UFC President Dana White is still not shy about unleashing his vitriol over the UFC 151 fiasco. After Dan Henderson suffered a knee injury three weeks out, that caused him to be pulled from the bill on just eight-days notice, it would eventually lead to the show’s undoing. Then incumbent number-one contender Lyoto Machida then turned down a fight with Jon Jones at UFC 152, leading to the eventual Jones-Belfort headliner. Well, according to Dana White, the champion went from having two number-one contenders to none as Henderson and Machida are now slated to face-off with one another.
“Machida should have taken the fight,” said White. “We’ve seen it, history always repeats itself. Look how long it took Rashad to fight for the title again. So you wanted to fight Jone Jones, you climbed up to the title fight and you don’t take it. Now you’re fighting f—— Dan Henderson. Now you might not even get to the f—— title again. You lose to Dan Henderson you’re not anywhere near Jon Jones.
You jump on opportunities when they’re available. You get a shot at the title, the biggest money fight you can be in, the highest profile fight you can be in. And if you win that f—— fight, the whole world changes overnight.”
While no official date has been set for the bout, the Team Quest product has stated that although not yet medically cleared, he may be in action by the end of the year.
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Dana is still bitching about this!? sheesh, if Lyoto took the fight and lost to jones which he most likely would on 8 days notice he would never get another title shot again. But moving on from that Dan Henderson vs Lyoto Machida sounds like a very interesting mach up and I can’t wait to see it.
Machida wasn’t going to fight Jones on 8 days notice. He was going to fight him at 152 like Belfort is.
DW: “You’re ranking is determined by my personal feelings instead of your talent or fighting record.” #businessasusual
Dana is turning into a dick,the fight cards are not what they used to be, and the ufc is turning into a soap opera. everyone should boycot the ufc for s few event, dont order the ppv’s, download them for free,and dont pay to see the fights live, by the time the nigh comes,it will be a totally diferent card.
Thqts what 75% of people do anyway. The cards haven’t started sucking, people simply don’t like fighting. They want every fight to end in 30 seconds with a sick KO. They don’t care about the technical aspects of the game. Fighters are what have changed. They used to one dimensional; either they boxed, wrestled, or had jiujitsu skills. Now they have all three and some. This makes the fights more boring. Why would a fighter go to the ground with a jiujitsu ace? They wouldn’t want to risk losing. Also there are so many more fighters now. If you lose then instead of being in the back of a 5 person line you may be behind 20 people. Fighters are smarter now. No fighter should turn down a title fight. Yes you may lose but you may also win or lose to a non-champion.
Yea I agree, now that the playing feild is much more even you don’t just see the best fighters running through their lower level opponents. Even some of the lowest level fighters in the UFC today are way more well rounded than some of the best fighters in MMA just 5 or ten years ago(just less known) and the only reason people want to cry so much is BECAUSE they dont know the up and coming fighters. People should right down when they think a card absoluteley sucks then watch the card, see if they feel the same way afterwards, and if the fights are really good which has happened before, and they still are mad then they arent mma fans they are just fans of watching “big names”
Hey I stopped paying for ufc a while ago, and its pretty good. I just don’t when when I ever want to start paying again. Maybe never.
If all as fans do as Leviathan306 does then the UFC goes bankrupt and then there are no fights at all anymore. Its funny how people who would never steal a physical object in the real world have absolutely no problem just stealing shit online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufWMFLjvDTQ … I had to.
hahaha nice work
ah, so he’s now putting part of the blame on Machida now, nice! Dana being Dana…..
I’m sorry, but didn’t Jones take his title fight against Shogun on 3 week notice? And was put on the spot right after a fight? I don’t like Jones at all anymore, but Machida should have taken the fight. That’s why he fought Bader… so he could earn another shot at the title.
Granted, I think Jones should have equally taken the fight with Chael. But what can ya do?
What kind of CEO/president publically laces each of his comments with a swear word?? And slams all of hos top talent?? This guy is a total idiot.
CEO of a fighting organization. It fits. You want Dana to wear suits and spray tan that bald head? Dana is the realest person in the UFC.
Trust us this current tirade is nothing new for DW.
It made him rich, didn’t it? He’s not too much of an idiot.
Haha as much as I hate Dana I admit he is freaking hilarious sometimes. It is true that Machida took a large, calculated risk by turning down a title fight on a month notice, and now he is in the brutal spot of facing Hendo. But IMO he will win, and if her doesn’t then he didn’t have a chance against bones anyway. Butt with that said, at least if he took the fight with bones a lucky win would’ve meant champion and redemption. Now it just means top contender. Maybe.
@vjpenn lol without a doubt bro
@drunkmunk perfect comparison to a soap opera.
@butters as much as I think its funny, you’re right its almost shockingly bizarre how childish the president of a billion dollar corporation can act. Him and the fertitas are the muscle heads at the club running a company on TV.
Its funny how people hate on Dana white so much for being real and wearing his heart on his sleeve , i guess some people like living in this world where most corporate leaders dress up in nice suits and ties and talk all sweet on camera with their carefully scripted speeches, but behind closed doors they are making back door deals to illegally expand their own bank accounts.
Being real doesn’t necessarily have to consist of spewing curse words and gangster talk in a reactive way every time something happens that he disagrees with. I personally like Dana, although I disagree with many things he says and does. He’s hilarious and I’m thankful he saved the Ufc because I live his style and energy. But there is such a thing as class and integrity. My main beefs with Dana are that he consistently has double standards, and will say, and perhaps worse, do things on utter whims, like throw any old fight together for the sake of the dollar. Personally I don’t mind the cussing, but macho/gangster/college kid act could potentially get old to some big fighters and sponsors over time. Maybe, maybe not. But I don’t care what industry you’re in, there is a way to treat people, and when you lose sight of your integrity bad things are surely to follow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muQXdxMmX8Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player
:D
Dana went off on Jim Rome when he found out about Jones’ comment that he felt like a ‘piece of meat’ and in a scrum after this he said he was more pissed about this comment than he was the canceling of the fight. He also totally trashed Greg Jackson again and blamed him for changing jones’ mind–white said that when he 1st called jones he seemed up for the fight.
Could u imagine if u had a boss and a company that took u from an unknown to a millionaire in just a few years when u are only 25, and then u say that u feel like a piece of meat.
You know I like both fighters J.J. and L.M. but are people forgetting including Dana that all this stress started with Jon not wanting to fight Chael. So what if he loses in his fight contract he negotiates a rematch if he loses. And that goes for leoto too. Why the hell if your affraif to fight someone then your not a good fighter you doubt yourself well then I fought you too and you need to go home and think about retirement.
He took the shogu n fight because it was for the title.. plain and simple like it or not he listened to his coaches and made the safe business choice for his career there is no real reason for him to take the fight on that kind of notice if he doesn’t feel comfortable.. just shows how seriously he takes fighting.