Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

Dana White says Strikeforce brawl ‘bush league’

UFC president Dana White called the brawl at the end of a Strikeforce card that was broadcast nationally on CBS on Saturday an embarrassment to mixed martial arts and placed the blame for it on executives at Showtime.

The outspoken Ultimate Fighting Championship promoter has long had a feud with Showtime executives, particularly with Ken Hershman, its executive vice president and general manager of sports and event programming. White never specifically refers to Hershman by name in public, but does not hide his distaste for him.

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