2:05pm: Came to the table willing to give up anything except co-promotion to sign Fedor Emelianenko. Offered “amazing” deal that he won’t see elsewhere but M-1 turned it down.
2:07: Vitor Belfort is signed and will fight Rich Franklin in Dallas at UFC 103 due to fan apathy towards Franklin vs. Dan Henderson.
2:08: Belfort vs. Franklin will be contested at light heavyweight.
2:09: ESPN to carry UFC programming in high definition for UK and Ireland.
2:10: Tito Ortiz is back and will finish his career in the UFC — plans to fight before the year’s end, possibly against Mark Coleman.
2:15: Dan Henderson is next in line for Anderson’s Silva belt, Demian Maia not far behind.
2:20: Some uninteresting questions followed by some serious UFC butt-smooching.
2:25: Dana slams the sport of boxing.
2:30: UFC shooting for Vancouver in 2010.
2:33: If co-promotion was off the table, Fedor would be in the UFC right now.
2:35: UFC has no interest in Tim Sylvia or Andrei Arlovski.
2:38: No hard feelings towards Affliction and Atencio.
2:40: Dana still working on a deal that will “change the UFC forever.”
2:50: Ten minutes of Dana screaming about the Fedor deal.
2:55: More Tito talk. Dana and Tito are in a good place according to them. Tito picked the UFC because he would have smashed Babalu and Frank Shamrock in Strikeforce anyway.
3:00: Tito won’t give specifics but will fight in the UFC for the rest of his career, thinks Coleman would be a good test.
3:05: Call ends with Dana and Tito being giggly.
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