NEW YORK — MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White at Wednesday’s UFC 128 pre-fight press conference at Radio City Music Hall about Jon Jones being a betting favorite heading into his fight against Shogun Rua, what’s at stake for Mirko Cro Cop on Saturday night versus Brendan Schaub, how his life has changed since the Strikeforce acquisition and his desire to see Wanderlei Silva vs. Vitor Belfort II in the future.
NEW YORK — MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White at Wednesday’s UFC 128 pre-fight press conference at Radio City Music Hall about Jon Jones being a betting favorite heading into his fight against Shogun Rua, what’s at stake for Mirko Cro Cop on Saturday night versus Brendan Schaub, how his life has changed since the Strikeforce acquisition and his desire to see Wanderlei Silva vs. Vitor Belfort II in the future.
Filed under: UFCShogun Rua, Jon Jones and UFC President Dana White will all meet the media for the UFC 128 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, and we’ll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.
Shogun Rua, Jon Jones and UFC President Dana White will all meet the media for the UFC 128 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, and we’ll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.
The New York press conference is a major opportunity for the UFC to reach the media in the one state where mixed martial arts is still illegal. (UFC 128 takes place 15 miles away in Newark.)
The press conference starts at 12:30 p.m. ET and the video is below.
MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White recently about what Michael Bisping’s punishment was following his controversial behavior at UFC 127, Chael Sonnen’s future in the UFC, the chances of seeing Georges St-Pierre vs. Anderson Silva in the near future, the UFC 128 main event, the UFC pay-per-view time change, whether Brandon Vera was rehired by the UFC and so much more.
MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White recently about what Michael Bisping’s punishment was following his controversial behavior at UFC 127, Chael Sonnen’s future in the UFC, the chances of seeing Georges St-Pierre vs. Anderson Silva in the near future, the UFC 128 main event, the UFC pay-per-view time change, whether Brandon Vera was rehired by the UFC and so much more.
Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceUFC president Dana White continually makes a point of reminding the fans that he works to put together the matches they want to see. He also consistently reminds fighters that if they’re in this sport to be the best, they b…
UFC president Dana White continually makes a point of reminding the fans that he works to put together the matches they want to see. He also consistently reminds fighters that if they’re in this sport to be the best, they better be ready to fight anyone at any time, including teammates. Yet when White broke the news about UFC parent company Zuffa buying Strikeforce to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, he produced one curious response that contradicted those two mantras.
When asked by Helwani if, for example, Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem could go to the UFC to fight its heavyweight champion, White said no.
“There won’t be any superfights,” he said. “When I say ‘business as usual,’ we don’t co-promote. Even when we own it, we don’t co-promote, period.”