Dana: “I’m no Josh Koscheck fan,” (Page 1 of 2)

Ewwww!! 
I agree with Dana. Koscheck doesn't do himself any favors in the PR department. But then again he doesn't have to, he just has to win fights. I don't like Daley either.

I do however like Dana White; always have and always will. He doesn't BS you, he tells you exactly how he feels and usually has pretty good reasons for feeling the way he does. Like with the Strikeforce thing, people were calling him a hypocrite for not taking action against Nate Diaz but still acting against Paul Daley, but to hear him explain it in the article, his stance makes perfect sense, not that he should have been questioned in the first place, IMO.

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Hey, looks like me and Dana actually do have something in common. It has nothing to do with Daley either.

I actually agree with you completely. That's not really what I meant. I just meant that if he is expecting to gain any fans, he is not doing himself any favors. I think he is doing the "bad guy" thing splendidly, and it will mix perfectly with GSP and his squeaky clean persona.

That's sort of what he said, but he did clarify afterward:

He's more blaming SF for not having control.

I wonder if Dana would kick out someone like Brock or Rampage/Rashad if they did that after the bell? They'd seem somewhat prone to something like that.

+1

Come on man, you know better than that.
Dana has already clarified the difference; The UFC maintains control over who goes into the cage and who doesn't. Strikeforce quite obviously does not do the same, at least not in this case.

Like they did with Daley?  Orginizations can't control what their fighters do in the ring.

One of the major differences between the UFC and SF in this case is that the UFC makes fighters wait until all of the interview formalities are over with.
Someone mentioned GSP and Hughes. In that particular case, GSP was not allowed to speak until Hughes was finished with his post-fight interview. GSP then was allowed to say his piece.
In the SF situation, Mayhem just came barreling in while Shields was right in the middle of his interview, physically bumped into him mid-sentence, then leaned into the same mic that Shields was speaking into to say his own piece.
I know hindsight is 20/20, but I bet if SF employed the same guidelines as the UFC did in the GSP/Hughes situation, things would have turned out a lot differently. You can say Hughes and GSP are classier guys and you would be right, but the situations were much different, and if they were reversed with the guidelines inverted, who knows what would have happened at each respective event.
Guys, let's be honest; you're kidding yourselves if you are trying to compare those 2 situations apples to apples. There was obviously a problem with the level of control at the SF event, and there was not a problem with control at the UFC event.

Dana was spot on with that asessment.

I was actually about to mention the same thing.  The difference with the gsp "i was not impressed by your performance thing" is that he waited for the Hughes interview to be over and then Rogan actually went to him for his turn to say something.

Mayhem grabbing the mic in the middle of the interview is much more aggressive.  Dont get me wrong, I aint blaming Mayhem for it, but there is a difference.

I'm more old school here in my manager ratings so I will say yes it is Strikeforces fault because they are the employer of Nick Diaz and they allowed Nate Diaz to be in the ring.  Now, it's human nature so you cannot control that, but it's still on your lap. 

You break you leg at your work even though it might not have been your employers fault they are still responsible for peolpe while at there facilities who are their employees.  I hold this no differently than Strikeforce employing fighters.  They are guilty too.

I don't care if Mayhem snuck in there.  What he did was wrong, yes, but what escalated after that was even worse.  He had no intent of punching anyone.  Strikeforce is responsible for letting people into the ring.  They are also responsible for who they allow in the ring or corner of a fighter.  You must think of all the reprocussions.  Rules are in place to avoid these types of issues.  If you cannot control your fighters, well, than you're obviously doing something wrong.