Reed Harris responds to Dana’s role in Aldo/Faber promotion

From: rharris

Posted: 8 hours ago

WEC, President

Member Since: 1/1/01

Posts: 1148

Ok guys…let me explain…. and I have to do this fast cause I’m getting ready to head over to Arco…

First and foremost…I love you guys on the UG..I’m here everyday and don’t comment like I used to…but read your threads and actually take a lot of it into consideration as it really is the fans speaking to us. I love MMA, love the fighters and especially the fans.

In the picture, I’m not sad… thats my “im nervous as hell about these guys making weight” look. This event is obviously pretty important to me and my nerves were getting the better part of me.

Sean Shelby actually asked me the same thing after the weigh ins…he thought i was pissed. lol

As you can imagine, this is a big night for us…and so you know, Dana has stepped up and given this thing everything he has,,,and we couldn’t be more grateful. We are a team at Zuffa… all we want is for the event to be as big a success as we know it can be. Dana helping out has been huge!

As you know, Dana announced the largest fighter bonus’s in the history of the company (he wouldn’t even tell me prior to the meeting…I was blown away)… you should have seen the fighters faces… I felt pretty emotional as these are guys that have given the WEC everything… and I know in my heart that they will go out there tonight and do what they always do, make us all proud to be able to work with them and know them.

Cheers to all of you on the UG… I hope you watch. And thanks for the support…it means a lot to me.

Reed