BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Fertitta Family https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 White’s defense of Bonnar tells us everything we need to know about UFC HOF https://www.badmma.com/whites-defense-of-bonnar-tells-us-everything-we-need-to-know-about-ufc-hof.html https://www.badmma.com/whites-defense-of-bonnar-tells-us-everything-we-need-to-know-about-ufc-hof.html#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:15:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/whites-defense-of-bonnar-tells-us-everything-we-need-to-know-about-ufc-hof.html Five days before he’s due to induct a man he’s still not speaking to into the UFC Hall of Fame, UFC President Dana White did his best to explain to the media why he thinks Stephan Bonnar is deserving of the honor. “The way I’m looking at it is, I’m inducting Forrest [Griffin], and Stephan goes with him,” White said. “Those two – it wasn’t just Forrest – both of those guys took us to this next level.” In other words, it’s because of that one fight, which we all pretty much already knew. What we don’t seem to appreciate, at least in White’s eyes, is what that one fight truly meant for the UFC, which came into the very first live finale for “The Ultimate Fighter” with an uncertain future, and left with a deal that would at least ensure that it could keep the lights on for a little while longer. You know this chapter of the origin story by now. The UFC, down to the last of the small fortune that the Fertitta family was willing to pump into it, bought its way onto Spike TV with an MMA reality show that White hoped would be the steppingstone to success. A gambler at heart, the UFC president bet everything on that first season

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/whites-defense-of-bonnar-tells-us-everything-we-need-to-know-about-ufc-hof.html/feed 0 UFC President Dana White Enters Hall of Fame https://www.badmma.com/ufc-president-dana-white-enters-hall-of-fame.html https://www.badmma.com/ufc-president-dana-white-enters-hall-of-fame.html#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:15:32 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/ufc-president-dana-white-enters-hall-of-fame.html UFC president Dana White joined tennis great Andre Agassi and several other notables Friday night as the latest inductees of the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. “To be honored in a place that I love, that I call home, I love this city and for them to induct me, it really does mean a lot,” said White to FOX5 news. Honored not just for his role in saving the UFC brand, taking the sport of mixed martial arts into the mainstream, and making it an international juggernaut, the 43-year-old White was also recognized for his charitable work in the community and for his efforts to keep Las Vegas the “Fight Capital of the World.” Previous inductees include the Fertitta family, Marc Ratner, former UNLV basketball stars Larry Johnson, Greg Anthony, and Stacey Augmon, coach Jerry Tarkanian, MLB pitcher Greg Maddux, and former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham. (Article by Tom Gerbasi, courtesy of UFC.com ) Be sure to  Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook  and  Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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