Dana White: I Don't Hate Fedor But He's Done
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2012
- The name Fedor Emelianenko still gets brought up to UFC President Dana White, but he's not sure why anymore.
Emelianenko was released from Zuffa owned Strikeforce last year and has since picked up two wins, albeit over questionable competition.
Still, White can't go more than a press conference or two without the Russian's name coming up and so this time he makes it clear - he doesn't hate Fedor, he just doesn't like his management.
Check out what White had to say about Fedor in this exclusive video with the UFC President: - Sport
"I don't hate Fedor, I just talk shit about him every chance I get."
Dana is pissed he didint get money
+Brooks
Exatly...he is such a pathetic person....Fedor is done....give me a break Dana ;))) you will be done much more faster
Oleg Djakonu oh boy this didn’t age well
@@nuttingsquid9979 HAHA, I was just about to say the same thing. It was incredibly stupid when Oleg said it, now it is certifiably insane.
Fedor isn't just about money. It's natural that Dana cannot understand him!
All dana understands is money, and he gets it still by disrespecting the fans and fighters of his organization, hes a liar and a crook. the ufc needs a new president. A lot of fighters have complained about him and the organization and that says something about the UFC under Danas control. hes just a bad person.
+Shashank Chattopadhyaya Fedor is about fighting bums
what else do you fight for? you think these people are doing it for their pleasure? Fight in the ufc, make more money than anywhere else and fight the best fighters on the planet. its really that simple guys, fedor was scared to face real talent
@Alice J cro cop went 3-4 in the UFC lol
Shashank Chattopadhyaya
„isnt about money“ loool thats why he was fighting bums in japan and ducking fighters from the us
Dana White: Fedor is done
9 years later Fedor still KO's top HW fighters
Top?
this is a false statement, he fights NOBODIES
Wow you think hes been fighting top talent 😂😂😂
Huge offer😂😂😂😂 offered Fedor a hundred grand and a gift card at Denny’s 😂😂😂
@@heavenshound6775and slap is bigger than football
JDS: "Fedor is the GOAT".
Cain: "Fedor is my favorite, he is the best."
Crocop recently in a Croatian show: "I cannot ever endorse what Dana says about Fedor, who have accomplished what no one else did".
Overeem: "Fedor is the guy whom you can't ever count out, I was disappointed with the stoppage (Bigfoot/Hendo fights), I know him from PRIDE he was in worse situations back then."
BJ Penn: "Fedor is hands down the best!"
GSP: "Fedor is the greatest in history!"
Werdum: "Fedor is the best!"
Not even a top 10 HW all time lol
@@makaveli3189 yes you are right, not top 10, he is number one heavyweight in history!
@@mr.nobody2515 How is he the #1 heavyweight in history. He’s lost to random no names.
Overeem also said that Fedor fought nothing but cans
@@HenryTandley5016 who is Overeem? Heavyweight champion in UFC ever?
Dana hates that he can't buy him 😂
Fedor would beat Brock anyway
pas it yooo.
Sal Alfda wtf do u mean
Pablo Escobar 'Cocaine King'
The white girl
Joel Zymanski Cain Velasquez aldready did that to Lesnar lmao
why did Fedor bitch out then? if he's better than lesnar.
If Fedor did his crazy ass win streak in the UFC, Dana would be calling him the best ever. His ego won't allow him to admit the best fighter at one time wasn't signed to the UFC.
Exactly plus Pride was insane with allowing roids, foot stomps, & soccer kicks & Fedor STILL was the king & beat multiple UFC champions during his reign. I remember hating Dana so much during this time.
Dana always act like an ignorant disrespectful children, and after that he wonders why Fedor don't want to have him as a boss?
Fedor made the right choice. Hes a smart man, he obviously knew Dana. A lot of fighters complain about the ufc, and that says something about the organization and Dana's crookedness. Fuck the ufc we want Pride back !
@@ibanezfloyd and now the UFC is the biggest thing 😂😂😂😂
Fedor keeps being brought up because the UFC is a fucking snore-fest, whose only superstar is a woman who is in love with Fedor.
you mean the greatest heavyweight in mma history? legends always matter.
