Dana White weighs in on Jones/DC/Gus
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If you've been wondering where White has been the past few weeks as chaos ensued during the UFC 178 media tour, you're not alone.
Many fans have reached out to White on social media to ask him why he has yet to comment on the brawl between Jones and Cormier, unaware that he just returned from an extended vacation in Bora Bora on Wednesday.
As usual, White had quite a bit to say about what unfolded last week.
"As soon as Jones went up and their bodies touched, I would have separated them," White said. "Sometimes you'll see me put a hand in, or sometimes you'll see me do something else. I would have separated them. It was the head butt, Jones headbutted Cormier - that's what upset [Daniel] and made him push him back. I would have got my arm in there before that contact was even made. I would have seen the contact coming and I would have stopped it. Then I would have been right in the middle. Would I have stopped that whole thing from going down, who the f**k knows? I wasn't here."
White said the altercation is neither good nor bad for the sport - it's just what happened. The UFC president has been front and center for thousands of stare downs over the years, and he's become an expert on what to expect and how to handle things when the fighters get really amped up.
"[UFC Sr. Director of Public Relations] Dave Sholler doesn't really have any experience out there between the guys," White said. "There's times when you know something is going on and you're ready and you jump in there and get that thing defused. That's why I stand there. I don't stand there because I want to be in f**king pictures, I'm there to make sure that kind of sh*t doesn't happen. You got two guys, who are going to fight, and there is definitely a ton of mind warfare going on between [Cormier and Jones], no doubt about it."
Two of White's favorites parts of MMA and boxing are the weigh-ins and the fights themselves.
"When those guys get up there and you have the mentality of a fighter, and not everybody is the same," White said. "There are some guys who can go up there and can stare at each other and it's all good, and then there are guys where there can be any little thing that can be off, or something that was said leading up to them being face to face, and anything can happen. These guys are fighters, man, they're ready to go. And that's what makes the weigh-ins so amazing and why I love it so much. Those staredowns, there's nothing f**king like it."
The spot in between the fighters is the best position in sports, White said.
"The position that I get to stand in during those staredowns is the greatest position in all of f**king sports," White said. "Nothing like being there when two guys are cutting weight, they're fighting the next day, they're away from their families for eight f**king weeks, and they get to square off."
At the end of the day, the two men or women in the staredown are fighters. It's what they do, and White said that it's only natural that things get aggressive at times.
"One little thing can trigger two guys, who are the baddest dudes on the planet, who are face to face," White said of Jones and Cormier. "That's what they do, period. People can try to sugar coat it or try to spin any way that they want, that's the reality. That's who they are, that's what they're paid to do and that's what you show up to watch. These guys, that's who they are to the core. And when you get two guys like that and you don't handle the situation the right way to defuse it, that's what happens. The difference is that Sholler has never been in that position before.”
On Ryan Bader vs. Ovince Saint Preux...
"It's an important fight for that division. Saint Preux is ranked number 10 in the world and Bader is number eight," White said. "Bader is a guy that started to work his way up the ladder and right when he got to the top he had a couple of mishaps. This is a very important fight for him. If he loses to Saint Preux, who knows, he could drop out of the top 10. This fight means everything to Bader.
"For Saint Preux, if you come in and beat Bader, now you're looking down the pike at Dan Henderson, Phil Davis, Anthony Johnson, Glover Teixeira. You're looking at the top six, seven guys in the world, and you're on your way. It's a big fight."
On Anthony Johnson's personality...
"All he has to do is keep knocking people out, man. He doesn't need to be outspoken. He's been an absolute professional since he's been back," White said. "He's a completely different person, and it's just so amazing to see a guy who used to fight at welterweight move up to 205 and knock out the best 205-pounders in the world."
http://ift.tt/VoU5GB
If you've been wondering where White has been the past few weeks as chaos ensued during the UFC 178 media tour, you're not alone.
Many fans have reached out to White on social media to ask him why he has yet to comment on the brawl between Jones and Cormier, unaware that he just returned from an extended vacation in Bora Bora on Wednesday.
As usual, White had quite a bit to say about what unfolded last week.
"As soon as Jones went up and their bodies touched, I would have separated them," White said. "Sometimes you'll see me put a hand in, or sometimes you'll see me do something else. I would have separated them. It was the head butt, Jones headbutted Cormier - that's what upset [Daniel] and made him push him back. I would have got my arm in there before that contact was even made. I would have seen the contact coming and I would have stopped it. Then I would have been right in the middle. Would I have stopped that whole thing from going down, who the f**k knows? I wasn't here."
White said the altercation is neither good nor bad for the sport - it's just what happened. The UFC president has been front and center for thousands of stare downs over the years, and he's become an expert on what to expect and how to handle things when the fighters get really amped up.
"[UFC Sr. Director of Public Relations] Dave Sholler doesn't really have any experience out there between the guys," White said. "There's times when you know something is going on and you're ready and you jump in there and get that thing defused. That's why I stand there. I don't stand there because I want to be in f**king pictures, I'm there to make sure that kind of sh*t doesn't happen. You got two guys, who are going to fight, and there is definitely a ton of mind warfare going on between [Cormier and Jones], no doubt about it."
Two of White's favorites parts of MMA and boxing are the weigh-ins and the fights themselves.
"When those guys get up there and you have the mentality of a fighter, and not everybody is the same," White said. "There are some guys who can go up there and can stare at each other and it's all good, and then there are guys where there can be any little thing that can be off, or something that was said leading up to them being face to face, and anything can happen. These guys are fighters, man, they're ready to go. And that's what makes the weigh-ins so amazing and why I love it so much. Those staredowns, there's nothing f**king like it."
The spot in between the fighters is the best position in sports, White said.
"The position that I get to stand in during those staredowns is the greatest position in all of f**king sports," White said. "Nothing like being there when two guys are cutting weight, they're fighting the next day, they're away from their families for eight f**king weeks, and they get to square off."
At the end of the day, the two men or women in the staredown are fighters. It's what they do, and White said that it's only natural that things get aggressive at times.
"One little thing can trigger two guys, who are the baddest dudes on the planet, who are face to face," White said of Jones and Cormier. "That's what they do, period. People can try to sugar coat it or try to spin any way that they want, that's the reality. That's who they are, that's what they're paid to do and that's what you show up to watch. These guys, that's who they are to the core. And when you get two guys like that and you don't handle the situation the right way to defuse it, that's what happens. The difference is that Sholler has never been in that position before.”
On Ryan Bader vs. Ovince Saint Preux...
"It's an important fight for that division. Saint Preux is ranked number 10 in the world and Bader is number eight," White said. "Bader is a guy that started to work his way up the ladder and right when he got to the top he had a couple of mishaps. This is a very important fight for him. If he loses to Saint Preux, who knows, he could drop out of the top 10. This fight means everything to Bader.
"For Saint Preux, if you come in and beat Bader, now you're looking down the pike at Dan Henderson, Phil Davis, Anthony Johnson, Glover Teixeira. You're looking at the top six, seven guys in the world, and you're on your way. It's a big fight."
On Anthony Johnson's personality...
"All he has to do is keep knocking people out, man. He doesn't need to be outspoken. He's been an absolute professional since he's been back," White said. "He's a completely different person, and it's just so amazing to see a guy who used to fight at welterweight move up to 205 and knock out the best 205-pounders in the world."
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