“I’d have to say McCain. I consider John McCain the guy who started the UFC. If it weren’t for McCain I wouldn’t be here right now. What people don’t understand about mixed martial arts and the UFC is, what [McCain] was saying to the old owners is that you cannot put on fights in states that aren’t sanctioned. It’s illegal. You can’t do it. You have to be sanctioned by an athletic commission, which we agreed with him on 100 percent. John McCain wasn’t saying this thing shouldn’t happen, or it shouldn’t be running. He was saying, if ‘You’re going to do it, it has to be sanctioned by an athletic commission.’ We agree.”
– UFC President Dana White shares his thoughts on the presidential nominees during a recent chat with SI.com. Important note here: White insinuates that the old owners essentially didn’t put on sanctioned fights, which perpetuates the “Zuffa Myth.” The truth is that New Jersey was the first state to sanction and regulate mixed martial arts, as well as adopt the unified rules of the sport in 2000. And that happened before White and the Fertitta brothers purchased the struggling promotion one year later.
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i dont vote.
but if i had too i would vote for willy nelson.
why do you not vote?
i dont really follow politics.
i cant vote for something i know anything about.
and i wont vote for someone just cause my freinds or family tell me that
oh this is the guy u should vote.
and no famous person could influence me to do so eiter
ie. dana white.
I agree Stinky, you shouldn’t vote if you don’t follow politics, and you shouldn’t vote just because a friend or family member is voting a certain way, and definitely not vote just because of celebrities. Even though that’s true, I wish however that more ppl would follow politics as the future of your country depends on it. Here in Brazil voting is mandatory, therefore we get many ppl voting for ppl just because of family members and friends. I wish it was the same way as it is in the states in being an option. This affects elections tremendously.
that sucks man.
i really should read up on politics as much as i follow mma and other sports.
but i never do.
Linx. how is Lula doing anyway, I was actually in Brasilia in 2002 when he was elected. Did you the the favelao in the Incredible Hulk 2?? Eu amo Rio cara, que saudades!
Lula is doing ok I guess, the majority of brazilians likes him and thinks he’s doing a good job (even though I don’t see it), but if you have most of the ppl backing you I guess you’re doing a good job. I haven’t seen the second incredible hulk yet, I’m still trying to get my wife to be excited about that one (going to be a tough because she hated indiana jones and I pretty much made her go see that one)
boa sorte, cara, mulher eh foga ne?! vc conseguiu fazer ela asistir vale tudo com vc? ai se deu bem, ne?! O Incredible Hulk foi muito legal, bem melhor que o primeiro, e so os Fas de verdade do Indiana Jones gostou desse filme, eu incluido. Falo cara, bom te conhecer!
GO OBAMA!!!!! Down with Mccain’s punk *ss
I personally don’t care for either candidate, but will be forced to vote for one or the other since I think it is wrong not to vote when so many people died just for our right to vote.
lol…youre calling a Hero like Mccain a punk and cheer for a low life racist liar like Obama. wow…
yeah your from texas nuff said
Hey Texan maybe you would like to install an amendment and let Bush hold the office for the rest of his natural life huh? wow, your the typical American that 95% of the world hates! Good job
If OBAMA becomes president, big corporations will abandon america and go to china and india. Bec of OBAMA taxes their will be no jobs in america!!!
too bad thats the only thing hes good for.
WAR NEW YORK TIMES!!
New Fedor Interview
Taken from SUKIMMA
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Fedor Interview with Kamipro
Fedor Emelianenko had an interview with the Japanese MMA magazine, Kamipro.
- We haven’t seen each other for a while. I’m glad to see you again.
I’m sorry that it took a while to make time for you, but I was in intensive training for my next fight in July.
- Your next fight is in Affliction on July 19. Tell me what you think.
I have busy and useful days now. I have concentrated more in my training since my fight was announced.
- I heard many fans gathered at the press conference of Affliction in LA and NY last month.
Yes. Many fans came by. I was encouraged by them and my fighting spirit was raised.
- How do you like Affliction?
Affliction sponsors MMA events with M-1 Global together. I’m excited to create a new event together.
- Your opponent, Tim Sylvia, was defeated by Minotauro in the UFC last Feb. Did you see their fight?
I don’t have time to watch their fight now. I will let you know my opinion when I watch it.
- What do you think about Sylvia?
He is a very strong and good fighter. He won 5 times in the championship on the UFC and he is 4th position in the world ranking. I’m proud to fight him.
- Sylvia said that you were too small to fight him. What do you think?
I defeated a fighter who was a lot bigger than him, so I don’t think it’s too hard to fight a big fighter.
- Tell me your fighting schedule.
I train with fighters who participate a M-1 Global event on Jun 27 now. I train 2.5 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening everyday.
- What kind of training do you do?
It’s a secret.
- Ok. The brother of Minotouro, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, fights in Affliction. Do you think we can see a rematch of you and Minotouro someday?
