Exclusive! This isn’t news worthy. You know for a fact they will get it approved. “Military sources speaking exclusively to” LOL. Come on now.

if it didn’t come off exactly as it was announced. That being said, I’m more shocked that it was announced at all without being set in stone.

What Brent said. It seems rather unprofessional on the UFC’s part. (Imagine that, Dana White, unprofessional…)

This is really surprising. If the deal wasn’t signed and done they why announce it so early? Especially when they’re not at a lack of shows in October to announce the event at? Seems like they jumped the shark on this one.
I have no doubt that the military will gladly host the show, why wouldn’t they… but to announce it before all the i’s were dotted and t’s crossed seems pretty unprofessional and silly considering they had lots of time and other events to hype the show up.

Why would people even argue over this?

It’s a news item, interesting to some, might not be to others, but it’s still a news item. If you dont find it interesting read one of the many other posts.

And yeah, this is slightly weird. I would have thought Zuffa had learned not to announce stuff before they had secured it.

it’s the US Army. Actually, the Navy is probably first on that list, what with those aircraft carrier thingies..

Dana is running this thing so hard and so fast that problems like these are inevitable. I would guess Dana’s leash has already been shortened a bit on these things, so who knows if this is just a potentially ill-conceived maneuver, or a power struggle inside Zuffa. Probably the former, but with personalities like Dana’s, the latter can never be discounted without some consideration.

http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/fallenheroes/press_room/item.php?id=55

The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund website also has the same press release.

The proceeds from the gate of one NFL game would probably build ten of these damn things (or at least make Walter Reed the PALACE it should be). Sure, Dana’s only doing it for publicity and to hype a less-than-stellar card, but if the road to hell is paved with good intentions, maybe the opposite can hold true.

I just thought a blog post lauding the UFC would go well with (another) story shitting on it. If this doesn’t come off, then that sucks, but I’m sure it won’t be for want of the UFC trying to make it happen, and if military brass shuts it down, I’d like to know why. If putting it out there to apply pressure for them to say ‘yes’ is ‘unprofessional’, so fucking be it.

A lot of conflict in this comment thread….

I find the tone of this thread truly bizarre. Man, Dana is such a dick, putting on an event called FIGHT FOR THE TROOPS. So what if he announced it prematurely? We’re here to discuss MMA, not military etiquette. It’s a noble cause and that should be given some regard, rather than calling Dana a poor business man. Even if he did bust his nut too early, isn’t this a great thing to be enthusiastic about??