White Talks Affliction, Ortiz on ESPN Radio
Jake Rossen Jul 25, 2009
Dana White appeared on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las
Vegas Friday evening with host Steve Cofield. You can guess what
was discussed -- though White was evasive on specifics.
On the subject of Affliction closing its promotional hatches and returning as a UFC sponsor: “Affliction hasn’t made any real announcement yet…I’ve said this for a long time, they’re good at making clothes, not [being in] the fight business. That’s what we do. We’ll see what happens…There’s going to be a lot of interesting things happening over the next few weeks.”
On White’s own -- and God help me for even typing this word -- “Tweet” on Tito Ortiz re-signing with the UFC: “Tito and I have been talking….it’s a possibility.”
On enlisting Fedor Emelianenko: “My job is to put on the best fights with the best fighters…regardless of what I think of Fedor, where he sits in heavyweight division, it doesn’t matter…I want it because you [the fans] want it.”
White added he would be base-jumping off of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to order to honor a statement made to Yahoo’s Kevin Iole that he would do something spectacularly ill-advised if UFC 100 reached 1.5 million buys. He did not appear to be joking.
On the subject of Affliction closing its promotional hatches and returning as a UFC sponsor: “Affliction hasn’t made any real announcement yet…I’ve said this for a long time, they’re good at making clothes, not [being in] the fight business. That’s what we do. We’ll see what happens…There’s going to be a lot of interesting things happening over the next few weeks.”
On White’s own -- and God help me for even typing this word -- “Tweet” on Tito Ortiz re-signing with the UFC: “Tito and I have been talking….it’s a possibility.”
On enlisting Fedor Emelianenko: “My job is to put on the best fights with the best fighters…regardless of what I think of Fedor, where he sits in heavyweight division, it doesn’t matter…I want it because you [the fans] want it.”
White added he would be base-jumping off of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to order to honor a statement made to Yahoo’s Kevin Iole that he would do something spectacularly ill-advised if UFC 100 reached 1.5 million buys. He did not appear to be joking.
Related Articles
