Dana White News

bjpenndotcom - August 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/fkbex9tpJbI There was a considerable amount of hype behind the welterweight rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz. After a full 5 rounds, the MMA community collectively agreed that the fight lived up to the hype as McGregor was handed the majority decision.

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.

bjpenndotcom - August 20, 2016

DIAZ vs MCGREGOR!!! A video posted by Dana White (@danawhite) on Aug 19, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

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.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2016

UFC president Dana White was a recent guest on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” where he discussed his goal of making the Ultimate Fighting Championship the biggest sport in the world. White went on to say that the announcements which the promotion will be making over the next three months are so awesome that they will “blow everybody’s minds”. Check it out:

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.

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.

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.

Russell Ess - July 29, 2016

https://youtu.be/eG60rkF26qc UFC President Dana White was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and talked about some of the recent happenings surrounding him and the always entertaining Kimmel presented White with some interesting questions.

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.

Russell Ess - July 28, 2016

UFC President Dana White has done tremendous things for the sport of mixed martial arts.

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.

bjpenndotcom - July 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/xhpd_EcCz78 At the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening, where Donald Trump became the Republican Party nominee, UFC President Dana White gave an emphatic speech supporting his longtime friend.

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.”

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.

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.

bjpenndotcom - July 12, 2016

In the wake of the biggest event in the history of the UFC this past weekend at UFC 200, it was announced that the UFC had been sold to WME-IMG for $4 billion. Understandably so, the MMA community went wild reacting to the news of the promotions sale. In the wake of the news, UFC founder Rorion Gracie spoke to MMAFighting to give his thoughts on the UFC’s sale:

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.