The one thing you cannot say about UFC President Dana White is that he isn’t passionate about the job he has.
I talked to Dana as part of our UFC on Fox 2 preview, which takes place on Saturday from the sold out United Center in Chicago. The preliminary portion of the card starts at 5ET/2PT and airs on Fuel TV, with the main card starting at 8ET/5PT on Fox.
I asked Dana if he believes in pre-fight trash talk and more.
White on Chael Sonnen, and whether he will face Anderson Silva if victorious against Michael Bisping:
Anderson Silva was injured and is recovering from his shoulder injury. It’s 100 percent true, 100 percent legit. Nobody fakes an injury in the UFC. If you call and say your injured, we fly you to Las Vegas. You see our doctors and we find out what’s wrong with you and then we go from there. So it’s not true, nobody has faked an injury in our UFC over the last 10 years, meaning the Zuffa era.
White on ESPN contacting Bellator about the fighter pay controversy:
What I’m happy about, the only thing that I can say about this, is that we filmed [ESPN] filming that report. The interview that Lorenzo (Fertitta) did, the raw uncut speaks for itself. I mean if you watch that interview, who looks uncomfortable? Lorenzo or the interviewer (John Barr). The interviewer.
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