Dana White: 'Mindfreak' to feature UFC President August 27 on A&E

by Jesse Holland on Aug 19, 2008 12:09 AM EDT Comment 42 comments

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Do you wanna be a F'ing magician?

UFC President Dana White will appear on an episode of Criss Angel's Mindfreak, Wednesday, August 27 at 10 p.m. ET on the A&E network. While the details of his role are still under wraps, UFC fans are sure to be intrigued by White's cameo.

Criss Angel is sort of an anti-Copperfield -- an entertainer who takes magic far beyond pulling rabbits out of hats and regurgitating colorful scarves. Angel looks to blur the line between reality and illusion while maintaining a darker, edgier feel.

Here's a quick summary of the show from A&E:

"Mindfreak takes viewers into the world of Criss Angel -- called the 'postmodern Houdini' by MTV -- whose distinct blend of magic, mentalism, and dazzling pyrotechnic effects has made him the hottest young magician in America today. In past seasons, he has astonished fans with such incredible feats as hanging suspended by hooks from a helicopter over the Nevada desert and splitting a woman in two in a public park."

Angel is probably best known for "mentalism," which I always thought was the reason Dana was unable to sign Fedor Emelianenko back in 2007. Now I know it actually refers to the use of psionics as it relates to magicians.

Fans of the show may also be surprised to learn that Dana's interest in magic comes from his prior experience in the mystical arts. How many times over the past year have we seen his ability to make a fighter's contract disappear before our very eyes?

For now we can only speculate as to what level of participation White will have. Perhaps Angel will attempt a new illusion for UFC fans? Hopefully he doesn't repeat the one from 2006 where he walks on water.

Dana's been doing that for years.

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Sweet Jesus Dana what Next? I would expect this from Rogan…

by BLOodyMEss on Aug 19, 2008 12:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, why the hell would Dana go on this losers show?..I dont like this guy or Blane..This guy is just a straight up fool..

- “Do you wanna be a F’ing magician?” -

LMAO!!!!!!

by Stagger-Lee on Aug 19, 2008 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does he do live shows in Vegas? I cant imagine him pulling off those bS tricks in front of a live show that actually paid money to see him.

by john on Aug 19, 2008 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chris Angel = Deuchebag.

My younger brother used to be into magic a little bit, and he said that just about all of Chris Angel’s tricks are camera manipulated. Plus, he has a team of like 50 of the top magicians that come up with his “magic tricks”. Its not like this Gothic-Metro-Sexual (lol) is creating his own stuff…

by ViolentMike on Aug 19, 2008 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LMAO!

I turned it on last week and he hypnotized someone, and cut his arm off with a jig saw, with blood pouring out of the stubby limb that was left, while the hypnotized man with his arm missing just sat their sleeping right through it! Give me a break!

by john on Aug 19, 2008 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

John; actually he does do live shows right from the strip in vegas; I dont think that he has a show with a casino or anything like that though. personally i dont buy the BS Chris Angel sells but at times his talents amuse me.

by IhitU.uHITfloor on Aug 19, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you hear the part where he says it all just an illusion? He said “it may look as though this guys arm has been cut off” but he stressed, “it’s just an illusion”.

Oh and by the way, he does do this stuff in front of live audiences, and he doesn’t charge for it. He is always inviting people out to watch him perform. I have watched him perform live several times and believe me, you don’t see wires, strings, etc. He clearly claims to be an illusionist, not GOD. The whole idea is to have someone say, “how did he do that?” If people are going to claim they know how he did it please come up with something more intelligent. The art of magic really is a beautiful thing if the performer knows what he is doing and Criss Angel knows his stuff.

by Jennifer on Aug 19, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I guess we know who has a Criss Angel poster on her wall…

by IhitU.uHITfloor on Aug 19, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LMAO!!!

by john on Aug 19, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So Jennifer, I guess the episode when he “predicted the next days lottery” was an illusion? I call it CRAP!!!

Tomato/tomatoe!

by john on Aug 19, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn Mania, stickin it to Dana on this one, in an indirect fashion.

by Kimura by Fedor on Aug 19, 2008 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by the way mania, he walked on lake mead this season too. It was pretty incredible, with all those people swimming next to him, I don’t know how he did it!

Being sarcastic guys

by kevin doesn't know shit on Aug 19, 2008 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

two posers, why not? funny dana rags on tito for every litte thing he does not relating to MMA and look at him…maybe this guy will do the trick of the century and teleport dana into a ring filled w tito, randy, lindland, fedor, and all the countless fighters he likes to talk shit outside of the cage.

by blah on Aug 19, 2008 12:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and i thought the japanese were the only ones doing freakshow events…

by blah on Aug 19, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that Kris Angel is a loser, his show is clearly fake. I watched him walk down the side of a building and you could clearly see the wires from his back.. Dana what r u doing, your supposed to be a credible business man. Don’t try and be famous you’re the president of the UFC, not a movie star.

by Mr Potato on Aug 19, 2008 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

how about the episode where he walked up a wall and his hair was still hanging straight down like he was standing right side up on the ground, LMFAO.

by The_Cannibal on Aug 19, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Criss Angel is such a joke. It’s not that difficult to stage a TV show to make it seem like you have a live audience that you’re doing tricks in front of. In reality all of the people on the show are in on his garbage. It doesn’t take a whole lot of talent to put on “magic tricks” for a television audience, and then market to an “emo” audience to get big in certain demographics.

by KneeToTheFace on Aug 19, 2008 12:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if this will be the first episode where Criss will not be allowed to where an Affliction shirt? haha

by naturalshadow on Aug 19, 2008 3:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I assume he does have Live shows though. I wonder what his live shows are like, but I do agree that the tv show is complete crap! Some of the things he does are real, like when he put the hooks in his back and flew over the canyon connected to a helicopter, but most of the stunts are just crap!

