Dana White: If Barnett wins he’ll get UFC contract offer

UFC President Dana White and current top Strikeforce heavyweight Josh Barnett (and former UFC world heavyweight champion) have a history of harsh words.

Barnett on White

“I think we could definitely get a trained monkey to get in there and do his job …I dont care what he thinks and I never did. I dont have any relationship with him. I don’t want a relationship with a guy like that.”

White on Barnett

“I’m not a big Josh Barnett fan. think hes bad for the sport. All the shit that comes out of his mouth is stupid, and I’m not a fan … You’ll never see him in the UFC, ever.”

Barnett on White

“Dana White’s stature has changed quite a bit from a boxercise instructor. I’d be interested to see Dana White pass some drug tests. I’ll pass every test. I’ve already passed tests since then; I’ve passed tests before then. If (Dana) wants I can come pee in his mouth and he can tell me if he tastes any Dianabol or anything like that. He might swing that way you never know. He’s so manly and hetero, maybe he wants to get real Spartan about things.

Now, with the acquisition of Strikeforce by ZUFFA, the past is past. Only two heavyweights are left on the Strikeforce roster – Barnett and Daniel Cornier who meet at Strikeforce: “Barnett vs. Cormier” in San Jose, Calif., on May 19, 2012.

White tells HDNet’s Ron Kruck that if he gets by Cormer, Barnett will be offered a UFC contract.

“The way that Showtime wants to do it is when that fight finally happens, whoever wins it, they wanna do another fight on Showtime, so that guy would probably come to the UFC. We’ll see what happens, you know?

“Josh and I have been playing nice with each other for a little while, since he got into the UFC. It’s more than just, ‘Does he win? Does he do this?’ You gotta be able to come to terms with the guy and be able to deal with him.

“If he wins the fight, I can’t see why he wouldn’t come here, unless we weren’t able to make a deal with him.”

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