Dana White's UFC 101 State of the UFC

1. Steven [Aug 7, 2009]

Dana the man love the guy UFC won't be the same without him. Anderson said that he has no intension of a title fight at 205 and doesn't want to fight machida because he his good friend and they are both managed by the same managment. But man that would be the baddest fight on the planet.

2. david [Aug 7, 2009]

love dana white! agree with what he said about fedor

3. Ian [Aug 7, 2009]

Loved how the guy called Dana hot for offering him a supposed 6 fight / 30 million deal, when he's not even in the discussion for #1 P4P. Haha. Good stuff. Can't argue with Dana that he was fighting he best opponents 3-4 years ago, but he still beat TWO former UFC Heavyweight Champs in his last two fights and was about to defeat a 3rd.

4. fedorBeatsUpJapaneseSoupCans [Aug 7, 2009]

D.White is the only president of a business id have a pint with. Fedor is a great fighter but has no interest in western philosophies of whos the best. I hate the fact he aint fighting in the ufc , but lets not give him any more pub and we wont have to worry about this shit lmao. If arlovski doesnt go for that fn flying knee we aint talking bout fedor. Strikeforce I hope blows up and makes bank but I cant see it Fedor is a mma promotion killer!

5. fedorBeatsUpJapaneseSoupCans [Aug 7, 2009]

D.White is the only president of a business id have a pint with. Fedor is a great fighter but has no interest in western philosophies of whos the best. I hate the fact he aint fighting in the ufc , but lets not give him any more pub and we wont have to worry about this shit lmao. If arlovski doesnt go for that fn flying knee we aint talking bout fedor. Strikeforce I hope blows up and makes bank but I cant see it Fedor is a mma promotion killer!

6. [Aug 9, 2009]

Fedor is quite possibly the most overrated fighter in the world. If Fedor was a true competitor he would fight the best and real fight fans should know that the last 2 former UFC champs Fedor beat were washed up guys. There is no way anyone in there right mind that understands MMA can say that Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia are in their prime. If Fedor beats Brock Lesnar, Randy Couture, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin, Cain Valesquez then he can claim to be the best currently. Fedor has won some big fights but to be the best you should fight the best.

7. fedorBeatsUpJapaeseSoupCans-is-CLUELESS [Aug 10, 2009]

GET REAL! Have you seen any of Fedor's fights? Fedor tries to put on a great show in his fights. If you've watched many of Fedor's fights in the past, then you would have noticed that Fedor looks like he may lose in many fights, but Fedor always finds a way to win and he usually finishes the fight in the end! That is one of the factors that make him so exciting. Fedor is a humble man and a class act! I have been watching him since the beginning of his career and I have NEVER heard him insult anyone or speak ill of ANYONE! Fedor is a true gentleman and a true martial artist!....BTW...Dana White has a foul mouth, and Dana is a backstabber; Dana's disgusting and childish behavior makes a juvenile delinquent look like a scholar. If Dana really wants to see the best fighters fight, then WHY doesn't he let LESNAR fight Fedor in another promotion?? Answer: Dana is a selfish prick and he doesn't care about the best fights, Dana wants all of the other promotions to go bankrupt and Dana wants the UFC to be a Monopoly!!!

8. Thetruth [Aug 10, 2009]

The deal breaker for FEDOR is the fact that the UFC will not co-promote with M1 Global!!So why not let the best UFC fighters, fight outside of the UFC for one fight? Chuck Liddell fought RAMPAGE in Pride -this was way back when the UFC did NOT own PRIDE! Geuess what: Chuck LOST to RAMPAGE in PRIDE!! So why not let the UFC Heavyweight Champ fight outside of the UFC for ONE fight and then see who is the real HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP?? Dana is afraid of the truth!! FEDOR IS THE TRUE CHAMP AND DANA KNOWS IT!!!Dana doesn't want everyone to know that FEDOR is the true Champ because FEDOR does not belong to the UFC!!!

9. Amen to that [Aug 10, 2009]

Also, Andrei Arlovski is only 30 years old and Tim Sylvia is only 33 years old. And, Fedor defeated and finished Heath Herring in Pride, but Brock could not finish Herring in the UFC. In addition, Heath Herring admitted that he underestimated Brock Lesnar and that he took Lesnar lightly when he fought against him.

