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"Dana = UFC God. He created his world (ZUFFA UFC) and he rules it with an iron rod...'His world' But not my world, I was still making money, fighting and winning before the UFC and [I] will carry on doing the same now [that I'm] not with the UFC.
Haters keep talking about me, doing me the world of good.
Supporters, Thank you."
-Paul "Semtex" Daley posts on the Underground Forum in response to Dana White's latest comments about sticking to a lifetime ban for the Brit due to his sucker punch of Josh Koscheck at UFC 113.
Penick's Analysis: Spoken like a man who doesn't get it. He's conducted himself since the moment the punch was thrown like he did nothing wrong, and that's part of the reason he received the lifetime ban in the first place. White had immediately confronted him in the cage and he shrugged him off, and continues to have this type of attitude towards the UFC. Again, like I wrote yesterday, more power to him if he's going to keep getting wins and keep getting paid outside of the UFC, but he's squandered his chance to try to prove himself as one of the best in the sport and he's not doing anything to even attempt to mend that burnt bridge. I just don't understand that attitude at all.
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