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Get Your Surprised Face On: Dana White Wasn’t Impressed with Strikeforce, Fedor


(Photo courtesy of FightMagazine.com, where total Midwest mark Neal Taflinger makes the case for more MMA shows in the Midwest. Weird.)

Sometimes – not often, but every once in a while – I really wish Dana White would change up his script just a little bit.  Nothing drastic.  He doesn’t have to call Shinya Aoki the world’s best lightweight or insist that there’s plenty of room for all promotions under the big tent of MMA.  But maybe just once he could offer a reaction to a competitor’s event that isn’t painfully predictable.  For instance, he could say that he enjoyed it, or even that he just totally forgot it was on.  You know, get passive-aggressive instead of aggressive-aggressive for a change. 

It may happen one day, but today is not that day.  When asked by the L.A. Times what he thought of Strikeforce, their ratings, and Fedor Emelianenko, it was like somebody had just pulled DW’s string:

“CBS would be out of their mind to put that rinky-dink [Strikeforce] . . . on the air again . . . and without that backing, [promoters] won't have the money to pay [Emelianenko]. …The guy just got his face smashed in by Brett Rogers. Do you know what Brock or Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez would do to Brett Rogers?  It's time to bring this guy [Fedor] in, to see Brock Lesnar smash his head.”

…and scene.  White never forgets a line, does he?  He manages to take a second-round TKO over an undefeated opponent on live network TV and turn it into proof that Fedor is a chump.  He could do this in his sleep, people.

But White wasn’t the only one toeing his personal party line.  Jerry Millen also got a chance to do his completely useless thing, and you can pretty much guess how it went:

“Fedor's not ducking anybody. If UFC wants to prove it has the best fighters, step up and co-promote. Fedor just wants to be treated fairly. The UFC business model is to own the souls of their fighters. Fedor doesn't have to do that, and if the fans scream loudly enough, we can make that happen.”

Ah, yes.  Co-promoting.  That’s where you give M-1 Global some money to do nothing of consequence aside from bringing Fedor with them, and then Millen shows up at your event acting like a used car salesman who just married rich.  How could the UFC resist?

The real bad news in all this is that Fedor may be out 4-6 months with “a fracture and tendon damage in his left thumb.”  Looks like you got some time to sort out your own personal “issues,” Overeem. Stay out of the nightclubs until then, won't you?

Comments

Dana is a dink.

"And Scene?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

End Scene!!!!!!

brock could possibly smash his face as dana puts it. But Frank Mir is a fucking chump, and Cain would probably lose as well. Either way yeah it would be cool to see fedor in the UFC, but if it prove Dana right I hope it never happens.

P.S. I think Brock would win but I don't think he's a better fighter, just a bigger better wrestler.

I still am positive that Dana made the right decision telling those russian assholes to fuck off. They wanted to co promote with the UFC soleley based on their one fighter, get a HUGE portion of the sales, and everytime the event would be announced it would be "M-1 Global and the UFC presents...", not counting that they wanted Goldie to say it the whole time. What tools, they just want to ride the money train of the UFC and expect to do nothing and get half the money. SOOO glad that the UFC turned down that ridiculous offer. What a fucking idiot Jerry Millen is, does he not realize that the co promoting would lose the UFC massive amounts of money? That is why he and whatever he does will fail. His real name is Gary Millen too, he switched his first name to Jerry because it sounds cool (!?) and really has no knowledge of the sport. Worthless douche.

is anyone surprised? there's not one iota of honest observation in it. fedor could walk on water and dana wd have a snide remark. cbs completely recovered from the EliteXC fiasco with this one, at least in terms of fight quality. they will for sure put on more events and fedor will obviously be a big part of several more. hopefully they learn how to promote outside their own yard next time...

How bad would "M-1 Global" sound if Fedor lost a fight. Fedor is still in the market for money, fighting is secondary. Eventually he will lose...it doesn't matter against who...but it will be ugly.

The dots are pauses. As in.......dumbass

Yeah, I think DW is full of shit. But you have to feel bad for him though, having to live with the fertitta's nuts in your mouth at all times. He has to take his aggression out on someone.Tsk tsk, and I love the ignorance when it comes to Fedor, and his skills. But Ignorance IS bliss so. G'day to you Blissfull fucks.

Fedor lives in a shithole apartment, just like I do. He drives a freaking toyota. He is in it for something, but it ain't the money or the fame. Anyone thinking he is ducking competition needs to sit down and watch his 30 + fights. He is the best (well above Brock and Cain in my eyes) but he surrounds himself with these leeches who guide him to their own ends, screwing our chances to see him fight the guys we want him to fight. Jerry Millen gives me diarrhea when I hear him talk. I think I saw not one, but two Rasputin clergy types ringside after the Rogers fight. Weird shit man, weird shit.

the whole strikeforce card was a huge joke, it was a bunch of mismatched boring ass fights, the only evenly matched fight ( sheilds vs. mayhem ) was one of the most boring fucking fights i have ever seen.