Seems like he just can't comprehend that some people have priorities besides money, it is unfathamable to him. He also just wanted to get his "fight of the century" but fuck Brock was such a lame fighter. Most of his fights are him cowering like a baby and than randomly getting lucky and winning the fight. Hated seeing him win against Shane Carwin. He is only good because of his size, it would be a horrible let down for Fedor. Kind of a gimmicky fight IMO
wow, i didn't know that overeem, crocop, and werdum all said that. i wish ufc fans were more open to the idea that fedor is so good... maybe the GOAT, maybe not, but he was once so good... the fear he struck in his opponents as they stepped inside the cage... mike tyson like...
Definitely the GOAT
still the best heavyweight ever.
Dana won't sleep at nights because, he couldn't manage to make the fight. Dana White just knows how to throw dog bone to someone but what he doesn't now is that not everyone will fetch. Dana White probably was rude to Fedor.
At the time when Fedor signed with SF the best hw's in the ufc were Mir,Kongo, Nog, Carwin, Lesnar and 2 unknowns in jds and cain. SF had reem, werdum, barnett, arlovski, rogers, bigfoot, sergei....so tell me fedor DUCKED competition. He signed with the promotion that had the better hw division. Nobody knew how good cain and jds really were back then, they were just young guys with great potential.
Please, oh, please, tell me any heavyweight other than Nogueira (who lost to Fedor twice) who has as many top 10 ranked victories?
I'm waiting.
Fedor has more wins over top ranked fighters than Dos Santos, Velasquez, and Overeem combined.
Dana, it's never too late. I think we all still want to see this fight still happen.
Is it too late now?
Nope, Fedor said that he doesn't believe in "number one, number two..." cause anyone can lose at any given point.
However when asked - who is one of the most prospective young fighters that you know or have been training with? He answered:
"I'd say Gegard Mousasi".
Also when asked who was his most difficult opponent, he said:
"Mirko Crocop and Nogueira".
So there you have it.
Perfectly said bro!
I think Fedor, if changes his fighting strategy, can have a great come back with another 5-6 years of triumph. But he needs to take more calculated risks, not just jump
What was the offer?
What Fedors managment did to him was one of the great mismanagments in all of MMA history.
Brock vs Fedor would've been the ultimate fight. Both guys at their peak with polar opposite personalities and physical element. David vs Goliath. What a MMA miss this would've been. Would've been biggest fight in the world.
Yeh right Fedor would submit him in the first round. Hed knock him on his ass and then snap his leg.
By opposite personalities do you mean steroids and clean?
and Dan Henderson delivered that punch. Pride was a steroid haven, I don't think Fedor did roids, enhancers yes, but roids no.
dana has never stepped into the cage
Dana is mad at fador because Fador won't let Dana control him like he's his puppet.
i dont hate dana white but he is done
@roycov89 cro cop is another can fighter lol cro cop is overated too,aswell as hunt ect...but your idear of a top fighter is different to mine :) and who do you exspect jds to fight pre ufc?
you are so right!!!
I'm so glad to see butthurt Dana White because Fedor didn't allow him to make much more money. He can disrespect him, but he is the one who lost.
A couple of points. Fedor's management didn't decide without his consent. Fedor was informed about everything. Secondly, the contract was extremely restrictive... It was a one sided controlling agreement that took away all of his rights.
He best mark hunt Nog and others who are in the Ufc .. how is he done?
Yea like, Dana is Talking about money. Fedor is Talking about respect (which he didnt get from Dana and he spoke about it)
Actually unlike most people, my favorite fighters stay my favorite fighters even after they lose.
Its February 2023 and Fedor finally retired
I am a huge Fedor fan, but Dana is dead on correct about his management. Fedor's management are a bunch of crooks.
Have you ever heard what Fransis Ngannue says .. what other fighters says about UFC contracts ???
@@lovetokahe can't hear much over the sound of him fellating Dana
ofc because everyone from Pride is a legend now.. UFC got a newer generation of fighters that are more wellrounded.
then who is the guy that puts the belt around the champions waist after he wins?
People hating on Dana for this but understand that you could almost say he built this sport from the ground up so if anyone knows anything about fighters it’s him. I take his word over yt comments any day
Bloodieboi , absolutely
Dana is an idiot because he only tells half of the story. Fedor and M-1 wanted a co promotion fitght. Dana opposed to that, he thinks UFC is all that can exist in MMA, so that's fking wrong.
