Dana White on UFC 146, Cutting Mayhem Miller, Belfort's Broken Hand + Arianny's Arrest

MMA H.E.A.T. brings you UFC President Dana White's post-fight media scrum after UFC 146. Dana answers questions about what happened at the show, but also responds to specific inquiries about Jason "Mayhem" Miller's future in the UFC, Jamie Varner's return, Jon Jones' DUI and Arianny Celeste's arrest for domestic violence. He also breaks the news that Vitor Belfort has broken his hand and cannot fight Wanderlei SIlva at UFC 147.
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[@tdylan]

When Brock lost the belt to Cain - BEFORE he resigned w/ WWE - Brock crossed paths with Undertaker as he was leaving the cage. Undertaker asked "You wanna do it?" Brock looked at him & walked off w/o answering. Speculation said WWE wanted Brock vs Taker @ Wrestlemania. When Dana was asked if he would allow it he said "no! I won't blur the lines between UFC & WWE." Brock retired voiding his UFC contract, joined WWE, & NOW Dana is saying a dual-contract is possible when b4 he wouldn't have it.

[@27neverlose]

waaaaaaaa the filming up and down is making me sick

[@Xionc]

He came in with a record of 1-0, fought nothing but top contenders, won the heavyweight championship from the greatest heavyweight in UFC history, avenged a loss to a 2-time heavyweight champion, all within like 3 years. And he was the biggest box office draw in UFC history. If that's not a Hall of Fame candidate, I don't know who is.

[@mehulk613]

I appreciate that the cameraman had some issues getting settled down, thanks for bringing this to us!

[@OnyxNexus]

Who seriously complains about slightly shaky video? The camera is good, the audio is good, they're synched up correctly and jostling for position is part of the press job description.

[@legalalien02]

are we here to get the latest ufc info or critic filming skills ?

[@mar1on]

How do you know, can you send me the link?

[@MrChainBlueLightnin]

Thanks for posting this interview w/ Dana...

[@DariushUFC1985]

the stress is really catching with dana, you can compare to the older interviews

[@trivrock2k6]

Does anyone know what happened backstage?

[@1969JohnnyM]

Sorry but look at who he beat, the only stand out name is Couture who was really a l'heavy + was old as hell, a muscle bound Carwin + Min Soo Kin (who), Heath Herring (who), etc It was a great piece of matchmaking that Bob Arum would have been proud off. Every fresh guy he fought battered him, now he's at wwe ! which is were he belongs, thge guy was more a novelty act than anything else. Of course props still for getting in the cage tho, but he's not top level.

[@Nomad_509_]

how did you find that out?

[@MarkoDarkoYT]

"Do you guys know how much shit goes on that you guys don't know about?" Smooth Dana...

[@JCHURP0]

whatever happened with mayhem backstage?

[@TrivyFool]

i can't believe i sat here for 30 minutes and watched this while the rob & big marathon was on

[@kiwidubz]

Why am I reading that on a UFC video?

[@raigami]

i m sure dana white is 100% behind arianny

[@opkill6]

at 19:55 what does that lady say please tell me

[@maxypain22]

chael and anderson both really have something in common, they have both only lost by submissions and lost by TKO once (yes silva did get tkoed once and sonnen once only too)

[@fedor4ever]

what happened with arianny??

[@jordandavies8718]

what happend with miller?

[@AndyinMTL]

if anyone knows what happen backstage with miller please let me know!!!! thx in advance

[@GarroshX]

Yeah, it is certainly not for everybody. Also, a lot of people dont know this, but there are two types of weed: Indica and Sativa. Indica - basically couch weed, will not make you productive, might give you paranoia, but will however help people with anxiety disorders and give pain relief. Sativa has a completely different high. It will make you think and actually help your mind process thoughts more efficiently. Will also reduce depression, energize you, increase focus and creativity.

[@HevyToy]

Why was arianny arrested??

[@MikeKollin]

WEll what did Miller do Back Stage?

