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Dana White on Setanta Sports; Confirms Some Rumors, Dispells Others
Feb 20, 2009 - 4:00 pm ET | 47 Comments
Dana White on Setanta Sports; Confirms Some Rumors, Dispells Others

This morning UFC President Dana White appeared on Setanta Sports, to promote tomorrow’s UFC 95, as well as talk about some of the recent announcements coming out of the UFC and some of the upcoming events. You can follow the above link to the Setanta site to view the full video, but some of [...]

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Dana White Calls De La Hoya-Pacquiao “A Bad Day For Boxing”
Dec 8, 2008 - 8:37 am ET | 43 Comments
Dana White Calls De La Hoya-Pacquiao “A Bad Day For Boxing”

UFC President Dana White attended Saturday’s lopsided victory by Manny Pacquiao over a clearly-outmatched Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas, then discussed the event with Yahoo! Sports:
“Did you see the production? And that was HBO. Maybe they should give us some of their Emmys. The pacing was awful. There was no energy in the [...]

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Dana White To “Test The Waters” With Gina Carano; Hopes To Invade Canada
Nov 19, 2008 - 3:01 pm ET | 21 Comments
Dana White To “Test The Waters” With Gina Carano; Hopes To Invade Canada

After expressing his interest in hosting a match between Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, UFC President Dana White has now gone a step further, stating that he might actually be ready to sign Gina Carano, the “Face of Women’s MMA” to the WEC as sort of a trial run:
“Gina Carano is a star, I [...]

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Dana White Criticizes US vs. UK Ultimate Fighter Format
Nov 4, 2008 - 10:52 am ET | 34 Comments
Dana White Criticizes US vs. UK Ultimate Fighter Format

In a recent interview with The Sun, UFC President Dana White offered sharp criticism of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, which is slated to feature a United States vs. United Kingdom format.
“I said from day one I hate the UK v USA idea. It’s dumb, I don’t like it — it’s not USA [...]

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Dana White Likes Nick Diaz, Still Dislikes Hollywood Agents
Oct 29, 2008 - 12:51 pm ET | 25 Comments
Dana White Likes Nick Diaz, Still Dislikes Hollywood Agents

Ah, Dana White. Lover of all things controversial, hater of all things that could benefit a fighter.
Earlier in the week White appeared on a segment of Tapout Radio, where the UFC President all but confirmed his interest in former EliteXC lightweight champion and UFC veteran, Nick Diaz. Dana cited one minor issue [...]

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Dana White Offers Kimbo Slice Spot on The Ultimate Fighter
Oct 28, 2008 - 9:50 am ET | 80 Comments

During the post-UFC 90 press conference UFC President Dana White offered Kimbo Slice a spot on an upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, but cast doubt that Slice, who recently suffered the first loss of his career to TUF veteran Seth Petruzelli, would emerge victorious from the heavyweight tournament.
“He can be on The [...]

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Dana White Speaks: Couture’s Possible Return and The Unlikely Fedor-Couture Rumors
Dec 1, 2007 - 10:48 pm ET | 45 Comments

Earlier this week, Dana White was a guest on the Dave Carmichael show, a sports talk radio show in Sacramento. According to many people in the industry, Dave has a good reputation with Dana White and has been able to get some great interviews for several years from Dana White. A few interesting little tidbits [...]

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