Tim and Arlovski were still in their prime when Fedor fought them. Arlovski left the UFC on a winning streak and Tim only lost one, aside from Couture, to Nog before getting dropped. Fedor on the other hand was not in his prime anymore when he demolished both. So it's a fair argument either way. Also look at the fights Fedor has lost.. Have you ever seen anyone lose like that? Look at the fireworks that happen right before he losses. And after. Give the man some fuckin props. Fake champ my nuts
Be a different story if fedor fought in the UFC
Yup.. a lot of ppl would give an arm or leg to be in the UFC. I know for sure their are so many that want to compete in the UFC. And here he is treating it like it's garbage...
I completely agree, but you watch, people are gonna start calling you names when you say something true that they dont wanna hear.
1. So one of your "cans" just almost beat up (while not being a puncher) the recent UFC title challenger, though being way out of his prime.
2. He did finish two of the best at the time of the fights in less than a round (combined).
3. If his losses are your definition of "being smashed", MMA must be exciting for you... with all those KILLS, splatter and manslaughter.
4. Fedor's regularly regarded as the G.O.A.T. in all independent (HW) toplists.
-> All your points fail.
I know he did. I said his legacy is in the UFC. He is known because of his winning streak in the UFC. He is known in the UFC for his kick to Belfort, He is known in the UFC for his triangle on Sonnen. He is known in the UFC for his choke on Dan Henderson. Read the rest of my comments before sounding ignorant.
The offer was before Giant Silva fight I believe. Lesnar would have been a much easier opponent than Werdum, or Giant Silva in hindsight....
I hate dana white hes a crook and a con artist, I was a UFC fan but he made me hate his organization with a passion. Hes such a disrespectful person to his fighters, the people that even make the UFC what it is. He underpays them and blames the UFC fans. UFC is what it is because of the fighters, no one even likes Dana. Hes a lieng crook, Jon jones is getting the worst of it. Danas just a tool, I like jones and gus but JONES is the champion, and the contender always steps on the champions soil when challenging him. Last I checked Dana, Jon jones wasn't Swedish. Whats worse is Dana is even disrespectful hugely to the fans of his organization. Dana white doesn't give a fuck about his fighters, he only cares about the money he makes, what kind of a person is he ? I've heard fighters being unhappy with their contracts because of him, that says a lot about what he is. Ive even heard it being described as slavery. Barao lost his title because he wasn't healed up enough and all from his last event, and dana just took him and threw him in, im not saying barao would have definitely won against dillashaw but he certainly wouldn't have fought the way we saw him against dillashaw. The UFC needs a new president and get Dana white off ufc presidency, no one even likes this guy.
You should read what rampage jackson, CHAEL sonnen and the axe murderer including jose aldo said about Dana and the ufc
RENE HERNANDEZ what did they say?
That's perfectly understandable, but then no one should call him the greatest. Great fighters want to fight the best competition. In the Pride days he may have been the best and he deserves that respect, but that was in a different time and era. That has nothing to do with the present, and in the present he doesn't have the mentality of a great fighter.
doesnt dana doesnt understand that you cant leave once the contract is signed. you can get sued. he should know that
See Fedor and his management are family and they are fuckin' ballers. If anything Dana White just ate his own shit and made Fedor look even more badass by admitting he laughed down a ridiculous amount of money. Probably because he didnt think Lesnar was a real challenge. This guy is the best figher to ever live for a reason. Dana is being a petulant child from the beginning. Fedor is just the man for life. Hes running Russia now he doesnt need MMA.
Werdum, Big Foot, and Dan Henderson say 'hi'
Dude, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS! Fedor was IN THE FIGHT BUSINESS!
He could have negotiated a HUGE DEAL in his favor. He chose not to.
The "selling your soul" thing is a bit of stretch. Tito and Dana did not get along but they still managed to work together.
as hard as i try to make it work in my head,i cant.fedor is really finished,although i still think he could beat 6 or 7 of the top 10 guys.it will never happen though and its a bloody trajedy.even fedor knows there are no last tilts at the title.in real terms he is retired.he is just spending his twilight winding down with no real threats....but good luck to one of the all time greats.
Apparently Dana isn't aware that money isn't everything.
Love Fedor and Brock, would be a dream match. HUGE fan of both and I think the result could have been either way, but probably Fedor would win. Also after, both would show respect regardless. They aren't Frank Mir aka a cocky disrespectful piece of ****, but it didn't make sense for either fighter. Better to leave it a dream that didn't happen. Whoever lost it would have really hurt their legacy.
Does dana not realize that fedor participate in the decision? Because vadummy didn't decide for fedor--he decided with Fedor.
got me there,-) let me rephrase: he has never FOUGHT into the cage
what are u even talking about?
the press keeps asking dana about fedor, so he answers.
