When UFC lightweight Drakkar Klose had to withdraw from his planned UFC Vegas 24 bout against Jeremy Stephens due to concussion & whiplash symptoms suffered as the result of a weigh-in shove, Dana White was quick to pin the blame on UFC staff. Most particularly, matchmaker Sean Shelby, who was positioned center stage, between the two men.
“I mean, that’s why we’re there,” White told TSN in an interview shortly after the incident. “Sean Shelby missed that one... We’re not standing there to look good and take pictures. We’re there to make sure that doesn’t happen.