(If you loved him, Anderson, you’d want him to be happy. And if you wanted him to be happy, you’d do whatever he tells you to at all times. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)

Sooner or later UFC fighters are going to figure out that the best way to get a fight with a specific opponent is to publicly declare that they will not, under any circumstances, fight that person.  Not only will Dana White be unable to resist trying to make you fight that person, he’ll also probably end up paying you a little extra to do it.  For example, look at how he refuses to give up on the idea of pitting Anderson Silva against his best buddy, Lyoto Machida.  

Even though Silva says he won’t do it, ever, no matter what, White still talks as if it’s simply a matter of him playing Emperor and forcing them into the arena together: