Dana White News

Russell Ess - November 28, 2017

There have been rumors floating around this week on the Internet that Conor McGregor was recently involved in some trouble in a bar in Crumlin, Ireland.

Justin Golightly - November 28, 2017

We all knew it would be hard to get Nate Diaz back in the Octagon after back-to-back gigantic fights with Conor McGregor, but we had no idea it would be this difficult. Initially, we all thought he’d just be waiting until McGregor came back from his multi-million boxing bout, but that lag time just kept growing larger and larger until nothing. The MMA community’s ears peaked up when there was word of a bonkers fight between Tyron Woodley and Diaz to beef up UFC 219, but that has since been squashed. In a recent interview with Dana White, he not only says that the fight was never offered to begin with, but that Diaz has turned down every single fight he’s been offered for a year and a half. “Nate Diaz has turned down a fight with everyone on the roster. We’ve been offering him fights for a year and a half.” -Dana on Nate

Chris Taylor - November 28, 2017

Conor McGregor may never fight again according to UFC President Dana White. “Mystic Mac” has not stepped foot inside the octagon since defeating Eddie Alvarez for the promotions lightweight title at UFC 205 in November of 2016.

Russell Ess - November 8, 2017

Dana White is working his way to officially stepping into the business of boxing. The UFC President recently explained that he is looking to add boxing promotions in addition to doing the UFC mixed martial arts promotions. White is currently in the process of getting his boxing promoter’s license. Speaking recently with Jim Rome, White responded to boxing promoter Bob Arum and his comments about the UFC getting into boxing because the business of MMA is failing.

Russell Ess - November 8, 2017

UFC President Dana White is currently in the process of getting his boxing promoter’s license. Speaking on Tuesday in Santa Monica at the extension of Freddie Roach’s infamous Wild Card Boxing Club at the Wild Card West boxing club, White told Lance Pugmire of the LA Times that he is “getting into boxing, 100 percent.”

Chris Taylor - November 7, 2017

This just in! UFC President Dana White announced tonight that current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor’s next fight will take place in Las Vegas. The brash UFC boss gave the following statement to Lance Pugmire of The LA Times.

Tom Taylor - November 7, 2017

Late last week, UFC President Dana White made the surprising claim that, despite the lack of appearances from its biggest stars, the UFC is having it’s biggest year ever. Unsurprisingly, this claim from White generated some criticism from MMA’s discerning fans, who pointed out that Pay-Per-View sales seem to be down.

Russell Ess - November 2, 2017

Tattoos are usually an interesting representative of people’s character. Since they are for the most part with you for life, many people take an immense amount of thought into putting the work of art on to their bodies. Here, we take a look at UFC President Dana White getting to see just the tattoos on fighters and trying to identify who they belong to.

Tom Taylor - October 29, 2017

Originally, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt was expected to return opposite Marcin Tybura in the main event of the UFC’s upcoming show in Sydney, Australia. Yet shortly after Hunt wrote an op-ed for Players Voice, in which he admitted to suffering from many symptoms of brain injury, he was pulled from this fight and replaced by Fabricio Werdum. Unsurprisingly, Mark Hunt was not especially pleased about this turn of events. Since his removal from UFC Sydney, he has unleashed a stream of criticisms of the UFC and its show-runner Dana White.

Tom Taylor - October 26, 2017

Earlier this week, on The Unnamed Podvideocast, UFC President Dana White admitted that he can potentially see the UFC promoting boxing matches in the future. “I could see bringing boxing under our umbrella and trying to see what we could do with that,” White said (h/t Sherdog.com). “I could see doing that.”

Tom Taylor - October 25, 2017

Back in August, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. stepped through the ropes of the ring to take part in one of the biggest fights in combat sports history. While the fight was widely expected to shatter previously-set records for pay-per-view sales, however, it was ultimately reported to have fallen short, coming up shy of the record set by Mayweather’s 2015 battle with Manny Pacquiao. Contrary to reports that the fight didn’t actually break the record, UFC President Dana White is maintaining that it did.

Tom Taylor - October 25, 2017

There has been some serious intermingling between the sports of mixed martial arts and boxing over the last year. Thats’s thanks in large part to Conor McGregor‘s blockbuster showdown with the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr., but also to the interest of fighters like Stipe Miocic, Jimi Manuwa, Artem Lobov and Cris Cyborg in testing their skills in the boxing ring. From the sounds of it, UFC fighters that are interested in donning heavier gloves and stepping through the ropes might not have to go far to do so. Speaking on The Unnamed Podvideocast, UFC President Dana White suggested that the UFC could one day promote boxing matches.

Russell Ess - October 20, 2017

Have you ever been banned for being too good at something? You have probably heard that “the rich just keep getting richer” and UFC President Dana White seems to fit that saying to a tee.

Russell Ess - October 18, 2017

The Association of Boxing Commissions recently approved the introduction of four new weight classes to professional Mixed Martial Arts. A 165 pound super lightweight division, 175 pound super welterweight division, 195 pound super middleweight division, and 225 pound cruiserweight division have been approved for MMA but it is ultimately up the promotions to open these divisions for the fighters to compete in. Issues with fighters missing weight or weight cutting has been a problem and many think that opening more weight divisions for fighters to compete in could ease up some of the weight cutting issues in mixed martial arts. However, UFC President Dana White doesn’t believe that new weight classes are the solution to the problem.

Russell Ess - October 18, 2017

Conor McGregor fans are anxiously waiting for the announcement of the Irishman’s Octagon return. It has been almost one year since we last saw the combat sports superstar fighting in the UFC Octagon. McGregor last fought in the boxing ring in his professional boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather in August where he lost by TKO in the 10th round. After collecting the biggest payday of his career fighting Mayweather, many are expecting to see McGregor fighting back in the Octagon.

Russell Ess - October 18, 2017

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is currently going through the process of his latest potential anti-doping violation. In August, news broke that Jones tested positive for the steroid Turinabol from his UFC 214 weigh-in day sample and has been going through the due process with USADA and the California State Athletic Commission ever since.

Russell Ess - October 17, 2017

With Georges St-Pierre coming back to compete in the UFC after being away from the sport for nearly four years, the former UFC welterweight kingpin in moving up to the middleweight division for his first fight back to challenge UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping. St-Pierre has stated that he wanted to come back for the biggest fights that would get him motivated to compete once again and he felt Bisping was the biggest fight for him in the UFC. Meanwhile, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has been consistently been bringing in big pay-per-view numbers whenever he enters the Octagon.

Russell Ess - October 16, 2017

Conor McGregor fans are all anxiously awaiting to hear what will come next for the current UFC lightweight champion. Coming off his professional boxing debut where he lost to Floyd Mayweather by TKO in the 10th round, many are expecting to see “The Notorious” defend his UFC title in the Octagon. Last week, UFC President Dana White addressed rumors that McGregor was in talks with the WWE for a wrestling match in 2018. White showed a text message conversation that he had with Vince McMahon that debunked any of that talk.