If they have not done it already today, Lyoto Machida and Ryan Bader should thank their fans. UFC President Dana White has revised his former decision that the winner of Saturday night's main event between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Brandon Vera would get the next light heavyweight title shot. The fans cried foul and the UFC President responded. Read More »
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Fight week, blog week, the Bald Father returns with his video blog for "UFC on FOX 4: Shogun vs. Vera" which takes place Saturday in Los Angeles. White answers the uproar from fans regarding the next light heavyweight title shot by adding Saturday's co-main event into the mix. White returns to Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory to celebrate his birthday and Ryan Sheckler busts out. And White takes viewers behind the scenes at UFC 149. Read More »
Dana White defends decision to award winner of Shogun Rua vs. Brandon Vera a title shot
UFC President Dana White confirmed on today's UFC on FOX 4 conference call the winner of Saturday's main event bout between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (20-6) and Brandon"The Truth" Vera (12-5, 1 NC) will get a shot at the UFC light heavyweight title. Read More »
UFC on FOX 4 media call with Shogun, Vera, Machida, Bader *AUDIO*
The Ultimate Fighting Championship held a conference call today to help promote Saturday's UFC on FOX 4 card headlined by a number one light heavyweight contender's bout between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera. Read More »
The weekly best of Pro MMA Now
Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »
Dana White in-depth interview: ‘Girl on Guy’ podcast
Host of "Girl on Guy" podcast, Aisha Tyler, helps reveal a different side of UFC President Dana White as he talks about his early life growing up in Las Vegas and on the East Coast, how he got involved with the fight business, eventually convinced the Fertitta brothers to purchase the UFC and how they were able to turn it into the uber-successful fight promotion it is today. Read More »
Dana White UFC 149 post-fight media scrum (Video)
UFC President Dana White fielded questions on a variety of topics during the UFC 149 post-fight media scrum on Saturday night. He touched on topics such as MMA judging and referees hurting the sport of MMA because of incompetence . He talked about the UFC middleweight division and what's potentially next for UFC champ Anderson Silva. He talks about the future of UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao, and much much more. Read More »
Dana White talks UFC in China and matchmaker Joe Silva (Video)
UFC President Dana White spoke with Heavy.com's Maggie Cole on a variety of topics including UFC 149 in Calgary on Saturday and future plans for Canada. Also, White spoke on the UFC having an event in China and why that event will be on FUEL TV and more. Read More »
UFC 149 Dana White media scrum and interview
UFC President Dana White is busy making the rounds with media this week in preparation for UFC 149 on Saturday night in Calgary, Canada. In the video below White talks about the upcoming UFC 149 card, the success of UFC 148, Strikeforce, upcoming fights, and tons more. Read More »
Dana White UFC 149 video blog episode one
UFC President Dana White is back on the scene with his video blog as we gear up for UFC 149 that will take place in Canada on Saturday night. He's coming to us from Australia where they just wrapped up the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. UK. The video blog takes us behinds the scenes of the much anticipated UFC 148 event that was headlined by the mega rematch between UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and longtime nemesis Chael Sonnen. Read More »
Dana White in Australia: Talks ‘The Smashes’, New Zealand, Philippines and Soa ‘The Hulk’
UFC President Dana White has been in Australia getting ready for "The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. U.K." a.k.a. "The Smashes". White discusses the choosing of Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos as coaches, when the UFC might go to New Zealand, what happened to TUF Philippines and the Twitter bombardment he gets about Soa "The Hulk" Palelei. Read More »
300 fighters attend UFC and Strikeforce Fighter Summit
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® and STRIKEFORCE® organizations held their fourth Fighter Summit on July 9 and July 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC President Dana White and UFC CEO and Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta welcomed over 300 UFC® and STRIKEFORCE® athletes to Las Vegas, Nevada. Read More »
Faber and Barao face off on UFC 149 media call *AUDIO*
The UFC held a media conference call today for the upcoming UFC 149 card scheduled for July 21 as the UFC makes their debut in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. UFC 149 is headlined with an interim bantamweight title fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao. Both Urijah and Renan were on today's call, along with UFC President Dana White. Read More »
UFC 148: Dana White post-fight media scrum (Video)
UFC President Dana White took to the podium as usual at the UFC 148 post-fight press conference and spoke on a variety of topics. He thought both Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz looked 'old', spoke on a meeting with Alistair Overeem, the filming of TUF Australia, and much much more. Read More »
UFC 148 bonuses: Silva, Griffin, and Ortiz take home $75,000 in bonus awards
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and former champions Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz took home post-fight awards for their performances at UFC 148. Read More »
Watch today’s UFC 148 main event press conference LIVE on ProMMAnow.com at 2 p.m. ET
UFC middleweight champion and longest reigning UFC champion in history, Anderson "The Spider" Silva, along with his arch-nemesis Chael P. Sonnen, will participate in today's UFC 148 press conference hosted by UFC president Dana White. The live stream begins at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) on ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com). Read More »
Clay Guida thought he almost pitched a shutout against Gray Maynard
UFC lightweight Clay Guida is still answering questions about his gameplan in a unanimous decision loss against Gray Maynard on FUEL TV last week. Guida spoke with Jordan Sherwood of ESPN 760 "Inside the Cage" about his thoughts on the fight and why he thought he should have gotten the nod from the judges. Read More »
Alistair Overeem breaks silence on failed drug test *VIDEO*
Alistair Overeem was a guest Tuesday evening on UFC Tonight to discuss for the first time the elevated testosterone to epitestosterone levels that appeared during a random drug test that was sprung on him by the Nevada State Athletic Commission earlier this year. Overeem explained what he is doing to prove he is a clean fighter and hopes to return to the UFC by year's end. Read More »
UFC 148 media call with Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen *AUDIO*
Those expecting "The Chael Sonnen Show" on today's UFC 148 media call were given quite the surprise as it was the champion Anderson Silva who was stealing the show. Whether Anderson is genuinely fired up and angry or whether he has decided to turn up his promotional personality matters little. What matters is "The Spider" will be making headlines and that's good business. Read More »
UFC on FX 4: Dana White talks Clay Guida’s performance, judging and more (Video)
In this video we see a post-fight UFC on FX 4 interview between UFC President Dana White and UFC Tonight analyst Ariel Helwani. Read More »
Olympic medalist Ronda Rousey confident women will fight in the UFC
Olympic medalist and undefeated Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey's life has changed dramatically since she defeated Miesha Tate for the title back in March. Her popularity seems to have surpassed the woman once dubbed "the face of women's MMA", Gina Carano., and UFC President Dana White even seems to be warming up to the idea of having women fight inside the Octagon. Ronda shares her thoughts. Read More »
Video: Dana White opens up about his battle with Meniere’s disease
UFC President Dana White opens up about his battle with Meniere's disease, a rare inner ear disorder that can affect hearing and balance. White calls it "the most horrible thing you could ever go through" and says he is lobbying hard for corrective surgery even though it's not an absolute cure and he would have to learn to walk again afterward. Read More »