Dana White News

VIDEO | Dana White reflects on intense Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz staredown
bjpenndotcom - August 20, 2016
https://youtu.be/QLF6D1WjtKI Friday afternoon in Las Vegas the UFC hosted the UFC 202 weigh-ins ahead of an action packed night of fights on Saturday.

VIDEO | Dana White's perspective of McGregor vs. Diaz 2 staredown
bjpenndotcom - August 20, 2016
DIAZ vs MCGREGOR!!! A video posted by Dana White (@danawhite) on Aug 19, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

Dana White no-shows major radio appearance following UFC 202 altercation
bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016
By now fight fans are aware of the altercation that occurred Wednesday afternoon during the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference between Conor McGregor and Team Diaz. The altercation saw objects thrown across the room while UFC President Dana White, UFC exec Dave Sholler, and a security team attempted to regain control of the situation. Thursday morning, Dana White no-showed a scheduled appearance on popular radio show ‘Mike & Mike’ through ESPN.

Dana White breaks silence on reports of fighter union
bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016
During the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference Wednesday afternoon, UFC President Dana White appeared in front of media members along with several fighters that will fight on this Saturday’s UFC 202 card. One of the first questions that was asked was in regards to the reports of the formation of a fighter’s union this month after Mark Hunt called for fighters to unionize following the news of Brock Lesnar failing 2 drug tests surrounding his UFC 200 fight with Hunt.

VIDEO | Dana White: "Jon Jones has got like 12 lives... Things are looking up for him"
Chris Taylor - August 16, 2016
https://youtu.be/TmW8TW4EYTg Tuesday afternoon UFC President Dana White shocked the MMA community as he gave a major update in regards to Jon Jones’ failed drug test case with the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Conor McGregor is unsure if he will return to featherweight
Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016
Earlier this week, UFC president Dana White stated that current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor would be returning to 145-pounds for his next fight, this after he squares off with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 next weekend. With that said, Conor would be returning to featherweight to have a title unification bout with current interim champion Jose Aldo, who McGregor defeated via first-round KO at UFC 194 in just 13 seconds.

Dana White proves that he absolutely cares about his UFC fans
Russell Ess - August 1, 2016
Even with the sale of the UFC that has made Dana White into a much richer man, the President of the UFC proved that his heart is still in it all and cares about growing the sport by catering to the fans. At UFC 201, a fan tweeted to White that his seats were in a terrible spot as his view was blocked by some of the production equipment.

PHOTO | Dana White looking insanely shredded
bjpenndotcom - July 30, 2016
Prior to UFC 201 Saturday evening, UFC President Dana White posted a photo on Instagram with ‘Pasha Biceps’. However, it was White’s biceps that drew the attention of fans. White is looking absolutely shredded in the photo, which you can see below!

VIDEO | Dana White talks about selling the UFC for $4 billion on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Russell Ess - July 29, 2016
With the UFC recently being sold by Zuffa to WME-IMG for $4 billion, UFC President Dana White made somewhere near $360,000,000 with owning 9 percent of the company.

VIDEO | WARNING NSFW - Dana White's Greatest F-bombs
Russell Ess - July 28, 2016
UFC President Dana White has done tremendous things for the sport of mixed martial arts.

VIDEO | Dana White: BJ Penn should have been one of the best ever
bjpenndotcom - July 26, 2016
With one of the most impressive resumes in the history of mixed martial arts, BJ Penn is undoubtably one of the greatest fighters of all time. The UFC Hall of Famer, who is one of only two men to hold UFC championships in two weight classes, is still widely regarded as one of the top pound for pound fighters on the planet.

Dana White fires back at "dirtbag" Bob Arum
bjpenndotcom - July 21, 2016
In the wake of the UFC being sold for $4 billion, Top Rank Boxing CEO Bob Arum decided to take the opportunity to criticize the UFC and it’s fighters for a string of failed drug tests. Prior to the event, Jon Jones was pulled from the card for a potential USADA anti-doping violation, and after the event it was announced that Brock Lesnar failed a pre-fight drug test in June, as well as a fight night drug test the night of UFC 200. Arum also went as far as to accuse the UFC brass of being corrupt.

Dana White to support Donald Trump with speech at his Republican National Convention
Russell Ess - July 14, 2016
UFC President Dana White is reportedly set to speak at Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention on night two, according to the New York Times. According to the report, the list of speakers was “confirmed by two people with direct knowledge of the convention planning.”

Dana White received death threats prior to UFC 200
bjpenndotcom - July 14, 2016
Leading up to UFC 200, UFC President Dana White was busy enough. In addition to making sure things were running smoothly ahead of the biggest night in UFC history, White was busy finding a replacement opponent for Daniel Cormier after Jon Jones was pulled from the event for a potential USADA anti-doping violation with just 2 days to go until fight night.

Dana White on how new owners of the UFC will bring massive opportunities for the fighters
Russell Ess - July 13, 2016
With WME-IMG’s $4 billion purchase of the UFC from Zuffa, everyone is wondering what kind of changes we will see with the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world. UFC President Dana White recently spoke with TMZ on how the new owners of the UFC will bring in massive opportunities for the fighters and the promotion.

Report: Dana White's new pay structure incentivized for net profits
Russell Ess - July 12, 2016
UFC President Dana White is looking to make a lot of money with his new pay structure that was recently reported by ESPN. White, who owned 9% of the UFC is estimated to be getting around $360 million dollars in the $4 billion purchase of the UFC by WME-IMG.

UFC founder Rorion Gracie on UFC sale: 'I may have done the same thing'
bjpenndotcom - July 12, 2016

UFC President Dana White talks about how his job changes with the sale of the UFC
Russell Ess - July 12, 2016
UFC President Dana White will no longer have his good friend and partner Lorenzo Fertitta by his side while working on anything UFC for much longer. With WME | IMG’s $4 billion purchase of the UFC from Zuffa, Fertitta will be stepping down as CEO and White will continue working as the UFC President and says that he was just given a much bigger workload with Lorenzo out of the picture.

VIDEO | Dana White recaps all of this weekend's fights
Chris Taylor - July 10, 2016
UFC President Dana White discusses all of this weekend’s UFC fights.