Dana White Denies Kimbo Got Special Treatment on 'TUF 10', Hypes UFC 104 + More

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Following yesterday’s UFC 104 press conference, AllElbows.com’s E. Casey Leydon got up in Dana White’s face, and the conversation inevitably turned to Kimbo Slice. Despite multiple reports from TUF 10 castmembers that Kimbo had a large “posse” in attendance for his fight — yes, that’s the word they keep using — Dana claims that only Slice’s manager was there, while his wife and kids were definitely not. “I’ve never seen such crybabies in my whole life as the heavyweights [on TUF 10],” Dana says. Here’s another example: Roy Nelson told USA Today that Kimbo had his own media room and could make phone calls. Dana’s response:

“Roy Nelson is a moron. He’s an idiot. The guy really is that dumb. Never once did [Kimbo] use the phone to call anybody. And you’ll actually see later on as the show progresses, there’s a situation that happens where I have to get on the phone, and then I put him on the phone. He didn’t get any special privileges…Roy Nelson is a moron. Interview him sometime, you’ll find out. Roy Nelson is an idiot, he’s a complete jackass.”

After the jump: A longer DW interview with Ariel Helwani, where Dana discusses Cain Velasquez’s potential as a future champ, selling two Brazilian main-eventers, the necessity of teammates fighting each other, an update on the Dan Henderson situation, those Showtime knuckleheads, Bernard Hopkins’s criticism of MMA as gay porno, why “Big” John McCarthy isn’t reffing at UFC 104, and Chuck Liddell’s future in the sport.