Dana White: I will not walk away from MMA
Posted on September 16, 2012, 02:12 PM by Anton Gurevich
Dana White shared thoughts about the recent chain of events in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, from the cancelled card in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Jose Aldo's withdrawal from the long-anticipated encounter with Frankie Edgar in Brazil. White declared he's committed to the sport, and not even considering the possibility of announcing "retirement".
To prove he still has what it takes to go toe-to-toe with competitors, UFC President ridiculed Bellator's upcoming reality show on Spike TV. White accused Bjorn Rebney's promotion of copying the Ultimate Fighting Championship product, claiming that Bellator have no tools to catch-up with the UFC. To sum things up, Uncle Dana promised that the Ultimate Fighting Championship will shock the world again in two years time.
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"The past month has been a [expletive]," White told MMAjunkie.com. "Canceling our first event and then all the stuff going on in Brazil. But I don't ever think about walking away.
"The way that I look at this thing is I made a commitment, and I'm committed to this. I know what we can do and the things that we're working on – and this might sound f------ egotistical as hell, but it's what I believe – I believe that if I walk away from this thing, I believe it won't happen. I love this s---."
"That Meniere's thing put me down for like four days, and that's it. I've been cranking ever since. I won't let it. … It ain't going to stop me. Nothing's going to stop me."
"We're going to shock the world again in the next two years. When you see these other organizations pop up, they basically copy everything that we do. Now the talk is that Bellator is going to do a reality show. Wonder what that reality show is going to look like and what it's going to be like? Because they have so much f------ fantastic original programming on Spike TV. I can just imagine what they came up with. But they're going to be going in one direction, the copy-the-UFC direction, and then we're shaking s--- up. We're going to change how everything works again in the next two years."
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why the hell would he give up. thats just stupid. oooooh a minor setback in the ufc so QUIT DANA! JUST QUIT DAMNIT! whos asking him questions like that?
Dana is like that Uncle you love to hate..comes to Christmas dinner, gets hammered...hits on your Mom (his sister), keeps kicking the dog when he gets close... but the things he says are as funny as shit.
epliogue the dog pissed on his head while he was sleeping it off in the tipped over Christmas tree and crushed presents.
@dropkick..
Sounds like a tough childhood - glad you kept your sense of humor.
I don't know about anyone else, but i didn't ask, i told.
Dana should quit while he is ahead, the UFC is going down hill, FAST!
Bellator > UFC
Boxing > MMA
Fuji Television > Spike TV > Fox
Pride never die....
Nobuyuki Sakakibara > Dana White
Yakuza >>>
'WE ARE ALL ONE!' - Genki Sudo
sarcasm or stupidity?
Flashback...Genki Sudo was one of my favorite fighters. Along with Igor Vovchanchyn(the Giant Killer)
You make great music.
Like Rogan says it everytime on weigh-ins "Without him none of this would be possible"
And i agree 100%, even though he is an asshole here and then. But i guess u gotta be sometimes if you run the hole thing.
Nonetheless why should he quit? Makes no sense at all.
Spot on the money there mate
Dana has reportedly made $250M from running the UFC and people think he is going to quit when he has finally got it on FOX? Lets get real with these questions.
For the love of the sport and the millions of dollars, DW aint qutting anytime soon.
please,do the sport a favor and Quit dana!!
You didn't read, ****head. Not only is Dana *not quitting*, but he's coming on with a vengeance.
Dictator Dana has done his job by putting the UFC on the map, but now someone else needs to take it to the next level. I hope the Fertittas realize that rather sooner than later. It's time for Dana to go.
Totally agree with UG here. I feel like Dana was the all publicity is good publicity kind of president for the UFC. There is no doubt that Dana HELPED bring MMA this far but anyone can see it's at a standstill if not falling off a little. I have been a fan of the sport for close to a decade and I am the least passionate now than I have ever been about the sport. In my opinion there needs to be more consistency in the sport. I really can't stand Dana letting someone talk their way to a title shot or up the rankings. And good can it be for a president of an organization constantly bad mouthing some of his employees? It's getting ridiculous. I believe someone needs to come in to keep the sport legitimate and keep it moving forward.
And sorry bout those Jets UG.... they got killed! Go 9ers!
It's a sad day to be a JETS fan, Jap. Lmao, we did get killed, sad but true.
Pride was great was destroyed Strikeforce was puting some good cards destroyed who did that.Dana didnt do shitt for the sport is all Casino money power who
are desroing MMA
MMA is the future of combat sport with or without Dana White and for MMA to grow this way was always just inevitable and never a question of if it would happen only when and who would profit from it.
Dana White retires today and pretty much nothing changes tomorrow and what void he leaves is filled in a matter of days.
I really don't understand where this worship of Dana White comes from, it's like people think that if the Ford family never made cars then people would still be using horse and cart in America, or maybe if Bill never made windows we'd all still be typing in dos. Hell if the UFC died as an organization within a years time (at most) the void would be filled.
Supply and demand people, where this is a demand people will find a way to supply it.
MMA is the future of combat sport with or without Dana White and for MMA to grow this way was always just inevitable and never a question of if it would happen only when and who would profit from it.
Dana White retires today and pretty much nothing changes tomorrow and what void he leaves is filled in a matter of days.
I really don't understand where this worship of Dana White comes from, it's like people think that if the Ford family never made cars then people would still be using horse and cart in America, or maybe if Bill never made windows we'd all still be typing in dos. Hell if the UFC died as an organization within a years time (at most) the void would be filled.
Supply and demand people, where this is a demand people will find a way to supply it.
If Dana quits, it's a good chance UFC will never be as entertaining outside the fight scenes....so why quit, there's no reason at all I don't even know why it would be even suggested for the most part he does a great job...I rather see him than some guy acting all business with a suit on talking all politely like its been scripted or reading of a teleprompter
True. He will run towards it with his hands down and chin up until someone finally catches him.
Dana White won't stop working until 1 billion dollars is sitting in his bank account.
Pretty embarrassing reading the comments on this article, some guys seem to think the UFC runs itself.
There is no doubt Dana White has been great for MMA. I do think it is taking it's toll on him. The stress and pressure of it all year after year. It can't be easy facing the media constantly, especially to explain fight cancellations and injuries. Then there's the rant he went o spazzing out and passing blame for the canceled card on to Jon Jones when it was clearly the promoters responsibility. I think the stress is catching up to him and I think eventually he is going to lose his mind and become this Vince Mcmahon type character boss.