To Dana White: Why Now, Dana?

OK. I have heard that heavy weighs the head that wears the crown.

You, Dana White, have more or less crowned yourself as the King who saved the UFC and now reign supreme over the whole MMA kingdom, at least in the minds of the 15- to 34-year-olds who follow the sport. To that age group, the UFC has become synonymous with MMA.

While the older and wiser people who love the sport, do know there is a definite division between the UFC and the rest of MMA. I am beginning to suspect that one could properly call the difference: Maturity.

Yes, I am one of your most frequent critics. I was a high school teacher once and became used to critiquing the behavior of those around me.

For one thing, it was my job, but mostly it was my sense of impending doom for the American educational system that made me expect better behavior from my students and their superiors than what is expected today.

So I do detect a lack of maturity in you, Mr. White, and I am calling you out on it.

If this situation was not so reminiscent of the tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes," it would be easier for me to remain serious when I say that, "you are exposing yourself to God and everyone on earth, sir," and that is the naked truth!

In this most recent circumstance, I am referring to your kicking Junie Browning out of the UFC. I did read about his OD on 16 or more Klonapin, and realize the serious nature of what he has done.

Hell, I used to be the head nurse on a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. I was the one that young angry men like Junie took their frustration out on, when confronted with their own dangerous behavior. My injuries from such instances are documented.

This is nothing new for Junie. It is also old news to you, his enabler, who has allowed this circus act to continue to play out on the public stage and all over the news columns.

When Junie was the worst bad actor on the TUF series, you condoned his outlandish behavior, even though it was outlandish and unforgivable. His foolish and antisocial behaviors put everyone at risk. You did not care. 

Time after time in asides to the viewers (on the show), you acknowledged that what you were doing was wrong, then you gave him at least three reprieves.

As a master manipulator, you made Junie's cast mates believe that they were indeed your instrument of punishment by allowing him to remain in the series and "be forced to fight" to take his punishment "like a man." Well, that was wrong on all counts.

Even though Junie did not do anything to deserve a contract, (he did not win or do anything to qualify to be on the finale), you gave him one, permitting him to parlay being obnoxious into a thing of honor. What a farce that was.

How Randy Couture got himself involved in letting Junie train at his facility, I do not know. I more or less felt there was some arm twisting by his "friend" Dana.

Must be nice to be the boss of the UFC and have the sense of entitlement you have afforded to yourself within "your" organization.

The overdose, you over-valued meat-head, was a cry for help!

So where was the benevolent ruler when one of his fighters hit the bottom and really was in need of a helping hand and some fatherly guidance.

Maybe Rashad, the befriend-er of fighters left to dangle and twirl haplessly in the wind, could have helped Junie. No, that would have overstepped his boundaries with the boss man and called down your wrath upon him, I am sure.

As tied up as you have been seeing who can be a bigger baby, you or Rampage, you really haven't given your fighters many options to think for themselves. I pity the fool (Rampage) who tried.

The first thing that was thrown in Quinton's face was how loyal you and the UFC had been to him when he had his mental meltdown.

You did come to his aid, but how many times afterwards did you play the "I am your true friend" card, while rapping him in the balls or shocking him with a pen?

Fun? Innocent? Or symptoms of sadism? I am voting on the last.

Well, I hate to be the one to inform you that regardless of what befalls Junie Browning, it is due to your personal handiwork and pulling his strings like a demented puppet master.

Oh, yes, there was also the money involved in keeping the spectacle going to heighten the ratings. Having Junie's equally disagreeable brother on and pointing out how dysfunctional the whole family was, is not in my opinion an act of kindness, though,

So, Mr. Dana White, I am asking you, "you have kicked Junie out of the UFC and apparently washed your hands of him, but why now, why not a year or so ago when he first F'd up (to use language you do understand)."

Mr. White, I am asking: "Why now?"