Dana White: 5 Biggest Rants from the UFC President

UFC 167 saw Georges St-Pierre defeat Johny Hendricks via a controversial split decision which UFC President Dana White, and many others, did not agree with.

When Dana White strongly disagrees with a decision, though, he tends let everyone know about. Last night was no different and at the post-fight press conference he let the attending media know he thought the decision was a disgrace.

White epitomises what it means to wear one's heart on one's sleeve, and although sometimes he sensationalises versions of events, like last night, it is always entertaining. It also gives media types the quotes they need to make such post-fight articles worth reading.

UFC 167 Post-Fight Press Conference

Post-fight press conferences are always filled with emotion, which sometimes leads to things being said in a sensationalized way. For example, to call last night's decision a "robbery"was a hyperbolic statement in itself. 

Dana White is often first to say something over the top in these situations, and he did again last night.

As you can hear in the video provided, White says, “I think the Nevada State Athletic Commission is atrocious; I think the governor should step in before these guys destroy this sport like they did boxing,”

This was just part of an attack on what he thinks is the worst athletic commission—a justified statement if the decision was as bad as he made it out to be, which it was not.

The worst came when he used an argument which is not even part of the unified rules. The President later said, "Did you see Georges get smashed and damaged in the first round? This is about damage."

It is not about damage, and he should know that.

The rant during the press conference was huge, as the UFC President attacked the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and made bigger headlines than the event itself.

Dana White Doesn't Like Bellator or Las Vegas Culinary Union

It is not often Dana White gets to rant about two completely separate issues in one short interview, but "UFC Tonight" and its presenters Chael Sonnen and Kenny Florian pushed the right buttons and provided the perfect platform for the UFC President.

It started with Bellator, and we all know how much Dana likes Bellator. Talking about Bellator's lawyer, White said, "He's either the biggest moron in the history of the world or a liar." 

He then attacked the CEO of Bellator's parent company Viacom, Philippe Dauman, calling him a "pompous, arrogant clown."

As if White was not riled up enough, the topic of discussion switched to the potential of holding a UFC fight card in New York, which of course set White off again.

The UFC President said, "It's amazing what dirty, stinking, gangsters this Culinary Union from Las Vegas is. They are the scummiest group of people you could even imagine dealing with."

The interview lasted less than 15 minutes, so it was an extremely efficient way to insult more than one person and he did it with a vast array of colorful adjectives.

Dana's Nine Minute Rant on Steve Mazzagatti

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This rant included everything other than the Las Vegas Culinary Union and Bellator. Instead, White went on for nine minutes in a rant about the Nevada State Athletic commission and referee Steve Mazzagatti after Jon Fitch lost in his World Series of Fighting debut.

The issue was over a late stoppage when Fitch was choked out by Josh Burkman. The former UFC welterweight title challenger was caught in a guillotine choke by Burkman and, despite his body clearly going limp, Mazzagatti did not intervene to end the fight.

White was asked about the incident post-fight at UFC 161 during a media scrum in which he called the referee a "tool box" and an "incompetent fool" with a load of expletives in between about both Mazzagatti and the Athletic commission.

This was a justified rant from a passionate Dana White which a lot of people would have applauded. It was also a very physical rant, which included standing-up demonstrations that complemented the performance nicely.

Dana White Blames Jon Jones and Greg Jackson

This goes in the same category as UFC 167. An emotional Dana White announced the cancellation of UFC 151 after an injury to Dan Henderson, and Jon Jones refused to fight Chael Sonnen on short notice.

Unfortunately, The UFC President failed to control his emotions and pointed the finger at Jones and his coach Greg Jackson, who he claimed was a sport killer.

White went on to blame Jones and Jackson for the cancellation of an entire event, which in hindsight was extremely premature when it was revealed Henderson was injured three weeks prior to the event and failed to inform the UFC.

It was an unjustified attack from an angry President which created bigger headlines than the cancellation itself and kick-started mass confusion over who was to blame.

Do You Want to Be a Fighter!?

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This is one of Dana White's more positive moments and a rant which helped save the inaugural series of "The Ultimate Fighter."

In an expletive filled speech, White challenged a group of grown men over their resolve and their desire to be fighters. Looking back now, it was also a challenge to their manliness, and we all know grown-up men do not like that. It is a pride thing.

Of course, White knew this and every time he repeated the question, "Do you want to be a (expletive) fighter" the volume of response from each man grew. Bobby Southworth could be heard exclaiming "that's why I'm here."

The finale between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar was incredible, but without that speech would that season have been the same?