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Dana White at his best
By Zach Arnold | September 2, 2008
“I will be f—ing horrified if Affliction is still in business in January,” White said, referring to the fledgling MMA organization that has tried to position itself as a competitor to the UFC.
We won’t be seeing Randy Couture in Affliction, that’s for sure. Furthermore, Randy thinks that at 225 pounds, he can beat Brock Lesnar at 265+ pounds.
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It would not shock me to see Tito Ortiz sign back with Zuffa as well.
As much as things change, they stay very much the same in the world of MMA.
I don’t see how Affliction is going to do good. Between Kimbo/Shamrock, and two UFC # Shows the two weeks following, there is no way Affliction gets a lot of PPV Buys. Especially with Barnett/Arlovski as the main event.
Dana White talks about competition as if they’re doing something vile and disgusting by even daring to run a business.
When Elite XC ran their first show Dana responded like someone had just raped a child. “I saw what they did! It was disgusting and awful!”
Now he’s ‘horrified’ that Affliction even exists?
I’d be surprised too. It’ll be hard for Affliction to find any buzz considering how stacked the UFC cards are for the rest of the year.
Arlovski and Barnett is a good fight, but it’s more of 2nd billing than a true headliner, similiar to Chuck and Rashad, but without Chuck’s star power.
Ultimo, a lot of people had that reaction after EliteXC’s first CBS show.
Get off it, Ultimo Santa. Dana White shows a lot of respect for promotions that run themselves well and turn a profit, he recently had good words about Strikeforce and Scott Coker.
Badly run promotions with lame business plans that end up losing a lot of money not only hurt themselves, they hurt the sport as a whole. Just look at the damage Pro Elite has done.
Why shouldn’t Dana be horrified that an ill-conceived promotion created unsustainable jobs paychecks? If Affliction is a success, its good for the sport. If it fails–and all indications are that it will–it was a poorly conceived speculative dive into MMA that will leave a lot of fighters and employees out of jobs.
A week ago, ESPN has a little blurb about Kimbo on their front page, and how he will be entering the “octagon”.
Stuff like this is why Dana White is so protective of the UFC and the sport. When their are strippers dancing on the first EliteXC Show, a lot of fans think it is another UFC Show.