Dana White News

Dana White staredown
Videos

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.

McGregor Diaz staredown
Videos

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 unhappy
Dana White

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
Dana White

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.

Jon Jones
Jon Jones

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.

ufc 194
Dana White

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.

UFC President Dana White
Dana White

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.

Dana White
Dana White

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!

Dana White
Videos

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.

UFC President Dana White
Videos

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.

Dana White
Videos

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
Dana White

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.

UFC president
Dana White

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 UFC 219
Dana White

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.

ufc president
Dana White

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.

ufc president
Dana White

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 president
Dana White

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.

Dana White
Dana White

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.