Tomer you don’t think there’s any reason for a promoter to back a championship fighter?

In the same article, Dana White says that he “would not say there’s a drug problem in mixed martial arts.” At this point, I’m not sure if Dana White should feel insulted when people point out that he and Vince McMahon have made similar statements on these issues, or if Vince McMahon should feel insulted when people point out that he and Dana White have made similar statements on these issues.

If you understand how promoters operate and think, you’d pretty much know why he says everything he does.

There’s a grand reason to be covering for Sherk besides “I’m his friend” that’s in line to the MO of Arum, King, McMahon et al? At least there was a reason Arum went to bat for De La Hoya when he was screaming “Robbery! The Judges were bribed!” after the second Mosley fight. What drawing potential does Sherk have to advance White’s promotional power/drawing capabilities?

Over analyzing every word he says is pointless and it is not news.

When you’re the President or CEO of a company, you have higher standards de facto with regards to the way you present yourself and your business. With a potentially high volume venue such as the media, you should be choosing your words more carefully so there is little potential for backlash. Luckily for Dana White, Zuffa is not a publicly traded company, so he doesn’t have to worry about misleading public investors and the SEC.

The people who post on this site tend not to be mainstream fans, if you havent noticed. I, for one, could not care less if the sport was mainstream in america or not. I certainly would not sacrifice the image and professionalism of the sport and its promoters for the sake of more viewes. Which sounds like what youre advocating.

Dana White could get in a street fight with Tito Ortiz and that would being mainstream media attention and millions of more fans. Does that mean it would be the right thing to do?? Absolutely not. So youre point is moot.

Looks like Sergei/Sergey K has signed with K-1 Heros.

While in some level it’s nice to see that White doesn’t care what he says to the media, he has to realize it’ll be scrutinized more closely than any other MMA promoter around because he’s big dog around. That’s how it works in any market.

Sure its all fair game, but for literally YEARS now, the Dana haters have been saying how’s he’s an “embarassment” as if the other shoe is about to drop without understanding that Dana White’s anti-corporate behavior is large part of the UFC’s counter-culture appeal.