Nate Marquardt failed to properly go about his therapy and ended up missing out on his scheduled fight against Rick Story earlier this summer. Former backyard brawler Kimbo Slice was set to fight Ken Shamrock at "EliteXC: Heat," but Shamrock had to back out of the fight at the last minute due to a cut he received in prefight sparring.
The fight itself was controversial due to the weight differences, but what was worse is that it was later revealed that Petruzelli was essentially told that he had to keep the fight standing against the former backyard brawler. Obviously, this was an attempt to get another knockout for Slice, who had become a cultural phenomenon. Still, the damage was done, and Dana White was not happy that the company was paying fighters to fight in certain ways.
Each fighter has earned a shot at champion Georges St-Pierre, but neither has been able to dethrone the current pound kingpin. Still, both fighters have publicly spoken about their desires to get title shots after impressive performances against other opponents. Unfortunately, the two teammates flat-out refuse to fight one another to help determine who should actually be ranked higher. Fitch laughed it off while basically stating that the fight will never happen.
The Ultimate Fighter series has been one of the greatest things that has ever happened for mixed martial arts. Not only has it brought some of the top talents currently competing in the UFC, but the series can also be largely credited for the explosion that the sport saw in the late part of the past decade.
Numerous fighters including Gabe Ruediger, Andy Wang and Jesse Taylor have been kicked off of the show for various reasons including not making weight and having complete meltdowns outside of the house. Needless to say, Dana has gone on numerous tirades on the show and even berated The Ultimate Fighter 10 winner Roy Nelson publicly after Nelson claimed that Kimbo Slice received special treatment on the show.
According to White, Machida had accepted the fight, then later demanded the increase in pay for his inconvenience.
Obviously, this upset the often-volatile White who declined to pay that much and instead turned to one of his nemeses, Tito Ortiz, who happily accepted the fight. Unfortunately for him, White dropped some serious knowledge on everyone when he responded to the allegations. As a fan of boxing himself, White bashed the refereeing in the fight, stating that he believes that the fight was ruined by Cortez and not by Mayweather, as many others have claimed.
And guess what, you can go back years Unfortunately for Barnett, that would also be the last time he would ever compete in the UFC. Barnett tested positive for steroids for the fight and was immediately stripped of his title. He has had a wildly successful career outside of the organization, but now that Strikeforce has been purchased by Zuffa, his future once again rests in the hands of Dana White and the decision-makers in the UFC. Dana White has been so frustrated by judging that he has publicly come out and bashed the entire judging community for their complete lack of education for judges and obviously terrible hiring processes.
Former Pride and pound champion Dan Henderson was one of the most coveted free agents in the world following his crushing knockout victory over Michael Bisping at UFC It appears that the bad blood between Henderson and White may finally be water under the bridge as they are now working together to promote what should be one in a series of excellent events coming up for the UFC.
This guy is a low-level bottom feeder. He didn't like MMA a few years ago, but when he finally couldn't make money at boxing any more, he came over to this sport to try to leech money out of it. Back when the Kimbo Slice hype-train was at an all-time high, there were some uneducated fans who believed that the former street fighter might actually be able to compete with the best-of-the-best in the UFC. All along, though, Dana White stood strongly with his point that there was absolutely no chance that Slice would be a major competitor in the UFC.
To his credit, Kimbo did eventually try out on the reality TV show and actually performed quite well despite not winning it. He earned himself a short deal with the UFC where he won one fight before being violently knocked out by Matt Mitrione in his next fight.
The feud between boxing and MMA fans has been going on for a long time. Both groups of fans believe that their sport is better, and while there is some crossover between the two, the dislike for the other sport often causes rifts between the two fanbases. While Dana publicly said that he likes James Toney, one has to wonder if he actually does like James Toney given that he put him up against a guy like Randy Couture in his first ever fight. Then again, Dana was just giving the guy what he asked for.
That was only part of the problem, though, as Jackson was involved in a hit-and-run before the chase. White obviously forgave him over time, but he was pretty steamed and rightfully so for awhile. When Frank Shamrock first came to the UFC and became the inaugural UFC pound champion, few would have expected that he and Dana White would eventually engage in one of the longest-lasting and most bitter rivalries that the sport had ever seen.
