DW or not. In 10 years, nobody would remember who DW was, but everybody will remember who Fedor was. Time will show.

Dana White can suck my balls

Dana shows he has no class, taking pot shots a fighter right after he looses, and not just any fighter, the most dominant this sport has seen. He's no better than an ignorant kid typing away comments behind his computer. You know ali lost his last couple as did tyson before retireing, luckyly they didn't have this idiot with a soapbox to let them hear about it.

Definitely no class. I start liking him less and less everyday.

m-1 f****d him guys, after he made great efforts to try make a deal happen, and m-1m have taken their fair share of pot shots, so dont think danas the only guilty party here

Where is the evidence that any deal was ever made that was good? All you have on that is Dana's word and that isn't worth a damned thing.

i'm a big fedor fan and have been for years, but i don't get upset over what dana white says about him and his fans, i think dana is a funny guy.

I'd like to see an independent video where the interviewer asks every relevant fighter in the ufc who the greatest fighter of all time is, I guarantee most all would say fedor. I'd like to sit dana down and video tape his reaction to seeing that.

He will call them jackasses for not knowing better and then fire them. That's the reason I liked Tito. He wasn't scared to call out his boss. Much like Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince.

LOL

Reason all this is going on is probably cuz they had such sour negotiating issues in the past that dana will bad mouth him for that reason, hes more of a business man than a fan. which is how a president should be. bottom line is fedor was the greatest in any organization IN the pride era. but the sport has evolved since then and honestly he doesnt have a relevant spot in the HW division anymore. He should of moved to LHW years ago, when he was still in his prime. Even now he could, but i believe hes lost his drive. Fact is everyone gets old, and new people will allways be taking over the sport. Fedor was and is ONE of the greats of the sport, but can never say he is the greatest.

Dana White is a duchebag! He is paying some of his fighters 5000-6000$ per fight. That's not even enough to fly in your team if you are from Europe. And in a meanwhile he is showing off his car collection and betting 20k on basketball games.

Wow Dana White is about as mature as spoiled teenage girl, seriously I find it hard to believe just how pathetic some of those comments really are. I didn't like Dana much before but did Scott post about how terrible Brock Lesnar is after his loss? No I don't think so.



Fedor is a warrior, you win some lose some and Fedor again got a loss due to doctors stoppage. Sure this wasn't just a cut but I don't think Fedor was done.

fedor is a legend, the guy wanted to fight even with one eye.........we all know how dana is, if somebody is not in ufc then he is shit, if fedor was in ufc then dana would say yeah fedor is pfp king and he is the best fighter etc....so dont give dana attention because he is just a businessman

joe rogan on his twitter said "If Fedor retires I will always be a fan. He carried himself like a zen warrior, and he fought like a man possessed. Respect always. "



well said joe, respect.

snipers at the ready

Juvenile little man. He's gonna feel like an idiot the day he grows up.

Hahaha no he's not. He won't ever grow up because so many people support his behavior.

Point taken.

Dana White = Hypocrisy

First - my guy won; pretty funny. I think most and maybe even Fedor, his camp, SF and HBO probably looked past Bigfoot as having any chance, against The Emperor; my gut told me otherwise; I pick(ed) AO to win it all.



Secondly - if a guy like Fedor is going to lose, then may it be in a fight like this, because that was great. How Fedor survived that arm triangle is beyond me; that would have been in for anyone else, I could think of.



Just a straight-up Bravo to Fedor for a great fight and a ton of heart, taking a beating in a 10-8 second round and for the willingness to continue on. Also, Bravo to the doctor for stopping the fight. It was the right call.



As to Dana - again, classless. I love the vocabulary, for one; very professional. I know Scott Coker and other promoters speak that way. Moving on...I don't know what he's crowing about. SF just put on an incredible fight and a great card, as part of a tournament (something The UFC doesn't do) that will gain more interest as it goes. They now have a new "Giant" (literally) HW to market; yet another "serious" HW not under UFC contract / control. How do you think Bigfoot would fare in The UFC? I'd say, very bloody well. And Fedor...well, he is still Fedor and people are still going to want to see him fight.



About the only thing Dana has to crow about here, is that Fedor's market value and M1's relevance, just took another, bigger hit. However, on a personal level to Fedor, probably doesn't mean a great deal. And when you consider that he beats most, if not all, HW's in The UFC, what would Dana's point be?



My Card - I call this a solid 10-9 round for StrikeForce and Scott Coker, over The UFC. It could even be argued that it was a 10-8 round, with the ramifications of Bigfoot's dominant win.



Cheers to Scott Coker for a great fight.

Other than Fedor's fight, this card suxed. I agree Dana's an ass but Coker and M1 are not impressive by any means. First round KOs = mismatched garbage.



BTW, I had Silva too (and I'm no Fedor hater).

I thought it was a great card; I enjoyed it.



I'm no Fedor hater, either; just thought he was going to lose.



Cheers,



Wing Chun

I agree 100% especially on the great card.

I have lost no respect for Fedor. His accomplishments in the past decade are unparalleled. Now his time appears to be up. I have now lost all respect for Dana White. The guy is on the decline and this parasite finds pleasure in if. F\/(k DW.

you guys just all love to hate dana. you need someone to blame and hate. of course he was going to respond like this. people have attacked him about fedor for years. he knew fedor wasnt really as great as everyone thought. he WAS a good fighter but we all know he doesnt have it against top top guys

Shut up fag.

NO S#IT SHUT THE FUC UP

lol, So should people post a :) everytime one of dana's fighters lose? Dana is an idiot.

Dana's fighters all fight each other. You're an idiot.

I won't waste typing-time answering to Dana, I'll just say that he is not worthy to speak about Fedor. He is a man at the bottom of the evolution scale while Fedor is at top.



It is like a bug trying to hurt a Lion. It is just to small to reach it.

maybe he wouldn't mind being fedor's next opponent. fuuck dana

for some reason i get the feeling that there are a lot of fedor fan boys in here hmmm

^^ Dana white fanboy, his word is gospel!! u must obey!

Dana is the man

Haha you must be his cousin.

dayum it's just a businessman insulting the competition, calm down, it's not like he broke into your house on christmas eve and jizzed on your kids.. being a fedor fan used to be great, until it turned into a ****in cult.



also why do people say fedor fights for honour respect and love of sport when he's stated before that he only got into 'mixed-fighting' because he needed the paycheques.

dana should have respect!! , fedor still hung in there like a true warrior, the name of the fighter dosnt matter anybody who dosent give up deverves respect defeated or not.

Lets us accept that fedor has past his prime...that dana white is just a bitter guy who cannot have fedor to fight in his show...u saw the fight..nothing changes..people are just afraid of changes.. hard to accept but dana white is promoting UFC verry well..soon we will see the the fall of the reign of dana white.. we will just wait..every dog will have his day..

1) DW has no class and is an @55H01e. He is a promoter, what did you guys expect?



2) Fedor is a MMA fighter, and is one of the greatest of all (IMO).



3) Fedor has "NOT" evolved for the past 5 years or more and it showed this weekend.



4) Different "BREED" of HW/MMA fighters. Stronger and bigger. Training with the best strikers, BJJ, wrestlers, etc... ITS 2011 people!!!! If you are training the same way as if it was 2005, you are already at a disadvantage.

Another note... All those comments Dana made were responses to people that were giving him crap for posting a ":)".



WTF did people expect he was gonna post on his twitter??!!



He couldn't sign Fedor cause of M1 demands and ya... they don't like each other... get over it! Don't follow his twitter if you don't want his opinion!!!