Dana White says Liddell-Silva unlikely to happen
 

From www.FightOpinion.com

Dana says Liddell/Silva unlikely to happen
By Zach Arnold

CP (Canadian Press) reports that UFC is now postponing plans for a fight in November between Chuck Liddell and Vanderlei Silva. This news comes one month after Dana White announced on PPV (in Las Vegas) that Silva would fight Liddell.

He cited problems in dealing with the Japan-based Pride Fighting Championships that is home to Silva.

So, once again, PRIDE continues to talk big in the Japanese press (like a pro-wrestling promotion would do over there) and Dana White kills those imaginations with a dose of reality, similar to how K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa claimed that UFC 60 did 800,000 buys — only for Mr. White to call that claim the dumbest thing he had ever heard of.

Without Liddell vs. Silva happening, any talk of a mutually cooperative “interpromotional war” between PRIDE & UFC seems false, as UFC isn’t acting as a willing partner. Furthermore, Mr. White looks immensely idiotic for once again promoting the competition (PRIDE) on national PPV and then not getting the fight signed, sealed, and delivered.

Nooooooooo!!! :banghead:

i seriously just started to weep...

Why Dana Why? IF you put the guy on YOUR PPV it damn well better be a DONE deal. The mma world mourns...........

My day just got a whole lot worse. Come to work log on and get this kind of info??? Are trying to make me jump off a building???

Looks like UFC is trying and pride doesn't want to play nice. Those bastards.:angrrry:

If we've learned anything from WWII... DON'T TRUST THE JAPS!

lol@you guys blaming PRIDE. Believe me, Pride wants this to happen. They want to show the US fans that only watch UFC what their fights are all about. Most likely it came down to money, and Dana not wanting to pay Wanderlei what he wants.

I really cant blame anyone because I dont know the back story to it. One day this will all come out and we'll know exactly who to blame. If not we can feed it to Oliver Stone and he can make a movie.

I'm not surprised even a tiny bit.

me either, it's not the 1st time something like this has happened.