UFC President Dana White will make a special announcement this afternoon during the UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” pre-fight press conference at 1 p.m. ET, according to UFC.com.
Here’s the snip:
“UFC® President Dana White will be making a major announcement at the UFC® 82 PRIDE OF A CHAMPION pre-fight press conference in Columbus, Ohio. UFC.COM will feature the official announcement at 1pm EST. Look for video highlights of the press conference featuring Dana White, along with a special guest, making the announcement later in the day.”
Special guest? Who could this mystery person possibly be, Mark Coleman? Or is it someone — or something — much bigger?
Let the speculation commence.
Of course we’ll pass along all of the official details as soon as possible.
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co-promo i hear, bringing fador to ufc……………..naught
I know it is almost impossible but how great would it be if he’d announce Randy vs. Fedor!!!
[quote comment=”332313″]I know it is almost impossible but how great would it be if he’d announce Randy vs. Fedor!!![/quote]
U must be sleep-typing!
Normally their “secret” announcements are known by most fans prior to it being made but I have no clue what this could be.
Its going to be an attempt by the UFC to counter EliteXC news of signing a deal with CBS (that will be headlined by Kimbo)
The news will probably be:
-UFC has reached its own deal with a big time network
-More likely, is that the UFC will announce airing UFC 85 on Spike Tv for Free.
Other news for you Matt Lindland fans:
Lindland has signed a very lucrative contract with a new American-based promotion. It is a 3 fight contract and he said he will be competing at middleweight.
If I had to guess…Cuban got his hands on Lindland!
I bet it’s the Mark Coleman hall of fame thing…but who cares?
I’m still hoping for Randy vs. Fedor although I know that this will not happen in the UFC.
Donald Trump will be there to announce the deal he helped broker between the UFC and NBC. Maybe.
Maybe Randy has agreed to fight Nog???
They did say Dana and a guest will be announcing the news..
..probably not, but I can still hope…
From what I’ve heard, on the May UFC event they will be announcing the release or at least giving us more info on the BADASS UFC game they are coming out with. http://mmamania.com/2007/07/12/video-sneak-peek-at-the-latest-ufc-video-game-for-ps3-and-xbox/. I could care less about a network announcement today. And I really dont know of any fighters that the UFC doesnt already have that i would be excited about seeing. Im hoping more that they are giving us information about this UFC game because there has been no information given for a year. Cant wait to drink some ice cold beer…get online…and Knock Some Biotches Out!!!
I think the special Appearance will more than likely be Randy Couture, and they will announce that he will be fighting Big Nog for the championship in August.
Or maybe they signed Ben Rothwell.
All of this speculation makes me happy, but yet it will probably be like Matt Hughes saying “I fight Matt Serra win or lose.. Jesus For Ever!”
I think the fact that the Mark Coleman / Hall of fame thing has already been circulating for a while (Hopefully) rules that out as the announcement…
I say hopefully because I’m quite excited to find out what it is now, and if it is the MC thing then it’ll be like…Oh, right, ok. Anyways UFC 82 in 2 days!!!
[quote comment=”332340″]From what I’ve heard, on the May UFC event they will be announcing the release or at least giving us more info on the BADASS UFC game they are coming out with. http://mmamania.com/2007/07/12/video-sneak-peek-at-the-latest-ufc-video-game-for-ps3-and-xbox/. I could care less about a network announcement today. And I really dont know of any fighters that the UFC doesnt already have that i would be excited about seeing. Im hoping more that they are giving us information about this UFC game because there has been no information given for a year. Cant wait to drink some ice cold beer…get online…and Knock Some Biotches Out!!![/quote]
No I hear that the video game announcement will be made at UFC 84 in May.
I could careless to see fedor in the ufc, the only reason he want to fight randy is to get that chicken shit russian outfit he fights with publicity in america, somebody needs to knock that bastard out
[quote comment=”332341″]I think the special Appearance will more than likely be Randy Couture, and they will announce that he will be fighting Big Nog for the championship in August.
Or maybe they signed Ben Rothwell.
