Dana White: 'Nobody gives a [BLEEP] about Affliction MMA'
by MMAmania.com on Mar 22, 2009 11:08 PM EDT
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"How do I feel about them trying to counter-program UFC 100?. I love it. I fucking love it. I love it. I don’t like these guys and I want to see them spend more of their t-shirt money. What they should be worrying about is — they’ve already seen first hand that nobody gives a shit about Affliction MMA — what they need to starting worrying about is nobody wants to wear their goofy fucking clothes anymore either. The fad is over and they better start saving as much of that t-shirt money as they can."
UFC President Dana White is unimpressed with Affliction MMA's possible plan to stage its third event on cable television on the same day as the UFC 100 pay-per-view (PPV) on July 11. Affliction has yet to formally announce the date of its third show at this time. Tick tock ...
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Haha! fucking Dana White!…those are fighting words! it will be interesting to the Affliction 3 numbers if they do choose to go up against the UFC.
by The5thBeatle on Mar 22, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nobody gives a BLEEP about dana white either…
by brendan on Mar 23, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do. Dana rocks!
He is right. i’m glad i never bought them lame lookin shirts. affiction is already gettin put on the tombstone dana got’s in his office. i can’t wait till afflicton tanks in july. even if Fedor fights Randy, i would rather see GSP/Alves – Lesnar/Mir – Bisping/Hendo
by mikeybear on Mar 23, 2009 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speak for yourself brendan. Not everybody is a UFC hater like you.
by GregC on Mar 23, 2009 3:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, and not everybody is a dana whitehugg like you either…
by gaara on Mar 23, 2009 3:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He never claimed they were. Way to miss the point entirely gaara.
by Tim on Mar 23, 2009 4:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DAMN! You may or may not like Dana White, but he sure knows how to put a verbal smack-down on these dudes. I’d say the only one on his smack-down level is Jim Rome.
by RedDog on Mar 23, 2009 5:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is just silly! No way Affliction dares to share a date with UFC 100…its just not going to happen! This is just talk to piss Dana off! It cant happen, and I pray that it doesnt. If they are crazy enough to share a date with UFC 100….it will be on free TV, and that would severely water down afflictions 3rd card. Without ppv’s, there is no way in hell that they can book Fedor vs. Barnett, and thats a fight that has needed to happen for years.
Only way I can see them putting their event on free TV, is if Barnett is secretly ducking Fedor again.
by john on Mar 23, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It will be interesting to see the final numbers if Affliction 3 does do the counter programming to UFC….
P.S.
SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!!!
by The5thBeatle on Mar 22, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, smoke weed every day and be a loser living in your mother’s basement, surfing porn all day and jacking off. Got it.
by TJ on Mar 23, 2009 5:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure TJ i smoke weed EVERY single day and I go to university with a 80% average, and i ‘ve had a steady job for the least 4 years so easy with the stereotypes there buddy, just because you surf porn all day doesn’t mean somebody who smokes weed does.
by "I came, I saw, I conquered" - "Veni, Vidi, Vici" on Mar 23, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I smoke weed every single day, and finished my electrical apprenticeship with no problems, and I make over $35 dollas an hour. Shit i lend my mom money sometimes. Its ignorant people like you that its against the law to blaze anyway. LOL I got a nice house, nice truck sick ass boat. Damn pot heads cant do shit right? F**KIN jackass
by lokie on Mar 23, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
TJ’s a queer! prolly does that shit himself. you cant talk shit here, but i bet your just a bony mma wannabe! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
by The5thBeatle on Mar 23, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s called the exception to the rule.
I know functioning pot heads too, that smoke a j every morning and hold down top jobs, but I know a lot more line cooks and Mcdonalds employees who ‘smoke weed everyday’.
Why would you put ‘smoke weed everyday’ as a sig in your post on an mma blog?
Snoop doesn’t always know what’s best for you dawg.
by ShaiZ on Mar 23, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dang right-o! Let these guys in a picture again and you’re gonna have to pay ’em, just like an advertisement!
by Syd[a.k.a."The Negation"] on Mar 23, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is dude. Those shirts suck ass now that everyone is getting them.
