Toe-to-toe with UFC president Dana White

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 Toe-to-toe with UFC president Dana White
There has been a lot of huge news in the mixed martial arts world the past couple of weeks. EliteXC and CBS making a deal to put mixed martial arts on network TV in primetime. The UFC announced an endorsement deal with Bud Light, a blue-chip company that should help continue the UFC’s climb into the mainstream. I got a chance to talk to the always outspoken president of the UFC, ... [link]

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Dana White: UFC ‘the real deal’
Published 3/8/2008 by MMAmania at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
Props: Orange County Register Quoteworthy: “You think of this. You come over to my house this weekend and we kick back and watch TV. We put on (expletive) NASCAR. We’re like, ‘Holy (expletive). Look at all the (expletive) people at this race. All those fans and this and that. These guys got television deals and merchandise deals and all this crazy (expletive). You know what? Let’s steal two of their drivers, and let’s start our own (expletive) company. We’ll call it (expletive), you know, GASCAR instead of (expletive) ...

Quote of the Day: Dana White
Published 3/8/2008 by Luke Thomas <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
... -- Dana White, UFC President, making the case for why the UFC is already too far ahead of it's North American competition for their competitors' business tactics and strategies to matter over the long run. ...

Dana White sounds off
Published 3/8/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
... Carlos Arias, of the Orange County Register, recently conducted an interview with UFC president Dana White. Dana had some very interesting things to say about a number of different topics. ...

UFC President Dana White's 46-Expletive Orange County Register Interview
Published 3/8/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... Carlos Arias of the Orange County Register (which is probably the best newspaper in the country at covering mixed martial arts) has a fascinating interview with UFC President ...

Resent Ramblings Of A UFC President
Published 3/10/2008 by CagE at MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
... UFC “President” Dana White keeps to true form in a recent interview with the OC register. Dana White on CBS-EliteXC deal: “Nah. See everybody is out there yapping like they know what they are talking about because they think I wanted too much control and all this (expletive) like the HBO deal. We had a couple of issues with the HBO deal, but nothing negative, nothing that … whatever. I’m still talking to HBO.” “The CBS deal didn’t work for us. At the end of the day, listen, when you are talking about a show like ...

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