disagree

Atencio’s fight helped Affliction, it certainly gained some extra attention. What Affliction really needs is a Reality show with a different format from UFC. Dana is also right, Atencio should be focusing on building the company from here on out.

Atencio fought well and he deserves credit. I don’t know if Dana trains in MMA, but he is certainly bigger and stonger than Atencio, not to mention probably a better boxer. Nevertheless, Dana has nothing to gain and everything to lose by fighting Atencio. So, if he is smart, he won’t fight him, even though he would probably win.

U think Dana wud beat Tom because he has “better” boxing.

facepalm

Good point, UFC Champ. I agree 100%.

my thoughts exactly Champ

UFC champ is right, plus how come every time Tom gets his name in print he has to talk about Dana? Shouldn’t he be promoting his own organization? Instead of talking about your man crush on Dana worry about your failing business.

it takes 2 to tango

its the other way around Jay. Dana should keep tOm’s name out of his mouth. UFC is the top dog….Dana is basically the king of mma, he is the one that has no business bad mouthing Atencio every time someone sticks a microphone in his mouth..why bother? when you are the top dog like Dana is, up and coming people are always going to try and make a name off of you….If I were Dana, I wouldnt even acknowledge Affliction’s existence, at least not Publicly.

Its like when a young up and coming fighter tries to make his name off of an existing star. If the up and coming fighter is completely beneath the established fighter, its up to the established fighter to ignore it!

I do completely agree that Dana has no business bashing any man that is willing to get into the ring and test themselves against another human being. I watched Atencio’s fight out of curiosity, and I actually walked away from that fight entertained. Not only was it an exciting fight, but TOm put on a gutsy performance. Do u guys realize what an accomplishment that was? Forget for a second that Tom was fighting a no name guy….Tom is a 42 year old man, that rarely fights. Its not the same as being a 40 something year old couture who is a freak of an athlete and been training and competing for DECADES…atencio does this once in a while, just for fun….which makes what he accomplished this past saturday pretty damn impressive if you ask me!

I thought that Dana was only responding once in a while because people were asking him questions about Tom. He can’t just say next question. But everything I see about Affliction it has something in it about UFC or Dana. It’s all moot really because Tom and Affliction have one more month until they go away for good.

John Dana doesn’t bring up Tom hardly ever! People ask about him, and he responds. Tom is the one who can’t keep thinking about Dana.

If Dana was so obsessed with Atencio, then there would have been numerous quotes out there about Dana commenting on Atencio’s fight. Dana just plain doesn’t give a sh!t.

They should BOTH STFU.

Full credit to Atencio for winning this fight, like Lester on TUF he won through pure grit and determination rather than skill. Whilst his opponent was sat on the stool realising that he didn’t want to fight after all Atencio was ready for R3 despite nearly being KO’d a couple of times in R1. Nobody can bash Atencio’s heart and he proved that he has the right mentality to fight for a living. For a 42 year old man to do what he did is impressive.

However, Dana shouldn’t have to fight to prove his worth, he’s already the most successful MMA promoter of all time so why would he decide to fight. Atencio did well, even if his skill set is limited and his opponent was poor, but a fight with Dana would be ridiculous. Here Atencio is looking desperate, randomly throwing out Dana’s name in a bid to create some controversy and get more people talking. Fighting doesn’t make your opinions on MMA more or less valid and certainly can’t be used to criticise a successful promoter in the sport.

People bash Lesnar and Lashley for being former WWE wrestlers but a promoter v promoter fight would bring far more shame than having a couple of excellent amateur wrestlers with a pro wrestling background be successful in the sport.

Atencio was responding to Dana White’s comments bashing Atencio and his opponent. If you’re not willing to step in the cage then you shouldn’t be knocking the fighters that do. And yes Jay, you can very easily say “Next question”, people do it all the time in interviews. I tend to agree with John G on this one. If you’re the top dog you don’t even need this crap. Jay-Z doesn’t even respond to rappers that diss him anymore because he said he’s got everything he wants, and he’s not going to give some young guys a name off destroying them in a rap battle. If you’re the best, and everyone knows it, no one is going to think you’re scared if you just say you’re not going to talk about someone(i.e. Dana could easily say he’s not going to talk about Atencio or Affliction and that would be the end of it).

Diceman is right. If I were Dana and people would bring up another company or promoter….I would HONESTLY SAY: “NO Comment”. WhY give a young gun a chance to make their name off of you? THats the oldest strategy in the book…call out the big dog and cause some noise. Anytime Dana and Atencio bicker back in forth….Its a win for Atencio. If Dana were smart he would STFU and realize that, and NO COMMENT all affliction related questions.

I think it’s pathetic that Dana White keeps mentioning him.

I’ve never heard Dana mention him in my life unless he is asked about him

And you think Atencio isn’t ever asked about Dana? So you think it’s always that Dana is just poked and prodded about Atencio until he snaps and says something, but everytime Atencio says something about Dana he calls his own press conference to do it? Give me a break.

Like he did with Pride and Wandy, only for Wandy to be pulled out??

If he wasnt a fan of the sport he would be all for Anderson vs Jones. But he isnt.

You can tell by his actions that he is a fan of the sport, and doesnt want it to get hurt, anyone that thinks otherwise is an idiot.

He is a fan of himself and of the UFC. If you think that him being the president of the biggest MMA promotion in the world and acting like a pissed off teenager in all of his interviews doesn’t hurt the sport you are an idiot. The sport is still fighting to get sanctioned in some states, and he runs around using anti-gay slurs and dropping the F-bomb every other word. Yeah, great way to promote an already “controversial” sport. And you know damn well if any other company picked up a former WWE fighter and had him fighting for a championship after a couple fights Dana would go off about how bad it is for the sport, and half the sheep that swing from his nuts would agree.

i think it was lightweight buddy, if not feather weight.

Yea, they don’t look like big guys; thats why I wondered about it. Him calling out Dana is really ridiculous then and has “spectacle” written all over it. Dana’s probably going to steer clear of the subject all together.

They fought at a catchweight at 160.

Damn, so they got a LW fighter, to fight against Tom at 160 in his MMA debut?? I know it can’t be Atencio thats giving up the size, cause that guy looked to be the smaller fighter. Talk about playing it safe…

At 42 years of age and not being a full time MMA fighter, Atencio was NOT playing it safe.

The guy he fought was a 4-3 amateur and was making his pro debut.

So? 42 years old is 42 years old. And he doesn’t train full time, either.

The reason Randy is so loved is because he has become one of the few exceptions to that rule.

So let’s jump off the DW train and give Atencio his due.

That being said, its obvious he is calling DW out to get attention for his company.

it was the guys debut~ give him a break..

i didnt know that was why he didnt want to continue~ thanks for the info..

i dont like it~ but im not going to say the fight sucked cause the dood quit on the stool..

both the 1st and 2nd round were very entertaining, imo~

agreed stink (~)

I think if you fight for a living breaking your nose, hand and losing a couple teeth are inevitable. Can’t really insult the guy; I don’t know what it feels like to break a bone in the middle of a fight and keep trying to fight.

he only talks on the “issues” when the media is asking the questions..

but like u said its only brief~