Face it, your likelihood of being a douchebag raises astronomically if you are wearing a Affliction shirt.
by Brandon on Mar 22, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
when my 48 year old dad starting wearing Affliction shirts I knew they were done, I’d rather wear TAPOUT, its cheaper too…..
by Chadx23 on Mar 23, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Youre right there. I never understood why someone would pay that much for a t-shirt in the first place. That shit is lame
by lokie on Mar 23, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shirts more than PPV. Tom is on crack.
by SPLITLIP on Mar 23, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt. Everytime I see Dennis Rodman these day, he’s wearing an Affliction shirt. I’m 36 so I gues I never got the whole fad anyway.
As much as I love MMA, the stereotype “dude” that goes to these events are pretty funny. If they are nor wearing an Affliction or Tapout shirt, this is what you get.
Dude #1:
-Dark designer jeans with looping pattern on the pockets, pointed brown shoes
-Long sleeve pin striped shirt (untucked with sleeves folded back onece), and fohawk.
Dude #2:
-Tightly worn faded designer “lookalike” jeans with built in torn cuffs
-Dayglo spray on tan, tattoo on neck so as to be visible regardless of what he is wearing
-Super tight child sized polo shirt with the collar popped,
-Wide belt (usually white sometimes even pink) with skull buckle, and fohawk.
Dude #3:
See Joe Rogan
By the way, don’t get your pantys all in a wad. I’m just having some fun.
Full disclosure statement: I own 2 Tapout shirts (no fohawk)
by Jrandolph on Mar 23, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
awesome dude! it would be a treasure if its a gogoplata…lol
by gaara on Mar 22, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
About what I expected. I doesnt give 2 $hits about the so called counter programming.
by fokman on Mar 22, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He does or else he wouldn’t comment on it and bring attention to it.
by Cogito Ergo Sum on Mar 23, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was asked a question. He could have gave the universal NO COMMENT but he decided not to be that guy.
by Fokman on Mar 23, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was in response to an interview question…
by YouveGotGold on Mar 23, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha. dana is certainly speaking truth here.
by JB on Mar 22, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
haha yeah as much as id like to see affliction succeed. it aint happenin
by phil on Mar 22, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously.. going h2h will 100 is dumb…
by Synyster on Mar 22, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one gives a bleep about Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites.
by Truth on Mar 22, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
affliction may not (in fact, it won’t) succeed long-term, ut it will succedd in taking money off zuffa and it will take PPV money away from ufc 100. i have no problem with dana white, the ufc, etc as some people on here do, but his reaction sounds like he is pissed off more than anything. if nobody gave a shit about affliction, he wouldn’t have commented on them.
by cmw1000 on Mar 22, 2009 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
take what away from zuffa? they make so much profit each show it still doesnt matter
by JG on Mar 23, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What MMA will watch Affliction even if it’s for free over UFC 100? If Affliction put’s it on TV most mma fans will just record it and watch it after the UFC PPV, I just can’t see to many sponsors paying for commercial time when they know there commercials will be fast forwarded.
by Beaver on Mar 23, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even if Affliction does offer it for free, it will be on HD-Net, and hardly anyone has HD-Net. If Affliction 3 was able to take more than 50 ppv buys from UFC 100, I would be shocked. haha
by naturalshadow on Mar 23, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was asked a question. He didn’t just comment on Affliction because he was pissed. He has no reason to be pissed at this point, he knows (like everybody else it seems) that the writing is on the wall for Affliction.
by OutlawTruth on Mar 23, 2009 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never liked their “goofy f**cking clothes” either! I think this will only accelerate the demise of affliction.
by blackBEERd on Mar 23, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s a good thing their is Affliction !!! Why do the idiots hate them so. Affliction does have Fedor , I think Dana is butt hurt because Fedor didnt fold to his push tacticts to sighn on the dotted line.
by cujo on Mar 23, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The problem with affliction is that it’s built on one star – Fedor. So their next show is when Fedor is ready and if they can find a worthy opponent – kinda running out of names that aren’t in the UFC.
by Tony on Mar 23, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t worry Trump will get WAMMA to put some guy in the top five. Only problem for Affliction is mostt MMA fans are smart enough to see bull sh^t.
by Beaver on Mar 23, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they should just have fedor fight three guys in the same night
by brendan on Mar 23, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He will have to fight Barnett, he is the only person left.
by naturalshadow on Mar 23, 2009 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GOT TO SAY I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THESE FELLAS OR THERE LIL COMPETITION THEY GOT GOING ON!! I SAY THE MORE MMA THE BETTER!!! I LIKE IT ALL!!!!
by 1 REBEL on Mar 23, 2009 12:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What’s that tag about jiu-jitsu being gay only if you make eye contact….
