UFC 139 • 19 Nov 2011 • Main event: Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua • HP Pavilion in San Jose, California

The UFC 139 main event was supposed to be UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos, in his first title defense. That fight was pulled and moved to the UFC on FOX debut. JDS won in 64 seconds.

UFC president Dana White was asked if in hindsight he would have rather shown first time FOX fans Hendo vs. Rua 1 instead of Velasquez vs. JDS.

Let me tell you, I said it before and I’ll say it again,” began White. “If I could go back in a time machine, and do the FOX fight over again, it would be done the same exact way. EXACTLY the same way. The hardcores can bitch about that fight. I could care less what they think about that fight. I don’t care. You know, people are like ‘Doh, you don’t care what yer fans think??!?’ NO! I DO NOT CARE what you think.

“That fight had to go the way that it went because None of you guys understand what goes on behind the scenes. If that fight, that happened tonight, went on FOX for the first time ever, let me tell you what, I wouldn’t be having a good time these last five days or six days, believe me. We gotta ease our way. We live in this bubble, gang, we live in this bubble that the rest of the world doesn’t live in and doesn’t understand and we are still in the education process – educating the masses on what this sport is and what this sport is all about.

“Those of us who are in this room, and those of us who have been watching this sport for a real long time, are blown away and just incredibly appreciate what those two did tonight in there. And you can understand what they went through, and what’s going on. And the rest of the world will go ‘Oooooh my god, what was that’, you know? You just don’t understand what it takes to build this sport beyond national television…..So shut up again.”

And then Dana White smiled.