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Dana White Talks UFC 118, Arianny Celeste Posing in November’s Playboy

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosBOSTON — MMA Fighting caught up with Dana White following Wednesday’s UFC 118 pre-fight press conference at historic Fanueil Hall.

The UFC president, who spent much of his childhood in South Bos…

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BOSTON — MMA Fighting caught up with Dana White following Wednesday’s UFC 118 pre-fight press conference at historic Fanueil Hall.

The UFC president, who spent much of his childhood in South Boston, talked about what it means to him to put on the first UFC show in Beantown, whether he feels more comfortable with his decision to sign James Toney, whether Kenny Florian will receive a title shot if he beats Gray Maynard, the UFC’s debut in Toronto and Shane Carwin being named as one of 22 pro athletes who obtained steroids from an online pharmacy in Mobile, Ala.

White also announced that UFC Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste will grace the cover of Playboy Magazine in November.

UFC 118 Press Conference Video

Filed under: UFCUFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, former champion B.J. Penn, UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture and former boxing champion James Toney will all meet the press, joined by UFC President Dana White, at Wednesday’s UFC 118 pre-fight pres…

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UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, former champion B.J. Penn, UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture and former boxing champion James Toney will all meet the press, joined by UFC President Dana White, at Wednesday’s UFC 118 pre-fight press conference. And if you can’t be there in person in Boston, you can watch it right here at MMAFighting.com.

The star of the show is likely to be Toney, who will draw plenty of mainstream media attention and talk plenty of trash about Couture. It’s going to be easy to forget that Edgar-Penn 2 is actually the main event.

The UFC 118 pre-fight press conference begins Wednesday at 3PM ET and the video is below.

Dana White Leaning Towards Silva vs. Sonnen Rematch

Filed under: UFC, NewsAfter a heartbreaking loss at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen will likely receive an immediate rematch versus champion Anderson Silva, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday during an in-studio ESPN SportsCenter appearance.

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After a heartbreaking loss at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen will likely receive an immediate rematch versus champion Anderson Silva, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday during an in-studio ESPN SportsCenter appearance.

“Yeah, I think that’s the fight that fans want to see,” White said when asked about a Sonnen-Silva rematch. “The way that I see my job is my job is to give the fans what they want. I think that’s the fight they want to see. We got some interesting fights in that division. Vitor Belfort is still out there. I’m looking towards the Chael Sonnen rematch. Yes.”

While Belfort is obviously in the mix as he was scheduled to face Silva at UFC 112 in April before suffering a shoulder surgery, Belfort told Sherdog.com Monday that he will return to action in November, but his opponent according to Lorenzo Fertitta will not be Sonnen.

Dana White’s UFC 118 Video Blog: Mike Tyson Talks Toney vs. Couture

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Dana White is back with another installment of his self aggrandizing video blogs and he’s rubbing in our faces how much better his life is than ours is again.
In this edition, White hangs out with former multiple time world…

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Dana White is back with another installment of his self aggrandizing video blogs and he’s rubbing in our faces how much better his life is than ours is again.

In this edition, White hangs out with former multiple time world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and the conversation inevitably turns to the Randy Couture-James Toney bout set for Saturday night in Boston at UFC 118.

Tyson calls the bout intriguing, but seems to be leaning towards Couture as the favorite. The most interesting comments made by Iron Mike in the video were regarding Toney’s personality.

"Toney’s a crazy guy. He’s a really dark kind of crazy guy…. ha…ha..ha..ha..ha!!"

When Mike Tyson calls you dark and crazy, it might be time to re-examine things.

Thiago Alves: The Nightmare Is Over, but I’m on My Last Chance

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, interviewThiago Alves’ plane touched down in Oakland, Calif., and he exhaled. After a championship match loss, after two fight postponements, after brain surgery and 13 months of inactivity, the worst stretch of hi…

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Thiago AlvesThiago Alves‘ plane touched down in Oakland, Calif., and he exhaled. After a championship match loss, after two fight postponements, after brain surgery and 13 months of inactivity, the worst stretch of his young career was supposed to have been over. Yet Alves was unknowingly walking into another trying period, this one partly of his own doing.

In the next few days, the 26-year-old would fail to make weight for his No. 1 contenders match with Jon Fitch, lose a decision in the UFC 117 bout, and then hear the disappointment of his boss, UFC president Dana White.

And now, after it all, he’s tasked with the uphill climb of starting over.

“After all the bull— I’ve been through, I’ve finally had some time to breathe,” he told MMA Fighting after a recent workout. “I had a chance to look back at the situation. I know I have things to correct. I’m not done yet. I needed to go through those things to reveal myself as a stronger person. I won’t let them bring me down.”

Chael Sonnen: ‘I’m Not in on the Pay-Per-View Sales’

Filed under: UFCWith his relentless, months-long trash talk, Chael Sonnen did more to promote his UFC 117 fight with Anderson Silva than any fighter has ever done to promote any pay-per-view bout.

But Sonnen didn’t get a nickel for it.

In an intervie…

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With his relentless, months-long trash talk, Chael Sonnen did more to promote his UFC 117 fight with Anderson Silva than any fighter has ever done to promote any pay-per-view bout.

But Sonnen didn’t get a nickel for it.

In an interview on HDNet’s Fighting Words with Mike Straka, Sonnen said that his UFC contract doesn’t include pay-per-view bonuses, and he’s fine with that: He wasn’t promoting his fight to make money for himself, he was doing it to make money for the UFC.