Notes from Dana White Q&A
– B.J. Penn is pretty close to cleaning out the lightweight division, and White is a believer in people moving…
– B.J. Penn is pretty close to cleaning out the lightweight division, and White is a believer in people moving up after they have done this.
– He’s interested in Gegard Mousasi.
– White said that Stephan Bonnar, Wanderlei Silva and Forrest Griffin are not going anywhere.
– White thinks that Anderson Silva is too big for GSP.
– He thinks that Shinya Aoki is overrated.
– The next three countries for the UFC are China, South Korea and India. Lorenzo Fertitta is working on getting a TUF season in those countries. The UFC is working to get into Japan and Brazil. There will be at least one show a year in Australia from now on.
– White said Strikeforce are going to fail because they are trying to be too big and are poorly organized.
– White said eventually he thinks knees to the head of a grounded opponent will be legalized.
– The UFC won’t do rankings.
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