Sheilds hits like a bitch and has no skills, he had mayhems back 3 times that fight and couldnt do shit with it.

Jesus fucking christ - I think Dana White and Jerry Millen should go jack off into each others mouths. I think they'd both like that, it is their destiny, couple of douches.

Dana White is drinking at a hotel bar, and Jerry Millen happens by.

Jerry Millen: "Oh, Hi Dana"
Dana White: "Oh...Jerry, hey"
JM: "Is that a bannana in your pocket or are you happy to see me?"
DW: "Huh? Oh...huh, well no, its just I haven't seen my wife in awhile with all this travelling I've been doing..."
JM: "You know, I feel we got off on the wrong foot, come on up to my room, I think I can help you out"
DW: (slightly drunk) "What you gotta couple hookers up there"
JM: "Yea...somethin like that..."

At first Dana is surprised, angry, then perplexed at his own feelings of man love. What follows is a night of pure joy and wonderment in the arms of his fellow and rival douchebag promoter. If he had only realized sooner there was someone out there just like him! Someone else who is a total douchebag when it comes to things like logical sentences! DW & JM have tasted each others seeds of love, and as far as they are concerned it will last forever. They wish to share and wear at the same time a giant Glorious Sweater of Absolute Victory together to cement their bond and profess their love not only to each other, but to the world.

OK, DW. Maybe Brock might win. Might. But that's only because Fedor is fighting in the wrong weight class. He's not like the UFC welterweights that typically walk around at 215lbs before they cut weight. That's because in Soviet Russia, weight cuts you!

These Russian-Jewish guys sure won't let UFC play with their ball... and balls for that matter.

@killdozer
stick with the "first" comments, and swapping sperm with UFC Fan

:o <-- surprised face.

Dana is correct in every aspect.

Did you see that FuckFace Gary Millen in the ring after Feydor won? He looked like a white Don King that just found out his wife died in a car accident. What a joke.

How many cards with SF put on before they fold:
2?
3?
3 and 4th gets canceled???

@shitbag

It takes a real man to be able to conjure up such scenarios.

How could any1 say that fedors performace showed hes number1...he got smashed and is very lucky brett rogers isnt as good of as fighter as lesnar, cain, or mir....they would have ended that...and K.E.G your an idiot...so the best fighter is some1 who would lose to superior wrestling? and he would get pounded on the ground? tho your still saying fedors the best? fedor comes to the ufc he will get rocked...and nategetsirate...you are also an idiot...they cut weight to be the best in that class for a reason...if russians were smarter they would apply this to their game

Swedish, you gotta crawl before you walk. Give it time man. Hey, it is MMA for free on network television! You know how long we have all waited for this? And not like Kimbo/James thompson free, either....top 10 fighters like Shields and Mousasi. I see lots of holes, but so do the Strikeforce brass. Remember some of the horrible old UFC productions? They worked out the kinks over the years and now have a stellar product (minus Goldies slip-ups, of course). Give Strikeforce time. I have high hopes.

"Man, fuck that bear. Did it have horns on its head? No. What'd it weigh on fight night... six, seven hundred pounds? Fat fucking bear. And do you think a bear knows shit about Ju Jitsu? Fuck no. Fedor can stop fighting pussy-ass bears any time and step up. That's his decision."

Dana White

@ Rearfully

"with the fertitta's nuts in your mouth"

Just wondering...lets say Dana has 5 million in the bank. What would you do for 5 miilion bucks?

@ NateGetsIrate

I agree. If Fedor ever made it to the UFC, it should be at LHW. With all that belly fat, he should be able to get there no problem.

And Velasquez and Mir would no way walk through Rogers. Here's an idea, get Rogers over to fight one of 'em; he could care less about co-promotion. Then we'll see if Dana's MMA math adds up. By the way, no mention of Carwin?

But seriously, the smartest thing Dana and Fedor's cronies can do is to keep telling each other to f__K off.

@JZ1155
Let me elaborate then so people on the internet don't think I'm a homosexual for my opinions.

Lesnar would win this fight even though he is not technically a better fighter then Fedor. He has no stand up, submission skills, or any real great technique that isn't directly related to his size. That being said his size more then makes up for the fact that he has no real mma skills. Do I think he'd beat Fedor? Yes. But only because 1. Fedor is under sized for a heavy weight this day in age (witch didn't seem to hurt him against Rogers). And 2. Brock would probably take him down and throw angry four year old punches at him with such a furry the ref would have to stop the fight even if he wasn't causing that much damage.

