Comments on: Friday fight notes: Dana White’s media messages

By: father dominick

father dominick — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:45:07 +0000

if dana white reads this tell bruce THE HELMET buffer to do the 360 for the bj penn fight tonight because we missed it last time

By: MMA Vlog

MMA Vlog — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:07:48 +0000

I’m surprised that Dana compared Sherdog.com to a tabloid.

By: MMA Fan

MMA Fan — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:37:12 +0000

Dana Hates what he cant control. He cant control Ken, Tito, or Sherdog. The online sites built UFCs brand and MMA sells its self. It is shameful.

By: chairibofjustice

chairibofjustice — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:00:37 +0000

“Dana is a CEO and President of a Corporation, he should be held to a higher standard.”

He is being held to a higher standard, it’s whether or not the UFC is making money. And that’s something most CEO’s in the US don’t even have to do in order to be paid millions upon millions of dollars.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:31:25 +0000

Dana is a girls name.

By: CapnHulk

CapnHulk — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:13:18 +0000

Bob Sapp is a complete joke.

By: Canson

Canson — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:47:30 +0000

Haha. The least graceful man in MMA dancing. That should be incredible.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:32:20 +0000

I don’t think the Benoit thing will take down WWE, and here’s why:

The media isn’t covering this as a WWE scandal. It’s more of a man-bites-dog human interest story on the same level as a Michael Jackson pedophilia trial or the OJ Simpson thing.

There’s no ramifications for WWE because WWE isn’t regarded as a sport in the general media. If this were an NBA player going into the stands, then there would be fiery editorial columns on the sports pages about what the NBA should do about players and fans, but no one gives a crap what WWE does since it isn’t a sport. Even if it were, I can’t see how you’re going to pin anything on them for the actions of one of their employees.

By: Euthyphro

Euthyphro — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:08:15 +0000

Jason, pick up a newspaper. These documents I speak of typically contain both news stories and opinion pieces. Nevertheless, they are referred to as NEWSpapers. Sherdog contains both news stories (e.g. what Josh Gross and Jordan write) and opinion pieces (e.g. what Mike Sloan writes, and a good deal of what you hear on Sherdog radio). They are, rightfully, called an MMA news site. That doesn’t mean they can’t have members on staff give their opinions.

Are they the most professionally run site on the internet — no, certainly not. But they have gradually become more and more professional as they grow as a company.

Dana’s being ridiculous here, but he’ll most likely come around. It hurts his business not to. I don’t understand why he’s suddenly coming forward with the Sherdog hate, when just a few months ago he gave them an interview on camera, and the Sherdog guys have mentioned speaking to him in person numerous times since without any ill words being exchanged. It seems like the fued is between Dana and Jeff Sherwood, perhaps not the staff as a whole.

Ah, internet MMA drama. Zach, you need to open up a perezhilton.com for mma. It’d work nicely for most of the stories we get here every day.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:45:21 +0000

The issue with UFC/Zuffa/Dana White vs. the online media will never change and will likely get worse. As a huge mma fan, I have chosen not to financially support the UFC long ago due this type of behavior – disregarding of the fanbase and only supporters that kept that company afloat for several years. I will now only buy PPV’s and merchandise from other MMA promotions. There is a lot of great MMA to support that is not Zuffa branded.

There are other ways to enjoy/view UFC shows with plunking down my hard earned money and I still have never missed a show yet.

In the end will my actions mean anything… no. But at least I’ll be glad that I didn’t financially support a company that despises me as a fan – I would hope others would hate being treated this way. Zuffa needs to realize the way news is related to the public in the new millennium; print media is deader than boxing. Dana will someday realize this – maybe he already does, but he will never have the courage to admit it.