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<p><em>UFC® CHAIRMAN AND CEO LORENZO FERTITTA AND PRESIDENT DANA WHITE TO HOLD MEDIA EVENT</em></p>
Wednesday, Feb. 18 – 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET
Las Vegas – UFC® Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and President Dana White will hold a media event on Wed., Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. The event will take place at Red Rock Casino Resort and will also be streamed live on UFC.com. This event is closed to the public.
WHO: LORENZO FERTITTA – UFC Chairman and CEO
DANA WHITE – UFC President WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET WHERE: Pavilion Ballroom
Red Rock Casino Resort
For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com.
"We here at Zuffa, UFC and MMA in general would like to publically apologize to Fedor Emelianeneko and officialyl adopt Fedor into the UFC Hall of Fame and officially announce that...we where wrong Fedor Emelianeneko is the greatest fighter of all time. Thank you for your continued support and we would also like to inform all UFC fans around the world that ULTIMATE FEDOR: The Greatest Fighter of All Time is officially in production, thank you" Dana White
truthisalive - "We here at Zuffa, UFC and MMA in general would like to publically apologize to Fedor Emelianeneko and officialyl adopt Fedor into the UFC Hall of Fame and officially announce that...we where wrong Fedor Emelianeneko is the greatest fighter of all time. Thank you for your continued support and we would also like to inform all UFC fans around the world that ULTIMATE FEDOR: The Greatest Fighter of All Time is officially in production, thank you" Dana White
Really interested in this. Gonna go one of two ways IMHO...
- acknowledge there's a legit issue and push to fight drug usage/cheaters even harder via a complete 'no tolerance' policy on PEDs. Announce huge fines for future failures and consistent in-house punishments. Vow to clean up the sport.
- try to professionally - and sneakily -back away from out-of-comp testing in recognition that it will likely expose a lot more users and kill a lot more cards. Probably wrapped-up in "we genuinely care about these guys" type rhetoric to disguise the complete U-turn.
Personally, I think the typical Dana "We'll fucking deal with this thing head-in" approach has itched a scratch that ain't healing: quickly realising there's more going on than they realised. TRT was just the beginning.
The UFC is a business, and money will always be king (they've proved this countless times). With the inconsistency of in-house punishments recently, I can't wait to see how this gets spun.
I'm expecting the drop of out-of-comp testing which will come under the guise of them not being able to regulate - but it's really about stopping all these cards getting scrapped - and the announcement of a UFC 12-step style program.
RoyNelsonsTVDinner - Really interested in this. Gonna go one of two ways IMHO...
- acknowledge there's a legit issue and push to fight drug usage/cheaters even harder via a complete 'no tolerance' policy on PEDs. Announce huge fines for future failures and consistent in-house punishments. Vow to clean up the sport.
- try to professionally - and sneakily -back away from out-of-comp testing in recognition that it will likely expose a lot more users and kill a lot more cards. Probably wrapped-up in "we genuinely care about these guys" type rhetoric to disguise the complete U-turn.
Personally, I think the typical Dana "We'll fucking deal with this thing head-in" approach has itched a scratch that ain't healing: quickly realising there's more going on than they realised. TRT was just the beginning.
The UFC is a business, and money will always be king (they've proved this countless times). With the inconsistency of in-house punishments recently, I can't wait to see how this gets spun.
I'm expecting the drop of out-of-comp testing which will come under the guise of them not being able to regulate - but it's really about stopping all these cards getting scrapped - and the announcement of a UFC 12-step style program.
They already dropped out of in house out of competition random testing after the Cung thing. AC's handle that now with UFC footing the bill.
I think they will anounce standardized inhouse consequences.
