Which MMA president appeared on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas?
UFC president Dana White has a simple message for fighters dreaming of competing in the world-famous octagon: Don’t do business with EA Sports. In an edict that started as a rumor on internet message boards, White stated after Saturday’s historic UFC 100 event that he was “at war” with the popular video-game developers and that those that side with EA Sports will find themselves out of the UFC’s good graces. But perhaps surprising to some, White insists it was EA Sports that fired the first salvo in the still-developing controversy. “It’s easy to sit on the other side of the table and judge me on how I react to stuff like this,” White said. “But let me tell you what – I’ve been in the trenches for almost 10 years, and I’ve been dealing with all these businesses, and EA was one of them.” EA Sports holds the publishing rights for several of the market’s most successful sports-related video games, including the Madden NFL, FIFA, NASCAR and Tiger Woods PGA series. White said the UFC had ho
Affliction Entertainment has ceased all promotional efforts effective immediately, and has hashed out a deal to become a brand sponsor for its former rival, the UFC. Yahoo Sports first reported of the industry shake-up, which Sherdog.com also confirmed with numerous sources. UFC President Dana White remained elusive on the subject during an interview with ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas. “Affliction hasn’t made any real comment yet [on its future],” White said. “These guys are good at making clothes. We’re in the fight business. That’s what we do. There’s going to be a lot of interesting things happening over the next couple of weeks.” White, however, hinted at plans for a major press conference on July 31. “There are going to be a lot of crazy things,” White said. “I’m going to have a laundry list of things I’m going to mention.” Affliction, which co-promoted two events with M-1 Global in July 2008 and January 2009, cancelled its Aug. 1 sho
Dana White is currently on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas with Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports and Mike DiSabato of CageFighter. Here are live updates from the show. On Tito Ortiz: “Tito and I have been talking and we’ve been trying to see if we can figure things out.” “It’s a possibility.” White says he is working with Mandalay Bay to basejump off the building. He said he’d do this if UFC 100 reached 1.5 million buys on pay per view. This should be a good indication that it reached or surpassed that mark. Sources: http://www.mmaforreal.
