One of the least enviable places to be in the world is between two UFC fighters, be it at a weigh in or a promotional event, who want to snap each other in half right then and there. These are humans beings who dedicate their lives to fighting, and you have to attempt to stop it. Good luck.
This is the position UFC president Dana White thought he found himself in at today's "Welcome to the Show" event in Los Angeles, when Jon Jones and his next opponent, Anthony Johnson, looked like they were about to throw hands on stage. White immediately goes in to "WOAH WOAH WOAH" mode and tries to separate to the two men, until Jones and Johnson start laughing. White walks off stage looking like a man who narrowly escaped getting KO'd on live television.
I was thinking "HOLY SHIT this is not happening" @jonnybones @Anthony_Rumble @ufc #UFC187 #WelcomeToTheShow pic.twitter.com/94clVSWDg5
— Dana White (@danawhite) February 28, 2015White had every right to go in to complete panic mode. We all remember Jones and Daniel Cormier's throw down ahead of their fight in September of 2014 at the MGM Grand. Well played gentlemen. Well played.
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[Via MMA Fighting]