Shamrock dominated the division in its early years, leaving him with no choice, in his opinion, but to retire as the champion because there really were no other real challengers for him. He would work as a commentator for the company for a short while, but there has been bad blood between these two ever since. That Justin Timberlake? Yes, that Justin Timberlake. According to White, Timberlake acted too good to interact with kids who are really his biggest fans. But White was not a happy camper.
Jake Rossen, Go f yourself! Frank Mir had recently made waves by speaking about the potential first death in MMA, which really upset White because he believed that it was detrimental to getting the sport sanctioned in New York. Pat Miletich, a former UFC fighter and trainer of one of perhaps the most dominant team in the second half of the past decade used to have a pretty good relationship with the UFC President.
But things seemed to take a dramatic turn for the worst when Miletich joined the now-defunct IFL as one of the team coaches. Not everyone knows about this one, but the relationship between Dana White and his mother, June White, is one that has certainly been one of the most difficult in his life. His mother actually wrote a tell-all book about him which included her calling him a slew of personal insults and even went as far as to compare him to the spawn of Satan.
Yeah, it was bad Fans might remember former UFC ring girl Edith Labelle for being one of the most attractive women to ever carry a numbered card around the Octagon. According to reports and her own admission, Labelle had attended the UFC Fan Expo and then went out for dinner before attending some pre-parties for the event. But while she believed that she got sick from food poisoning, others seemed to believe that she was actually hung over and missed the event due to her own irresponsibility.
Dana White himself has remained mum about the situation, but certainly, he and the decision makers within the organization were unhappy, given that Labelle was released from the company shortly thereafter. As much as Dana White has gone to battle with various managers and fighters throughout his time, he has almost always been able to come to terms with them eventually.
You have to pay the Golden Glory guys. Fighters have lost their jobs and Alistair Overeem arguably left Golden Glory because of the debate in business philosophy, but one thing is for sure—Dana White and the UFC are not going to do business with Golden Glory until they decide to conform to the way that the UFC does things.
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Due to some PG rules with the management at WWE, and other promotions mimicking their style, no heels cheat anymore. Ric Flair and Eddie Guerrero's gimmicks hinged on cheating, and they are arguably two of the greatest performers of all time. The only way to effectively make the crowd hate the person that you want them to hate, is to give them a reason. Unfortunately as of late, most wrestlers stare right into the cameras that are filming the match, which takes viewers out of the moment.
A master of not looking at the camera is Stone Cold, who literally walked away from the camera in the ring, and connected with the crowd instead of the camera.
His method of delivering promos and matches are now far and few between in wrestling. Although the lock up is still in effect, long gone are the days where two competitors would lock hands and determine who was stronger by having a test of strength.
This tactic is a good way for a heel to get heat in the beginning of the match, by dominating the babyface. A babyface is also open for a cheap shot, if the wrestlers really want the heel to look bad. Additionally if the test of strength happens in the middle of the match, it gives the babyface a chance to reestablish control of the match, leading to a comeback. Maybe this is an outdated art due to the explosion of MMA and the knowledge of how submissions actually work, but what happened to a referee lifting an incapacitated wrestler's arm up three times?
Sure we occasionally see someone fight out of the submission when that arm is about to drop for the third time, but why not have guys pass out that way? It would be a shock to the system to see this in the WWE, and could be a nice change of pace. Even the immortal Hulk Hogan was put to sleep at Starrcade in , and he is considered one of the best ever.
It literally changes the dynamic of the match by providing a third option for how a match could end. With the time limit, wrestlers performing on a weekly basis will not look weak for losing their matches via draw, as neither wrestler took the victory.
This is how promoters were able to stretch out wrestling programs in the past, by having time limit draws, which eventually would make the grudge match draw more money. This is sort of a combo with cheating and keeping kayfaybe soon to come , but during a huge match, referees used to pat down the gear of both wrestlers to check for foreign objects.
It would always make the match seem more serious when both competitors would stare each other down while the ref would check their boots and tape. Utilizing the pat down in big money matches, where the feud has been filled with the heel cheating, would certainly be believable and increase the tension at an event. Kayfabe is a term that is used to refer to the protection of the inner workings of the wrestling business, similar to the way magicians protect the magic behind their tricks.
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