Dana White: ‘You perform or you go away’
“It’s a dog-eat-dog world,” UFC president Dana White said in the hours after UFC 123. “There’s so many good guys…
“It’s a dog-eat-dog world,” UFC president Dana White said in the hours after UFC 123. “There’s so many good guys out there, you’re literally fighting for your UFC life every time you fight.”
“It’s no different than any other professional sports organization,” White said. “It’s exactly the way it works. You want to stay at the top of the food chain, you deal with it. If you don’t, you won’t. You know how many guys get cut by the NFL and Major League Baseball every day? It’s crazy, staggering. Same thing here, no difference.
It seems cruel and unfair, but such is the nature of sports that you either perform to the boss’ liking, or they’ll find someone else who will.
“Listen, these are the big leagues, no different than Major League Baseball, no different than the NFL,” White said. “You perform or you go away.”