Dana White Talks TUF 15 Debut
Here are Dana White’s thoughts on last night’s The Ultimate Fighter season 15 debut:
His thoughts on the premiere:
“Going into this thing … you’re always nervous when you do something new and do something different. We worked long and hard on this show to make sure this came off with no hitches. I’m very happy to with how it came off. It was perfect. Everything went according to plan. There were literally no hiccups whatsoever. It’s not easy doing this live. Nobody’s even done this before, and it could have gone any more perfect.”
On going with one-round fights instead of two-round fights:
“It wasn’t a tough call. When we came up with the idea, we loved it. If you wanted to put every fight live on TV, you had to figure something out, or this show would be God knows how long. The thing is, with the people criticizing, ‘Oh, you’re only doing one round,’ well, almost all the fights were finishes. There were only a few decisions. Those fights were amazing.”
His initial thoughts on some of the contestants:
“We’ve got a lot of guys who are very good, guys who are strong finishers. I love that. I love guys with killer instincts.”
On rivals Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber working together:
“They’re hilarious. They hate each other, and they’ve been digging at each other the whole time they’ve been here. We were talking about which bad words not to say on TV, and Dominick’s like, ‘What about midget? Can I say midget? ‘Cause I know I’m going to be calling him midget at least once or twice.’ And then Faber jokes and goes, ‘Easy there, big guy who’s an inch and a half taller.’ That’s the kind of stuff that’s been going on here. It’s pretty funny.”
Source: MMAJunkie
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