1:58 loved that move dana 🤣
If Fedor could have some Wins more, I hope to see him ending his career in UFC.
I think i can see what happened, Fedor's team wanted more money because of Fedor's pull he had and power in the promotion he was signed to then White started to get disrespectful and those guys aren't about disrespect. Dana should of handled it better especially since Fedor always had a translator who knows what was said to him. The messed up thing is that White is hating on Fedor and talking trash when we all know including White, Fedor was that guy he defeated enough UFC stars to prove it. Only problem is age caught up to him.
Fedor is a legend but Dana White was right.. He should have came to the UFC. would have finalized his legacy. Win or Lose he would still would have had all the respect in the world. Now we are just in limbo. we know what he did but we don't know where he would have went in the sport or how far against the Elite.
idk what you are talking. UFC really limits fedor since he works for m1.
But I do agree with Dana on fedor not fighting Brock. Although Brock does not stand a chance. hahah
Fedor did a lot better in Pride, Pridefc was way better than the UFC. UFC is just a watered down version of Pridefc.
Wonju LEe I really don't think Fedor could've defeated Brock, Fedor looked like a total legend in Pride and M-1 and Bodog and where ever the hell else he fought, places where there is room for a lot of shitty fighters, don't get me wrong a lot of future UFC and Strikeforce champions came from those organizations but there were still a lot of competitors who couldn't fight, at best. As soon as he went to Strikeforce and took on more legitimate, elite fighters, he was getting bent, he won ONE of his four fights, Brock was taking on only the UFC's very best like Carwin, Mir and Couture and winning, I really don't think Fedor would've defeated Brock or even last very long in the UFC.
i get your point. We will never be sure of anything. I really can't not disagree you with man. Although i believe that Fedor did fight many elite fighters
Actually all the good guys fight in UFC because they have all the undisputed title holders. Couture was done, Tito might as well be done & Rampage is a bit of a diva. Fedor was the only hold out but Zuffa still owned him with the strikeforce acquisition. It was his desire to compete in UFC but he kept losing.
Did you really just mention Arlovski and Rodgers? Actually, JDS and Cain were both top ten fighters back then. And Carwin was crushing people and MIR was still great. Now I love Fedor, but he did mess up HUUUUGE by not fighting these guys in his prime.
thank you for revealing yourself and whats happening dana. now everyone can see what the vegas sun and money does to you guys.
Mr White doesn't like Fedor because he said what he thinks about poorly and unfair treating fighters in UFC years ago. Pride Org was much better for fighters.
Mr White bought japanese pride and he has got monopoly. He controls market. That market should be split to few smaller organisations with diffrent ownership but UFC lobbyst dont want to make it happening.
All truth about conflict White and Fedor.
I dont see what that has to do with Fedor clearing out the heavyweight division in Pride which was the toughest competition by far at the time. He did what GSP has done at WW and Anderson at MW, beaten everyone in his division. Yes, they did have some very weird, circus type matchups in Pride, but they also put on the most exciting fights between the top guys...You are talking shit about an organization u know nothing about
I think a lot of the fedor "hate" is more down to his management than the guy himself they say hes a partner but unless you are actually in the talks you dont know how much of a say he really has. Like why fidnt he drop to 205? He could easily make the weight instead of always giving up so much of a height and weight advantage?
You are clearly baked out of your mind with that sentence.
To me, White's legacy will be akin to Don King's, an exploiter of the fighters, he just adds to the pile of money he's sitting on, and really couldn't give two shits about anything else. When you consider the billions made by the franchise, the money most of the fighters make is a joke. Liddell topped the scale in his time, and he made $500,000 per fight, But the average fighter makes around $3,000 per fight. Its not a fair cut.
Honestly, I used to dislike Dana for all the shit he used to say about Fedor. The thing is, he was right in his prediction with him and M-1. And he was right about his prediction with Affliction. He's sometimes an ass but he's a business man and a promoter who cares about this sport and his business. Every fighter wants to be in the UFC and make a good living. I'm an old school Pride fan and Fedor was the best during that time. It's 2012 now and MMA is bigger than ever, thanks to the UFC.
Now that Fedor and Brock are both done.......why can't Dana say how much money he offered?
Dana is right. The Fedor/Lesnar fight was a huge opportunity for everyone involved, to throw that away is just foolish. Still think Fedor would have wrecked Brock though, size ain't nothing when you submit guys like Hong Man Choi.
he doesnt get fedor but he gets pedro rizzo? wow....
