Dana White interested in Ben Askren, but not Paul Daley
Now that Ben Askren is a free agent, the UFC has him on their radar. The topic of Paul Daley is also brought up, ENJOY!
source | MMAJunkie.com
On Askren:
“We’ll talk to Ben,” White said following Thursday’s pre-UFC Fight Night 26 press conference. “Yeah, we’ll talk to him.”
White said he was aware of Askren’s top-game-dominance approach but wasn’t sure “Funky” would be able to replicate that success if he does make the move to the UFC.
“You can do that in Bellator, you know what I mean?” White asked. “It’s going to be tougher to do that here.”
On Daley:
Despite Daley’s 6-1 mark over his past seven fights, White said there was more to the equation than simple wins and losses.
“I think I’ve been pretty clear about where I am on Paul Daley,” White said. “I’m not saying that Paul Daley couldn’t change. But what he did, he was only guy that’s ever done that in the history of the UFC – our UFC since we’ve been here – literally walked over after you’ve just fought a guy for 15 minutes, it’s all legal, you can do whatever you want, and after the fight he walks over and suckerpunches him in the face. I hate it.”
“I’m not saying that he couldn’t be forgiven and it couldn’t change, but he’d have to win some fights and – I don’t know what he’d have to do,” White said. “I’m not there though.”