UFC opens Toronto office with ex-CFL chief at helm The Ultimate Fighting Championship has opened an office in Toronto and put former CFL commissioner Tom Wright in charge of growing its brand in Canada. UFC president Dana White says Canada is “the mecca” of mixed martial arts, and the hockey-mad nation is UFC’s second-biggest market [...]
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UFC opens Toronto office with ex-CFL chief at helm
Posted by on May 28th, 2010
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No Comments »White keynote speaker at UFC FanExpo
Posted by on May 20th, 2010
White keynote speaker at UFC FanExpo UFC President Dana White will officially welcome fans to the second UFC® FAN EXPO™ on Friday, May 28 at 12PM PT during his keynote speech scheduled for the main stage inside the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Read more on Fightnews.com
Posted in MMA News Tags: ufc, keynote speaker, fanexpo, speaker, white, keynote, mandalay bay, dana white, keynote speech, expo No Comments »How Dana White Is Forcing Anderson Silva’s Hand at UFC 117
Posted by on April 29th, 2010
How Dana White Is Forcing Anderson Silva’s Hand at UFC 117 Although UFC president Dana White has no choice but to showcase controversial middleweight king Anderson Silva as the featured attraction at UFC 117 , that doesn’t mean he isn’t worried about it. “You have to,” White told a small group of reporters following WEC [...]
Dana White defends Jake Shields, plans UFC show in Afghanistan
Posted by on April 23rd, 2010
Dana White defends Jake Shields, plans UFC show in Afghanistan The WEC is set to put on its first ever pay-per-view event this weekend at ARCO Arena, and UFC president Dana White was in town to run Thursday’s press conference for the buildup of the WEC 48 card. Read more on Las Vegas Sun
Posted in MMA News Tags: shields, wec, defends, white, vegas sun, pay per view, jake, show, arco arena, dana white No Comments »UFC heads to Jersey as nearby New York City remains off limits
Posted by on April 20th, 2010
UFC heads to Jersey as nearby New York City remains off limits The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads to the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Saturday for UFC 111. But the league really has its sights set on New York where the fast-rising sport of mixed martial arts is still banned, UFC president Dana White said. [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: prudential, jersey city, limits, york, prudential center, remains, heads, ultimate fighting championship, usa today, mixed martial arts No Comments »Josh Gross: Penn, Silva fail to shine in UFC’s Middle Eastern debut
Posted by on April 12th, 2010
Josh Gross: Penn, Silva fail to shine in UFC’s Middle Eastern debut Well, we won’t have a hard time remembering the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first effort in Abu Dhabi. In the shadows of all things red, fast and Italian, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta came to the Arabian Peninsula touting two high-performance machines [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: lorenzo fertitta, penn, frank fertitta, ultimate fighting championship, hard time, eastern, debut, gross, performance machines, shine No Comments »White: UFC bound for Afghanistan, perhaps China
Posted by on April 11th, 2010
White: UFC bound for Afghanistan, perhaps China The UFC will put on a fight in Afghanistan within months, says Dana White, who may also be close on a card in China. Read more on Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports
Posted in MMA News Tags: yahoo, dana white, china, white, yahoo sports, china white, ufc, afghanistan, perhaps, bound No Comments »Ont. premier ducks under UFC’s push to legalize MMA
Posted by on March 27th, 2010
Ont. premier ducks under UFC’s push to legalize MMA UFC President Dana White was in Ontario Tuesday lobbying to have mixed martial arts legally sanctioned by the province, but found an opponent in Premier Dalton McGuinty who ducked out of the fight. Read more on CTV.ca
Posted in MMA News Tags: under, opponent, mixed martial arts, premier, ufc's, ufc, legalize, ont., push, dana white No Comments »Bald Bull: UFC Nixes Sherdog’s Credentials
Posted by on March 26th, 2010
Bald Bull: UFC Nixes Sherdog’s Credentials Dana White’s headstrong manner made the UFC what is. But for MMA to truly go mainstream, he needs to grow up. Read more on Blogcritics.org
Posted in MMA News Tags: sherdog's, mainstream, credentials, sherdog, ufc, dana white, nixes, bald, mma, bull No Comments »Alabama sanctioning nearly done
Posted by on February 25th, 2010
Alabama sanctioning nearly done UFC president Dana White on Tuesday posted to his Twitter account, “Sweet home Alabama just passed mma!!! Read more on Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports
Posted in MMA News Tags: sanctioning, nearly, ufc, yahoo sports, done, yahoo, alabama, sweet home alabama, dana white No Comments »(WWE) Jim Ross Blogs: Writing A Book, Visiting FCW, UFC’s Dana White
Posted by on February 12th, 2010
(WWE) Jim Ross Blogs: Writing A Book, Visiting FCW, UFC’s Dana White WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Some highlights from this update: Whether He’d Write A Book: The interest from the literary world re: me writing a autobiography is beginning to [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: ufc, dana, hall of famer, jim ross, wwe, dana white, white, wrestling news, writing a book, writing autobiography No Comments »Showdown: MMA in Ontario getting closer?
Posted by on February 11th, 2010
Showdown: MMA in Ontario getting closer? Dana White and a lobbyist firm the UFC has hired are hinting that Ontario is close to legalizing MMA Read more on Sportsnet.ca
Posted in MMA News Tags: ufc, lobbyist firm, ontario, getting, showdown, closer, mma, dana white No Comments »UFC thinking about live Pride
Posted by on January 28th, 2010
UFC thinking about live Pride With classic Pride fights airing on Spike TV, UFC president Dana White tells the Scrapyard that if they catch on with a new legion of fans, he’s not ruling out a live Pride event in the future. “You never know, anything is possible,” said White when asked if he’d consider [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: thinking, pride event, live, spike tv, toronto sun, pride, scrapyard, about, pride ufc, dana white No Comments »University alumnus Brock Lesnar to return to UFC after recent illness
Posted by on January 23rd, 2010
University alumnus Brock Lesnar to return to UFC after recent illness By: Michael Rietmulder Current Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar appeared on ESPN on Wednesday morning, flanked by UFC president Dana White, to announce that he will make his return to the sport after a serious illness nearly ended his career. White said [...]
Penn-Edgar Next for Lightweight Division
Posted by on January 15th, 2010
Penn-Edgar Next for Lightweight Division Frankie Edgar will be the next in line for B.J. Penn , UFC President Dana White told MMAFighting.com on Tuesday. Edgar and Gray Maynard had been earmarked as frontrunners for the division’s next championship bout after Penn dismantled Diego Sanchez over five rounds at UFC 107 on Dec. 12 in [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: edgar, ufc, split decision, fight night, next, nate diaz, sherdog, lightweight division, frontrunners, lightweight No Comments »