[@JordyC_]

wht did mayhem do to get cut???

[@jaytok7]

DOES ANYONE KNOW WAT MAYHEM DID BACKSTAGE?

[@TheIrishJamster1]

y was arianny arrested ??

[@tomlines2010]

Why did they cut mayhem ??

[@gunfighterdrummer]

i like these interviews, it's like a get together.

[@UFCWARRIORification]

what is amazing to me is that some of these fighters don't watch the UFC fights and press conferences - if they watched all these press conferences they would have an idea of what Dana White wants, and the kind of stuff that he doesn't want. Basically he wants you to be as clean and quiet and professional and respectful outside the ring and as agressive as possible in the ring. Sometimes I think certain fighters were released unjustly but they should have figured some of this stuff out..

[@Entriken133]

Maybe you did not hear that stuff went down backstage afterwards. As you can see Dana does not want to talk about it, but if it is enough for Dana to fire him, then it must of been bad. These guys are professional athletes, and they need to act like it.

[@joeq1159]

I respect Dana White quite a bit because he always comes across as honest. He's not trying to spin things to make himself seem awesome or anything like that. He tells it like he sees it and even if you don't agree with the things he says, you can at the very least appreciate his honesty.

[@andiztbs]

for UFC News right here

[@michb144]

What did miller say?

[@blewidescorpio]

I Completely Agree With Your Statement But It Was The Gaming Commision That Had Diaz Suspended, Dana Even Said, Even If It Is Legal To Do It, The Gaming Commision Says You Can't. I'm Not Arguing Cause I Agree With Your Statement. Just Sayin

[@jayjones8686]

what's the deal with the person operating the camera

[@Immortalsyn83]

Thanks Karyn!

[@jimhov]

i believe it's the nevada state of athletic commission that gave diaz the punishment, not zuffa. i totally agree with your point about jones though.

[@LE0NSKA]

oh man that really sucks.. but thank you very much for explaining! good guy

[@NoamTube]

Chael didn't do steroids. He had a testosterone injection administered by his doctor for health reasons and he reported that to the proper offices. The steroid myth was started on ESPN by a commentator who had no idea what he was talking about. But Chael was not on steroids and his testosterone levels were within normal parameters.

[@producer_nikko]

Mis-read. I agree. Thought you said light-heavyweight

[@MMAHEAT]

Ha, ha. I knew I'd hear about the beginning. Here's what happens... Dana starts a media scrum almost immediately after the press conference ends. I have to jump off the camera platform, push through a mob of writers and try to begin filming Dana before he starts talking about something good. Last night I wasn't able to set-up my monopod right away and I was also jockeying for position. I figured hearing Dana was better than nothing...

[@TMartin026]

That's sad that he was cut, Mayhem is a good fighter with a good record, he is a crowd pleaser that always has a good fight. The UFC has made a mistake cutting Miller he gives the crowd what they want.

[@KwNJn1]

You know, the more I think about it the better the fight I think it will be. Thanks

[@ThomasJeffersonOG]

i had been a casual UFC fan but after seeing the first silva fight i became a Chael fan especially seeing him on Joe Rogan's podcast. His overall MMA record is not perfect, but he is not the same man he's been since 2009 and since then his losses have only been to silva (if you want to count his first with silva a loss which Chael clearly doesnt) i think on a third rematch chael will finally take him. in 100 fights, Silva would beat him 25 times, the odds just havent been in chael's favor.

[@aftermathmma]

why would you say something like that?

[@EmoEmu]

Pretty awesome that they've drifted towards giving out all this cool info on youtube,

[@moess117]

While I agree about the whole Jon Jones thing, but what you have to realize is that Diaz was reprimanded by the Athletic commission not the UFC.

[@DemonOphidians]

what did arianny do?

