Archive for 'Dana White'

Sports Untapped on Tito’s UFC postfight fit

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Over at Sports Untapped, they take Tito to task and link to our article. As a bonus, they get in a good ‘Bullwinkle’ reference:
Wow. Talk about harsh. Tito waited until after UFC 109 to get his ‘revenge’ with his heckling and bird lobbing, a plot worthy of Boris and Natasha’s ongoing battle [...]

Tito Ortiz’s Tired Act

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Just posted–we look at Tito Ortiz and wonder where he fits in to the UFC picture circa 2010:
Tito Ortiz’s Tired Act @ The Savage Science

Brock Lesnar gets clean bill of health, eyes May UFC return

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Brock Lesnar is almost completely recovered from his career threatening intestinal condition and could possibly return to action as early as May:
Brock Lesnar’s recovery from a serious intestinal condition is proceeding better than expected. So much better than expected that the UFC heavyweight champion is talking about a possible May return to action. [...]

Dana White vs. the media

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Zach Arnold at MMA Memories has a very good piece about Dana White’s recent tirade against the MMA media (as well as some of his older tirades):
The issue with White wanting to control the media speaks volumes about the pressure he has put himself under. At a time when the company is running too many [...]

Octagon girls cut by UFC, world keeps turning

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The UFC has cut loose a couple of their divas octagon girls. MMA Madness gives us the story:
MMAMADNESS.com has learned that both Natasha Wicks and Logan Stanton have been cut from the UFC as ring girls. Stanton’s contract expired after UFC 107 and the UFC chose not to renew it. Wicks was cut before [...]

Sherdog on the UFC’s Hoelzer Reich ban

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Though they’re kind of late to the party, Sherdog has a good article on the Hoelzer Reich situation that elucidates several of the points that we made in our coverage:
In September, a producer from HBO’s “Real Sports” contacted me about the show doing a piece on MMA and skinheads.
Specifically, it was to be a [...]

Brock Lesnar back in action July 2010?

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

A couple of reports out today indicate that Brock Lesnar is recovering from his bout with diverticulitis and could be back in action as soon as July 2010. Here’s what Bloody Elbow says about the whole thing, quoting a couple of other sources:
MMA Weekly talks to Greg Nelson, Lesnar’s head coach:
Greg Nelson, a two-time [...]

WEC head: No Hoelzer Reich for Zuffa fighters

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Maggie Hendericks at Cagewriter is reporting that Hoelzer Reich will no longer be welcome in the UFC or WEC:
World Extreme Cagefighting general manager Reed Harris told Cagewriter that Zuffa fighters will no longer be allowed to wear Hoelzer Reich clothing in their fights. (Zuffa owns botht the UFC and WEC.)
Donald Cerrone was probably the highest [...]

James Toney pwns Dana White

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

James ‘Lights Out’ Toney rips The Dana a new one:
Tell Dana White he can suck my [expletive]. That’s why he calls out them bum ass fighters. He called out Roy Jones and Floyd Mayweather, but they ain’t calling James Toney out because they don’t want to see me. They have the same excuse that I [...]

WKR on Hoelzer Reich

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Here’s a short and sweet analysis from Watch Kalib Run that hits the nail right on the head:
WKR really didn’t want to mention the absurdity of the Hoelzer Reich apparel brand and Zuffa’s decision to allow them to sponsor a fighter in the UFC (why give more media attention to a group with dubious ties [...]