All of this speculation makes me happy, but yet it will probably be like Matt Hughes saying “I fight Matt Serra win or lose.. Jesus For Ever!”[/quote]
NC-17: Randy reconciling with the UFC and accepting a fight with Nogueira is “the best case scenario”, However I doubt it. Lets face it Randy has changed, he seems very determined about only wanting Fedor. Lets keep our fingers crossed because Couture vs. Nogueira would be the greatest and Biggest heavyweight title match ever to take place in the UFC.
I doubt it, but I will keep my fingers crossed!
Anomaly: I posted some new Lindland news for you. For the full article go to mmaweekly.com
[quote comment=”332341″]I think the special Appearance will more than likely be Randy Couture, and they will announce that he will be fighting Big Nog for the championship in August.
Or maybe they signed Ben Rothwell.
All of this speculation makes me happy, but yet it will probably be like Matt Hughes saying “I fight Matt Serra win or lose.. Jesus For Ever!”[/quote]
LMAO!!! u crack me up!!
It may be Randy’s announcement but i highly doubt it considering hes waiting for Fedor and already has a deal in the works with M1. Plus if he lost to Nog then all the hype for Fedor vs. Randy would be lost. And if its the signing of Ben Rothwell then that would be somewhat ok, just becuase i want to see him finally fight someone good and get KO’d.
I think the most likely announcement is that Dana has been banging Tito’s wife Jenna Jameson and has gotten her pregnant. lol. I can already see it now…UFC 90: Battle For The Baby!!! Featuring Dana vs. Tito!!
Maybe Dana will finally admit that him and Joe Silva fucked up by allowing Forrest to fight Rampage for the title before Jardine
[quote comment=”332380″]Maybe Dana will finally admit that him and Joe Silva fucked up by allowing Forrest to fight Rampage for the title before Jardine[/quote]
I really hope your kidding!! First of all who the hell would want to watch Jardine’s ugly unpersonable ass throughout the whole season of TUF?? And if you think Jardine vs. Rampage would bring more hype then the Ultimate Fighter 1 winner (Forrest) vs. rampage then just go jump off a cliff right now. Plus if Forrest wins somehow then imagine the PPV sales for the next title fight which would be Chuck (the coach) vs. Forrest (the student) of TUF 1. Dana Has dollar signs in his eyes and is marketing his business perfectly at the moment
I read on other sites that the announcement will probably be a big time sponsor (bigger than Harley Davidson) joining up with the UFC, or a new TV deal.
We will see.
[quote comment=”332380″]Maybe Dana will finally admit that him and Joe Silva fucked up by allowing Forrest to fight Rampage for the title before Jardine[/quote]
Yeah Thats it, u nailed it!
[quote comment=”332369″][quote comment=”332341″]I think the special Appearance will more than likely be Randy Couture, and they will announce that he will be fighting Big Nog for the championship in August.
Or maybe they signed Ben Rothwell.
All of this speculation makes me happy, but yet it will probably be like Matt Hughes saying “I fight Matt Serra win or lose.. Jesus For Ever!”[/quote]
LMAO!!! u crack me up!!
It may be Randy’s announcement but i highly doubt it considering hes waiting for Fedor and already has a deal in the works with M1. Plus if he lost to Nog then all the hype for Fedor vs. Randy would be lost. And if its the signing of Ben Rothwell then that would be somewhat ok, just becuase i want to see him finally fight someone good and get KO’d.
I think the most likely announcement is that Dana has been banging Tito’s wife Jenna Jameson and has gotten her pregnant. lol. I can already see it now…UFC 90: Battle For The Baby!!! Featuring Dana vs. Tito!![/quote]
Great!!!
I think that they will either announce that UFC Liddell vs Shogun will be free on Spike TV, or they will announce a new TV deal with a major network.
This news will 99.99% have nothing to do with Randy Couture, since Mark Cuban and his HDnet fights already has a court case going with the UFC regarding Randy’s contract. I don’t know the timeline of that court case, I don’t believe it began yet, but unless something big came of that, this news will not be about Randy.
