The days leading up to a UFC event are always chock full of tidbits that are the result of virtually unfettered media access and every Tom, Dick and Harry asking everything imaginable.� What are UFC president Dana White's thoughts on peace in the Middle East?� Where does UFC light-heavyweight contender Mauricio "Shogun" Rua stand on the Miller Lite debate (i.e., does it taste great or is it less filling?)?� If Lyoto Machida could choose to be any kind of tree, what would it be?� All these questions (not really) and more are covered in today's mixed bag of Morning News Roundup!
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- Here's Dana White at the UFC on FOX 4 press conference yesterday, bombarded with questions and firing back answers like a championship-level dodgeball star ducking and flinging dodgeballs.� Man, what a stud.
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- Dana White thinks it's getting about that time that former UFC welterweight champ Matt Hughes and former UFC light-heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin retire.� Can't say I disagree.
"I absolutely, positively want Matt Hughes to retire," said White.� "What else is there to accomplish?� The guy has done everything, he's been a staple in this organization for a long time, he's been [expletive] awesome, there's nothing left to prove."
You know, they say getting old stinks, but what's worse is seeing your heroes get old and become shadows of their former selves.�
- Dana White also thinks that BJ Penn will be a UFC Hall of Famer.� Well, duh.� Just about every fighter on Earth would kill to have a career as amazing as Penn's has been.
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- Lyoto Machida would be cool with coaching a season of TUF Brazil opposite Shogun.� Ha.� Yeah.� Just about anyone would be cool with that totally sweet gig.
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- Former UFC light-heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz thinks he could've beaten Jon Jones if he were healthy.� Unless in this instance the word "healthy" includes such things as cybernetic enhancements, mutant powers and psychic abilities, I'm going to have to disagree.
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- The magazine Bloomberg Markets will run a piece on the Fertitta brothers (the owners of the UFC) in their September issue.� Often, when mainstream media tackles something MMA-related, it's a puff-piece with very little meat, but a financial publication like Bloomberg Markets should have some worthwhile insight.� Vid here, article here.
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- Here are a couple video clips from Tuesday's episode of "The Ultimate Insider".� One is titled "Training Day: Ryan Bader and Lyoto Machida", the other is "Allied Assault: Inside Brandon Vera's MMA Palace."
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That's all for now.
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