" Earlier in the year, Arum described UFC President Dana White as " nuts " and " a little too much of a loose cannon " for White's use of a gay slur in reference to an MMA reporter.

In March 2006, the UFC announced that it had hired Marc Ratner, former Executive Director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs.

* Dana " Fucking " White, President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC )

In turn, the private business complaints of the UFC prompted the US embassy in Guatemala City to send alarmist political intelligence to Washington, DC — that Guatemalan President Arévalo Bermejo allowed political rights to Guatemalan communists.

To involve the politically reticent President Eisenhower, the UFC employed the public relations-and-advertising expert Edward L. Bernays to create, organise, and direct a psychologically inflammatory, anti – Communist disinformation campaign ( print and radio, film and television ) against the liberal Árbenz Government of Guatemala.

The public-opinion pressure generated by the UFC disinformation campaign compelled President Eisenhower to become involved in the private-business vs. national-government quarrel of the United Fruit Company, lest he appear to be “ soft on Communism ” in Guatemala — a serious personal imputation and great political accusation of which the American public took serious note, especially during the McCarthy Era.

UFC President Dana White credited Shamrock for the show's success.

UFC President Dana White said ;

UFC President Dana White said the day after Shamrock's fight with Ortiz, " Last night was a turning point for the UFC.

UFC President Dana White said in 2008 ; " Ken Shamrock was in a beef with us over his contract.

UFC President Dana White said ;

On January 16, 2006, UFC President Dana White announced that Royce Gracie would return to the UFC to fight UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes on May 27, 2006, at UFC 60.

In 2007, Wayne McCullough was asked to join the Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation by his longtime friend, UFC President, Dana White as a PR Associate and travels around the world helping to promote the sport of Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA ).

This was the first UFC event under Zuffa management, with Dana White as the new President.

After months of speculation about Silva's opponent, UFC President Dana White announced that Chuck Liddell would be Silva's opponent for his return match.

Following multiple online campaigns to overturn the timekeeping error, on Christmas Eve 2011, UFC President Dana White informed Ludwig that he was being given the official fastest knockout time.

Cordova is a personal friend of UFC President Dana White and can be seen in several of White's video blogs.

He backed the leading opposition candidate, UFC President Gilchrist Olympio.

Only a few hours after the match, UFC President Dana White declared that he guarantees Chuck Liddell will not fight in the UFC ever again.

At the UFC 125 press conference, Liddell announced his retirement and stated he would be taking the position of Vice President of Business Development within the UFC.

In 2007, UFC president Dana White accused him of " sucking the life out of the sport ( boxing ) and not putting anything back in.

Dana White serves as the president of the UFC while Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta control the UFC's parent company, Zuffa, LLC.

After the long battle to secure sanctioning, SEG stood on the brink of bankruptcy when Station Casinos executives Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta and their business partner Dana White approached them in 2000, with an offer to purchase the UFC.

The show became an instant success, culminating with a notable season finale brawl featuring finalists Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar going toe-to-toe for the right to earn the six-figure contract, an event that Dana White credits for saving the UFC.

However, after purchasing Pride, Dana White felt that the Pride model was not sustainable and the organization would likely fold with many former Pride fighters such as Antônio Rodrigo " Minotauro " Nogueira, Maurício " Shogun " Rua, Dan Henderson, Mirko " Cro Cop " Filipović, Wanderlei Silva and others already being realigned under the UFC brand.

The Strikeforce cageOn March 12, 2011, UFC president Dana White revealed that Zuffa had purchased rival MMA promotion Strikeforce.

UFC president Dana White and the UFC officially announced on December 30, 2006 during the post-UFC 66 press conference, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, that Filipović had signed a two-year, six-fight deal with the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promotion.

On November 19, 2005 at UFC 56, Dana White, the UFC president, announced that Shamrock would be one of the coaches ( along with Tito Ortiz ) for the upcoming third season of The Ultimate Fighter.

Additionally, UFC president Dana White stripped Santos of her Strikeforce 145 lb.

During a press conference, Dana White announced that the UFC had re-signed Belfort to a contract.

After the sale officially closed on May 25, 2007, White remarked that he planned on bringing Pride's biggest names into UFC competition instead of keeping them in Pride and that they were still deciding on what to do with Pride itself.

White said, " the reason we did so well on UFC 40 was because of Ken Shamrock and the fact that everyone knew who he was.

Shamrock then engaged in a feud with White in the media and ultimately sued the UFC for breach of contract, citing that he had one fight left on his deal that the UFC had to honor.

This was the origin of the first Ultimate Fighting Championship tournament ( later renamed UFC 1: The Beginning ) in the U. S. inspired by the Brazilian Vale tudo tradition and along with other minimal rule competitions, most notably those from Japan such as Shooto and Pancrase, have evolved into the combat sport of Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA ).

With a cable-television deal and expansion into Canada, Europe, Australia the Middle East, Asia and new markets within the United States, the UFC has gained in popularity, along with greater mainstream-media coverage.

" Two days later, Dana White, along with his production crew posted a video to YouTube showing the times of UFC fights that hold the " Fastest Knockout " tag.

Liddell had 23 fights in the UFC, and along with Randy Couture, is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts into the mainstream of American sports and entertainment.

Two senior advisors of President Gnassingbe sit on the Committee along with two members of the UFC.

These lands were to be taken from the United Fruit Company with compensation ; however, the UFC believed the compensation was not enough.

The president-backed party Rally of the Togolese People ( RPT ) won outright majority with the UFC coming second and the other parties claiming inconsequential representation.

In May 2010, long-time opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio announced that he would enter into a power-sharing deal with the government, a coalition arrangement which provides the UFC with eight ministerial posts.

Silva, who is the reigning UFC Middleweight Champion, went on to knock out Vitor Belfort with a kick, in their fight at UFC 126 in February 2011, and Machida also credited him for helping him perfect the crane kick that he used to knock out Randy Couture at UFC 129 in May 2011.

* Trevor Prangley, pro Mixed Martial Artist with a background in wrestling and a former fighter in the UFC.

" in the early 1990s, the UFC did in fact operate with limited rules.

In response to the criticism, the UFC increased cooperation with state athletic commissions and redesigned its rules to remove the less palatable elements of fights while retaining the core elements of striking and grappling.

As the UFC continued to work with state athletic commissions, events took place in smaller U. S. markets, including Iowa, Mississippi, Louisiana, Wyoming and Alabama.

Shortly thereafter, the UFC returned to pay-per-view cable television with UFC 33 featuring three championship bouts.

With larger live gates at casino venues like the Trump Taj Mahal and the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the UFC secured its first television deal with Fox Sports Net.

Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock displaying a t-shirt with an older version of the UFC logo. UFC 40 proved to be the most critical event to date in the Zuffa era.

Faced with the prospect of folding, the UFC stepped outside the bounds of pay-per-view and made a foray into television.

Logo of the The Ultimate FighterTheir idea, The Ultimate Fighter ( TUF )– a reality television show featuring up-and-coming MMA fighters in competition for a six-figure UFC contract, with fighters eliminated from competition via exhibition mixed martial arts matches – was pitched to several networks, each one rejecting the idea outright.

After a very successful run on Spike and with the upcoming announcement of the UFC's new relationship with Fox, Spike officials made a statement regarding the end of their partnership with the UFC, “ The Ultimate Fighter season 14 in September will be our last ... Our 6-year partnership with the UFC has been incredibly beneficial in building both our brands, and we wish them all the best in the future .”