Dana might say whatever he wants to, but Fedor should be respected for his past accomplishments !
No man, Fedor is not in it anymore, his skills have been in decline since 07 he stopped making fighting his most important goal.
Dana...the Don King of MMA!
8 years later and look how great the UFC is because of him. The sport in general.
@@demonx3432 Agreed %100! But fighter pay is still one of the biggest disgraces in the sport
Where does this cliché come from, that in the UFC they just lay on each other? To me it seems that (not only in the UFC but in MMA in general) striking gets more emphasized than it was before.
Of course, there were spectacular fights in PRIDE as well. But often there were weird match ups, where established guys would face some utterly inferior "attraction" (like Hong Man Choi, Takada, Giant Silva .... f***ing Bob Sapp etc.). To me the Pride environment seemed never as competitive as the UFC.
Dana is like my former boss who followed ex-employees on facebook and then told us their life got harder after leaving
I don't know where you got that info but your source is false and if you don't know, don't make stuff up. He was offered a three fight deal with an immediate title shot against Brock with less than 2 million per fight. He also would have PPV points and Brock was always a huge draw and with Fedor the fight would have sold more than 1 million PPV so Fedor would have made more than 5 million in his first fight alone.
"In what way is he intriguing?"
^ In the way that he is NOT a DISGUSTINGLY TWO FACED, HYPOCRITICAL, SELF-CONTRADICTING, ARROGANT, RUDE, INSOLENT AND A CORRUPT LIAR! SUCH AS YOU!
In the way that he is a humble, kind, polite, dignified, exemplary and overall an honest and a moral man! yet at the same time by most considered as THE BEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIMES!
And you know you'll regret all your evil deeds, because sooner or later, one way or another justice always wins, MARK MY WORDS!
Pedro has been trying to get back to the UFC for a while now hopfully he beats Fedor and gets to finish his career in the top org
Frank Mir snapped his shit up.
he would be top 5 in the ufc HW division.
... you see, point goes to me & the Fedor fans, thanks.
why i like dana he says wat needs to be said
but you gotta know he bet guys at the top level and guys that end ppl with knockouts and subission. They cant beat his ground game obviously you dont respect or know enough about the ground game because you dont like his fights. They will be interesting once you know more
amen brotha
He didn't get mounted by Sonnen because of Sonnen's 'bjj' skills? No.. He got mounted because of Sonnen's take down/wrestling skills and because he rushed the first few swings in that fight. His ground game has gotten him submissions on Hendo, Sonnen, Lutter. Where have you been anyways? He's beaten most of his opponents in the 1-2 round. He destroyed Belfort, Griffin, Franklin, Marquardt- ALL FORMER UFC Champs. Belfort almost submitted Jones. He's gonna beat Bisping next. Then GSP.
Dana and the UFC wont accept that, because for years Dana has wanted Fedor in the UFC. But Fedors' managers say no because theyre either stupid or they dont have faith in Fedor becoming the best in the UFC and ruining that record Fedor has. Fedor is a beast, but whose to say hes the best if he wont take on the best
Dana white offered 2 million dollars per fight, fedor's team laughed and wanted co-promotion of the ufc.
One small example. Most of the old UFC "hall of famers" use to be bashed pretty good during the Pride days, if u just remember, Rampage, Henderson, Lidel, Hammer Coleman, Hearing etc use to loose big time in this promotion from Fedor and other guys he fought and won over. What Wookie said is naked truth. Dana runs currently strongest MMA organization in the world but he is to small to talk trash about Fedor cause if Fedor wasn't who he is Dana White would not exist today.
Too bad he didn't sign the contract to prove it.
ironic isn't it but he won't pay jones to fight francis
This idiot ALWAYS f's up the super fights. Fedor vs Brock was one of them & I know I'm forgetting another. But currently it's Jones vs Ngannou.
Fedor is past his prime though. I like the guy. Watched the documentary Baddest Man on the Planet....those were the days for him. Dominating. Lately....as in a year ago in Strike force he lost to BIgFoot SIlva and Dan Henderson. He doesn't have it anymore or at least on that level. Watching those fights with him losing makes me cringe the way he's going out. Dana might have been stupid to not reconsider years ago but now Fedor is really, at his age....on his way out. He doesn't have it.
Dana is trying to be a lighter version of Don King
He's right, Fedor is done.
Fedor would have beaten Lesnar