Friday, September 5, 2008

Dana White is pissing me off!

NOTE: this was written before Dana and Randy made nicey nice this week. My take on that situation is that Randy just wants to be free and clear of his legal dramas and be able to market and promote himself without Dana up his booty every minute of every day…nonetheless…Mami still ain’t givin’Dana no love right now.

I don’t even know where to start with this…but Dana White is pissing me off! For someone who has done so much for my favorite sport, Dana why do you insist on making such ridiculous decisions as of late? Is it greed? Have you been sparring without any protective gear and have been kicked in the head too many times? What exactly is your fucking problem?

Don’t look at me all baffled and clueless either…whuuut? whadido? Nah uh…

You have alienated most of the seasoned vets that helped you build the UFC empire causing a t-shirt guy to go off and create his own organization just so the fighters can wear his custom designed shirts to promote themselves and ultimately the sport which means more money in your pocket—DUH!!! That’s like the NFL or NBA forbidding it’s players to wear products they endorse causing Nike to create competitive leagues just so they can have the athletes endorse their product—YOU IDIOT!!! Stop turning MMA into the nightmare boxing has become…

First and foremost you’ve alienated hall-of-fame legend, Randy Couture, [Brock Lesnar—have you gone completely mad? I hope Randy tears his fucking face off and throws it right at you! There is no way he deserves a shot at Randy’s title over many of the other fighters who have paid their dues in the UFC!]

Lesnar could prove to develop into a great MMA fighter, but right now he’s just big and has some wrestling skills that I’ve not seen him use yet. I’ve just seem him sit on top of his opponents like a fat bully stealing a jelly donut on the playground.

He’s the UFC version of Kimbo Slice with a better legacy than u-tube and street brawlin’ to feed his family. At least Kimbo is humble and recognizes he’s got a lot to learn about MMA and wants to earn his way into contention. That’s a fight that someone should make happen. Brock vs. Kimbo. My money’d be on Kimbo!

Second, not that I am big fans of any of these guys, but they have their place in MMA history: Tito, Ken Shamrock and Tim Sylvia, to name a few, have all left the UFC on bad terms. And finally, what are Babalu and Arlovski doing fighting for “are you fucking kidding me with that hair Donald Trump”?
Again, more bad blood…brilliant!

You didn’t grow up with a silver spoon which means you hustled your way up the ladder. And as a leader of an enterprise, you should realize the importance of taking care of the people who helped you build it; but instead you choose to chew them up and spit them out once you have no use for them anymore or because they want to take a direction with which you don’t agree. I realize this is business [by the way, do you?] and that profit is a key component in business, but so is relationship management. Perhaps you should google that or get a book. =)

And if that fiasco isn’t enough, the salary disparities are maddening! You’re paying Anderson Silva, the UFC Middleweight Champion the SAME as I can’t be bothered to train or finish a fight, Brandon Vera? And looking after punks like Michael-won’t fight anywhere but England-Bisping?!?!?!
Not to mention all the salary disparities going on in the WEC! Trifling!!!!

All of these actions you’ve been taking are very disheartening to the loyal hardcore fans that have been down for awhile. We’ve spent our pesos on PPVs and live events. Why do you insist on compromising the coolness and integrity of the sport to make it mainstream for a few extra bucks? Check yourself!

Dana, seriously…I am really failing to see the logic in your business acumen.
No love for you right now—Mami!

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