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Dana White is really excited about the future. (photo: Hector Castro/MMADieHards.com)
“It wasn’t that I thought this was offensive. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous and offensive. And yeah, I’m sure, offensive to many people. There’s been cases here where things have happened where some people have been offended by things that the fighters have said. You know, we have the Forrest Griffin incident; we’ve got the Rashad Evans incident and now the Miguel Torres incident. Now, the way that I handle these things with guys is, you know, we’re all gonna make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes. And, you know, a lot of the way that the public looks at these things is when a guy makes a mistake, you put him up on this pedestal, he makes a mistake and you want to burn him down. They burn him down, they beat him down. And that’s not the way that I operate. We don’t come out at the UFC with these canned statements that are written by our lawyers, we handle everything on a case by case basis, with the idea that people are going to make mistakes. And it’s how you handle yourself after you make that mistake.”
- Dana White spoke to mmafighting.com about cutting Miguel Torres from the UFC for insensitive comments made on Twitter.
“I have a lot to be thankful for in my life, I have my beautiful wife and daughter, my family, my health, my gym, and in terms of my career, I succeeded to the biggest stage in the sport of mixed martial arts, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. I am very sorry for upsetting my bosses at the UFC, and also to my fans and everyone else who was upset by the language in my tweets. I understand it was wrong, and I meant no harm or disrespect. Given the chance, I will do whatever it takes to make things right. I am going to learn from this. I think life throws you opportunities that can make you a better person, and so that’s what I’m going to do here. That is how I am going to react. I am going to use this to improve myself, and I hope that my fans will continue to support me.”
- Torres reacts to UFC release via migueltorresmma.com.
“Just sit and wait and watch what I do. Trust me: it’s going to be just fine. Like I said last time when I talked to you guys about this, I’m getting into this and I’m going to handle it. Watch and see.”
- White promised Strikeforce will continue at the UFC pre-event press conference.
“I don’t believe Anderson’s hurt. I know he says he’s hurt and then he was in training camp with Wanderlei that got caught on tape. He just got done working with Machida that got caught on tape. I really don’t care about Anderson Silva. I truly don’t. How hard is it gonna be to become world champion beating up math teachers? I don’t understand it. Give Anderson Silva my schedule and see how well he does. Yeah, I think he’s ducking me. I think he’s ducking Dan Henderson. I don’t know if he’d be eager to fight Bisping, you’ll have to Dan about that comment but no, I don’t think he’s hurt.”
- Chael Sonnen spoke about Anderson Silva at the UFC on Fox press conference.
“I did roll with him one time and number one, it was really gross because the dude sweats like a ridiculous amount so I was just covered in Brock Lesnar sweat, like just dripping in his own sweat but then he was kinda messing around and I jumped on a guillotine and I wound up eventually tapping him out and then he actually got kinda angry and the next time that we started, he just picked me up above his head WWE-style and like threw me across the room so that was the end of my training with Brock. I got him one time. I jumped on the guillotine because he wasn’t ready for it and I choked him out and then after that I got thrown across the room.”
- Nik Lentz explained his time with Brock Lesnar to MMA Mania.
“I’m very, very thankful for Dana and Lorenzo. I don’t want to sound like a broken record but they’ve given so much to my family and to me as a fighter. I’ve given so much to make this happen. I’ve been with the UFC since day one. I fought with the UFC as an amateur, back in 1997, May 30. UFC 13. And I’ve only competed in the UFC, I’ve never competed anywhere else my whole career. I made my brand by the UFC. Thanks to Lorenzo and Dana for making that happen for me. And it’s just one of those things, man. Me and Dana, we’re two alpha males in the same room and it’s hard to have that happen. We believe in what we believe in and we battle for that and we’re kind of bullheaded. Me and Dana were best friends at a time and I kind of broke their trust, I guess. And so I have to rebuild that relationship and I will. Time cures everything and I just have to show my respect and my loyalty to them as I always have. There was a couple times where I got a little out of hand by people who were around me that were kind of making me believe things I probably shouldn’t be believin’. I should have stuck to my own thoughts but it’s just one of those things. I was a kid who came from the streets and I never really had any family to trust. I grew up with no trust. There was no trust in my family, in my life. I thought that I could trust someone and it was never there. I made a mistake, I’m human and I made a mistake.”
- Tito Ortiz explained how his relationship with the UFC was mended on the Jim Rome show.
