Dana White Furious at UFC Fighters Wanting to Be Movie Stars, Talks Rampage

Posted by Marc Middleton on Sunday, August 30th, 2009

- Dana White recently commented on the reports that Quinton Jackson could play B.A. Baracus in the upcoming big screen remake of The A-Team. Apparently the movie could force Jackson out of his UFC 107 main event fight with Rashad Evans.

“I hate it with a [expletive] passion,” White said when asked about UFC fighters who take movie roles. “‘You’re a fighter; you’re not a movie star.’ It’s so [expletive] funny because fighters want to be movie stars, and movie stars want to act like they’re fighters. ‘Get a [expletive] grip. You’re a fighter, and you’re a [expletive] movie star. Alright?’”

White said Hollywood ambitions should wait until after fighters retire.

“‘Guess what Rashad Evans is thinking about right now,’” White said. “‘He’s thinking about beating your [expletive] ass. He’s not sitting around thinking about how him and his mom used to watch the [expletive] ‘Love Boat’ together and (how) he wants to get the role of Isaac the bartender. ‘Get a [expletive] grip, dude. You’re going to make a lot of money. You ain’t going to make a lot of money playing B.A. Baracus on ‘The A-Team.’ Jesus Christ. This [expletive] drives me [expletive] nuts.’ So yeah, I’m not a big fan of fighters doing movies. When your career is over, if you turn into a movie star, that’s awesome.”

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6 Responses to Dana White Furious at UFC Fighters Wanting to Be Movie Stars, Talks Rampage:

  1. Raziel

    Date: Aug 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    Dan is simply an asshole, he’s the one that started letting his fighters appear in films.

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  2. MIke Crazy

    Date: Aug 30, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    Dana White only wants his favorites to shine. Look at Chuck Liddell in dancing with the starts and Randy Couture in the Expendables. What are the odds of UFC Fighters getting hurt on a movies set compare to inside the Octagon.

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  3. dude

    Date: Aug 31, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    big difference in being in a movie and wanting to be a “star”, which Rampage already is. plus, who knows if being in a movie is one of his passions, he couldnt just pass this up

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  4. mark

    Date: Sep 01, 2009 at 8:44 AM

    Rampage was just in a movie not long ago. “Midnight meat train”

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  5. nothing but the truth

    Date: Sep 01, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    Dana White is a whinny bitch!

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  6. Wrestling/MMA GAWD!

    Date: Sep 01, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    CAN YOU IDIOTS FUCKING READ? “- Dana White recently commented on the reports that Quinton Jackson could play B.A. Baracus in the upcoming big screen remake of The A-Team. Apparently the movie could force Jackson out of his UFC 107 main event fight with Rashad Evans.” I don’t think Dana White really cares if is fighters are in movies cuz a few of them have been in some before but if it’s going to interfere with a fight thats when he gets pissed can you fucking idiots blame him for that? gah people are so stupid…

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