Dana White "Floyd Mayweather is not a superstar"

[LEGION]

I think he was responding to Mayweather's "Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA"

Mayweather: Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA - Cagewriter - Mixed Martial Arts - Yahoo! Sports

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

[Kel]

I think he was responding to Mayweather's "Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA"

Mayweather: Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA - Cagewriter - Mixed Martial Arts - Yahoo! Sports

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

[markb018]

I think he was responding to Mayweather's "Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA"

Mayweather: Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA - Cagewriter - Mixed Martial Arts - Yahoo! Sports

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

That one guy who looked like Sagat from Street Fighter who fought the sumo wrestler and kicked his teeth out of his mouth is burned into my head. I think it was either 1 or 2. I must have been about 10 years old. That was awesome

[Kel]

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

That one guy who looked like Sagat from Street Fighter who fought the sumo wrestler and kicked his teeth out of his mouth is burned into my head. I think it was either 1 or 2. I must have been about 10 years old. That was awesome

1st one that was I think, serious entertainment. Keith Hackney againsed that Emanuelle yarborough (spelling) in UFC 3 I think was, unreal. He was like 600+pounds and got battered but Keith broke his hand and was out after that.

I think in UFC 4 he (Keith) was againsed the guy that ran around the ring after the Kimo Gracie fight in UFC 3 (and got shouted at by Big John the ref). He was thumping him in the bollocks!

It was great then, proper like!

[boozeboxer]

I think the "white people need a fight sport" comment is very accurate and appeals to whites of lower earnings, education, and age. It has a white trash appeal that people eat up.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

Yes they are. Floyd says they aren't on his level? Tell me Floyd would stand a chance against a guy who outweighs him by almost 100 pounds like Dan Severn outweighed Joyce.

Floyd couldn't fight in MMA because of his brittle ass hands and the small gloves in MMA would have him crying 1st punch he threw.

i'm no Floyd fanboy buton the flipside of what you said, tell me one 50 yr old who's never boxed who can knock Mayweather out cold, the way Mercer did to Sylvia

[LEGION]

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

Yes they are. Floyd says they aren't on his level? Tell me Floyd would stand a chance against a guy who outweighs him by almost 100 pounds like Dan Severn outweighed Joyce.

Floyd couldn't fight in MMA because of his brittle ass hands and the small gloves in MMA would have him crying 1st punch he threw.

i'm no Floyd fanboy buton the flipside of what you said, tell me one 50 yr old who's never boxed who can knock Mayweather out cold, the way Mercer did to Sylvia

Same weight or Floyd pushing 100 pounds? I'm really not sure I'm even followed the meaning of your post. Are you comparing Sylvia to the 50 y.o. who has never boxed being beat in MMA by a boxer? Sorry; just missing your point I think.

1st; Tim Sylvia was a joke; the Valuev of MMA but worse. He got his ass kicked out of UFC; and only reason he won in UFC was because he had decent take down defense and weighed around 300 pounds, but still got owned by Couture who is 45 years old and weighed about 70 pounds less and actually outboxed him{which isn't saying much} Tim went to an obscure org. and got pitted against Mercer and Tim Sylvia thought he was a good boxer; a jab and 10ft. reach; lol he thinks that makes him a good boxer He always fought standing up and when he got matched up against Mercer I knew that, unless Mercer was senile, he would knock Sylvia right out and couldn't have been happier when he did. Mercer wouldn't have lasted 2-3 minutes against a submisson specialist.

If Floyd is saying MMA guys aren't on his level boxing wise I wholeheartedly agree; I've already said that. If he's saying that just generally speaking they have no fighting skills at all and he's an all around superior fighter to all of them he's delusional. I would however give Floyd a better shot at transitioning to MMA than an MMA guy going to boxing; because some guys like to "box" in MMA and Floyd would eat them up unless his hand broke and he started sobbing. And very few have even journeyman boxing skills...black, white, yellow, red or anything else.

For me I love boxing 1st....it's more pure, that's the best way I can desribe it.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Yes they are. Floyd says they aren't on his level? Tell me Floyd would stand a chance against a guy who outweighs him by almost 100 pounds like Dan Severn outweighed Joyce.

Floyd couldn't fight in MMA because of his brittle ass hands and the small gloves in MMA would have him crying 1st punch he threw.

i'm no Floyd fanboy buton the flipside of what you said, tell me one 50 yr old who's never boxed who can knock Mayweather out cold, the way Mercer did to Sylvia

Same weight or Floyd pushing 100 pounds? I'm really not sure I'm even followed the meaning of your post. Are you comparing Sylvia to the 50 y.o. who has never boxed being beat in MMA by a boxer? Sorry; just missing your point I think.