I defeated him twice and I don’t think it’s necessary; although, I will be positive to fight him again if fans want to see.
- Minotouro is the UFC champion now. You are not attracted to defeat the UFC champion?
Not really. I have fought 2 UFC champions before and won.
- You talk about Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman.
I have no reason to refuse a fight with another champion, yet I want to defeat the strongest fighter. It’s also important for me to see that M-1 Global is the top MMA event in the world.
Timmy is just another #, Fedor oozes with confidance, fears no one, and come July he will systematically Destroy Tim Sylvia. I feel bad for those who think otherwise!~~
dont feel bad for me.
feel bad for fedor when he gets exposed as a chump.
fedor will lose to tim and thus so
he will lose all respect as a top hw fighter.
fedor would lose to any ufc hw if he fought in the ufc and that is why he is scared of the ufc.
not to mention how weak the hw divison is right now.
your kiddin right. fedor wouldn’t lose to any ufc hw. i mean the current hw champ in ufc has been beat by fedor twice, do some research for gods sake.
i dont need to do any research.
i have watched all 3 of their fights dill-weed.
just cause he won 2 times dont gaurantee he would win agian.
Fedor is freakishly calm and collective about shit.
john, you keep diggin this stuff up and Mania will need to put you on the payroll.
To qoute McCain.. ” It’s human cock fighting. ”
On a side note..SEG the old UFC owners had began to legitamize the sport by getting gloves..having weight classes..rounds..etc.. it obvious theat Zuffa’s marketing of the UFC blow out SEG..but many people DO NOT know this.. I saw an interview with the former owner of the UFC…
He said.. that the UFC wanted to get sanctioned by NSAC..for a particular fight card.. he felt that every would well..he gets a call before midnight.. and one of the NSAC director’s or something..turned down his request… Do you want who that guy was..Mr. Ferrtita ( I forget which one )..so follow me.. not too long after that he gets a call from Dana White saying he has someone intrested in buying out the UFC.. and he said can I guess who…..Mr. Ferttita??? Dana: how did you know???
Just a reminder of how the MMA business world is runned.
this is all true.
and it was frank fertitta that declined.
it is a shystee thing to do
but
thats business.
good move dana!
That human cockfighting remark from McCain was made in the late 1990s when there were no rules against anything except biting and eye-gouging. McCain has publicly reversed his stance on MMA since the introduction of weight classes, sanctioning and additional rules for fighter safety and fair competition. The Bill O’Reillys of the world love to trot out that tired two-word phrase when bashing MMA, but it has not been applicable for almost a decade.
do you know where i could get confirmation of this?
IT WAS HUMAN COCKFIGHTING BACK THEN…HE WAS CORRECT
nope. It was mixed martial arts more so than now. Less organized is the word you are looking for, but def not human cockfighting. Human cockfighting is what your texan president does with iraq!
he may be good for MMA, but is he the best choice for the USA? hope you guys vote smart come election time, US politics also affects us (foreigners).
I don’t think he is even good for MMA, I think he is good for Dana’s taxes.
John McCain has made a lot of public comments that are very anti-MMA…
That’s exactly right. Obama will raise taxes and Dana doesn’t want that.
lol. yea ok Dana. Mccain is the best candidate for president just like how FOX is the best network for “news”.
well..CNN,not FOX has been in trouble for lying…CNN was owned by a man who was married to a traitor to the USA. Not to mention he hates God,and anything to do with people who fought for his freedom. THAT WOULD BE TED TURNER AND JANE FONDA
Brainwashed fool. BLOodyMEss comment above is perfect.
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Fuck McCain, guys a tool. America has a chance to elect someone who isn’t gonna fuck things up like bush. Why would you want to upgrade from a idiot to a moron is beyond me.
VOTE LIBERTARIAN!!!!!!!!!
christ, not another one.
VOTE RON PAUL! LOL, jk.
What a lousy reason to support a presidential candidate. If anyone bases their vote on what’s good for MMA, that’s just absurd, not that I even agree with Dana’s logic in coming to that conclusion. Although I don’t expect him to admit to supporting a Republican candidate because of their track record of doing whatever they can to make the rich richer and increasing the numbers of working poor (not since the 1930’s has there been such a desparity in wealth distribution), I think he’s endorsing McCain for purely financial reasons. Not that anyone should listen to Dana White to begin with in determining who they’re casting their presidential vote for, but supporting McCain because he insisted that MMA events be sanctioned by state athletic commissions is just asinine.
when are people going to realize that the US’s econmic turmoil is not caused by BUSH or McCain or any other Republican or Democrat….it all has to do with world economy, supply/demand, inflation due to emerging econmies like CHINA for example which is one reason the US $ is decreasing in value. Come on people dont vote for Obama just because he is a Democrat and Bush is a republican and you think the Republicans screwed over the economy…watch Obama get elected and he will raise taxes on the already broke middle-class which supports most of the country…
Under the tax plans that both candidates have released, the middle class gets tax cuts. The Obama plan gives bigger cuts unless you make over 6 figures…
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc/
Chadx23, you are so silly! Everything is Bush’s fault! He is the White Devil, a good and trustworthy man said so. You may have heard of him, Hugo Chavez, the socialist dictator. If he says it it must be true.
