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White to GSP: Be a man

Tonight on the UFC on FOX Sports Live, UFC President Dana White spoke to the team about recent statements former Champion Georges St-Pierre made in the media.

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Chris Palmquist
January 15, 2014 · 1 min read
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Tonight on the UFC on FOX Sports Live, UFC President Dana White spoke to the team about recent statements former Champion Georges St-Pierre made in the media.

Coming up on @FOXSportsLive – @danawhite says he wants GSP to be a man. Tune in NOW for more on GSP and #UFCFightNight

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White on Georges St-Pierre comments about the UFC: I’m shocked. When Georges St-Pierre said he wanted to do the extra drug testing, he wanted to do it to prove he’s not on drugs. I’ve heard he’s mad at me that I said I thought Johny Hendricks won the fight. Be a man and talk to me face-to-face. If GSP wants to talk to us like a man he can pick up the phone and call us. This came out of left field. The whole thing is shocking. 

White responding to GSP’s comments on if the UFC is a monopoly: Viacom is our competitor and has a 40-billion dollar market cap. That’s our competitor. We’ll never be that big. There are a lot of other fight companies out there. Are we the best? Yes. But it’s far from a monopoly.

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