Can't say I blame him though.A new event in a new land, this was supposed to be big, they brought 2 Champions and then all the new viewers got too see a shitty event. Very very bad for the UFC.
@danawhite The only reason I created this account today is to say, "Thank GOD I don't pay for your events!" about 2 hours ago via web @danawhite How does it feel that STRIKEFORCE is making a better impact in MMA now and they put on an amazing show...FREE about 2 hours ago via web @danawhite You are making your organization more like entertainment everyday...it's coming back now and will eventually sink your ship about 2 hours ago via web @danawhite Think you need to quit worrying about us "pirates" out here and do something better to show your organization in a better light about 2 hours ago via web @danawhite It's ok though, I'll still stream your event tonight so people can watch it on the internet. about 2 hours ago via web Dana White: FUCK YOU!!! :::laughing: @danawhite Thats the spirit :) about 2 hours ago via web
well I'm glad that Silva put on a boring show tonight. That happens when you put your big names against nobodies. UFC cards sucks.
Silva has had 5 soft touches in a row. For all the nuthuggery that he gets from Dana, you would thing that he would be fighting the best.
OK, play matchmaker and tell me what 185 pound guy in the UFC should have been in there with Silva yesterday? And it's ridiculous to call Forest Griffin a 'soft touch'. Sure Silva made him look a goof, but when the fight was made, everyone thought "OK, now Silva will have to fight." Griffin has been a pushover for anyone in the UFC until Silva destroyed him.
There is nothing for Silva at 185. He needs to be at 205. Forrest IS a soft touch. Not quite as soft a touch as the other 4, but Dana definately matched him with one of the most taylor made 205'ers for Silva.
Give me one reason why Griffin would be considered a soft touch at 205? Who didn't he push hard until Silva?
Griffin is just a survivor. He is a tough dude, but he is very beatable and is not great at anything. It was pretty obvious to me before the fight that AS would just pick Forrest apart standing.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – As the fourth round ended in the middleweight championship fight on Saturday at UFC 112 at Ferrari World, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White picked up Anderson Silva’s title belt and tossed it in the direction of Silva’s manager, Ed Soares. White was nearly becoming physically ill watching Silva clown in the cage and avoid fighting. He wanted nothing to do with presenting the champion with his belt after the fight with Demian Maia ended. Silva pranced around the ring, making odd motions and strange faces, banging the mat, running in circles and generally behaving as if he had no understanding that people paid significant money to watch him fight. He looked like a fool and he disrespected his opponent, the sport, his employers and, most significantly, a live crowd which paid a gate of $3.5 million as well as the hundreds of thousands of people who purchased the pay-per-view to watch him. White seethed at the postfight news conference and tossed verbal hand grenades in Silva’s direction. After meeting with reporters following the news conference, White headed to Silva’s trailer for a showdown. He said he didn’t know how he would punish Silva, who won by scores of 50-45, 50-45 and 49-46, but said he would find a way to make it up to the fans for having to sit through such a poor, confounding main event. Perhaps the best way White can get even with Silva, who was defiant at the postfight news conference, is to have Silva fight on the card he is planning to benefit the military in Afghanistan. White looked extraordinarily angry when he walked into the room and didn’t pull any punches when he began to speak. “I’ll answer the questions about what a disgrace the main event was and what an embarrassment it is,” White said almost immediately upon taking the lectern postfight. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more embarrassed in 10 years of being in this business. It’s the first time I’ve ever walked out of a main event.” By the time the fifth round was winding to a close, the sellout crowd of 11,008 was chanting Maia’s name. Silva meekly apologized in the cage in an interview with television analyst Joe Rogan, but he struck a more defiant chord at the postfight news conference. “Unfortunately, not every fight turns out the way everyone would like,” Silva said through Soares, who was interpreting for him. “I came here well-trained, but Demian disrespected me, not as a person, but he disrespected me as a fighter. I take that very seriously. I came here to do my job, which was to beat him up and punish him. That’s exactly what I did.” Silva dodged the question several times, but finally said vaguely that he felt Maia disrespected him in prefight interviews when Maia, a jiu-jitsu black belt, talked about breaking his arm. What didn’t make sense about Silva’s answer was that if he felt disrespected was that he spent much of the last three rounds running and clowning and not punching or kicking. He had the opportunity to make Maia pay for his words, if Maia actually said anything incendiary, but he chose instead to circle, wiggle his back side, make faces and essentially make a fool out of anyone who either purchased a ticket or bought the pay-per-view. “The way I feel, my mission was completed,” Silva said. “I came in and dominated the fight and did what I had to do. That’s how I feel.” Silva was clearly a far better fighter than Maia, whose only hope of winning was to somehow get the fight to the ground and catch Silva in a submission hold. Silva was faster and could nearly land his punches at will. He had a far more varied attack and broke Maia’s nose with a flying knee in the second. The highlights for Silva, though, lessened as the fight wore on and he spent more time mocking Maia and making a jackass of himself. His actions will have deep repercussions. For one, the fight was aired live in the U.S. at 1 p.m. ET, but was still going to be replayed in its normal pay-per-view time slot beginning at 10 p.m. ET. Fans who may have purchased the fight in its normal slot likely didn’t buy it after catching word of Silva’s antics. Even more, Silva did the same thing at UFC 90 and then had a lackluster performance at UFC 97. White glared at Silva as Silva answered questions from the media. Clearly, Silva’s words did not soothe his boss’ feelings. “I’m more unhappy than I was when I walked in the door,” White said after hearing Silva’s lame answers at the news conference. “That’s why I ended the news conference. I couldn’t stand to listen to that [expletive] any more.” Silva cost himself a big chunk of his reputation as well as a lot of money. He lost the respect of the ownership of the UFC, who were embarrassed in front of their new partners, the investment group from Abu Dhabi who bought a reported 10 percent of the company. He may have lost his status as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He lost his opportunity to drop to welterweight as he said he wanted to do before the fight and challenge 170-pound champion Georges St. Pierre. “He doesn’t deserve to fight GSP,” White fairly spat. Early in the news conference, White said Silva might become the first champion to fight on the preliminary card. Wherever he fights, Silva had better pray that White stacks the card with a lot of fights people want to see. Because if Anderson Silva is the main attraction, don’t be shocked if the fans stay away in droves. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-ufcsilva041010
I agree that they should reduce the number of events because the cards are watered down. Last night's card was good on paper and worthy of PPV. The night started off well but the last 25 minutes really made everyone down on the entire event.
What good are title fights if nobody orders the damn PPVs, Bob? The fans are the ones who are responsible for the UFC's success and the fans can destroy it by turning that sh*t off and not buying any more ppvs. What use will those crappy little titles be then? Most of those events should be free.
Am I the only one who had the freaking results spoiled by ESPN? Want to make a bad card (on paper-an excellent card) worse? Know the results ahead of time.