[@tdylan]

I think it says a lot: When Brock got his ass whipped by Cain, The Undertaker was in the audience & as Brock walked by Taker asked "you wanna do it?" People thought Taker was talking about a Wrestlemania match between he and Brock. When asked about it Dana said there was no way he'd let Brock do it. Now Dana's open to the idea? What's changed? My guess is that UFC's ratings aren't what they hoped they would be after leaving Spike and going to Fox. Now he's catering to Brock to get him back. Sad.

[@pizzylee1978]

not true. Anderson lost to Yushin Okami at Rumble on the Rock in Hawaii by disqualification due to an illegal kick to a downed opponent. its bogus too if you ask me because Anderson was on his back and had Yushin in his guard. the fight couldve gone on but okami said he couldnt continue thus eliminatind Silva from the fight and the tournament.

[@rvd21]

He should be in the HoF for what he did for the UFC. He drew millions of eye balls to the UFC and made everyone in the UFC more money, including all the other fighters.

[@19rey93]

He was an NCAA World Champion, he beat Frank Mir who just recently was a number 1 contender, he retired Heath Herring, won the world title regardless of who against in his 4th MMA fight, was to first man to beat Shane Carwin who had knocked out all of his opponents in the first round and came back from a life-threatening condition (Diverticulitis). Enough Said.

[@MrBowdallen]

Then why are you watching this video?

[@WOZCINEMA]

She was in a limo with her BF, she got pissed about a text message, she ended up kicking her BF in the face. They both were arrested and released.

[@tysswe1]

what did happen?

[@CrZY_DnKS]

what is explane?

[@DDM7406]

"I don't know yet, we'll see"

[@amann24]

I could listen to Dana all day

[@1dreamfoundationcanada]

the so called grease on his chest trick you are calling silva out on has absolutly no effect on the fight because in the first round now he stayed on top even though he couldnt do any damage, chael didnt not land a decent shot through out the fight he got outboxed basically and became really wobbly bad idea to throw spinning back fist and like an idiot and end up on the ground half unconcious only to get finished via GROUND AND POUND.

[@MrBowdallen]

Haha i read over that conversation and was about to ask him that to you were talking about Mayhem and he went on about Dana

[@krullsk]

cant believe he cut jason miller

[@JoeCludeRobeDam]

forgive me if i sound dumb but how the hell can something that increases paranoia help with anxiety?

[@MrEcru77]

UFC better start showing more free fights

[@Astrodicted]

Dude where you there?Any witness?

[@jibberingjon]

30:15 I thought the stoppage was fine... He was still alive and squirming. Good stoppage in my opinion.

[@Ducati549r]

In his entrance he came out with a gas mask on and apparently did something post fight backstage as well. plus he has lost his last 2 fights and did not look in shape at all.

[@leaderOFlosers]

Did you even watch the Hardy fight? he nearly ripped off his arm like 3 times, give credit to Hardy for not tapping. The Shields and Kos fights were good fights that proved that GSP isn't just a wrestler, he can strike as well. Also, GSP doesn't "lay and pray", he's probably the most active wrestler in the division, he's constantly transitioning, landing punches and looking for submissions. Name ONE fight where he "laid and prayed"

[@mclovingarcia25]

What Dana needs to do is get better coachs and put middleweights in the competition because I don't see many contenders for Anderson Silva. The only weight classes that have competition is Heavyweights and lightweights every other class has one guy on the top beating on everyone.

[@Lankladder]

whos fighting who at 20:56 ?!?!?!

[@TauZeoN]

In a lot of Mayhem's fights i think his opponents made him look better than he is. Bisping is good, even though mayhem lost if he had put in a good performance he would have been praised. He should have won CB. Still like the guy though, One of the legends in the sport.

[@LE0NSKA]

they kicked mayham out? ...why?!

[@gerbil811]

what did Jason do

[@Markbabb]

man i love mayhem but he two last fight in the UFC had me really upset but i dont want him to get cut from the ufc

[@Rand0mGameStuff]

Yeah and you just named three guys with massive KO power..

