Dana White Talks The UFC In Mexico City, Tito Ortiz, Cowboy Stadium, And Roger Huerta
by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 19, 2010 3:00 PM EDT
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PrintDana White chatted with Carlos Arias from the Keep Punching blog. Here are some excerpts:
On the UFC's plans to hold an event in Mexico:
"It's going good, actually. We could end up pulling off something this year in Mexico City. We're working on that right now. It's almost ... I don't want to say, 'Yeah, we're doing it.' But pretty much we're doing it.
On if Cain Velasquez would end up on that Mexico City card:
"That wouldn't suck, would it?"
On the rumors about Tito Ortiz's health and whether he will still be a part of "The Ultimate Fighter 11":
"Obviously, anything that's going on with 'The Ultimate Fighter' it's simple questions that we can't answer anything about 'The Ultimate Fighter.' Everybody wants to know, you know. If people think that there's (blank) going on with Tito and this and that, (blanking) watch and see what happens."
On Roger Huerta signing with Bellator to compete in the lightweight tournament:
"We didn't even try to sign him. You know, he's had a couple of losses. Let him fight in one of the smaller shows and see what he wants to do. You know, we'll go from there. We never tried to sign Roger. We let him go."
You can read the whole thing here. White talks about attending the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight this past weekend, and how he's had talks about Jerry Jones about holding a UFC event in the stadium. That he doesn't have anything scheduled for April 17th, plus more.
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If they have an event in Mexico
they better bring a heavy security detail. I would be willing to bet a Mexico event doesnt happen. It’s entirely to hot down there right now.
Great, another season of TUF to miss.
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Hot right now? Mexico has been on fire since last year. Don’t get me wrong, you can still travel and not run into trouble at all but yeah . . . it is hot right now.
But personally I think Mexico should have been one of the first countries that the UFC stepped to as opposed to the UK and Australia. Well the Aussies supported the UFC extremely well so that was a great idea, but Mexico is our next door neighbor.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 19, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed cant wait for mexico to happen
And also super pumped about cowboys stadium. I dont know why Dana is anit stadium, he says he doesnt want to take away from the eperience . But dont 80 percent of the people end up watchin the big screens anyway at the fights? At dallas stadium it would not be a problem, Im sure the could get a bigger crowd than what pacman got! Especially if they stack the card with brock and another title fight.;Cain would also do well down there.
did anyone catch during the basketball tournament the 7-8 second promo for strikeforce's
april 17th show. it went like this. watch dan henderson one of the all-time greats in mma fight jake shields. there was only a picture of henderson. not one picture of shields. it happened during the cornell/ temple game and maybe others but that is the one i saw. it was pathetic that it was so short and i like strikeforce. they either don’t have the money or are too stupid to put together something better.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 19, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
nope i didnt see
but i wonder who is responsible for the promos? strikeforce or cbs? I though it was cbs who was responsible last time.
Problem is
that watching guys fight from too far is like watching ants scramble. If you’re just watching the big screen that’s cool, but you might as well go catch a UFC in a theater at that point.. probably a cheaper ticket too.
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yea...i wouldn't want to see it at a stadium
the arena is ATL was far enough away…but the atmosphere was small enough to feel the energy from the crowd…so it was worth it.
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i have now been to 6 live events. unless you have a perfect ticket in one(we got one once) of the balconies at.....
the pearl at the palms where you can actually see into the octagan it is much better to watch the fights 40- 50 inch hd tv’s wherever you might be.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 19, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
my point exactly
there arent very many good seats to see a fight from anyway, unless ur a rich fuck. so difference does it make if ur in a bigger stadium? i wouldnt want to watch it in any other stadium but cowboys stadium anyway.
I disagree
In the stadiums the UFC runs in, I’m usually about half-way up the upper bowl, and you can see everything just fine. Yeah, if you get the cheap seats in the corner you won’t be able to see anything, and the big-screens give you a legit PPV view (it’s the same feed), but if you really can’t see anything in the octagon there’s nobody to blame but your ticket broker.
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my point is though even in small areans 80 percent of the people look at the big screen, so what is the differnce if it is in a bigger arena ? at least there will be more energy from the crowd and a biggger screen to see it. and also just a chance to see the stadium is why i would love to go also.
agreed many people do watch the screens at mandalay bay.
you do get the feeling of excitement when a big fight occurs and they are making their entrances. the roar of the crowd is half the fun.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 20, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
the ncaa tounament is on cbs just like the strikeforce event too.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 19, 2010 4:50 PM EDT reply actions
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