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DFW: I would have handled the brawl differently
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<p>On Aug 4, UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones and challenger Daniel Cormier famously got into a brawl at a UFC 178 media event.</p>
Stuck between two of the baddest men on the planet was UFC Senior Director of Public Relations Dave Sholler, who few would describe as one of the baddest men on the planet.
Some fans speculated that had UFC president Dana White been present (he was on a rare vacation in Bora Bora at the time) the brawl might not have happened. On UFC.com's The Download, White discussed the brawl for the first time.
"As soon as Jones went up and their bodies touched, I would have separated them," said White. "Sometimes you'll see me put a hand in, or sometimes you'll see me do something else. I would have separated them. It was the head butt - Jones headbutted Cormier - that's what upset him and made him push him back. I would have got my arm in there before that contact was even made. I would have seen the contact coming and I would have stopped it. Then I would have been right in the middle.
"Would I have stopped that whole thing from going down, who the f--- knows? I wasn't here."
"One little thing can trigger two guys, who are the baddest dudes on the planet, who are face to face. That's what they do, period. People can try to sugar coat it or try to spin any way that they want, that's the reality. That's who they are, that's what they're paid to do and that's what you show up to watch. These guys, that's who they are to the core. And when you get two guys like that and you don't handle the situation the right way to defuse it, that's what happens. The difference is that Sholler has never been in that position before.”
"Dave Sholler doesn't really have any experience out there between the guys. There's times when you know something is going on and you're ready and you jump in there and get that thing defused. That's why I stand there. I don't stand there because I want to be in f---ing pictures, I'm there to make sure that kind of s--- doesn't happen."
"These guys are fighters, man, they're ready to go. And that's what makes the weigh-ins so amazing and why I love it so much. Those staredowns, there's nothing f---ing like it."
"The position that I get to stand in during those staredowns is the greatest position in all of f---ing sports. Nothing like being there when two guys are cutting weight, they're fighting the next day, they're away from their families for eight f---ing weeks, and they get to square off."
Fans are going to get plenty of opportunities for staredowns, with 10 UFCs in the next weeks.
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