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#571
BIG NEWS!!!
Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami agreed to meet at "UFC: Rio"
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Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami agree to meet at August's "UFC: Rio" | MMAjunkie.com
"Regardless of what happens at UFC 129, Georges St-Pierre will apparently have to wait his turn.
MMAjunkie.com has confirmed that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami have each verbally agreed to meet in August at "UFC: Rio," the UFC's first event in Brazil since 1998.
UFC president Dana White first revealed the booking to USA Today, and MMAjunkie.com subsequently confirmed that both parties are committed to the fight, though bout agreements have not yet been distributed."
Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami agreed to meet at "UFC: Rio"
![](http://www.cagetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/okami.jpg)
Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami agree to meet at August's "UFC: Rio" | MMAjunkie.com
"Regardless of what happens at UFC 129, Georges St-Pierre will apparently have to wait his turn.
MMAjunkie.com has confirmed that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami have each verbally agreed to meet in August at "UFC: Rio," the UFC's first event in Brazil since 1998.
UFC president Dana White first revealed the booking to USA Today, and MMAjunkie.com subsequently confirmed that both parties are committed to the fight, though bout agreements have not yet been distributed."
#575
Dana White On The UFC's Competition
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Dana White On The UFC's Competition - UFC NEWS, MMA NEWS | BJPENN.COM
"Not to mention the fact that I also feel like we compete against other sports leagues. We look at other sports leagues and say, "Ok, we can be this big or bigger. How do we do it? How do we get up every day and work and push the envelope and take it to the next level?
It's hilarious to me that when all the media and the fans talk about stuff -- when you guys talk about Strikeforce and Affliction and IFL and all these other guys that were out there. Come on, if that's seriously what you guys think is our (freaking) competition, you guys are (freaking) way out of the loop. Way, way, way, way out of the (freaking) loop.
My competition is the NFL. My competition is Major League Baseball. My competition is these other networks."
UFC President Dana White talks with USA Today's Sergio Non and gives his side of the "competition debate".
Since the acquisition of Strikeforce, many have stated that the UFC holds a monopoly over the sport of Mixed Martial Arts and have criticized the current landscape due to lack of competition present for the UFC. While the UFC seemingly became the NBA of MMA overnight, White's mission is not yet complete as he enters new frontiers and hopes to topple other American main stream sports.
MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world, but will that growth continue long enough to take over America's three favorite past times in basketball, baseball and football?
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Dana White On The UFC's Competition - UFC NEWS, MMA NEWS | BJPENN.COM
"Not to mention the fact that I also feel like we compete against other sports leagues. We look at other sports leagues and say, "Ok, we can be this big or bigger. How do we do it? How do we get up every day and work and push the envelope and take it to the next level?
It's hilarious to me that when all the media and the fans talk about stuff -- when you guys talk about Strikeforce and Affliction and IFL and all these other guys that were out there. Come on, if that's seriously what you guys think is our (freaking) competition, you guys are (freaking) way out of the loop. Way, way, way, way out of the (freaking) loop.
My competition is the NFL. My competition is Major League Baseball. My competition is these other networks."
UFC President Dana White talks with USA Today's Sergio Non and gives his side of the "competition debate".
Since the acquisition of Strikeforce, many have stated that the UFC holds a monopoly over the sport of Mixed Martial Arts and have criticized the current landscape due to lack of competition present for the UFC. While the UFC seemingly became the NBA of MMA overnight, White's mission is not yet complete as he enters new frontiers and hopes to topple other American main stream sports.
MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world, but will that growth continue long enough to take over America's three favorite past times in basketball, baseball and football?
#578
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I likes em mah steaks RARE son!!! lol ![Big Grin](https://teamspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
You drive a SRT-10...you gotta have some hardcore in ya...thats one helluva badass mutha funkin truck
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You drive a SRT-10...you gotta have some hardcore in ya...thats one helluva badass mutha funkin truck
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