Dana White

UFC shuffle leaves Tim Kennedy without opponent for 'Fight for the Troops' main event

By Kevin Lilley on September 30, 2013 Mixed martial arts, UFC

Wanted: Middleweight martial artist willing to step into cage in front of loud group of soldiers at Kentucky military installation, fight Texas National Guardsman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and hasn’t been knocked out in 20 professional bouts. Experience a plus. Medical insurance probably also a good idea. Tim Kennedy had been set to headline “UFC Fight Night 31: UFC Fight For the Troops 3” at Fort Campbell, Ky., on Nov. 6 against Lyoto Machida, a former 205-pound champion set to drop to 185 pounds in what would be the biggest fight of Kennedy’s career. But late last week,…

Wednesday roundup: International trip for Army wrestlers, Stann part of bad UFC trend, Big East playoff update

By Kevin Lilley on June 13, 2012 Army, Football, Mixed martial arts, Navy, UFC, Uncategorized, Wrestling

Three quick hits for a Wednesday morning, from Belgrade to Brian Stann to Big East football: 1. Pre-Olympic trip. Three Olympics-bound soldiers are among the seven elite U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers headed to Europe later this week for the Gedza International tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, according to TheMat.com. Sgt. 1st Class Dremiel Byers (120 kilograms), Sgt. Spenser Mango (55 kg) and Spc. Justin Lester (66 kg), all members of the Army’s World Class Athlete Program, will make the trip; Mango and Lester will wrestle Friday, with Byers hitting the mat Saturday. At stake: A chance to fine-tune their mat game as…

Fight Brian Stann? '[Expletive] that.'

By Mike Hoffman on January 25, 2011 UFC, Uncategorized

That was Wanderlai Silva’s response to UFC president Dana White’s proposal for “The Axe Muderer’s” next fight be the former Marine captain. “We were actually trying to hook [Silva] up with Brian Stann. He doesn’t want to fight Brian Stann. He’s like, ‘[Expletive] that. Everybody is going to hate me if I fight Brian Stann. Everybody loves Brian Stann.’ But that’s the fight we’re trying to make right now,” White said Friday during the Q&A session at UFC Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2. Silva is coming off an injury to his knee, but he is ready to…

Watch Dana White's video blog for Fight for the Troops 2

By on January 22, 2011 Army, Mixed martial arts

The UFC and its outspoken president, Dana White, hit Fort Hood this week for tonight’s Fight for the Troops 2 on Spike TV. The UFC’s cameras followed White around the post as the foulest-mouthed executive in America met soldiers and shot the breeze with UFC personalities Joe Rogan, Matt Serra, Brian Stann, Frankie Edgar and others. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkg3QJyTm64[/youtube]

UFC event coming to Afghanistan? Looks like it could happen

By on June 1, 2010 Mixed martial arts

Good news for MMA fans deploying to Afghanistan: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Anderson Silva or Randy Couture may end up fighting at a FOB near you. UFC President Dana White says his company is in talks to hold a card of fights in Afghanistan sometime around January 2011. “It’s going to happen, but even when it does happen, we’re not going to be able to talk about it,” White said recently. “It’s going to be a stealth mission. We’re going to zoom in there, put on a fight and get the hell out.” Read more at MMAFighting.com.

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