Dana White wages war on StrikeForce and Fedor Emeliananko: “He’ll put them out of business, It’s Strike-Farce”

Published on: 6th August, 2009

Dana White wages war on StrikeForce and Fedor Emeliananko: "He'll put them out of business, It's Strike-Farce"   | read this item

Dana White has launched the first strike in what seems to be his first of many insults towards StrikeForce and Fedor Emelianenko after the Heavyweight champion decided not to sign with the UFC.

MMA FanHouse.com interviewed the UFC president who first aimed at StrikeForce calling them “Strike-Farce”.

“They have no money, no fighters. They’re a small-town show,” White said. “Cung Le hasn’t defended the title since like 1997. Josh Thomson hasn’t defended the belt in like two years. Who’s their other champion? Alistair Overeem? He hasn’t defended the belt in like two years. It’s Strike-Farce. It’s a little regional show with no one in it.”

When White was asked what impact the signing of Fedor Emelianenko would have on StrikeForce he did not hesitate to say the he feels the Heavyweight champion will be looking for a new promotion soon.

“He’ll put them out of business,” he said. “They have no money and no distribution. You know how many people watch their fights? Their last fight [on Showtime cable], 245,000 people watched that fight. That’s nothing.”

White spoke about how the negotiations for Fedor fell through and he was miserable because he could not get the deal signed.

“Then I said, ‘f*** him,” White said. “There was no way in hell that deal was going to happen. I offered him a great deal. I guarantee you the Strikeforce deal wasn’t in the same universe with ours. it wasn’t close. They probably didn’t even pay him as much as Affliction was.”

“It was completely obvious they didn’t want to do a deal,” he said. “He just didn’t want to be in the UFC.”

This should come as no surprise as White will now take all of the energy he used on EliteXC and Affliction and focus it on StrikeForce now. It appears that signing Fedor Emelianenko was a declaration of war to the UFC president.

 Alberto Martinez "The Narcisist" is the founding owner of URDirt.com. If you would like to post on the front page or in our New "Fan Jab" section all you need to do is register. Read more from this author

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