Dana Whites Blocked teh Silva /Jones fight

Dana didnt want his guy to get embarassed.

 

Some "credible" boxing writers actually gave Silva a chance.
Jones was on this meat like a lion, he knew he would win in good, dramatic fashion

 

Absolutely. What does UFC gain from a RJJ , Silva fight? Nothing.

Silva is going against a boxing legend, and BOXING HIM!!

Worst case scenario (and the most likely one imo) is Silva gets knocked out, and people start looking at UFC as 2nd rate competition.

Do I want to see the fight ? You bet. But it aint my business. Its dana's. Dana has every right to defend it.

 

Doesnt he now consider Boxing second rate?He shits all over the sport every chance he gets yet was a amatuer Boxer himself and even challenged Ortiz to a Boxing fight.He also used to run a Boxing type aerobics class.Isnt this a golden oppurtunity to prove to the world that UFC fighters are legit?

 

great point!

 

polishpummler, who is that in your signature?

looks kinda slick for a white guy.

 

cant say Im surprised. I knew thats exactly what would happen. This is good news for Anderson whether he believes it or not.

 

Grzegorz Proksa.

P4P skillz...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grzegorz+proksa&search_type=

 

They are legit. They are legit MMA fighters... how does a boxing match prove that they are legit MMA fighters? Do you think Roy Jones would fight Silva in the UFC? Do you think that any promoter that handled Roy would allow him to fight Silva in the UFC? Hell no.

I don't see how anyone can bash on Dana White. The man forces Silva to fight every top Challenger in the World. Dana White forces ALL of the UFC Champions to fight the top fighters in the world. That's more than you can say for most boxing promoters who usually always choose the path of least resistance for their fighters, and only plug away for big money bouts rather than seeing the true top contenders get their shots.


If we want to do it fair, and I bet Dana White would agree to this... let them fight twice. One MMA fight, and one boxing match. Silva would be jumping out of his skin for an opportunity like that... I bet Jones would decline.

 

The difference is that Silva called out Jones, not the other way around.

 

Dana can afford to do this because he is the one and only promoter of the UFC ,, Im pretty sure if had competition he would be a lot more selective about who fights who .

 

Possibly, and that's a good point... but why did he throw Chuck Liddell into that Pride Tournament then? Your theory doesn't really work anyways, because half of the time the top boxers are under the same promotional banner.

 

Dana gets to pick and choose who he signs, so picking out the #1 contender amongst them isn't as daunting as if he went around, making Silva fight the #1 contender from every other organization. Imagine how many defenses HW champs could rack up if they were only defending their title against people from the same promotion. That's a big reason why the HW division in the UFC blows chunks right about now.

Dana White is nothing more than a loudmouth *****, who likes to run things on his terms and pay his fighters **** compared to what they're worth. He brags about how well the company's doing but cries poverty at the bargaining table. I can't say I blame him for it, because boxing promoters are guilty of some of the same...but this doesn't make either party less of a douche for doing it. Particularly when White's made his promoting bread by bashing boxing around every corner, while developing into the same thing he's ripping on. He's like what would happen if Vince McMahon became a boxing promoter.

With this, Dana's just showing he's also a hypocrite who loves to talk **** as long as it's on his terms. Just keep blabbing, Dana. As long as he has people willing to fight for peanuts just to say they're in the UFC, the gravy train's going to keep right on rolling.