Dana White explains why Tyron Woodley turned down Hector Lombard fight

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White has been trying to convince Tyron Woodley to fight fellow welterweight contender Hector Lombard in the headliner of the promotion's upcoming "Fight Night" event on Nov. 8, 2014 in Australia.



No such luck.



White even told "The Chosen One" that Lombard called him a "two-faced phony" and that he wanted to "beat his ass," but Woodley wouldn't take the bait. Probably because it wasn't the kind of pairing that did anything for his brand, according to comments from Friday's media scrum (watch it here).

"I called Woodley and said, 'Here's what your teammate just said, and he wants this fight bad.' And he said, 'He can say whatever he wants, he's about him and he's always been about him. This fight doesn't work for me and my brand.' He started telling me all the reasons why he doesn't want this fight and I just said, 'Whatever kid, whatever.' He wants nothing to do with Hector. Hector wants this fight, Woodley does not."

Woodley has other opponents in mind.



Chief among them is welterweight warrior Matt Brown, who is fresh off a unanimous decision loss to Robbie Lawler last month in San Jose, California. Unfortunately, the "Immortal" slugger is still nursing a hand injury and won't resume training for another couple of weeks.



And judging by the official rankings (see them here), that doesn't leave Woodley with a Plan B.



How about Plan H?



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Dana White: Renan Barao Will Not Get Title Shot Upon Return

When Renan Barao withdrew from his main event bout with T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 177, he gave up his right to an immediate rematch for the bantamweight title.



UFC President Dana White revealed the news following the weigh-ins at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif. Former Bellator MMA champion Joe Soto has been tapped on 24-hour notice to fill in for Barao.

“You [Barao] have enough money to get a nutritionist and do it right,” White told reporters.

According to an earlier report, Barao passed out while cutting weight on Friday and was taken to a Sacramento hospital. Following the mishap, the Brazilian did not show up for licensing or medicals with the California State Athletic Commission.



In an interview with UFC.com following the weigh-ins, White elaborated on what he knew regarding Barao’s withdrawal.

“Barao was cutting weight, and I only heard from the doctor that he fainted and his team called an ambulance. They came and got him and took him to the hospital,” White said. “From what I heard he is doing good. He was too dehydrated; I think the lowest he got was 138 and couldn’t make it. As you continue getting older, maybe it’s time for him to go up to 145. He probably can’t make the weight anymore, I don’t know.”

The next time Barao does set foot inside the Octagon will be the first fight since 2012 where the UFC bantamweight title has not been on the line.



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The Worst PPV Card Ever?? What's up with UFC?

What's up Share Fans? How are you feeling about this week's PPV Card? Is it stacked?

Has Barao made a statement? I have quite a few questions. As for Joe Soto do you think he deserves a title shot without any UFC experience? Would you rather see Raphael Assuncao take the fight? I'm just out of questions, please let me know how you feel about UFC 177.



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Dana White: Jon Jones training with Alistair Overeem 'doesn’t make sense'

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Dana White: Jon Jones training with Alistair Overeem 'doesn’t make sense'

Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier was postponed from September to January after the UFC light heavyweight champion suffered a torn meniscus in his knee and an ankle injury in training, and Dana White thinks Greg Jackson could be the cause for that.



Jackson, who is Jones’ head coach in Albuquerque, admitted that UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem caused Jones’ injuries, forcing the title bout to be moved to Jan. 3. White doesn’t understand why the light heavyweight champion was training with Overeem for a fight with Cormier in the first place.



"It drives me crazy," White told The Jim Rome Show. "First of all he’s fighting a 5’ 10" unbelievable wrestler – that’s who he is facing in Daniel Cormier. (But) he’s training with 6’ 10" no-wrestling, all-standup kickboxer Alistair Overeem. And Alistair Overeem lands on his leg and busts his knee up and gives him a high ankle sprain.



"I mean I just don’t know why he would be training with Alistair Overeem for a fight when he’s going to fight a 5’ 10" wrestler. I don’t know, it’s frustrating."



White thought about contacting the coach when he heard about Jones training with Overeem for UFC 178, but never made the call.