Now I can tell you love Lesnar so please don't take any of my critical observations of his skills personally. If you need me to explain any more theories about MMA to you please feel free to ask. Theres no reason to say hurtful things just because you don't grasp simple concepts.

weve had free MMA on tv for a long time more captivating then this shit its called WEC, and if you want to argue go watch the henderson cerrone fight and get back to me.

@ JZ:

How am I an idiot again? I just said Fedor is fighting in the wrong weight class, so obviously that means he should cut weight, you silly bastard. But there's definitly a big difference between cutting weight and fighting outside your natural weight class to get an unfair advantange. That's something a pussy would do. Like talking shit anonymously in a comments section.

@keg
lesnar isnt a standup guy or a submissions guy but he can wrestle dont fucking doubt that and wrestling is the base for everything and the one thing that can dominate a fight.

and angry 4 year old punches? mirs face look like it got hit by a fucking bus bro.

Dana's comment is typical Dana douche-ness. But something tells me he is genuinely irked by the fact that Strikeforce put a decent event on CBS.

if imakeutap is chastizin' bennaroo it's not end scene teh acting technique issss And scene ya homofaggins

Bigcountry sure they have two top 10 fighters in mousasi and shields, but who will those top fighters be facing? Unranked and even unknown fighters, their highest competition in sf are ufc rejects that couldn't hang with the best. I would love to see shields fight any ufc welterweight contender, Johnson, koscheck, hardy, swick, alves, fitch I can't even see him being in the same skill level as these fighters and that's not even considering the coma that gsp woould beat him into. I'll admit mousasi is a legit lhw top 10 but he has no competition outside the ufc. The lhw class in the ufc is stacked with contender after contender that will fight other top 10's while one can fight once established fighters who have passed their prime or winning ways and still sit relatively high on the lhw roster despite no real tests in the cage.

@Jarekov The Great
Did you read my post at all. I said Lesnar would win by using his takedowns aka wrestling.

and Mir is a fucking chump that really doesn't say much, he's been stopped allot easier by guys that were never even in title contention. I honestly don't know why Dana is always on his nuts. Fedor would kill him.

"Hey guys, remember that one time I broke Tim's arm? And had a really tough time with Wes Sims, and Brandon Vera smashed my face in before he was chased down to LHW"

-Frank Mir

haha danas such a lying greedy scumbag douche does he think everyones retarded? he makes it easy to hate the UFC.

if he was actually confident lesnar would beat fedor he'd do a co-promotion the greedy lying fuck. Who gives a shit? they split costs and profits for one fucking show they're not asking for a fucking merger.

Rinky dink????

Starting to look more like the future. better start signing some mother fuckers and worrying about keeping the fighters he allready has. Oh yeah he just lost hendo,page,werdum,Arlovski and failed to sign the top 2 up and comers in mousassi and Zaromskis. Strikeforce kicks ass that card was Awesome they brought me fedor something dana couldn't do because hes a greedy fuck. UFC needs a new president, before they fuck up MMA anymore.

JZ:

Do you know anything about fighting? If you did you'd know that in order to beat your opponent you don't have to be the best fighter in the world, but just better than your opponent that day. Learning and adapting to your opponent in real time is what it's all about, and it's Fedor's number one asset, not his size or god given athletic ability.

And you really think that Mir and Cain would be able to crush Fedor? I shouldn't even dignify you with a response. Cain won't out-wrestle Fedor, and he sure as fuck wouldn't out strike him. Mir for all the shit he talks, and potential talent does not have the mental fortitude or even skill set to hang with Fedor. As for Brock, he IS Fedor's top challenge at the moment, and a true test of mind over matter.

"or that time I outclassed big nog, and submitted the monster of a man they call lesnar"- frank mir

M-1 isn't just bringing Fedor to the table, they are bringing Fedor's childhood friend, Gegard Mousasi, some anonymous coaches, and an large contingent of Russian Orthodox clergy. That's gotta be worth...something?

You mean when Nog had staff, and Lesnar had fought like twice in his life.

One Two, normally your posts are somewhat intelligent but you just proved that you are a moron. They are indeed asking for a merger and want shitloads of money. That is the problem. Its not a problem for you because you aint losing shit. You are a fucking retard. No one in their right mind would co promote with shady ass M-1 Global unless they are desperate (Strikeforce). UFC doesnt need Fedor, but if he decides to ditch Gary "jerry" Millen and co. then yes the UFC would gladly have Fedor, who wouldnt? Dana is ruining MMA? You sir deserve to get beat. Dana seldomly grew the sport tenfold in the last couple years. Get your fat ass head out of Fedors ass and stop sucking on his balls, they are clouding your judgement.

And now lesnar has fought a whopping 5 times in his life. I'm not jumping on the Mir train anytime soon I'm just trying to validify him as a legit contender not the pushover that you are attempting to make him out to be.