Godzilla vs. Mothra!!
he’ll probably just annouce the ufc and yahoo collaboration to deflect the actual HUGE proelite news . There hasn’t been any real positive news from the ufc since they signed soko.
i hope the annoucement is that the ufc in england will be free with exelite signing with cbs i think the ufc would be wise to at least go toe to toe with them and throw a free pay per view out there right now to coincide with this.
I hear that it is a new blue chip mainstream sponsor. That could be wrong. But it sure if run reading peoples speculations.
I do have to say that Gary Shaw has just put one up on Dana.
What is interesting is doesn’t the CBS Corporation own indirectly own Spike?
I think Spike is part of the MTV Networks which is part of Viacom which is owned by CBS? But I think CBS and Viacom are operated separately? Anyone?
[quote post=”5137″]I read on other sites that the announcement will probably be a big time sponsor (bigger than Harley Davidson) joining up with the UFC, or a new TV deal.
We will see.[/quote]
I would have to agree with your line of thinking. With the CBS deal with EliteXC, Dana couldn’t allow them to keep the MMA spotlight for more then 24 hours. My guess is that they have a TV deal in place. I’m actually hoping this is the case. Two promotions on two major networks…that would be great.
thank god, he is announcing he will by rich franklins hummer
I just heard about this announcement 10 seconds ago, but if it’s Mark Coleman, I’ll be extremely disappointed.
High hopes!
Here it is guys. I have a little info here. The special guest is Vince McMahon and they are announcing the sale of the UFC!!! to Vince who will own it but Dana will still be Pres.
dang.
wonder what its going to be, i wonder who they signed.
i hope its fighter related and not something about some sponsor that the fans couldnt care less about
Kimbo Slice vs Brock Lesnar
[quote comment=”332543″]Here it is guys. I have a little info here. The special guest is Vince McMahon and they are announcing the sale of the UFC!!! to Vince who will own it but Dana will still be Pres.[/quote]
I don’t know if you know, but crystal meth is bad for you.
No way, that sounds crazy but it very well could be true…
The rumor should be…
There will be a new division added 265LBS.
New sponsor is Visa… Earn knockout rewards.
Obama vs Clinton.
Signing Yoshida Hidehinko… (You know the Judo guy in Pride)
Pride FC will be up and running this summer. And Joe Rogan will be the man running the show over across. Which will have its own belts but each yr there will be a cross promotion featuring.
UFC has added a new show to spike it will air once a month and have 3 fights on it and will be a loser doesnot get thier contract resigned The new show will be “Knocked-out”.
UFC will add an annual event it will be a team vs team event Each team has 7 fighters, with the winners taking an added bonus.
I actually heard a rumor that a tv show called Grudge was gonna happen. The 2 disgrunteled people sign-up to work with a fighter for a month or so and settle it in the octagon…
But they draw thier coach at random and must have no prior experience…
Forrest should have fought jardine first before getting the shot to fight rampage. Forrest is good but not that good
Please let the Vince McMahon post be a joke!
Dana feels like he needs a big announcement to offset the ProElite CBS deal. I hope it’s something compelling or else he’s going to look really pathetic & desperate.
[quote comment=”332400″][quote comment=”332380″]Maybe Dana will finally admit that him and Joe Silva fucked up by allowing Forrest to fight Rampage for the title before Jardine[/quote]
I really hope your kidding!! First of all who the hell would want to watch Jardine’s ugly unpersonable ass throughout the whole season of TUF?? And if you think Jardine vs. Rampage would bring more hype then the Ultimate Fighter 1 winner (Forrest) vs. rampage then just go jump off a cliff right now. Plus if Forrest wins somehow then imagine the PPV sales for the next title fight which would be Chuck (the coach) vs. Forrest (the student) of TUF 1. Dana Has dollar signs in his eyes and is marketing his business perfectly at the moment[/quote]
Alright “LOVA” first off if you follow the UFC as much as your name suggests then you will know that Jardine earned a shot at the title by beating Forrest and Liddell. Jardine does lack a personality and I question how he wins with that off-balanced, herky jerky fight approach he has. I agree that Forrest will sell more tickets and ppvs because his “I don’t give a fuck” attitude and his work ethic are why he has a huge fan base. He will also be a better TUF coach than Jardine would ever be, and I never suggested that Jardine should be a coach. All I simply said is Jardine deserves a title shot before Forrest does. Jardine is 5-2 in the UFC which should be 6-1 because he made Bonner his bitch. He also made Forrest his bitch. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Forrest, but in my opinion Jardine deserves a title shot before Forrest does.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS THE UFC RESIGNS NICK DIAZ TO A 3 FIGHT CONTRACT!!!