I would like to Knock him the F out, just for trying to sell BS!

by john on Aug 19, 2008 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He did the building blowing up in Clearwater about 20 minutes from my house. It was so lame. The building blows up and he comes out of a pile of smoke. Like they could not have filmed him running around the building previously. I am such a bigger fan of David Blain and his brand of street magic. Criss Angels lisp or whatever his speech impediment is makes the show that much more unwatchable on top of all the other annoying tricks that he does.

by Da Monkey on Aug 19, 2008 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, I watched that building blow up episode it was soooooooooooo LAME!!!! He just popped up from the smoke. THe sad part is I knew thats how he would appear. some of the street stuff he does is cool. LIke he through a deck of cards at a wiond sheild and the card that the girl picked was stuck to the windshield but on the other side of trhe glass. Little stunts like that are cool, but all the other stuff is crap!

Anyone remember when he went on the radio show and predicted the lottery? Or when he was in a car with Mandy Morre driving blind folded? Give me a F***in Break!

by john on Aug 19, 2008 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Since when is video editing considered an illusion? Chris Angel is a fake emo woman.

by the_mexicutioner on Aug 19, 2008 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol emo… this emo kid was trying to get my friends number and she told him “i already have a pu**y thanks though” lol

by brendan on Aug 19, 2008 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

awesome.

by DB on Aug 19, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wanna see some funny shiiiit? check this out: BJ Penn/Renzo Gracie prefight clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GCwnJPTAlg

by brendan on Aug 19, 2008 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To all you younger lads – what is emo??

by ViolentMike on Aug 19, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Google search images for “EMO”; then procede to laugh

by IhitU.uHITfloor on Aug 19, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL probably most funny shit ive read from mania!

by Khaos_Warrior on Aug 19, 2008 12:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Umm, check out Youtube to see how he does his tricks. There’s nothing houdini-like about him. Houdini was an actual escape artist and trained and was flexible and actually escaped. Angel has a production team that photoshops and edits his stuff to make it look like he’s doing crazy stuff. It doesn’t work in front of live people, that’s why he doesn’t ever go on tour and sell tickets etc. I thought everyone knew that.

by dave on Aug 19, 2008 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How come there’s not more leakage from people who participate in the rigged production, there must be hundreds of them…. I thought a few that signed disclaimers would have ratted by now.

by THORAZINE on Aug 19, 2008 4:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

its crazy how this FRAUD has become such a star!

by john on Aug 19, 2008 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because it’s probably a living of theirs, so keeping quiet means more work later.

by dave on Aug 19, 2008 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hopefully soon there will be an orange county choppers dedicated to dana, where they build him some retarded motorcyle.
then we know the ufc has really “jumped the shark.”
there are more UFC shirts at the local county fair than “west coast chopper” shirts, so a cameo on “the gilmore girls” cant be far behind.

by Chris on Aug 19, 2008 1:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They stopped taping Gilmour Girls. They are still taping one last season of Hannah Montana…

by dave on Aug 19, 2008 2:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And you know this how…? Do you still miss it? LOL

by JRK on Aug 19, 2008 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahem, my little sister loves the stuff…yeah, that’s right, little sister.

by dave on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL, I as going to ask something very similar to what JRK did…

by ViolentMike on Aug 19, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that guy is the biggest douchbag i have ever see or been aware of. How could someone not want to punch him in the face constantly. I hate that he’s an mma fan. If I was around him I would punch then probably punch him again cause i couldn’t help it. His song at the begining of his show that he sing is the worst song ever written or performed, and I’ve seen that panic at the disco music video “nine in the afternoon”.

by mattchupichu on Aug 19, 2008 2:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“Angel is probably best known for "mentalism," which I always thought was the reason Dana was unable to sign Fedor Emelianenko back in 2007.”

LMAO!

by THORAZINE on Aug 19, 2008 4:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I can’t stand Chris Angel. He reminds me of Bon jovi or Paul Stanley, trying like hell to be a bad-ass and cool but it just comes off as if it were engineered by Disney. But at least Bon Jovi and Paul Stanley have a shred of talent…

Anyone ever seen him with a girl? I get the impression he’s putting from the ruff…

by JRK on Aug 19, 2008 9:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“UFC fans are sure to be intrigued by White’s cameo.”

Um no, not unless there is a fight involved?

This angel guy is a joke. No magical performance or illusion, he is an actor working with other actors. Okay I take that back he puts on the illusion that he is an actual magician.

Who couldn’t perform tricks if they had the whole room in on it, and used camera trickery?

by ognitinoc on Aug 19, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Chris Angel is alright for some cheap thrills. I’m not mad at him for trying to make me believe his little tricks. The levitating one looked pretty cool. I give it less than a year before Dana is out on the “red carpet” going to those award shows and mingling with the special people.

by kama kaze on Aug 19, 2008 3:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs