Dana White

At that age and with all the shit that people talk and all the things that you got to put up with and the fame, a lot of people deal with fame. Some people handle it really well and some people don't. And the perfect example of that was Forrest Griffin and Stefan Bonner. They fought that unbelievable fight on The Ultimate Fighter. Everything blew up after that.

Forrest dealt with fame really well and Stefan did not.

Forrest dealt with fame really well and Stefan did not.

Forrest dealt with fame really well and Stefan did not.

It was everything.

It was everything.

It was everything.

Well, what happened that night is the rest of the show was a disaster. Mm-hmm. Um, you know, we had the co-main event and the main event, uh, Diego Sanchez ran through Kenny Florian in seconds. Um, oh my God, that was, that was terrible. And the fights that led up to that weren't anything to talk about either.

Well, what happened that night is the rest of the show was a disaster. Mm-hmm. Um, you know, we had the co-main event and the main event, uh, Diego Sanchez ran through Kenny Florian in seconds. Um, oh my God, that was, that was terrible. And the fights that led up to that weren't anything to talk about either.

Well, what happened that night is the rest of the show was a disaster. Mm-hmm. Um, you know, we had the co-main event and the main event, uh, Diego Sanchez ran through Kenny Florian in seconds. Um, oh my God, that was, that was terrible. And the fights that led up to that weren't anything to talk about either.

Then Stephan and Boris got in there and just went toe to toe in this unbelievable slug fest live on free television when cable still mattered. And what I heard was at the time, um, You know, you had people picking up the phone going, are you watching this show? The numbers just started climbing. Then you got a razor thin decision. Who's going to win? You got the crowd stomping their feet.

Then Stephan and Boris got in there and just went toe to toe in this unbelievable slug fest live on free television when cable still mattered. And what I heard was at the time, um, You know, you had people picking up the phone going, are you watching this show? The numbers just started climbing. Then you got a razor thin decision. Who's going to win? You got the crowd stomping their feet.

Then Stephan and Boris got in there and just went toe to toe in this unbelievable slug fest live on free television when cable still mattered. And what I heard was at the time, um, You know, you had people picking up the phone going, are you watching this show? The numbers just started climbing. Then you got a razor thin decision. Who's going to win? You got the crowd stomping their feet.

It sounded like a train was going through the place and everybody's chanting one more round. Me and the Fertitta brothers get together and we talk. We're going to give them both contracts. So we give them both contracts and the place erupts. It just, it couldn't have been a more perfect fight at the most perfect time. And it just, it all came together. It's almost like, this was meant to be.

It sounded like a train was going through the place and everybody's chanting one more round. Me and the Fertitta brothers get together and we talk. We're going to give them both contracts. So we give them both contracts and the place erupts. It just, it couldn't have been a more perfect fight at the most perfect time. And it just, it all came together. It's almost like, this was meant to be.

It sounded like a train was going through the place and everybody's chanting one more round. Me and the Fertitta brothers get together and we talk. We're going to give them both contracts. So we give them both contracts and the place erupts. It just, it couldn't have been a more perfect fight at the most perfect time. And it just, it all came together. It's almost like, this was meant to be.

You know what I mean? So we had so many problems with Spike TV at the time, right? Because halfway through the season, the president of the company got fired. all the things that we thought we were going to get that year, you know, we, we, we had this runaway hit show. And normally at that time, when you would see runaway hit shows, there'd be commercials. It'd be on, be on billboards.

You know what I mean? So we had so many problems with Spike TV at the time, right? Because halfway through the season, the president of the company got fired. all the things that we thought we were going to get that year, you know, we, we, we had this runaway hit show. And normally at that time, when you would see runaway hit shows, there'd be commercials. It'd be on, be on billboards.

You know what I mean? So we had so many problems with Spike TV at the time, right? Because halfway through the season, the president of the company got fired. all the things that we thought we were going to get that year, you know, we, we, we had this runaway hit show. And normally at that time, when you would see runaway hit shows, there'd be commercials. It'd be on, be on billboards.

It'd be on the side of buses in LA and New York. And we got none of that. Right. We didn't even know if we were going to get a, you know, a second season coming out of that. Right. And we, When that fight was over, I swear to God, I was like, I don't even give a fuck. We're going to end up somewhere now after this fight. And we didn't even make it out of the building that night.