UFC president Dana White spoke to the media Saturday night following the completion of UFC on ABC 4.
He addressed numerous themes at Spectrum Coronary heart in Charlotte, N.C., together with Jailton Almeida’s grunt within the heavyweight division, Ian Machado Garry’s rise at welterweight, Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler, and extra.
You’d inquire White’s fleshy post-tournament information convention above, plus check out out a transcription of one of the themes he talked about beneath.
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Jailton Almeida’s skill at heavyweight
Would possibly maybe nicely maybe 13, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Jailton Almeida (blue gloves) reacts after defeating Jairzinho Rozenstruik (crimson gloves) in a heavyweight bout for the size of UFC Combat Night at Spectrum Coronary heart. Compulsory Credit score: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports activities
“We had been wanting to cost a critical match for this card. That’s why we picked these two. We knew it was once going to be – this man seems to be as if he’s going to be a important individual within the heavyweight division.”
“His double leg is insane. When he’ll get that prime grunt, he doesn’t screw spherical. He goes in there and tries to assemble. I undoubtedly get a type of excessive hopes for this child. I narrate he’s going to be one factor explicit.”
Is Anthony Smith retiring?
Would possibly maybe nicely maybe 13, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Anthony Smith (crimson gloves) fights Johnny Walker (blue gloves) in a steady-weight heavyweight bout for the size of UFC Combat Night at Spectrum Coronary heart. Compulsory Credit score: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports activities
“Anthony, I thought he was once going to retire too. I narrate after the battle he mentioned to a couple of people within the serve he wishes to relate of it, nonetheless I don’t know. He incessantly entails battle. He obtained busted up, he obtained anguish, and he did what he does: he toughs it out. Appeared like that battle was once a few leg kicks away from being over.”
Paying tribute to Shaie Lipp
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— UFC (@ufc) Would possibly maybe nicely maybe 13, 2023
“That lady anguish me depraved. It messed me up for a couple of days. Tragic points occur every single day, that one obtained me. She was once a 21-12 months-mature MMA fighter. She staunch obtained serve from Thailand coaching for a battle that she was once presupposed to battle on Would possibly maybe nicely maybe twentieth, and she or he was once critical a couple of car accident. She was once the passenger. All people else within the accident lived instead of for her. Her Mother stumbled on her journal and was once discovering out her journal. On the tip of each entry she mentioned, ‘Dana White will know my identify.’ Mick (Maynard) obtained a name and referred to as me and mentioned, ‘Hiya, I staunch desired to level out you that chronicle.’ … I posted about her and talked to her Mother a few instances. I’m going to switch away her Mother on my own, I narrate I’ve been tense her Mother since I stumbled on out. I did the wonderful that I will probably be succesful to even construct over the past a number of days to roughly – yeah, I’m no longer attractive with this roughly stuff. Nonetheless yeah, depraved chronicle.”
Ian Machado Garry’s rise
Would possibly maybe nicely maybe 13, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Ian Garry (blue gloves) celebrates after defeating Daniel Rodriguez (no longer pictured) in a welterweight bout for the size of UFC Combat Night at Spectrum Coronary heart. Compulsory Credit score: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports activities
“He seemed superior tonight. Clearly, he fought a man very sturdy, unhealthy, and a prospect in his get attractive. That’s why we get dangle of those kinds of playing cards, significantly the elemental occasions. He seemed superior tonight. He’s natty assured, and that baby’s succesful of take over the sector. Got here serve and talked to him tonight, and he’s down for no matter, each time, wherever. He’s enjoyable.”
“ what he mentioned to us tonight? He mentioned, ‘I might favor to beat your total prime guys within the prime 10. I might favor to beat your total guys within the prime 5. I might favor to cost sure there’s no ask that after I battle for the title that contributors know I deserve it.’ That’s a enjoyable man. He’s enjoyable. We now get the Irish man blueprint spherical proper right here. So, we’ll most seemingly take him to Boston, or MSG, after which in the long run Ireland if he retains doing what he’s doing.”
What’s occurring with Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler?
“I don’t know. That’s mainly the most-asked ask I’m getting attractive now. Clearly, the season of ‘The Last Fighter airs quickly, and for the size of that season we’re succesful of be working very exhausting to assemble that battle collectively.”
One of many important important to Matt Brown’s longevity
Would possibly maybe nicely maybe 13, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Matt Brown (crimson gloves) celebrates after defeating Courtroom docket McGee (blue gloves) in a welterweight bout for the size of UFC Combat Night at Spectrum Coronary heart. Compulsory Credit score: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports activities
“Vitality. The man has the vitality to terminate the battle at any second. That’s the sport changer. Once you occur to may even exit and get dangle of into the pocket and launch shopping for and promoting with however each different man, and chances are you’ll perhaps get the vitality that Matt Brown has – and the chin. So, it’s chilly to detect two OGs exit there and construct it like they did it. Each sizable guys, and I’m overjoyed for Matt.”
Would possibly maybe nicely maybe Charlotte host a pay-per-detect match?
Would possibly maybe nicely maybe 13, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; The octagon is taken into account forward of a heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik (crimson gloves) and Jailton Almeida (blue gloves) for the size of UFC Combat Night at Spectrum Coronary heart. Compulsory Credit score: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports activities
“Hear, proper here is a large market for us. We devour this grunt. It’s a large metropolis. The reply is sure. The yelp is, when are we coming serve? We now get so many alternative cities that we peaceful get to hit significantly since we haven’t been to a type of places on legend of the pandemic. So, sure. The reply is sure, we are able to even get dangle of a pay-per-detect proper right here. It’s a large market.”
Is Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Manel Kape happening?
“ what, that’s a large f*cking ask. So, sure. Then he tells some man no. Then I hear once more the outdated day, sure. Now he staunch tells me he’s interesting up in weight. Who the hell is aware of, man. Proper here is the nutty sh*t we take care of on a day-to-day basis spherical proper right here.”