Wow, Budweiser….gee thanks for the anticipation Dana.
How fucking gayyy… When is Dana gonna get the clue that fans dont care about sponsors?
[quote comment=”332313″]I know it is almost impossible but how great would it be if he’d announce Randy vs. Fedor!!![/quote]
it would suck dana is great for not letting mr.hgh everything he wants
Yeah, EliteXC has CBS but we got Bud. Wooo?
[quote comment=”332400″][quote comment=”332380″]Maybe Dana will finally admit that him and Joe Silva fucked up by allowing Forrest to fight Rampage for the title before Jardine[/quote]
I really hope your kidding!! First of all who the hell would want to watch Jardine’s ugly unpersonable ass throughout the whole season of TUF?? And if you think Jardine vs. Rampage would bring more hype then the Ultimate Fighter 1 winner (Forrest) vs. rampage then just go jump off a cliff right now. Plus if Forrest wins somehow then imagine the PPV sales for the next title fight which would be Chuck (the coach) vs. Forrest (the student) of TUF 1. Dana Has dollar signs in his eyes and is marketing his business perfectly at the moment[/quote]
no hes right the only reason forrest got a shot b4 jardine is cause dana is praying one of the tuf enough guys make it big,,,and maybe dana will say who gives better oral pleasure chuck or forrest
Maybe he will announce Chuck Norris vs Dogg Chapman for Blonde Supremacy…
or maybe it will be the idea my friend hit on when he was watching Silva / Liddell with me (subject is by know means a real mma fan)…
UFC 90 - “Royal Rumble”
10 LHW let loose in the octagon until there is only one standing!!!
Know it would never happen but a MMA Royal Rumble would be one for the ages full of people getting KTFO’d
A sponsor? Wow..thats…almost as good as a super fight?
[quote comment=”332692″]Maybe he will announce Chuck Norris vs Dogg Chapman for Blonde Supremacy…
or maybe it will be the idea my friend hit on when he was watching Silva / Liddell with me (subject is by know means a real mma fan)…
UFC 90 - “Royal Rumble”
10 LHW let loose in the octagon until there is only one standing!!!
Know it would never happen but a MMA Royal Rumble would be one for the ages full of people getting KTFO’d[/quote]
There would be people dying! Although it would be great to watch! But i think id should be open weight. Imagine Brock Lesnar throwing Sherk out of the cage.
[quote comment=”332454″]i hope the annoucement is that the ufc in england will be free with exelite signing with cbs i think the ufc would be wise to at least go toe to toe with them and throw a free pay per view out there right now to coincide with this.[/quote]
i hope so too but, i dont think ufc will give us fans Chuck vs. shogun for free.by the way i think fedor is scared of fighting in the cage.
Maybe he will announce Chuck Norris vs Dogg Chapman for Blonde Supremacy…
LMFAO………That is a priceless comment! I see Dog winning via “Racist Rear Naked Choke” and pepper spray!
Bud Light…..I liked the Mickey’s sponsorship better.
Couldn’t find a better beer?
[quote comment=”332668″]Wow, Budweiser….gee thanks for the anticipation Dana.[/quote]
Dana White makes mistakes, but the dude is a fucking marketing genius. He knows how to create anticipation.
[quote comment=”332313″]I know it is almost impossible but how great would it be if he’d announce Randy vs. Fedor!!![/quote]
i’d love to see this. i wonder why fedor wouldn’t sign with the ufc. did they low ball him. lesnar got 1/4 of a million for his one minute in the cage. what did they offer him less and if so why? lesnar had one MMA fight before the mir fight why is he getting payed that much? you are paying the wrong fighters the BIG pay checks. lesnar hasn’t proved himself and still hasn’t. randy and fedor need to fight somewhere to see who the best in the world is. enough with dana saying the heavywieghts are stacked. enough with the lies dana try telling the truth for once. and pat he lies that is not hard to do is it? i can do it watch. i’m the smartest man in the world. you people just hang on every word dana says. his job is to lie. and yes he is good at it.