FUCK THE UFC.

The point is this, fights should be about fighters and not other people riding the fighter's backs for money. Jerry Millen and Dana White make a living by taking the money that should be given to the fighters (especially Dana). They don't train, they don't get broken bones, they don't have their faces re-arranged by power punchers. They just talk shit and sign papers (and get paid).

The only reason why we don't see Fedor in the UFC is because the bozos riding the backs of the fighters, refuse to jump off the money train.

And so, we'll probably never see Fedor fight in the UFC.

Kill yourselves, some of you make the human race look like shit. Retards.

@ Kimbos bread

Yes, but Fedor has a money train of his own, so why go to someone else's?

More hypothetically, why don't pro fighters unionize? No more getting raped by one-sided contracts. The Professional Mixed Martial Artists Association (The PMMMA). You heard it here first.

A possible down side for fans could be higher PPV costs and fewer cable and network TV fights, but I doubt it. Fighters gotta eat too.

Son,

"Dana seldomly grew the sport tenfold"...???? What the hell are you trying to say there?

I seldomly read you posts, but that jumped off the screen at me. See how I used that word?

Kimbo you think ol' Sam walden's kids are working as cashiers or door greeters at walmarts across the us? Or macdonalds kids are dropping burgers and fries for every person who orders off the dollar menu. These people are the ones who capitalize off of good business choices and pure luck. welcome to the system.

keg,
your rediculous first of all i dislike lesnar second of all his size does make him a good fighter in his weight class as in any other sport such as football your not gonna see a rb playing center...its an excuse that fedor would lose because of his size to lesnar if thats the case its his obligation to go down in weight if he cant hang around in that class..nategetsirate your still dumb because your saying everyone that fights is a pussy because everyone fights outside their natural weight everyone cuts weights if they didnt youd have rich franklin fighting heavyweight or even alves fighting lightheavy...your retarded...pedro i might ask you the same question do you kno anything about fighting or did you just start watching once fedor came on cbs?...yes fedor said in the ring he learned about his apponent what happens in the first round when a fighter with much better skill mounts and ground and pounds fedor where is his learning in real time there you gotta stay in long enough to do that and were it a more experienced fighter the fight would have been over...and dont comment saying hes done it time and time again..you tell me tho again how do you adapt when a better fighter would have put him out with "skill" and "technique" because rogers looked pretty sloppy on the ground

they are not asking for a merger a merger is when two companies become 1 they are asking for co promotion which means profits and costs are split, and since the majority of the profits are going to be because fedor is on the card its pretty fair.

and Dana hasn't grown shit he took pride the most legit org there was and dismantled it, which wouldn't of pissed me off so much if he signed their fighters but he was to cheap, he took like four of the fighters. hes managed to lose the UFCs #1 LHW for no other reason than hes a dick and can't refrain from name calling, lost the #2 MW contender because hes greedy continually puts a bunch of TUF bums on PPV cards because he can pay them 8 grand, he has the best WW, LW and MW but no one to fight them because everyone besides them gets paid like fucking construction workers. fighters pay is like 8% of profits. hes a greedy scumbag who doesn't give two shits about the sport he cares about one thing $.

Do you see Scott Coker talking a bunch of shit??? no hes not a fucking dirtbag.
the whole point of my post is Danas a fucking scumbag, bad for MMA fans, and i hate him.

Man Ill laugh my ass to the moon when Nog or Cain fuck that Brock Lesnars ass. I mean the guy is nothing but size....mm artist LOl ! Take his size advantage whats left ????????????? Put Brock close to the 230 pounds line and you end with NOTHING left

Hey everyone stop fighting and pay attention to me!!!!

Very serious topic of morals and stuff. I saw the preview for movie "The Box" and thought of "Indecent Proposal" and also recently saw a photo of Demi Moores Bush...just google "Demi Moores Bush" to see The Grim's mohawk between her legs.

Anyway the question is:

Would you allow yourself to be drugged and sodomized by Zuffa for 5 million dollars?

Conditions: Drugged is mandatory, No public record, photos etc.

I'll be back here in an hour. I wan't to see intelligent and honest responses.

How can he call it rinkydink and then put on ufc 105?

Does anyone else feel relieved by this? I think if I read an article in which Dana actually praised the efforts of a competitor and/or one of their fighters, I would feel like the universe was about to implode.

The world would suddenly be topsy-turvy and concepts like Good and Evil, Up and Down and Left and Right would no longer have any meaning.

Thank you Dana, for assuring me that some constants NEVER change!

HA HA HA!!! "Like somebody had just pulled DW's string" My FAVORITE line of the article!!

Keep eating Crow, Dana.......Butterbean looking prick!