1st; Tim Sylvia was a joke; the Valuev of MMA but worse. He got his ass kicked out of UFC; and only reason he won in UFC was because he had decent take down defense and weighed around 300 pounds, but still got owned by Couture who is 45 years old and weighed about 70 pounds less and actually outboxed him{which isn't saying much} Tim went to an obscure org. and got pitted against Mercer and Tim Sylvia thought he was a good boxer; a jab and 10ft. reach; lol he thinks that makes him a good boxer He always fought standing up and when he got matched up against Mercer I knew that, unless Mercer was senile, he would knock Sylvia right out and couldn't have been happier when he did. Mercer wouldn't have lasted 2-3 minutes against a submisson specialist.

If Floyd is saying MMA guys aren't on his level boxing wise I wholeheartedly agree; I've already said that. If he's saying that just generally speaking they have no fighting skills at all and he's an all around superior fighter to all of them he's delusional. I would however give Floyd a better shot at transitioning to MMA than an MMA guy going to boxing; because some guys like to "box" in MMA and Floyd would eat them up unless his hand broke and he started sobbing. And very few have even journeyman boxing skills...black, white, yellow, red or anything else.

For me I love boxing 1st....it's more pure, that's the best way I can desribe it.

Sylvia is a joke yet he's a 2 time UFC heavyweight champion what does that say about MMA? my point is, MMA is pretty much overall a weak sport, anybody can beat anybody and there is no real DOMINANT fighter in the sport, aside from maybe Emilianenko (spelling?!?), you said "Tell me Floyd would stand a chance against a guy who outweighs him by almost 100 pounds like Dan Severn outweighed Joyce" so i ask you, name a fighter 50 yrs old who has little to no experience in boxing that can beat Mayweather, just the same way that Mercer KO'd Sylvia brutally, and to the other bolded part of your post, same way Severn and no other MMA fighter would last 12 rounds or even 10 rounds against a world class boxer, they only fight for 15 minutes on a non-title fight for godsake and 25 minutes in a championship fight, guess all that fondeling and dry humping on the floor really tires them out

[Beanflicker]

Dana White is not well liked by the masses, but he is a smart, smart dude. He is a fabulous promoter who has the balls to call it like he sees it and speak his mind, and I think he's right on the money with what he said about boxing and Floyd.

[Nameless]

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

That one guy who looked like Sagat from Street Fighter who fought the sumo wrestler and kicked his teeth out of his mouth is burned into my head. I think it was either 1 or 2. I must have been about 10 years old. That was awesome

YEah, one of the first and the guy, if I am correct, was Gerrard Gordeau

[piye]

Floyd is a superstar! he is as big as any UFC fighter maybe with the exception of Brock Lesnar.

[knodaledge]

If Floyd is no superstar yet makes about 50 million for his last 2 fights (according to ESPN), then The UFC must have nobody even close to being considered a superstar since they make peanuts compared to that.

Dana shot himself in the foot with that statement.

[LEGION]

If Floyd is no superstar yet makes about 50 million for his last 2 fights (according to ESPN), then The UFC must have nobody even close to being considered a superstar since they make peanuts compared to that.

Dana shot himself in the foot with that statement.

Agreed; but Dana always says stupid things so it's no srprise. Still though this hasn't been around but 15 years as a sport; 10 years from now might be a different thing. But business smarts aside; he is a dipsh#t.

[LEGION]

I think he was responding to Mayweather's "Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA"

Mayweather: Whites needed a fight sport, so they invented MMA - Cagewriter - Mixed Martial Arts - Yahoo! Sports

Yeah I've been reading about Floyd's remarks on an MMA forum the past few days; was wondering when Dana would say something.

Floyd would get owned in MMA, BJ Penn or Shawn Sherk would make him look stupid and ruin him; just like them dudes would get owned by him in a boxing match. 2 different sports who cares.

And white people didn't start MMA; UFC it was started by the Gracie family to showcase how superior their fighting system was to any on the planet. Joyce Gracie was fighting 3 guys a night; no weight limits or gloves, and winning. He would cripple Floyd. As usual Floyd talking out his ass and doesn't even know the facts. It was racial as well as stupid.

I still have the first 5 UFC's, they are the shit.

Yes they are. Floyd says they aren't on his level? Tell me Floyd would stand a chance against a guy who outweighs him by almost 100 pounds like Dan Severn outweighed Joyce.

Floyd couldn't fight in MMA because of his brittle ass hands and the small gloves in MMA would have him crying 1st punch he threw.

[Spicoli]

White should should stick to what he knows and shut his arse.Though I wouldn't want any part of a wager on who says the stupidest shite between Brock Lessner & Mayweather ....Battle royal ! But I think White is right in this case