Dana White criticized Jose Aldo's training, saying he needs to have body pads in camp. The featherweight champion has since responded, saying that 'protection is for the weak'.
When Jose Aldo pulled out of UFC 189 due to a broken rib, Dana White criticized Nova Uniao's training methods. According to him, fighters should be wearing body armor in training.
"The Stone Ages and the training has to change," The UFC president told Jim Rome back in July. "If you’re gonna be throwing those type of kicks at the world champion two weeks before the biggest fight of his life, he should at least have rib protectors on or body pads or something so that this doesn’t happen.