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Fightlinker
From who else but Yahoo? Kevin Iole gets a break as Dana's regular knob polisher to let Dan Wetzel try a rub.
White, 39, infuriates some fans, although it is probably just a vocal minority. Most appreciate the product he's delivered. That he's a huge star in his own right, though, rankles some. Strangely, his harshest critics are generally hardcore fans you'd think would appreciate his unquestioned dedication to the sport and ability to take it from back alleys to mainstream.

White doesn't deny he's brash, at times cocky and always impatient. He also notes he's far from perfect. He laughs about it though. He's true to himself and that's what it took.

So he battled with more than a few fighters, agents, writers, promoters and politicians?

This is cage fighting, after all. Are you supposed to be polite when you're kicking down doors to open up worlds?

My favorite part of all this is how the reporter feigns ignorance as to why us 'hardcore fans' criticize Dana White. There's nothing to see here, folks. Just a surly vocal minority that are being ignorant fools and not seeing the big picture. Dana White isn't a part of the UFC. The UFC is a part of Dana White.
MMAMoneyLine
I have the utmost respect for Dana White and, in my opinion, he is the most important person in American MMA history not named Gracie. However, some of the stuff he pulls reeks of ego and power.

I know the business world can be cutthroat and the UFC didn't get to where it is by "playing nice", but Dana needs to treat the fighters and MMA media a little bit better. Give blogs like this one the credit it deserves for opening the world of MMA up to thousands of news fans. In addition, don't let things like the Jon Fitch video game incident happen all the time.
Gina's boy toy
Dana is like a love hate thing. I mean it's obvious with out Dana the UFC isn't where it is today & again because of Dana you get the drama you wouldn't get if someone else did the job so it's pros and cons type thing.
Blackula Jonez
You have to take the good with the bad.

Such is life...and the head honcho of the UFC.
andherewego
It really is amazing how bloggers spent about 99 percent of their time ripping people, but then turn around and get all hypersensitive when one of their targets fires back.
His_Majesty
- Serious
well, of course i'm not a big league fight promoter and so don't really have any insight into how dana seemingly monopolizes mainstream mma and ... i do enjoy watching the fights and even more so with the hype leading up the fights ... and yah, the video games, action figures and what not are cool too ... fight nights, ppv's, live events, themed gyms, magazines - WHATEVER! - is all good ... but ... as a fan of the sport, i'm tired of seeing dana's big forehead all over the place. give it a break man. get lost for awhile. he's not a fighter - the fighter's are the FOUNDATION on which UFC is built upon. but truthfully, if the fighter's banded together and partnered their own promotion - they could easily shut-down the UFC. as a fan my loyalty is to the fighters only. fuck dana. fuck the UFC. lyoto, rampage, gsp, FEDOR, et. al. could decide to fight in almost any promotion and i'd buy a ticket. i hope that tito gets his act together and actually DOES form a new promotion that is fair to the fighters and therefore, ultimately, fair to the fans.

again: EFF dana and EFF the UFC.
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