Anyways, I hope Affliction does well or at least can do more than promote Fedor in the US. I think they should make more of an effort to co-promote and develop or at least advertise fighters other than Fedor. I want to hear more about Belfort, Barnett, Babalu and so on. Its not that I don’t care about Fedor, I just already know he’s the greatest, they don’t need to tell me to watch their events, because I’ll watch to see how Fedor dismantles another former UFC champion as well as all the other fights on the card.
by Belisarius on Mar 23, 2009 12:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he’s right. those shirts have gotten UGLY
by Brandon on Mar 23, 2009 1:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Much as Dana annoys me, he’s probably right. Affliction doesn’t have what it takes to match up with the UFC. Not yet, and if they start trying too soon, they’ll doom themselves.
by clayton on Mar 23, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
funny, i see more and more affliction shirts all the time.
by B_Hos on Mar 23, 2009 1:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol maybe just maybe at a Affliction event. “I just want to see these guys spend more of the T-shirt money” LOL talk about adding Affliction to the wounds.
by Beaver on Mar 24, 2009 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Im getting tired of affliction banned really, They events like every 8 month or so, how funny is that ? Atleast UFC gives the fans what they want, Events every 2 – 3 month or so.
And Fedor, I know your the best fighter ever, But if you wanna keep hearing thoose words you got to prove it now more than ever, SIGN WITH UFC FFS
by Il Nino on Mar 23, 2009 3:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This Guy Most Not Watch Much Ufc Or He Would Know Its Every Month Sometimes 2 Times A Month Lol
by Hotdamn on Mar 23, 2009 3:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Events every 2-3 months ago?
Yeah, like, 9 years ago.
by Tim on Mar 23, 2009 5:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what ever man, Atleast UFC give the fans what they want, MORE EVENTS, AFFLICTION AINT GIVIN US SHIT
by ila on Mar 23, 2009 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get where youre coming from, once Affliction closes its doors Fedor should man up and fight in a cage, in the UFC. If he turns tail back to Japan it would be a lame cop-out.
by PanicZoo on Mar 23, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting for him to comment about affliction. I am shocked about how he doesnt mention that no one is givin a crap about going to station casino’s in Vegas(the real cash cow of Zuffa). Those Casino’s go under and i forsee co-promotional fights, something dana has said they would never do.. Dana White is the Jon Kerry of MMA. I love me MMA, i hate me some dana white.
by javster on Mar 23, 2009 3:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The UFC is profitable on its own – doesn’t need the casino to do well. 2 seperate companies, one won’t rule the other – only shitty businessmen would make that mistake.
by UFC Champ on Mar 23, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dana white comes across as incredibly classless with these comments
by ah on Mar 23, 2009 5:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
White is letting the ‘power’ thing go to his head. I can see why Tito whipped his ass now. Yeah, Tito is a brash prick, but he’s a fighter and has to be…I hope he slapped the shit out of him.
by TJ on Mar 23, 2009 5:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He doesnt have any class to begin with.
by Lester the Pimp on Mar 23, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That lack of class you speak of is why the UFC is where it is today. All promotional stratagies.
by yoububg on Mar 23, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
UFC has better fights that night anyway…… Joe and Goldie are priceless…. AFFLICTION’s production last time was really bad….Fedor or not I’m with UFC on this night……
by Robert(1) on Mar 23, 2009 8:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Another unprofessional and arogant statement from the most classless guy in all of sports….what a suprise.
