Dana White To Make 'Major Announcement' on Thursday!!!

ANOTHER ONE? the last few he kinda forgot about


The UFC sent out a short but provocative notice to members of the press earlier today, declaring that UFC President Dana White will make a "major announcement" during a media conference call this Thursday at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. And that's pretty much it; no hints as to the nature of this announcement were given whatsoever. Which means that, being responsible bloggers, it is now time to speculate wildly.

In a broadcastingcable.com interview published yesterday, White was pressed on his company's upcoming television strategy, to which he responded "we are working on a couple moves now and should be in a billion homes around the world in the next couple months." A billion, you guys. Though he wouldn't share details, he promised that the UFC would be on network television for the first time in 2011 — maybe on Fox, maybe on NBC, maybe both — and that the UFC could start its own network "within the next couple years."

White's new comments follow the open-ended boasting he made to CSNCalifornia.com at the beginning of the month:

"The (expletive) we are going to do in the next year is going to blow your mind," he added. When asked if that meant anything from a WEC/UFC merger to an Edgar/Aldo superfight, he artfully dodged. "You'll just have to sit back and watch. You have no idea the crazy (expletive) we're working on."

White told B&C this weekend that the UFC was "right in the middle" of its network television negotiations, so I wouldn't necessarily assume that he's announcing anything on that front this week. Following Cain Velasquez's defeat of Brock Lesnar, the UFC could very well be announcing their first event in Mexico, headlined by Velasquez vs. Dos Santos. Or, he could finally be lifting that unfair ban on vuvuzelas. Our guess is as good as yours, so if you think you have it figured out, let us know if the comments section...

Tags: Dana White, network television, UFC

hahaha, i just read one of the posts on the original site

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I cant get too excited, I remember that one of his "huge announcements" was the arrival of UFC action figures....IM A GROWN ASS MAN! WHAT IM GONNA DO WITH SOME GODDAMN TOYS??!!!!

The re-signing of Andy Wang. I have been waiting for this. Wait until fleav finds out.

LOL, andy wang? the dude from TUF

brock is going back to WWE cause he doesnt like to get punched in the face.

New action figure deal or crappy cards once every six months on a network.


Or maybe it is real news and the WEC is being merged into the UFC or Fedor is signing with the UFC.

Press Releases are so gay in the world of media its practiacally like yeling in a crowded room hey everyone pay attention to me i have something real important to say, please look at me and print the letter I typed myself as news!!!

Everyone is going to go apeshit if this is some network deal, but the truth is the UFC is a PPV company that happens to promote MMA, and would never ever jeopardize that business model. Network cards will just be a carrot designed to lead new people into the PPV market.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Everyone is going to go apeshit if this is some network deal, but the truth is the UFC is a PPV company that happens to promote MMA, and would never ever jeopardize that business model. Network cards will just be a carrot designed to lead new people into the PPV market.

That, and more sponsor spots to sell.

I like UFC on Spike and want it to stay the way they have had it, unless it is a few shows on a big network. We all know the cards would be stacked too!

I don't think the UFC would stack major cards on a network. I've come to believe recently that White and the UFC have purposely made network deals impossible because they know offering their product for free isn't a great way to get people to pay for it in the long run.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

I don't think the UFC would stack major cards on a network. I've come to believe recently that White and the UFC have purposely made network deals impossible because they know offering their product for free isn't a great way to get people to pay for it in the long run.

I know, but I am thinking in a positive way. I am hoping it is Fedor, but I know better.

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It'll be something like UFC Undisputed is coming to the Iphone.

It def isn't a Aldo/Edgar merger fight. Aldo is to scared to even fight Kenny.

I wonder why Aldo choose to turn down the Florain fight.

Ali wrote:

I wonder why Aldo choose to turn down the Florain fight.

There is a big difference between beating mediocre 145 pounders and fighting world class lightweights.

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ali wrote:

I wonder why Aldo choose to turn down the Florain fight.

There is a big difference between beating mediocre 145 pounders and fighting world class lightweights.

I would hardly call Faber mediocre.

Ali wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ali wrote:

I wonder why Aldo choose to turn down the Florain fight.

There is a big difference between beating mediocre 145 pounders and fighting world class lightweights.

I would hardly call Faber mediocre.

The last 2 years have proven he is. He lost twice to MTB who lost to the UFC reject Manny.

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ali wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ali wrote:

I wonder why Aldo choose to turn down the Florain fight.

There is a big difference between beating mediocre 145 pounders and fighting world class lightweights.

I would hardly call Faber mediocre.

The last 2 years have proven he is. He lost twice to MTB who lost to the UFC reject Manny.

He got careless in the first fight and almost submitted Mike in the rematch with broken hands.

Ali wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ali wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Ali wrote:

I wonder why Aldo choose to turn down the Florain fight.

There is a big difference between beating mediocre 145 pounders and fighting world class lightweights.

I would hardly call Faber mediocre.

The last 2 years have proven he is. He lost twice to MTB who lost to the UFC reject Manny.

He got careless in the first fight and almost submitted Mike in the rematch with broken hands.

They are both overated. Manny couldn't even cut it in the UFC and he's the 2nd best fighter at 145 in WEC.

You do know before Faber met Brown he was on a 13 fight win streak that spanned three years ?

Ali wrote:

You do know before Faber met Brown he was on a 13 fight win streak that spanned three years ?

Against even worse competition. If Florian was at 145 he'd win 50 in a row(as long as he didn't meet Aldo).