10. Dana is a douchebag [Aug 10, 2009]

Prior to Andrei Arlovskis fight with Fedor, Dana White admitted that he mismanaged Andrei Arlovski and Dana said that he regetted that AA left the UFC! Dana also admitted that Tim Sylvia was a legitimate HW contender, but after Fedor crushed both of these guys, Dana changed his tune and he called them easy matches for anyone in the HW division.... Dana is an inconsistent, arrogant jerk. He even admitted that he doesn't like to read in this interview!! It's no wonder that he can't even speak without cursing all of the time.

11. jacob kennedy [Aug 11, 2009]

i'm beginning to think that fedor is an idiot savant, he barely ever speaks for himself, was a brilliant fighter, can't say about now because he hasn't had a serious fight in years, and picked a promotion that probably won't be around in 4 years

12. jacob kennedy [Aug 11, 2009]

i'm beginning to think that fedor is an idiot savant, he barely ever speaks for himself, was a brilliant fighter, can't say about now because he hasn't had a serious fight in years, and picked a promotion that probably won't be around in 4 years

13. BrutalKO [Aug 11, 2009]

...Dana talking trash about Fedor & Strikeforce was only done because Fedor didn't sign. Dana mentions money (no surprise there). Fedor doesn't care about money. Dana was simply jealous because the most sought after fighter in the world he couldn't get. Dana wants his cake & eat it too. Life doesn't work that way. If Fedor did sign with the UFC, they would be teabaggin' him with massive promotion, money & hype. You don't have to be an MIT student to figure that out. Putting down Fedor was a low-class move by Dana. He stated that Strikeforce has no competition for Fedor? I guess Brett Rogers isn't? He's a top 10 HW now. Wait until Antonio Silva comes out of hiding. "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising yourself". Will Durant

14. Daddy [Aug 17, 2009]

Stop it Dana. Fedor wants to do a co-promotion deal as well. UFC would not do it and Strikeforce would and Dana is mad because Strikeforce did what Fedor asked. Its simple. With Dana saying that there is no one for Fedor to fight in Strikeforce, see Brett Rogers, see Alistar Overeem, and Antonio Silva. There have a few quailty HWs. Not as many as the UFC but the few that they have are top 10 fighters. Stop crying and bitching Dana, wait a year until Fedor\'s contract is up with Strikeforce, try to sign him then. By that time, Brock will be better. Fedor may still be undefeated and Randy will have probably retired by then, that way you don\'t have to let him fight Fedor first and kill the MegaFight with Fedor and Brock because Randy would be Fedor. Right it down.

15. Down to Business [Aug 22, 2009]

Brett Rogers is the only Fedor fight I would watch in Srikeforce. Werdum, Overeem, and Silva aren't going to be able to hang with him. Think of it this way, if Overeem is Strikeforces HW champ, then why the hell are they talking about Werdum fighting Fedor for his first fight?? As for the UFC not co-promoting, remember that shortly after the Liddell fought in Pride, the UFC changed that rule for marketability purposes. And who cares if Rampage beat him in Pride, he beat him in the UFC to. If the UFC co-promoted with M-1, they would give the impression that anyone can fight in the UFC. The only great fighters they would/could possibly bring in would be Fedor and Mousasi and they would likely have an exciting fighter with Aleksander. Other than that, they have no other fighters that are strictly within the M-1 domain. There is the possibility for King Mo to come in, but that’s it. The only reason Fedor wants a co-promotion is because he is now trying to be more of a business man than a fighter. With him being a co-owner of M-1, you can't really blame him, but it is on him as to what’s more important; being a good businessman, or being a great fighter and a true champion.

16. Daddy [Aug 24, 2009]

More power to Fedor. Get your money man. F whoever have a problem with it.

17. Down to the truth [Aug 27, 2009]

I agree with some of the things that "Down to Business" has said, but "Down to business" is missing the point when it comes to fighters who have fought outside of the UFC. The point is that the UFC does NOT have the best HW fighter in the world. Fedor is the best HW and he is not in the UFC. Most of us want to see Fedor in the UFC, but Fedor does not NEED to be in the UFC. Also, the point is that Dana does not admit the facts and he trys to distort the truth on many occassions. Dana keeps repeating his false statements about Fedor and others, over and ove again, but this does NOT make his fallacious statements true. This merely demonstrates Dana's LACK of INTEGRITY (business or no business). Many uscrupulous politicians use the same technique that Dana is using: repeating the same lies/distortions over and over again. Repeating the lies do NOT make them true, but too many people fall for them. If Anderson Silva was not in the UFC, then Dana would be discrediting Anderson Silva on a regular basis too.