Dana White says he ‘expected’ Georges St-Pierre to vacate middleweight title

[Fahrenheit1221]

Dana "Max Holloway" White

 

[Sansnom]

Dana should retire.

 

[Your Salad]

he CLAIMS to have the disease and we don't even know if his case is serious or not

It's his body, who else is going to "CLAIM" that he has a health issue? Smh. I don't CLAIM to know about your bed wetting problem.

 

[rikibobby]

This has been endless debated. I didnt say a thing about the USADA program, I said strict drug testing which started in December 2013. To quote dimspace




The NSAC enchanced testing used USADA labs and collectors. This is all factual. Funny how GSP retired right when they started testing for GH ... LMAO

GSP just finished a way bigger middleweight champ while battling ulcerative colitis AND getting tested under USADA with no alarms. But yeah, he must have been juicing when he was in his prime and fighting guys his weight.

You're a quick one!

 

[SirKratos]

What was known before Dana said it?

GSP is blatantly avoiding legit challengers

 

[Alpha_T83]

LOL @ Dana "the clown" White.

He's trashing GSP while McGregor didn't defend the 145 belt for over a year (and eventually vacated it), and still hasn't defended the 155 belt in over a year.

But somehow what GSP did is bad... OK.

 

[Perrichet]

GSP just disclaimed a career ending disease, and people treat him as if he's a bitch.

When you are The GOAT expectations whether realistic or not is what he has to deal with

 

[SirKratos]

And you can cite this claim with legit source(s)?

Its an opinion not a claim

 

[jeremyemilio]

I dont believe it. He clearly made that up. And is a bitch for doing so.

He went into that fight with this bullshit illness excuse in his back pocket. I would bet money on that.





So why even put it in the contract? if you arent going to do anything about it, and were already expecting....

Contracts don't work that way. Especially in the fight game. There are "if, then" scenarios in every contract. The basic "if/then" scenarios in a fight contract are typically:

1. "If the promotion does not offer a fight to the fighter, then the fighter gets paid anyway OR there is a breach of contract and the fighter is permitted to sign with another promoter."

2. "If the fighter refuses to fight, then the fighter does not get paid AND the fighter is not permitted to look to get paid by fighting for another promoter."

Without seeing it, the GSP contract likely says something along the lines of this:

GSP has a three fight contract for x number of dollars per fight.

The first of those fights is for the MW championship.

If he wins, the second of those fights must be a MW defense.

So that:

IF GSP refuses to defend at MW, THEN the UFC does not have to offer him another fight, does not have to pay him, and he is not permitted to fight for another promotion.

That's it. Their only leverage is that he doesn't get paid to fight, by them or anyone else, until and unless he fulfills his contract obligations.

In other words, GSP is defacto retired, unless the UFC wants to renegotiate with him for a fight in another weight class. The ball is in their court.

 

[Meathead Jock]

I love how he makes it sound like gsp came and said im gonna fight for the mw belt despite being retired 4 years and never fought thete. And the ufc had no choice. They made a money decision and told the legit MW fuck you.

Yep... UFC just trying to put the blame all on GSP right away so people don't think long enough to realize they deserve a lot of the blame.

 

[Ronin13]

So he did sherdog a favor and took out Bisbing. That’s a bad thing? Everybody knew it was a good match up for GSP. GSP even said it just before having his hand raised. I glad they made the fight instead of watching gsp be grounded to a halt fighting hate keepers.

 

[chinarice]

so the only thing you want, is for things to happen so fans get upset? tells a lot more about you, than it does anyone else. congrats on outing yourself. yet again.

Lol coming from a group of the most disrespectful turds on earth, I personally don't give 2 shits what some nobody like you or Indycovacrybaby think.

You're all fucking babies with zero respect for fighters. Your opinion of me means nothing because you are no one to me in this world. Just some fucking guy on a message board. Stop thinking so highly of yourself, delusional skid.

 

[chinarice]

Don’t take anything ChinaRice says seriously right now.

He is going through the stages of grief at the moment.

Granted, he’s not being very graceful about it; but defense mechanisms tend to be hostile.

Coming from one of the most cynical people on Sherdog, I'll take your opinion with a grain of salt. Literally, every single post is you being a grumpy fuck. You always give off the impression you're the most miserable human being on earth.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Coming from one of the most cynical people on Sherdog, I'll take your opinion with a grain of salt. Literally, every single post is you being a grumpy fuck. You always give off the impression you're the most miserable human being on earth.

Calling me cynical at a time when all my predictions about GSP are being proved true seems a little disingenuous, sir.

Sometimes it’s best to simply admit defeat or at the very least just stay silent.

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

so, it was written in the contract.... what now?? do something about it?

I think Dana is implying that he wrote that GSP had to fight Whittaker in the contract as a safe guard because if he DID stay at MW, he'd have to defend.

The contract keeps GSP from jumping around and cherry picking at MW. He either has to fight Whittaker, vacate or retire.

 

[leolozon]

This has been endless debated. I didnt say a thing about the USADA program, I said strict drug testing which started in December 2013. To quote dimspace




The NSAC enchanced testing used USADA labs and collectors. This is all factual. Funny how GSP retired right when they started testing for GH ... LMAO

I think you're the third person I see saying this. It's the third time I ask for a source for that and who was tested, and I guess it's the third time I won't get any source for that supposed "fact"?

 

[Candy Routure]

Why did Dana make the fight.. To help Georges? No. Because he’s a bald opportunist, that loves to talk shit about “his” fighters afterwards.

 

[MMArtsfan]

So just to be clear here, Dana knew GSP was just coming in to take a winnable fight and had no intention of defending but they still went ahead and gave him the fight anyway? Am I supposed to feel bad for Dana or the UFC here? Honestly all this bullshit with Bisping, GSP, McGregor, Diaz, Dillashaw, Mighty Mouse, they all have one thing in common and it's that the UFC are just as willing to dick around to make a short term payday. At least the fighter's can admit they have a limited shelf life and understandably want to make the most of it, what's the UFC's excuse?

 

[vik93]

GSP just disclaimed a career ending disease, and people treat him as if he's a bitch.

Sherdog always goes full retard with anything man.

 

[Ely Slade]

I think it’s clear Dana doesn’t like him because he’s about as risk-averse as a grandmother at a casino who feeds a dollar into a penny slot machine and then goes home for a nap.

Dana isn’t just a businessman. He is also a fan.

Pulling in coin isn’t enough. You have to exhibit a warrior spirit which George hasn’t shown in eons.

It is called free will. If you think gsp owes anything to Dana, UFC, or the fans, you are a fool! If any fighter who sacrifices his brain and body, thinks that Dana, UFC, or fans will be there when things go south, they are a fool as well. He made a smart business decision and you don't like it, tough shit! You live your life using risk vs reward, or you are a fool.