“I believe that there is only one person to blame for what happened and it’s myself. I’m the kind of guy where sometimes I endure pain and go through it and that’s what I do all the time. I learned a big lesson in my life and it’s only gonna make me stronger, smarter and more clever. It’s nobody else to blame, it’s myself. It’s a freak accident that happened in training. This injury I have, it’s called a ‘compensation injury’ because I compensate because one of my legs was almost 100 percent healed but I was compensating a little bit more with the other and I think that’s what happened. It’s all about compensation and I learned the hard way.”
- Georges St-Pierre detailed his injury on a conference call to the media that forced him out of UFC 143.
“It’s unfortunate that Rashad got hurt, but you know, it’s happened twice now. He’s had people step in. … All I know is, if I have to, I’ll pull out the age card and just say I should have seniority here. I’m getting older. Rashad’s got a little more time than I do.”
- Dan Henderson spoke to Sherdog about getting a title shot by any means necessary.
“That’s definitely something that’s gotten made up by media, that I can’t take a punch. I just felt as if it was something to address, just to kind of quiet more critics. …I knew I could take a punch, and I’m glad that I got to prove it.”
- Jon Jones talked about Lyoto Machida’s offense following UFC 140.
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Jason Kelly (@JayKayMMA) of MMADieHards.com breaks down the impact of the severe injury that will keep UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre out of action for at least nine months and takes a look at UFC 140, which takes place Saturday in his backyard in Toronto.
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UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre blew out his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee and is forced to pull out of his championship bout against Nick Diaz at UFC 143 on Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas.
UFC president Dana White tweeted today, “GSP blown acl will be out for 10 mos. Now (Carlos) Condit vs Diaz for the interim welterweight title on Feb 4th in Las Vegas!!”
St-Pierre is expected to be out of action for approximately 10 months. This follows the champ pulling out of his UFC 137 bout against Condit in October when he sprained his medial collateral ligament (MCL).
Josh Koscheck was scheduled to meet Condit at UFC 143, but no replacement has been announced for the American Kickboxing Academy fighter as of yet.
The drama surrounding Diaz vs. St-Pierre has been ongoing since July when the Stockton, California native missed a press conference and Condit was brought in to face the Canadian. Comments were made from Cesar Gracie, Diaz’s coach, prior to UFC 137 that GSP appeared to be fine after claiming an injured MCL.
GSP-Diaz is back on (MMA.TV photo)
All it took for Nick Diaz to regain his title shot against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre was a win over B.J. Penn and an Octagon callout.
After Diaz scored a unanimous decision victory over Penn on Saturday in the headlining match of UFC 137 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, he addressed St-Pierre.
“I don’t think Georges is hurt,” Diaz said. ”I think he’s scared to fight me right now.”
While cameras caught St-Pierre laughing it off, UFC president Dana White revealed that it had quite the opposite effect behind closed doors. White said St-Pierre was so incensed by the remarks that the champion asked to fight Diaz when his injury is healed, and not Carlos Condit. White said Condit agreed to step aside. Condit’s manager, Malki Kawa, said via Twitter that Condit did not just step aside, but instead that St-Pierre chose to fight Diaz. Kawa also intimated that Condit would be compensated for the switch.
It continues the merry-go-round that surrounded UFC 137, which originally was slated to be St-Pierre against Diaz, who relinquished his Strikeforce welterweight title to move back to the UFC. When Diaz was nowhere to be found for a pair of press conference well before the event, White pulled him from the card and elevated Condit from a fight with Penn and into the title match. Diaz turned up later that same day and was demoted to fight Penn, who he beat with an overwhelming rally through the final two rounds of the three-round match.
Now Diaz gets his shot at St-Pierre in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 4, which is unofficially known each year as the Super Bowl card because it takes place the night before the NFL determines its champion. Condit is slated to be on the card as well, but it will be a long layoff if he does not fight in the mean time. He has fought once in the last year, beating Dong Hyun Kim in July.
White did not speculate upon potential opponents for Condit, but Josh Koscheck, Anthony Johnson and Jake Ellenberger figure to be among the top group at welterweight. Koscheck stepped in on 19 days’ notice to beat Matt Hughes last month in his return from an injury after losing to St-Pierre. Johnson has won five of his last six fights, with the only loss coming to Koscheck. In his UFC debut, Ellenberger dropped a split decision to Condit and has since run off five straight wins.
