Tokyo Sports mobile (the newspaper) conducted an interview with Dana White on a number of subjects. The focus was on Takanori Gomi and Mirko Cro Cop.
According to the newspaper’s interview, White said that Mirko Cro Cop asked for permission to attend the Hustle event on 12/31 in Saitama and that his request was granted.
What makes this news item interesting is that Gomi appeared at UFC 79 and his agent is supposedly Ken Imai… as in the same Ken Imai who ‘controlled’ Mirko in Japan for many years in DSE after Mirko left agent Miro Mijatovic. Is Imai attempting to create an image to Japanese fighters as someone who can be a ‘wirepuller’ to get into UFC, similar to what Koichi Kawasaki has been doing?
One other interesting item in the Tokyo Sports interview involved MMA on NYE. White was asked if he was going to watch the DSE event on HDNet and he responded by saying that he wasn’t interested in watching the event. Furthermore, he said that he didn’t watch any other MMA outside of UFC (not enough time in his schedule), but he will watching boxing events. White admitted that he did watch the StrikeForce 6/22 San Jose Arena event because it featured an old friend (Phil Baroni) fighting Frank Shamrock and that he hates Frank.
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Doesn't Mirko still have like 3 fights left on his UFC contract?
