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june

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J @june, did you form any type of bond with any fighters or their families? Any lasting friendships to speak of?

If so, are there any you'd like to share?
No, I think because I was Dana's mom they were very respectful but not looking to be friends, Dana was good friends with some of them, Tito, Chuck, BJ Penn and some of the others. Tito was at my place in Boston & Chuck & his son stayed at my house at the beach with Dana & his kids for a long weekend. At most of the fights there were a lot of friends and family so we kind of hung together
 

june

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J @june I admire your openness with the MMA community. Your son is a prominent figure, and you have a unique insight into what has led him to where he is. I am sure at least at first you felt like you laid the golden egg, so to speak.

Do you feel like he intends on running the UFC for the rest of his life, or do you think there will come a time in the relatively near future where he hands over the reigns?
I have to say I don't ever see him leaving the ufc, he does really love his job. In the beginning of Dana being with the ufc I never thought they would be as big as they have gotten so I didn't really see a golden egg, but I was constantly telling him to keep his feet on the ground & remember where he came from & the people who were there for him.
 

june

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Is the lawsuit ongoing or is it over now? Where can I find the details?
We just had the suit dismissed just recently, cindyO wrote a public apology that's been posted on twitter, I have a few other places it will get posted, she got booted off the ug & is no longer doing any work for zuffa, other people were getting dragged into it by cindyo so we reached an agreement which of course I can't discuss. People tell me they can pull it up by searching the lawsuit which is June White v. Cynthis Ortiz, it was in the NH Federal District Court. A couple law firms wrote about it on their sites, I'll try to find those.
 

june

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Good to have you back!

Do you cook a lot and do you have a special dish like most moms? :D
I don't, I never liked cooking, there's a dish that our family likes, I guess it's like chipped beef, but it's creamed tuna over crackers, sounds and looks awful but we like it.
 

june

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We just had the suit dismissed just recently, cindyO wrote a public apology that's been posted on twitter, I have a few other places it will get posted, she got booted off the ug & is no longer doing any work for zuffa, other people were getting dragged into it by cindyo so we reached an agreement which of course I can't discuss. People tell me they can pull it up by searching the lawsuit which is June White v. Cynthis Ortiz, it was in the NH Federal District Court. A couple law firms wrote about it on their sites, I'll try to find those.
sorry I spelled cynthia wrong
 

Ghost Bro

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I don't, I never liked cooking, there's a dish that our family likes, I guess it's like chipped beef, but it's creamed tuna over crackers, sounds and looks awful but we like it.
Googled chipped beef and I like what I'm seeing. Yummy.
 

june

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J @june is there any truth to the stories about Whitey Bulger's cronies threatening Dana and forcing him out of Boston?
It wasn't really Whitey's people, but there was someone looking for him, said he was going to kill him. I know the person & he's married with a family & his own business so I would never say who.
 

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It wasn't really Whitey's people, but there was someone looking for him, said he was going to kill him. I know the person & he's married with a family & his own business so I would never say who.
Wow. What was the dispute over?
 

june

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Welcome June!

Curious, what did Dana want to be when he was growing up?

Did you ever give him any advice or help him out when he was having issues with certain people who felt they were running Boston and thought Dana should have to pay for protection like everyone else?
Dana had no idea what he wanted to be, getting him through high school was a chore. I was always giving advise and helping him out, when they were loosing all the money with the ufc, he was stressed to the max and would call me 4, 5, 6 nights a week usually at 3 or 4 am, I remember the night he called saying Lorenzo was pulling the plug because they had lost too much money, the ufc almost wasn't.
 

Andrewsimar Palhardass

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Money and disrespect according to the other guy.
It's so unlike Dana to deny people money and respect.

Did the guy tell him to leave town, or did Dana just want to get away from the situation? I ask because he left and became a very wealthy public figure. Did he ever fear being tracked down?
 

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I don't, I never liked cooking, there's a dish that our family likes, I guess it's like chipped beef, but it's creamed tuna over crackers, sounds and looks awful but we like it.
I'm sitting in a dental chair bleeding out and starving, getting a crown.
I imagine my gums look like chipped beef right about now.
But I will be eating ensure during St.Patty's day, gawtdammit...:-(