Dave Doyle: So why did you bring it back?
Dana White: Everyone has been messaging me, everyone wants me to bring the video blogs back, from fans to [UFC co-owner] Lorenzo [Fertitta], these things pull a quarter-million hits just on YouTube. My video blog rates higher than most television shows do. I’m just going to be more conscious of what goes up there. I’m not trying to run around and flaunt my life, “Oh, look at this and look at that,” I just want it to be fun. (Yahoo! Sports)
Tapology: Looking at your record, and your age, you have some very impressive wins over current and former UFC lightweights. Would you ever consider joining the UFC, and do you think you could compete with the guys in that division?
Masvidal: I know I can compete with those guys, any one of them. I think I could break any of their teeth on any given day, but I don’t really like the business model of the UFC. I don’t like the way they treat certain fighters. As a fan though, it’s probably my favorite show to watch. I want to fight the best in the world, and I want to remain active, which might not happen in the UFC. With Sengoku and Bellator, I am going to be fighting Kitaoka next month and when I return to Bellator I could be fighting another top guy in Eddie Alvarez. The UFC only has like three top lightweights: Gray Maynard, BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar, so this way I can fight most of the top fighters in the world outside of the UFC. (Tapology)
“I want to fight the best in the world, like B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian -- strong guys like that,” he said. “I want to take them out and prove that Japanese are truly strong. I was told by someone that 'you got the belt, now you're number one in the world,' but I don't think so. Being top of the world isn't something so trivial. If I could become like B.J. Penn, I could die (happy).” (Sherdog)
It’s looking as if a heavyweight showdown between fellow Brazilians Fabricio Werdum and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva is likely for “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” on November 7. (5 Oz's)
Speaking exclusively to SunSport, Penn said: "Fighting wears on you — especially in this sport — so everybody wants to get the big break and do some stuff outside of the sport. (The Sun)
"I was getting into fights all the time," Njokuani says of his childhood. "People weren't very tolerant. They weren't accepting of someone from another country, another culture. I had to deal with people putting me down, the way I acted, the way my parents acted, the way my parents dressed me. My parents didn't dress us like other kids were dressed. My parents made me wear slacks and dress shirts and dress shoes to school, and my sister wore evening gowns. Kids laughed, and I turned into an angry kid because of all that. I had a bad attitude, and if people said anything to me I'd jump on top of them. I was always getting into fights." (FanHouse)
“I’m in fight shape right now,” he said. “I’ve been keeping in shape in hopes that they’ll pick up the phone and say ‘you’re fighting.’ I just bought a new house, I’ve gotta pay the bills.” (MMA Weekly)
Riggs wants to fight so bad, he’s willing to forgo surgery for a badly broken nose he suffered Monday in training. At the hospital afterwards, he rejected doctor’s offers to dull the pain (he has suffered from an addiction to prescription pain medication in the past). (MMA Weekly)
Decorated wrestler turned MMA fighter Ben Askren has signed with Zinkin Entertainment, joining the likes of Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Cung Le, and a host of American Kickboxing Academy stars for fighter representation. (MMA Weekly)
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