You sound like a conservative, so you must be brainwashed and stupid. You obviously don’t agree with me, so you are automatically wrong, I know I am open-minded. Trust me on this, I’m a liberal, therefore I know everything and you are simply too stupid to have your opinion.
Got to go now, it just rained on my newly washed car, and it’s Bush’s fault! I have to go blog at moveon now!
Well hey, Obama is taking the Basketball route. Why is it bad for McCain to take the MMA route?
I never said McCain is taking the MMA route. I said supporting McCain based on the stance he took on MMA or Dana’s endorsment of him because of that is ridiculous.
It is ridiculous, but my comment wasnt directed at you. It was just an opinion.
i hate politics, but im going for obama in this one, i dont care what dana says. we need to stop all this war!
the only wars should be in the octagon…
obama by unanimous decision…
Heard a lot about fedor but never seen him fight. whats the fight to watch top see him at his best and where can i find it?
For punching watch Fedor vs. Goodridge, he outstrikes a striker. Another great one is Fedor vs. Kevin Randleman. He get thrown right on his neck but uses his sambo training to relax at the point of impact so it did no damage then he submits Randleman right after. One of the best arm bars I’ve ever seen was against Mark Coleman. Great fights all of them.
They should just send Fedor to Iraq, he’ll punch them all to death
haha like we need another Bush for the next 4 years. It’s time to move forward, even if it is with that chump OBAMA.
Dana is going to really like McCain when his viewers cant afford to buy his PPV’s anymore because they have to spend that money on gas. Fuck the Neoconservatives and fuck their war for profit. My friends in the Army are voting Dem. BARACK OBAMA 4 PRESIDENT!!!
Dana will have to pay more taxes if Barack is President. The consumers will have a little more money in their pockets.
The way it should be - Obama 09
The only reason Dana is supporting MCcain is because He (Dana) and the Ferttitas fall in well over the $200,000.00 annual income. So WHEN and he will Obama takes office and the idiots that are running our country now aren’t Obama said it him self that the elite will get taxed. Now Dana had some choice words for McCain before but when it comes to his money its flip flop time.
Dana and the Fertitas will get taxed more but think about, The UFC fans will be left with more money, possibly more people buying their products.
You guys really think Barack Obama or John MaCain are going to do anything for this country. This country is run by two parties who only care about money and power, that’s why nothing ever gets done. Gas is going to be $7.00 a gallon next summer and that wont be good for who ever wins.
Lol. I think the heads of the oil companies should be shot with their successors viewing it. This is only half joking, if it hits $7, some whacko here in the states will do it, and not a jury will convict him.
YOU GUYS WANT KNOW WHO REALLY OWNS AMERICA CLICK BELOW.
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Bingo (RIP George)
He was so good at using humor to make social critiques.
UM…YOU STUPID????? Mccain wants to drill in the ocean…that will lower gas prices. Obama said no. And admits he will raise taxes
Oceanic drilling…give me a break. The best case scenario for getting any supply out of that is ten years away. That also ignores the fact that currently demand is NOT dictating prices. Consumption is down but prices are up because speculators are allowed to drive up the price of futures with relatively little capital behind the purchases they’re making.
And if you’re worried about your taxes going up, check out the link tm2k posted above. The only people that really have to worry about a tax increase from Obama are those making 600k and above, which I might add is long overdue.
Not sure its the best idea to incorporate politics into a UFC blog.. We get far enough election coverage everywhere else, why bring it into our sanctuary?
I second that. I blog on a political site as well, but I really don’t want to bring it over here. God knows, I can’t talk about MMA over there.
I am Canadian but if I was american I would vote for Obama, bring our troops home and put in in the UFC. I kinda which that’s what they did over there instead of shooting each other.
THATS WHY YOURE NOT AMERICAN……why do you like racist liars?????
Im canadian and if Mccain wins i would be laughing my ass of…picking a Bush clone is just what america needs hahaha. Obama is the best choice period.
I think American needs to take care issues close to home rather than fight a pointless war. Why take care of the economy, health care, assist the homeless, I don’t know things that effect people like you and me rather than kill people across the world. Just a thought
Obama is the best choice. Im not sure where you get that he is a liar and racist from?
His former minister is a racist kook, not him!
Which of Obama’s accomplishments best qualify him to be President?
i like dana but hell no i wont vote for mccain
if u think the country toook a turn for the worse the past 8 years you need to vote democrat whether u are or even if u dislike blacks
down with the republican
Whatever, McCain is a waek coward who can’t even look Obama in the eyes. One of the many reasons our southern-born Republican family is doing the honorable thing for this country and voting for Obama. It’s amazing how many other Republicans are turning their backs on McCain, syas it all.