[quote comment=”332439″]I think that they will either announce that UFC Liddell vs Shogun will be free on Spike TV, or they will announce a new TV deal with a major network.
This news will 99.99% have nothing to do with Randy Couture, since Mark Cuban and his HDnet fights already has a court case going with the UFC regarding Randy’s contract. I don’t know the timeline of that court case, I don’t believe it began yet, but unless something big came of that, this news will not be about Randy.[/quote]
i didn’t think it did the ufc and dana just want you to tune in to see what is going down
was the beer sponsorship the big annucement?
I was wondering the same thing Boi
[quote comment=”333180″]was the beer sponsorship the big annucement?[/quote]
I’m pretty sure it was.
[quote comment=”333253″][quote comment=”333180″]was the beer sponsorship the big annucement?[/quote]
I’m pretty sure it was.[/quote]
Sadly It Was The Annoucement. - http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=VideoPlayer.home&gid=10519
I Was Hopping For Some Big Signing Or Something Not A Sponsorship Annoucement . This Is Nothing To The Us The Fans.
[quote comment=”332968″][quote comment=”332313″]I know it is almost impossible but how great would it be if he’d announce Randy vs. Fedor!!![/quote]
i’d love to see this. i wonder why fedor wouldn’t sign with the ufc. did they low ball him. lesnar got 1/4 of a million for his one minute in the cage. what did they offer him less and if so why? lesnar had one MMA fight before the mir fight why is he getting payed that much? you are paying the wrong fighters the BIG pay checks. lesnar hasn’t proved himself and still hasn’t. randy and fedor need to fight somewhere to see who the best in the world is. enough with dana saying the heavywieghts are stacked. enough with the lies dana try telling the truth for once. and pat he lies that is not hard to do is it? i can do it watch. i’m the smartest man in the world. you people just hang on every word dana says. his job is to lie. and yes he is good at it.[/quote]
One of the many reasons fedor wouldnt sign with the UFC is simply because Dana White wants full control of him. Fedor competes in Sambo fights for his native russia and As you all know sambo is a huge sport in russia. Fedor is like russia’s big name guy, and as per the contract offered by Dana he wouldnt be permitted to do anything other then what the furor Dana White allows.
As for the pay day I heard Fedor was offered pretty much the biggest UFC purse to date but still turned it down due to the stipulations of the contract.
[quote comment=”332968″][quote comment=”332313″]I know it is almost impossible but how great would it be if he’d announce Randy vs. Fedor!!![/quote]
i’d love to see this. i wonder why fedor wouldn’t sign with the ufc. did they low ball him. lesnar got 1/4 of a million for his one minute in the cage. what did they offer him less and if so why? lesnar had one MMA fight before the mir fight why is he getting payed that much? you are paying the wrong fighters the BIG pay checks. lesnar hasn’t proved himself and still hasn’t. randy and fedor need to fight somewhere to see who the best in the world is. enough with dana saying the heavywieghts are stacked. enough with the lies dana try telling the truth for once. and pat he lies that is not hard to do is it? i can do it watch. i’m the smartest man in the world. you people just hang on every word dana says. his job is to lie. and yes he is good at it.[/quote]
Trust me they offered big bucks to Fedor… Cro Cop was on what Brock earn’t. They would have offered more for Fedor. I think it was a case of A) UFC wanting to tie Fedor to their organisation (no Sambo comps) B) He wanted to stay in Japan/Russia C) Him not wanting to come out of his comfort zone ie a ring.
I don’t blame the UFC for not landing Fedor, they knew how important he is. I think Fedor just didn’t want to play by their rules.
MMA needs to loosen the stranglehold UFC has on the sport. Fighters should be able to negotiate per fight contracts if they have enough pull.
I’m really tired of watching that bald-headed idiot White talk tough. That fool has to keep putting his ugly mug in the middle of everything - sorta like a white-man’s Don King, without the hair, of course…