Dana White does not like knees to the head on the ground

During the Seattle Live Chat, someone asked UFC President Dana White::

“How do you feel about banning elbows on the ground and allowing knees to the head on the ground?”

Dana’s reply:

“I don’t like knees to the head on the ground. If you don’t like elbows to the head on the ground, you definitely shouldn’t like knees to the head on the ground.”

This is in sharp contrast to just a year ago when he was asked a similar question by an Australian at UFC 110’s Q&A:

“Knees to the head? I get asked that a lot,” White said. “Right now we’re in this phase where we go out to all thees different states, and what we’re trying to do right now is basically — the game of soccer we play in the United States is the same game they play all over the world — that’s what we’re trying to do with MMA, to make this a sport. Eventually, when the whole world isn’t afraid of this sport anymore, then we can add knees to the head. I like them and I agree with you, but it’s going to take a long time.”

So it looks like the Unified Rules are gaining gravity as the worldwide standard, and are likely to stay that way.

White also discussed Anderson Silva vs Jon Jones, and Anderson Silva vs. GPS Superfights.

“Silva has made it very clear me to he does not want to fight at 205 … My dream fight? We do them all the time. But if you want to talk about SuperFights, I truly believe we put on dream fights twice a month, but right now it’s Anderson Silva-Georges St. Pierre.”