Dana White say is Silva fights like that again,he's fired.

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Dana is responsible for turning UFC into a profitable huge company. He basically re-invented the product.

 

Z is right, they may shelf him, but they won't cut him.

 

Let's look at the facts. UFC was in dire straits and not really making a profit. They were making roughly 50,000 PPV buys give or take. And this was while Ortiz, Couture and Liddell were at the helm.
Then one of the Fertitta brothers decided to take advantage of this unbelievable money-machine called Reality TV. So they invented the TUF series. Dana White was STRONGLY against it and felt it was a complete waste of time.
Suddenly, the TUF caught on like a whirlwind and tens of thousands of young guys began watching and then, at the exact right time at the exact right place at the TUF 1 Finale, Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar produced the equivalent of Hagler/Hearns which basically exploded the UFC's popularity ten-fold.
And since then, the UFC has never looked back with its brand fully established and ingrained now into the 18-34 demographic which is the toughest demo to reach.
Now tell me, where was Dana White in all of this other than being the one who was firmly against the TUF series? Where was his genius that turned the UFC into a profitable company?
This was a case of a great idea along with a lot of luck in that Griffin and Bonnar gave the world an amazing fight when they had that one opportunity to make the UFC into a success. And Dana White wasn't instrumental in the overnight success of the UFC. He wasn't the one commanding the ship when the UFC boomed.
So stop with this bullsh*t about Dana White reinventing the product. He reinvented nothing. The UFC would be successful no matter if he lives or dies. Any number of people can do his job.

 

Godfather, there is nothing for Dana White to run. The UFC runs itself with the Fertittas money and the UFC brand is fully established. Dana White is no longer relevant. He's actually the one making the UFC look unprofessional. Basically he's marketing it like it's delivered to redneck country where people like to get shit faced drunk and throw out F bombs constantly.::

 

Dana would like you to think he's brought this company to where it's at.:: He'll be the first to say that TUF was his genius idea. It wasn't.

 

As much as I dislike Dana White, and as much as I dislike fighters getting SKANKED by the UFC, with some pathetic pay packets, I have to give Dana credit for one thing - he's certainly done a good job as a company boy.

He's more important to the UFC than Silva and it's not even close, he runs the UFC. They could lose Silva and at this point, I don't think many people would really care.

 

I don't think losing the most dominant fighter in any weight class in the UFC would be a good thing, necessarily. The person who holds the championship belt without beating Silva is a paper champion and deep down, we'd all know it.

 

Dana White is a lair and a con-man and is trying to destroy MMA as a sport. He's deathly afraid that any other league might gather steam and compete with him. I'm telling you man, let the Fertittas fire Dana White and watch how much money is freed up for the fighters.::
Dana White doesn't really do anything. You just think he does because his ugly ass is on tv so much talking sh*t and taking the spotlight away from the fighters. He discredits the sport and the company with his behaviour. I hope the Fertittas fire his ass.

 

didn't know that shite hanz

 

I don't personally have a problem with Dana White but I also think that he's not the guy who was detrimental to the UFC's success, especially as of late.
He's fine doing what he does. But I also don't think the UFC would sink if Dana White was gone. Just saying.
The people who are running the UFC work behind the curtains. Dana is just a face for the cameras really. And have you seen how he talks to the fans? "F*ck You...F*ck You...F*ck You!!!" is all he ever says. F-bombs galore! Absolutely unprofessional behaviour. He makes the UFC look bad.

 

GF, you should know better to even read Hanzy's posts. He's just a trolling idiot.


TFK

 

You've always had a problem with anybody who doesn't agree with you on this board, TFK. ::
Dana White is about as relevant to the UFC as you are to this MMA board. Basically you think you're relevant but you could disappear tonight and this sh*t would still run itself just fine.

 

Dana doesn't do anything for the UFC. He's just leading you to think he does. Gullible nitwits.:: What does he do? He isn't a match maker. He doesn't fund the UFC. He wasn't instrumental in putting together the reality series which helped the UFC take off. He's given us sh*tty cards and charged people an arm and a leg. He can't talk like a normal human being. He pays his fighters peanuts. He wants to kill every other league in MMA.
Basically, the guy is a joke and should be fired. Only then will the UFC break new ground and become a truly legit org.

 

I assume the goal of the UFC is to make money like most companies. They are. In fact, they've managed to grow revenue during the worst economy in decades. The company is well-run, fantastically promoted, and solid as a business entity.

I'm not sure that kind of performance gets the President of the company fired.

On top of that, the dude owns 10% of the company. Firing him as President wouldn't take that away.

 

I'm not denying the UFC is well run. They're making money. I'm just saying they're making money with or without Dana White at the helm content with delivering F-bombs and tarnishing the reputations of the competitors and the fighters who aren't under his employment.

 

Personally I think White could take it back a couple of notches when publicly speaking.

From a management standpoint, White is the face of the UFC. And the UFC has become universally recognized as the premiere MMA organization.

You can contend he's had nothing to do with that, but I would disagree. I couldn't tell you what White does on a daily basis, but he's put an amazing product on the shelf.

 

I can tell you exactly what he does on a daily basis. I compiled all his video blogs over the past half year and basically what he does is wake up, train in the gym for an hour, feed his dogs, eat a meal, make a few phonecalls to his boys the Fertitas, talk about how crap the rest of the MMA world is and how the UFC is the only thing that matters, ride around in his Ferrari, take a sh*t, then go to bed.:dunno:
As for your first point regarding him being the face of the UFC from a management standpoint. Do you really think any of us would give a sh*t if he disappeared altogether? The face(s) of the UFC are the fighters, not Dana White. You're talking about a guy who told us to our faces on camera that we fans demanded Tito/Liddell 3. LOL!!!

 

Interesting. I'd be curious to know just how instrumental Dana was/is in getting the UFC to where it's at today.

It would be hilarious if he really did fuck all as Hanzy is suggesting ::

 

Dana White was a tag-along who was lucky to be friends with billionaires. The people instrumental in the success of the UFC are the ones behind the curtains. Dana's just a former boxercise instructor and a figure in front of the cameras playing a role. He doesn't make decisions. He doesn't make fights. He can't enforce rules. He's nothing.

 

Dana White is a complete attention-whore. All you have to do is look at the TUF DVDs you buy at Wal-mart and take notice of who is sticking their f*cking ugly head right smack in the middle of the DVD cover. It ain't about the fighters, it's all about Dana White.:laughing:
He is absolutely loving the attention, he craves it. It's the closest he'll get to being a superstar without actually having to compete. You're talking about a motherf*cker who actually filmed a tv show on Spike which showcased him training for a fight with a UFC fighter.:: That's the kind of attention whore Dana White is. It's only about him!

 

The irony is hilarious.


TFK

 

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honestly, Hanzy, I don't think anyone has ever been bitch slapped as nicely as TFK just did to you. I think that has to go down in mma forum history...

 

Sure doesn't take much to impress you eh jarhead? TFK can't engage in a debate without pulling the trigger on the ban button. You know how many times he's booted me off here because he didn't have what it took to handle my heat? I'm trying to stay on my best behaviour right now and not retort. Trying to be a good boy!
Irony my f*cking ass! He absolutely hates anybody who discredits his precious little UFC. And he hates it even more when somebody disagrees with his opinion. If you disagree with TFK, he'll call you a troll and an idiot. He will never tolerate anybody who hates on Dana White or the UFC. It ain't gonna happen...not on TFK's watch! :nono:::

 

It doesn't matter what you say. Even if I'm an attention whore on FightBeat, Dana White is the biggest attention whore in MMA.

 

I'm easily impressed, what can I say??::