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The Dana White/BJ Penn "Controversy"
The MMA blogosphere is getting all riled up over a passage in BJ Penn's new book Why I Fight in which he describes just how tough the UFC can get in the negotiating process. Here's the entry,...
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BJ Penn's Why I Fight Makes the NY Times Best-Seller List, clocking in at #22 in nonfiction...
BJ Penn's Why I Fight Makes the NY Times Best-Seller List, clocking in at #22 in nonfiction hardcovers. Not bad for a book Dana White hates and the UFC isn't backing. Story at MMABookworm.com
Dana White is not happy with BJ Penn's new book: Dana White told SI.com that after he became...
Dana White is not happy with BJ Penn's new book:
Dana White told SI.com that after he became aware of the book, he approached Penn and Penn family lawyer, Gary Levitt, with a question: "Why would you put out a book that is 90 percent not true?"
"I asked him why he would write lies in there and he swore to me that he didn't write it or read it," White said.
Asked twice to pinpoint inaccuracies, ... White could not.
"I'm very happy I wrote the book but I'm also very disappointed the UFC decided to force my employer to cut me loose," said Weintraub, who alleged UFC executive vice president of operations and production Craig Borsari told Exit 9 Films that Weintraub was "no longer welcome to work for the UFC."
Weintraub said in spite of White's protests, he does not believe the UFC president has read the book. Asked if he read it, White did not respond.
-- Full article at sportsillustrated.cnn.com
