UFC's Dana White Has No Problem With Bellator...Yet |
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FastKnockout
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 525-315
Season: 16-8 (#1027)
Location: Mississippi
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Dana White is a ruthless competitor and that's certainly not a bad thing. The world of combat sports promotion has always been cutthroat and always will be. Dana and the rest of the management at the UFC are competitive and they've used that drive to become the big winners in the MMA field.
Dana talks about his feelings on competitors and why he has no beef with Bellator in this MMA Weekly video.
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Post #1 10/14/11 2:49:12PM
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Chael_Sonnen
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 521-343
Season: 17-7 (#819)
Location: Mean Street Pizza
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Absolutely love Bellator 
Not a fan of MTV2 with no HD option 
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Post #2 10/14/11 3:21:11PM
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KungFuMaster
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 244-207
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Central California
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He said the same thing about Strike Force and look what happened to it.
On never-mind - there is no Strike Force. What was I thinking?
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Post #3 10/14/11 4:51:55PM
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Twenty20Dollars
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 847-533
Season: 0-0 (#-)
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UFC shouldn't have a problem with Bellator.
Bellator has it's own problem with the tourney's and the lack of title fights. They are going to have to change or expand a little.
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Post #4 10/14/11 5:20:04PM
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Bustamante-Aoki
MMA Regular
Career record: 645-425
Season: 14-10 (#1377)
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Why do people still believe anything Dana says? Dana could say the sky is green and people would believe it.
Why is UFC counter-programming them, if they have no problem with Bellator?
And I disagree that Dana's ruthlessness is a good thing.
Bloody Elbow is a sad excuse for journalism.
Last edited 10/14/11 8:12PM by bustamante-aoki
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Post #5 10/14/11 8:11:54PM
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MODulation
Career record: 953-574
Season: 19-5 (#434)
Location: Portlandia
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He ought to love Bellator. They are his best defense to the anti-trust investigation.
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Flame Not, Lest Ye Be Flamed Yourself.
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Post #6 10/14/11 8:33:08PM
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quezocrema0032
In Full Mount
Career record: 971-527
Season: 17-7 (#794)
Location: Yonkers NY
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Posted by Bustamante-Aoki
Why do people still believe anything Dana says? Dana could say the sky is green and people would believe it.
Why is UFC counter-programming them, if they have no problem with Bellator?
And I disagree that Dana's ruthlessness is a good thing.
Bloody Elbow is a sad excuse for journalism.
While I do agree with the last part of your post, please explain to me when the ufc counter programs bellator ? If that was the case we would have mma every weekend. And if your referring to ufc unleashed on saturday nights then thats spikes call, which I doubt they would do seeing how there backing bellator
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Post #7 10/14/11 11:18:09PM
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KungFuMaster
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 244-207
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Central California
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Pride - oh how I missed Pride.
Strike Force - what a pity.
Bellator - you have my condolences.
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Post #8 10/15/11 1:36:55AM
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ThaAxeMurderer7
MMA Sensei
Career record: 768-498
Season: 15-9 (#1167)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Yea, I'm pretty sure that Bellator won't be going away anytime soon. Trust me. 
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Post #9 10/15/11 3:44:15AM
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Human/Sloth Hybrid
Career record: 627-390
Season: 20-4 (#127)
Location: Dartmouth, NS
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In all fairness to Dana, he generally doesn't get agressive with other orgs until they try to directly stick their fingers in his pie. JMMA orgs don't interest Dana until they try to hold shows on US soil like Pride did near their end. Dana was actually very complimentary about Strikeforce until they signed Fedor and tried going head to head with the UFC. Affliction tried to go toe to toe with the UFC from the start and look how well that turned out. Bellator, MFC, Dream, Shark Fights, etc. are all smalltime orgs that aren't trying to cut into the UFC's share of the pie.
In the end you have to understand that Dana is the president of the company and it is his job to protect his company's interests. I can't fault the man for being good at his job.
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Post #10 10/15/11 6:26:40AM
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FlashyG
MMA Sensei
Career record: 913-492
Season: 17-7 (#505)
Location: Toronto
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Its not like any of these companies were forced to sell to Zuffa. At some level or another all the entities that Zuffa has acquired have been mismanaged.
They simply purchase the remnants of orgs running on fumes and give the fighters a new place to continue their careers.
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Post #11 10/15/11 10:01:08AM
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