Dana White makes a vid for the members of the UnderGround

UFC president Dana recently put together a video for the UnderGround, of a meeting White recently had in Toyko, Japan, with one of the greatest fighters of all time, Kazushi Sakuraba. As White explains, Saku asked that some parts of the meeting remain private, but the ones that were are well and truly compelling.

“The guy was a national treasure,” says White. “And the promoters, it’s like they were trying to destroy him. It made no sense to me, ever.”

Sakuraba replied, as translated by UFC Director of International Business Development Japan, Ryo Ishibashi.

“The more I guess, impossible the fights got the more pissed off he became and the willingness to accept those fights grew stronger,” related the translator. “But, in the end, they asked him to fight Fedor, he said no to that.”

White replied, speaking for the entire UG.

“Good,” he said. “Good.”

White then asked if Saku was paid very well in Pride.

Saku said he was paid the same for each fight, regardless of the opponent or the weight class. If that seems fundamentally unjust, consider that Pride was controlled by the Yakuza.

When asked his favorite Saku fight, White reflected at some length, and settled on the Royce Gracie fight.

Then Saku asked White to set up a fight with Wanderlei Silva. During the interview White also discussed plans to bring Saku to Vegas for a UFC Fan Expo, which hopefully comes to fruition.