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After all that, Nick Diaz is back in the main event fight at UFC 137.
A knee injury will keep welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre from defending his title on Oct. 29 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White said Tuesday via Twitter. White said opponent Carlos Condit will remain on the sidelines waiting for the fight and that Diaz will fight B.J. Penn in the main event in a three-round bout.
Originally, this card was supposed to have St-Pierre defend his belt against Diaz, who vacated the Strikeforce championship to get the title matchup in high demand from fans. Condit originally was slated to face Penn but was elevated by White to the main event when Diaz flaked on a pair of UFC press conferences. Very shortly thereafter, the previously AWOL Diaz resurfaced and White plugged him in against Penn.
The severity of St-Pierre’s injury, according to White, is yet to be determined, although he said early indications show that the champion could be ready in a couple of months. The promotion has two December events scheduled, with Jon Jones taking on Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec. 10, and Alistair Overeem meeting Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 on Dec. 30.
The 2012 schedule remains in the works, save for Feb. 26, when the UFC will run concurrent events at Saitama, Japan and Las Vegas.
Back to UFC 137, there should be some shuffling coming in the other bouts, as the pay-per-view now appears to have just four matches. In a pair of heavyweight tilts, Cheick Kongo faces Matt Mitrione, and Roy Nelson meets Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic. Hatsu Hioki takes on George Roop in a featherweight match.
The current undercard will be aired on Spike TV, with Dennis Siver taking on Donald Cerrone at lightweight, and Bart Palaszewski meeting Tyson Griffin at featherweight. One of those bouts figures to get promoted.
On the Facebook portion of the undercard are middleweights Brad Tavares and Dustin Jacoby, bantamweights Scott Jorgensen and Jeff Curran, light heavyweights Brandon Vera and Eliot Marshall, lightweights Ramsey Nijem and Danny Downes, and middleweights Chris Camozzi and Francis Carmont.
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It appears it was either Nick Diaz’s quirkiness or insubordination that cost him his UFC welterweight title shot against Georges St-Pierre.
Rather than have a Las Vegas press conference hyping their Oct. 29 fight at Mandalay Bay, Diaz pulled a no-show for the second straight day on Wednesday. UFC president Dana White instead turned the gathering into a news conference during which he officially pulled Diaz from the card and slotted in Carlos Condit.
Condit was slated to fight BJ Penn in the co-main event but was moved up to compete for the belt. White also used the conference to alert Penn, who was kept in the dark and not in attendance, as to what was going on with his match with Condit.
At the time of the early afternoon conference in Las Vegas, Condit was en route to the city. Like in Toronto the day before, White and St-Pierre manned the presser themselves with Diaz nowhere to be found.
The media gathering turned bizarre when White answered a call from Diaz’s trainer, Cesar Gracie, whom White previously said had not returned his call from three hours earlier.
After taking the call, White explained to the media that Gracie told him Diaz slipped out the back door of the trainer’s house. Gracie told MMAJunkie.com he tried to drive Diaz to the airport on Monday and even offered to fly with the fighter to Toronto, but Diaz had departed the gym before Gracie arrived there from his son’s birthday party.
White admitted he knew what he was getting into when he booked Diaz.
“I’ve promoted over 1,600 fights in my career and this has never happened once,” said White, who noted that Diaz told him to his face that he would do the promotion for the fight.
St-Pierre, who had learned of the news only moments before the conference, was flabbergasted.
“I don’t have the words. I’m caught off guard completely,” the long-time champion said. ”I would never have done something like that. I have been training 10 years for this. It means so much to me. I just can’t believe it. It’s crazy.
“For me to not show up at something like this, it would take something really bad, like someone dying in my family, and I would still tell the UFC. We’re partners.”
As Condit steps in, the former WEC welterweight champ does so with kudos from his boss and opponent.
White said he felt Condit was the better choice for the title shot but made him wait because of popular requests to move in Diaz from Strikeforce, where he was the welterweight champ.
St-Pierre believes Condit to be a significantly bigger threat.
“I’m not thinking about Nick Diaz anymore, I’m thinking about Condit,” St-Pierre said. ”It happened a few minutes ago and I have to reorganize my camp completely. Condit has way more power and is a way more dangerous opponent than Nick Diaz. I wanted to fight Nick Diaz because he has been saying a lot about me. It was kind of a unification.
“I do believe Carlos Condit is more dangerous than Nick Diaz. If they fought, my money would be on Condit.”