Dana White sees the benefit in B.A. Baracus

(Dana doesn't like losing main events but LOVES potential summer blockbusters) 

Strange how a few months of perspective can completely prove someone wrong.

Dana White's verbal whiplash against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson for choosing the A-Team over UFC 107 was all the rage and fans certainly joined in. But many observers pointed out that the Jackson-Evans fight wasn't DOA  and that Quinton's involvement in a potential blockbuster could be an indirect boon for the UFC.

Besides, Evans-Jackson is a marquee match for the huge PR push that Zuffa and THQ are both undertaking right now (White is the epicenter of both fronts).

Now Dana has seen the light:

"I get guys all the time -- because the UFC is getting so big - doing movies, but they're usually movies that go straight to DVD, and you wouldn't even want to watch them on DVD, but Rampage made the right decision. The A-Team is the big summer hit this year, and from what I'm hearing from the guys in Hollywood, Rampage [nailed] it. He did an awesome job. Everything worked out. He and I made up, and the fight is still happening. It's definitely not a bad thing, but I don't know how many people will actually be going to see The A-Team movie knowing that Rampage Jackson is a UFC fighter. I don't know. We'll have to see how it works out."

And common sense prevails though it certainly helps that the A-Team is running ads on UFC programing. In the words of Joe Pesci in Casino, "it's all about the dollars". Granted he was beaten to death with baseball bats after that but you get the idea.