White tells Steve Cofield that he was embarrassed by the Silva-Thales Leites fight and that he wanted to leave the building.

http://www.sports-tube.com/watch/e7a99d775b26052e0163/UFC-97-DANA-WHITE-embarrassed-by-Anderson-Silva

Don't blame him.

I was cool with the whole card. the first fight was real good.

I really don't think it was Silva's fault. Thales just wasn't very good, he was trying really hard not to get caught in the clinch. I thought it was a good card overall, although I was very upset seeing Stann lose.

I don't feel bad about watching it on a black box, it was pretty bad.

i agree with Dana all the way.

i didn't like how they were talking about Chuck as if it were his funeral after he lost. i've never seen that in MMA. Dana made it clear that he doesn't want him to fight anymore and he also says he's a good personal friend. now if there's a health concern that none of us know about then i understand. but if he's just saying that he "won't allow" Chuck to fight because he's getting old and has already proven what he needs to prove then i don't really think that Dana has the right to make that call.

I think he is going to advise Liddell not to fight anymore. Like I said, he got KTFO 3 times in the span of 5 fights. 2 back to back. And was dropped by Jardine. There goes the red flags, man.

Thales looked hesitant to fight just like Cote. I think in this fight though, Silva wanted to pressure but he is better at countering than being aggressive. So overall it was a pretty blan fight.

the card was whatever. alot of UFC cards were whatever. The best fight of 09 so far was Jackson-Jardine imo. One of those fights that I wish were 5 rounds.