by introvert on Mar 23, 2009 9:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Affliction were still involved business wise with the UFC, Dana would be wearing one of those very t-shirts. But, staying true to the course, Dana’s smear campaign will continue…and he’ll suck all of you ball-munchers into believing every word that comes out of his arogant mouth….again, true to course.
by introvert on Mar 23, 2009 9:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What does his comment say about himself? He hangs out with guys who wear affliction shirts (note the guy in the back of the pic)
by Jim on Mar 23, 2009 9:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s an old picture of him with Tom Atencio. It would be surprising is someone wasn’t wearing an Affliction shirt.
by GregC on Mar 23, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dana is hanging out with a guy wearing an Affliction shirt in that pic (in the back).
by Jim77 on Mar 23, 2009 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dana’s nothing more than a politician spewing out garbage to his faithful followers….and they will all chant his name and act like when he rules the world they will be the first ones to get something from Dana…..but, whoops, Dana now rules the world and gives you SWEET DICK ALL, kind of like every other politician in the U.S.A….big suprise. I can’t believe you guys love this guy so much. His political propoganda, smear campaign agendas are so blatantly obvious it’s ridiculous….are you guys really that naive?
by introvert on Mar 23, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa man! This is MMA, were not looking to expose the illuminatti or anything here.
You may be right about the politicians but, jeeze it’s just Dana’s way of marketing his product. I might not have taken the same route but I live in a double wide mobile home(my wife would call it a manufactured home, and it is brand new, and really nice) anyway, you get the point.
by Jrandolph on Mar 23, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL who pissed in introverts Corn Flakes? Dana and the UFC have given us more fights than any other organization that’s all we need. to top it off they have given us the greatest match ups possible every event, they have put on a fight for the troops, we get to see more free fight than any other organization(from the free events to TUF)!! What the fuc& did you expect a free T-shirt? I would love to be in Dana shoes and I give him credit for being able to real, not like most business men you see trying to sell you crap hey intrumpvert?
by Beaver on Mar 24, 2009 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(able to real) should say = able to be real
by Beaver on Mar 24, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Dana doesn’t care about affliction then why say anything at all? LOL
by asjdwf on Mar 23, 2009 10:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dana’s a bitch. Talk about t shirt money and we can talk about Frank and Lorenzo’s money. Your the luckiest guy on the face of the earth. Affliction is good for MMA fans and fighters both options are never a bad thing.
by Mike on Mar 23, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There is nothing lucky about the leg work Dana has put into the UFC and MMA in general, nice comment!!!!!!
by the spyder on Mar 23, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Affliction sucks for MMA fan’s, any ex UFC champion or decent fighter it’s great with a huge payday it’s a good way to finish your career win or lose you will get paid the big bucks. Only problem is not enough fan’s want to watch a former UFC champ fight in a boxing ring and Affliction is going to fold in the next two or three events. it’s horrible for fans right now because the most watched event is UFC and many believe that the best HW is Fedor and as long as Affliction keeps going the longer we will have to wait to see Fedor in the octagon were he belongs with the most viewed MMA organization in the world. Some say Fedor might not even come to the UFC if Affliction closes but I say BS, no organization is going to pay Fedor that much for one fighter like Affliction has unless they are planning on losing money?
by Puck Head on Mar 23, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As much as I liked the last affliction show, I wish Strikeforce could get those contracts. Strikeforce doesn’t pay people a million dollars a fight, the sell out the stadium every card and people actually watch it (a formula affliction does not follow). Vitor and little Nog would be sick pickups for them.
by Bill Maher on Mar 23, 2009 12:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would love to see these two get in the Cage and slug it out…….Dana would own your ass!!!!!!!!!
by the spyder on Mar 23, 2009 12:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i think tom would win, and i would bet that dana would never get in the ring with him in the first place.
by roy on Mar 23, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dana would lose and lose bad against Atencio.
by introvert on Mar 23, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dana’s is obviously bothered by affliction going head to head with its 100th promotion…because chances are affliction would do it on free tv while ufc would be on ppv…Dana should stop worrying about affliction loosing tshirt money and should worry more of station casinos going bankrupt…in this kind of economy free mma on tv would be a big hit
by black on Mar 25, 2009 12:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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