"Greg Jackson and I had many issues in the past," he said. "I wanted to pick the phone up about twenty times and call him and say ‘What are you doing? Why’s he training with Alistair Overeem to fight Daniel Cormier? Please tell me how that makes sense?' But I didn’t. I bit my tongue, until right this second."



White expects both Jones and Cormier to continue their war of words until January, and he guarantees we haven’t seen the worst things they said to each other.



"I think that both Jones and Cormier have done a good job at the mental warfare," he said. "Cormier was telling ‘I’m going to do this to you, I’m going to do that to you.' And every time they do these media tours, someone stayed on and leaked it out to the press and said ‘oh my God, listen to what they are saying to each other, this is horrible.'"



"I heard more of that, and I’ve heard they say worse," he added. "So the mental war game with these has been going for a long time, and they are both doing pretty well at it."

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Obviously, Henry Cejudo Has Pulled Out of UFC 177 Due to ‘Medical Reasons

The most unreliable fighter in mixed martial arts has done it again, folks. UFC.com confirms that former Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo has withdrawn from his scheduled UFC 177 match against Scott Jorgensen “due to medical reasons.”



This is the same guy who no-showed the weigh-ins for Legacy FC 25 last November due to a reported stomach flu, blew weight by 3.5 pounds before his win over Elias Garcia in January, pulled out of a Legacy FC title fight against Damacio Page this past May due to “personal reasons,” then withdrew from the main event of Legacy FC 34 last month for undisclosed reasons, just before signing with the UFC. In retrospect, it’s kind of baffling that the UFC signed this flake in the first place — although the promotion hedged its bets by burying Cejudo vs. Jorgensen on the UFC 177 prelims.



That turned out to be a wise move, because at least the UFC doesn’t have to scramble to replace yet another main card bout for Saturday’s event. On the other hand, UFC 177 now features just nine fights, and is made up of 38.9% non-wiki fighters, which is friggin’ awful. (UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le still holds the modern non-wiki record, at 65%, but at least that card didn’t come with a $55 price tag.)



We can’t tell whether Cejudo’s struggles are purely physical — as in, he should really be competing at bantamweight, and his body is rebelling against him — or psychological, as past critiques of his motivation and commitment have suggested. Maybe he saw this GIF and got nervous. At any rate, it’s possible that this MMA thing just isn’t for Henry Cejudo, at least not at the highest level.



Update: MMAJunkie reports that a bad weight cut was indeed the reason for Cejudo’s withdrawal:



Cejudo’s second attempt to shed pounds resulted in nausea and cramping that prompted a checkup from UFC officials, who elected to pull the fighter from the card rather than risk further complications with additional weight cutting, [Cejudo's manager] William McFarlane told MMAjunkie.



“He’s OK,” McFarlane said. “It just goes back to all the issues related to when these guys cut weight. They dehydrate themselves to the point where there’s adverse effects. There’s nothing permanent, but it’s just a safety issue”…



Cejudo weighed in at 137 pounds on Tuesday, according to McFarlane, and then dropped to 130 pounds on Thursday night. The UFC believed the fighter was on track to make the flyweight limit, the manager added.



This morning, however, Cejudo began experiencing complications. McFarlane said he called UFC site coordinator Burt Watson, who evaluated the fighter and determined he shouldn’t cut any more weight.



The UFC then notified the California State Athletic Commission, which will oversee the pay-per-view card. CSAC Executive Director Andy Foster said he was informed that Cejudo, who had met the medical requirements to receive a fight license, had suffered a medical issue and couldn’t fight.



McFarlane said he planned to meet with the UFC later today to discuss Cejudo’s future. He didn’t rule out the fighter competing in the bantamweight division and added that a planned appearance at UFC on FOX 13, which takes place Dec. 13 in his hometown of Phoenix, was now in question.

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UFC 177: Official Weigh-Ins

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Barao out of the rematch 1!!?!?!?! wtf

just read that Barao is off the rematch with Dillashaw .... some sh.t with weight cut ... same as cejudo ??:P

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