[@TheGameR1692]

You do realise that chael said he would do the same thing if he was in anderson's position right? But how can his wrestling be too much for him if he defended against the takedown multiple times in the second round... Anderson had him everywhere and he would of finished the fight right there if chael didn't throw the spinning backfist. Just would of hurt chael even more and provided more entertainment for his fans.

[@Everioize]

No matter what anyone says Lesner should go in the HOF he won the tittle after what 3 Mma fights and defend it twice what ever you guys think he should he help the sport alot and everything.

[@jibberingjon]

Holy shit! Is the camera man having a damn seizure or what!!?!?

[@Andreas92]

I can understand Dana, he wants the weigh ins to help sell the fights which playing around doesnt do

[@Jaremus]

Word brother. We live in a world of hypocrisy.

[@Lambofgod2316]

Thats news to me about the current TUF seasons ratings. I thought it was a good season. Dom and Uriah were funny to watch and there was some good fights. Literally has to be because its on friday

[@leaderOFlosers]

Who the hell has Miller fought? His most notable fights were against Shields and Sakuraba.

[@xme12x]

Dude, I´M JUST COMPARING THEIR AGES. Dana is saying that he is too young...the guy has had 10 ufc fights...almost 30 pro fights, check his record and accomplishments before fighting for the ufc...he has beaten barry, herman, jhonson, morecraft, mcorckle... probably is kind of early for a title shot, but he deserves to be very close...

[@chazeman2]

good point.

[@stewie3542]

Ever heard of a tri-pod cameraman?

[@KCwalksabout]

I see both points, Mayhem did very well against Shields and I think he could be much better, I agree that Bellator would be a great place for him to face tough competition and get better in order to do that. I must agree though, he hasn't beaten anyone in the top tier really, he's gotten fights on the strength of his personality. Shame, I feel bad for him but since he's been in the UFC he's sharply declined. Anderson Silva he certainly isn't but he was pretty good before, now he's terrible..

[@bawp08]

Its funny that the title says "cutting mayhem" and the thumbnail is Dana with a huge smile!! trolololol!!!!

[@gologo80]

yeah i did watch that and all his fights. i just disagree with you on the finishing of fights, you make good points, i dont get why he does not finish fights though. yes he almost ripped hardys arm off and took it home, and beat the piss out of him. but when gsp goes to a desison with dan hardy??? the shield fight he tore his groin so i can see that. the koscheck fight, he chould have finshed him a few times. and hes not a lay and pray bore, i was refering to jon fitch.

[@panther2552]

basically he rocked cb then his knee gave out and was dominated from then on. well cept for rocking cb again in the 2nd round.

[@ihateslideshows]

he saw mayhem wearing a mask backstage, since he didn't really like mayhem in the first place some little thing like wearing a gas mask backstage pushed him over the line and decided to cutt him from the ufc.

[@starr5642]

not many other people have won the title and defended it twice in their career. so of course a guy who has won 3 title fights will receive heavy consideration for the HOF

[@armytaskforce11x]

Brock vs Roy Nelson would be good for him to come back.

[@09Moha09]

his knee gave out~he was tryin....it was out of his control whn ur knee just gives up on u theres nothing u can do rly....

[@armytaskforce11x]

Thats why I would love to see him atleast fight in Bellator or STRIKEFORCE.

[@ashisforreal]

No,Travis browne does not have a massive ko power...

[@johnthed23]

If it wasn't for Dana White and the Fertitta's, UFC would have went under back in 2000. And anybody who knows anything about MMA back then, knows this as a fact. They saved that company. And possibly MMA in the USA.

[@Tranceation]

Odd how Miller only loses 2 fights and yet Hardy loses 4 in a row and doesnt...

[@Gamekingz0r1]

The bigfoot cut was frikking nasty as hell. First time ive seen something like that in MMA great job to Cain though

[@mattlandry]

This season got worse ratings because spike is on like all cable packages while you need digital cable with extra packages to get fx. Thats how it was for me anyway I had to watch it online