All Entries Tagged With: "Dana White"
Walking in the Shadows of Tyrants: A UFC Model for Boxing?
A look at the inner working of the UFC and whether boxing should adopt a similar business model.
Golden Boy Cleans House at The Ring Magazine: Cause for Concern?
Is it the end of the line for Ring Magazine or just a new, horrible beginning?
An Open Letter to Randy Couture
by Paul Magno Dear Randy Couture, First, congratulations on your victory over James Toney last Saturday night. Any win is a good one and any pay day is appreciated, especially in a combat sport where you never know when your livelihood will be taken from you. I sincerely hope that you will explore the possibility [...]
Paul Magno’s Monday Rant
…Starting the week pissed and building from there… Rant #1– This Saturday’s Randy Couture-James Toney UFC showdown/farce is about as absurd as Magic Johnson playing half-court one-on-one with Reggie Jackson to see whether basketball or baseball is better. The only thing this proves is that Dana White, UFC head carnival barker and Joe Rogan gimp [...]
Toney vs. Couture: Why Does Anyone Care?
The emergence of UFC has given new life to the boxing vs. MMA debate and it just won’t go away. There’s no definitive answer and there never will be…and this fight won’t make the picture any more clear.
James Toney In The UFC: A Win-Win For Dana White
by Paul Magno It’s official: James “Lights Out” Toney, one of boxing’s modern day greats, is now a member of the UFC. Of course, the UFC isn’t getting the James Toney that outclassed most of the best middleweights and super middleweights of his generation. They’re not even getting the post-prime Toney who floored, and ultimately [...]
Dana White, UFC Blink…Move PPV To Avoid Another Head to Head Clash With Boxing
by Paul Magno UFC head honcho and modern day carnival barker, Dana White, announced his plan to move the UFC 113 pay per view from its original May 1st date to a week later in order to avoid competing with the probable Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley PPV. The UFC got two black eyes in 2009 when [...]
UFC’s Dana White Nixes Roy Jones vs. Anderson Silva Bout
Roy Jones Jr. has verbally agreed…MMA star, Anderson Silva, had already signed off on the idea..so, we’re all set for the first Pro Boxer vs. MMA fighter matchup worth chronicling, right? Not in this lifetime, says UFC dictator, Dana White. “You won’t see a Silva-versus-Jones fight while Silva is under contract with me. I don’t [...]
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