There's many ingredients that go into making the UFC the biggest MMA promotion in the world. Some say it was all Dana White, as he is the one receiving the majority of the praise, and the majority of the harsh criticism...
UFC 108's fight card has received a ton of freakin criticism on the internet leading up to the New Years weekend event. Bloggers and online communists have said that the only worthwhile fight was Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva, which even at that who really cares.... They also pointed the finger at matchmaker, Joe Silva, who has created incredible fight cards for the fight promotion. However, after Saturday, the complaints went silent.
After the impressive performances of UFC 108, Dana White had many things to say against the critics!
“All these guys (on the Internet) are always talking about respecting fighters,” White said. “But more disrespect was thrown at the fighters than ever. Listen, I think they were trying to take shots at the UFC, but what they’re doing is taking shots at the fighters.
I go out and we put together the best fights we can and we go promote it. Saying that this card sucked, or that it was lackluster, or that it didn’t live up to being a New Year’s Eve card, well, I said it at the (pre-fight) press conference: These guys always deliver.
At the end of the day, if you’re a fight fan, you put your money down because you want to see great fights,” he said. “Sometimes, we have a card filled with our big names, like UFC 100, and they put on a show. And sometimes, we have guys who get hurt or have something go on in their lives and they can’t make it. But we are fight promoters and this is what we do. This is why we have so many guys under contract. We’re in the fight business and at the end of the day, if you come to one of our shows, you’re going to get a kick-ass night of fights.”
Dana White Video Blog: (01/01/2010)
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(info nabbed from yahoo sports. article by kevin oil or something like that....)
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