Dana White on Frank Mir

Being that no one else got KO'd, He should of got the bonus money. But that's Dana being a dude with a girl name for ya. The main event wasn't good, but Cro Cop did get knocked the fuck out. Mir's son agrees. Why even have KO of the night? Are KO's only relevant if the fight is of exceptional quality.




http://www.fightofthenight.com/news/frank-mirs-son-puts-dana-white-on-blast-after-ufc-119/

Dana White made a controversial move last night when he opted not to award Frank Mir the ‘Knockout Of The Night’ bonus despite the fact his last minute KO of Mirko Cro Cop in the main event of UFC 119 was the only one on the entire card.

Mir admitted himself that despite the KO he was disappointed with his own performance in what was undeniably an extremely lackluster fight, and he made no mention of being overlooked for the $70,000 bonus after the fight.

If Frank Mir’s son Marcus’ angry comments on twitter since the fight are anything to go by then it seems that behind the scenes the Mir family are fuming about the snub.

“wow i cant believe my dad @thefrankmir didnt get knockout of the night!!”

“f*ck that sh*t dude! no knockout of the night?! thats some damn bullsh*t! !”

“no KO of the night! i bet if cro cock got a last minute KO hed get KO of the night”

“even if you dont like someone, you cant do that to a fighter who trained soo hard and went out and knocked out a legend in the sport!!”

“@danawhite is just trying to blow this whole thing off but i know hes mad that @thefrankmir KO one of the best in the sport so hes srugglin to handle that fact right now!!! so let him drive away on his lil yellow lambo an keep hatin!! hes mad he will never get a chance to get in the cage and do what these guys do!! so lets enjoy ourselves and let him hate!”

Frank Mir has still stayed silent on the matter, but both his wife Jennifer and the ‘Team Mir’ twitter accounts also expressed some disbelief at the decision, though in less heated terms than his son.

So far Dana White has shown no indication of backing down on the matter though, telling one fan:

“You think mir should be bonused for that AMAZING performance last nite! Lmfao!”

There have been signs for a while that their relationship has been somewhat strained. Earlier in the year Mir had made a comment stating he hoped his nemesis Brock Lesnar would die in the octagon. Needless to say that didn’t go down to well with White who forced the fighter to make a public apology.

Shortly afterwards Mir was relieved from his co-commentator duties at the UFC’s sister promotion the WEC, though Zuffa denied it was a direct response to the comments.

The bonus snub certainly doesn’t help to mend any bridges, and Mir’s son’s heated comments have the potential to widen the rift between them even further.

Update:

Marcus Mir has now sent out another message on twitter apologizing for his irate remarks in the wake of Dana White’s decision.

“I apologize for my inappropriate language towards dana white,just mad that the first fight that doesnt get KO of the night happens to my dad”

It appears that his twitter account has since been deleted. Looks like his dad might have had a word with him about it before he caused any further damage.

Dana White has continued to criticize Mir though. Read his latest comments questioning Mir’s heart here.

Dana was fucking pissed by the conclusion of last night. Mir wasn't sniffing a bonus

I think I agree with Mirs kid. Give him the KO of the night even if he wasnt in an all out war. He still stopped a legend.

Knockouts aren't about best in show, they are about getting knocked the fuck out. Pretty simple. 20 dudes fought and only one guy knocked his opponent out. He doesn't meet the criteria for knock out of the night, you have to look pretty first? That's plain old bullshit. I don't have a problem with guys showing good getting paid, but if people are getting knocked the fuck out, someone should be getting a knock out of the night bonus.

The idea of Mir getting 70 k for that performance is disgusting.

Knocking out his opponent? If the award is called Dana White's specials achievement award then great. It's not, it's for when people get knocked out. He did what 19 others couldn't do, that alone is enough, and saved me from having to see another fight go to decision so the judges, who had sucked, could award the win to a man who didn't deserve to win by decision(either of them). There wouldn't even be a knockout on the card if that hadn't of happened. If the finish award is bs then name it accordingly.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

3 cheerleaders die a year and dozens get serious injuries that take them out of the sport forever. This is a safe sport.

call me in 30 years when they figure out the average life expectancy rate of a modern MMA fighter

Dana WHite always says

finsih the fight, dont leave it i nthe judges hands

the only guy on the card that actually does this and Dana finds a way to short him money

Its a joke if brock would have done the same thing I bet he would have gotten the bonus dough.

The UFC hands out those awards to deserving guys on fight night. Mir was largely responsible for putting on one of the worst 5 main events in UFC history, fuck him banking another 70k for that while everyone who shelled out 50 bucks saw an awful fight. Go fuck yourself Mir

Good point Bobbitt but if it was 1 of Danas cash cows he would have payed up.

Not if they fought like that. Show me where it's a rule you have to award a bonus or if you get a KO you automatically get one. There have been other cards with KOs with no KO bonus.

The fight was awful but the KO was awesome. The bonus is KO of the night. There is a different bonus for fight of the night. Mir HAD the KO of the night.

Doesn't mean it was worth the money.

I thought it was. Dana is just a prick when he doesn't like someone.

Since when does the UFC have an agenda against Frank Mir?

You nuts? The only reason Mir is where he is is because him and White are best friends and their families BBQ together and shit.

Not anymore. Didn't you read the last page?

Because Mir is a choke artist who over thinks his big fights and freezes.

wolf your sig isnt showing

Lol, good choice on the sig Cu Bua

killerofchicken wrote:

danas talking out of his ass, he's not cutting mir

exactly he is just mad cause the card was hard to sale to begin with and the ones who did buy it are pretty pissed off and this isnt good for the direction dana has been wanting to go in. oh well the next one is free

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Not anymore. Didn't you read the last page?

He isn't allowed to call out Mir for that horrendous fight?

Cro Cop recalled a conversation that he and Mir had when clinched against the fence at 2:15 of the third round.

CroCop: Let me go, lets go to the centre and fight
Mir: Let's go to the mat
CroCop: OK - if I'm on top
Mir: We'll stay in the clinch

Filipovic also detailed his post fight feelings about the loss. "I'm sorry like a dog! I could eat myself alive! I can only congratulate Mir, he really caught me with that knee. But taking all circumstances in to consideration I think I did a pretty decent job. Its too bad because there was only a minute left to go [when I was stopped]. I had him against the fence and that was my chance."

"The deal with my coach was not to go in any hard exchanges until the third round because I thought I was not as prepared as him. But it turned out that I was more prepared than him. I felt more powerful than him in the third and I went after him aggressively. Too bad I caught that knee, but that's what this sport is about. I want to thank everybody for their support and apologize to the ones I've disappointed."

http://www.fightersonlymagazine.co.uk/n … hp?id=5333

CC can still crush cans. No one screams at Couture to retire.