Not only is the UFC everywhere these days, but so too is Dana White. I love the guy. I hate the guy. I can’t get away from the chrome-domed king of mixed martial arts.

I know a lot of people think of fighters being the bad boys of the sport (like Tito Ortiz, the Huntington Beach Bad Boy) but right now Dana seems to be fitting that bill. Check out the latest coverage of Dana in Rolling Stone magazine with their article dubbed What The F**k Is Dana White Fighting For? Here is a little taste.

You can’t make everybody happy. But you gotta understand too, in this business, I’m the promoter. My role is I’m always gonna be the fucking bad guy. No matter what I do. Or how many great things I do for people. Or how many fighters I make millionaires. Because if you’re a fight promoter, and if you make a fucking dollar, you’re a scumbag. You shouldn’t get that money, the fighters should.” He sighs, deeply. “I’m the bad guy. Always going to be the bad guy. I get it. I accept that role. I do the best I can.”

Source: Rollingstone.com

That’s what he’s gunning for these days. Mr. Bald is Beautiful, UFC Prez Dana White recently did a photo shoot for Men’s Fitness magazine and reveled his work-out routine.

From the Men’s Fitness article:

Before preparing for our cover shoot, White weighed 217 pounds. By cycling his carb intake and intensifying his workouts, he dropped over 20 pounds in four weeks, weighing in at 196 on the day of the shoot. “I’m glad Men’s Fitness came along,” he says. “I need a reason to work out. I’ve been boxing my whole life, so I get bored with it sometimes. When I get bored of boxing, I’ll get more into lifting weights. We’re trying to get my bench to 315 now.”

Here is Dana’s full routine:

RING CIRCLES:
Skips laterally around a boxing ring for a few minutes to warm up.

SHADOWBOXING:
Three rounds.

PAD WORK:
Throws punch combinations on focus mitts for four to six rounds.

MILE RUN:
White runs on the treadmill.

JUMP ROPE:
Nine minutes.

WEIGHT TRAINING:
White focuses on chest, shoulders, and triceps one day, then back, legs, and biceps another, alternating heavy and light days. “Chest day takes a long time,” he says. “We’re big into fuckin’ benching.” [Laughs].

Props to Sean Sherk for giving it his all, but this photo pretty much sums up his night at UFC 84 in his fight against BJ Penn. Ouch!

In case you were one of the few MMA fans on the planet that didn’t catch last night’s UFC event, fellow MMA fanatic Michael Hans has provided some guest commentary for The Punch. His thoughts on UFC 84 (FYI, I wholeheartedly agree with points number 1 and 4):

1) Loved the Penn fight. He dominated and I would like to see him rule the lightweights for years to come. I know why he wants to fight GSP, but that’s for personal not professional reasons. He wants to beat the one guy who is a true challenge for him and avenge his lost to George. If he stopped and looked at it from a professional stand point. He should stay at 155 and have three to four title defenses a year. He could be the Matt Hughes of the lightweights and rule the weight class for the next five years. If he goes up and fights GSP what does it do for the sport? If he loses, it devalues the lightweight belt, if he wins, is he going to just stay up and fight at middle weight? The UFC needs marketable champions at every weight class. Dominant fighters that they can bring in multiple guys in to challenge and get their asses handed to them. That’s what made watch Hughes’ title run so fun. I say, let GSP and Penn defend their belts for as long as possible.

2) Jardine went down like I thought that he would. I like the guy, but his chin doesn’t match up well with an aggressive heavy hitter like Silva or Houston Alexander. The only reason he was able to beat Liddell was because Liddell is a counter puncher. He was not aggressive and let Jardine control the fight. If you are fighting Jardine, you need to come at him hard and take a chance, hit him right and you will knock him out.

3) Keep your eyes on Goran Reljic. This Croatian sensation has it and I expect him to be a top contender in a few years. His over 80″ reach is off the charts. He has dynamic power in his kicks and just the right look and fighting style that fans pay to see. Granted he almost got KO’ed last night, but you could also say that he kept his his composer, fought back and had a entertaining fight for his first time in the UFC. How many fighters over the years have you had to hear that fighters have to get use to the lime light and that it takes a couple fights under the pay-per-view lights to get their bearings. This 24 year old kid looked good, and he could have a belt some day.

4) Shocker. Lyoto is boring. My buddy, Backdoor, says, “Lyoto is a strategic fighter.” I say, people pay good money to see a fight not a track meet. Engage or go home! If Machida fought with Silva’s passion he would be a hell of a fighter, but he doesn’t and never will. This guy needs to only fight aggressive risk takers. His next fight, if he even gets one, should be against Silva and then we’ll see if he will engage or run. My bet is that Machida will bring his track shoes.

5) Palhares looks good. Real good. Glad to see Sokoudjou get a TKO. I like the guy and he needs to string some wins together.

6) Shocked to read this morning that Heavyweight, Shane Carwin, was a division II National Wrestling Champion. You throw in his punching power, with what I can only assume is dominate ground game, and you got the makings of a great fighter.

In another installment of MMA Fix on Raw Vegas.tv, Dave Farra catches up with former Pride champ Wanderlei Silva during a training session for his upcoming fight at UFC 84. There is some good footage of Wandi doing some endurance training with his nose taped shut and breathing through only a snorkel. Now that Silva is off the roid, he needs to step up the intensity naturally. I give him points for originality and resourcefulness.

Wanderlei also covers his thought on his match against Keith Jardie as well as reflects on his fight with Chuck Liddell.

Here we go, the saga continues. All of this back and forth will soon come to a halt after UFC 84, but for now UFC fighter Tito Ortiz and UFC president Dana White continue to show how little respect they have for one another. Here is 9 minutes of Tito speaking his mind, 100% without fear of any UFC backlash. I can’t imagine that after this kind of tirade that Ortiz will ever step into the octagon again after UFC 84. At least he’s going out swinging.