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Dana White defends Ronda Rousey: “She built this house”
In the wake of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey being knocked out by Amanda Nunes in the very first round of their UFC 207 scrap back in the end of 2016, there has been much speculation as to whether or not former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will return to the Octagon […]
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VIDEO | Dana White says Ronda Rousey simply doesn’t have it anymore
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was once thought of as unbeatable force that many fans and pundits believed would go down as the greatest fighter to ever live. However, Ronda Rousey’s world turned upside down on November 14, 2015 when she stepped into the Octagon to face former boxing world champion Holly Holm. […]
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Dana White: “there’s no way” Ortiz vs. Sonnen was fixed
Late last month, a 42-year-old Tito Ortiz stepped into the cage for a final time against the 39-year-old Chael Sonnen. Ortiz won this fight in impressive fashion, tapping Sonnen with a rear-naked choke in the first round to ride off into the sunset on a win. Unfortunately, Ortiz’s big win was marred by widespread speculation […]
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Dana White: Jon Jones likely to get immediate title shot when he returns
Last year, in the main event of UFC 200, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was expected to take on current champion Daniel Cormier in a bid to reclaim the title that was once his. Regrettably, Jones was forced out of this planned fight after a failed drug test, and was subsequently handed a year-long […]
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Dana White: Ronda Rousey is “probably done” fighting
In November of 2015, dominant women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was knocked stiff by a second-round Holly Holm head-kick. This shocking upset loss was followed by a long stretch of inactivity, during which many members of the MMA community wondered whether or not the former champ would ever return to the cage. Eventually, of course, […]
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VIDEO | Dana White gives Conor McGregor a stern warning for his ‘F**k the UFC’ comment
It surely seems like UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor feels he is overtaking the entire UFC promotion. On Saturday, McGregor was a part of a live Q&A with MMA journalist Ariel Helwani, which was streamed on the internet with a pay-per-view charge. Going into the event, “The Notorious” posted a bold message to social media. […]
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Dana White on Amanda Nunes’ featherweight goals: pump the brakes
Late last year, in the main event of UFC 207, Amanda Nunes made her first defense of the women’s bantamweight title with a 48-second destruction of returning former champ Ronda Rousey. Shortly after this win, the champ began campaigning for a fight with the winner of UFC’s upcoming inaugural women’s featherweight title fight, which will pit […]
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Dana White gives bold prediction for Francis Ngannou
Saturday night on the main card of ‘UFC Fight Night: Denver’, streaking heavyweight contender Francis ‘The Predator’ Ngannou will face former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in a highly anticipated showdown. There’s no secret that the fight is undoubtably the biggest of Ngannou’s career, taking a step up from fighting unranked heavyweights, to fighting #7 […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather in ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!’
While we might not see Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather soon, we can enjoy this parody of the fight in the meantime! To kick off 2017, undefeated Boxing icon Floyd Mayweather made UFC superstar Conor McGregor an offer to fight him in the boxing ring for $15 million dollars. The offer was a rather low […]
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Dana White shoots down Manny Pacquiao vs. Conor McGregor
If you have a draw in the sport of boxing, why wouldn’t you drop your name in the hat to be in the talks of a superfight with UFC superstar Conor McGregor? Manny Pacquiao is one of the latest boxing stars to say that he would fight McGregor if given the opportunity and chances are […]
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VIDEO | Tito Ortiz talks about the text message Dana White sent following his retirement fight win
https://youtu.be/9vYVsHSwigM MMA legend Tito Ortiz couldn’t have asked for a better outcome to his retirement fight on Saturday night. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” took on former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen at Bellator 170 at The Forum in California Saturday night and won in the very first round with a rear-naked choke submission. Following […]
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Floyd Mayweather questions why Dana White is being paid more than Conor McGregor
The promotional battle between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather also interestingly involves UFC President Dana White. Recently, White, who has McGregor under contract with the UFC made Mayweather an offer of $25 million to fight McGregor with a split of pay-per-view buys to be negotiated. Mayweather laughed at White’s offer […]
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Dana White fires back at Floyd Mayweather for laughing at offer
Talks have seriously heated up in regards to a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match in 2017. To kick off the year, Mayweather made McGregor a fight offer, offering the UFC superstar $15 million to fight, while leaving the door open to potentially giving the UFC lightweight champ a cut of the PPV […]
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Dana White gives Ronda Rousey update following UFC 207 loss
At UFC 207, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was on the wrong end of an extremely one-sided beatdown from UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. While leading up to the fight, Rousey was the focus of the UFC 207 promo videos, which built up the hype surrounding her already highly anticipated return, it […]
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VIDEO | Floyd Mayweather responds to Dana White’s $25 million offer to fight Conor McGregor
On Friday, UFC President Dana White offered Floyd Mayweather $25 million to fight Conor McGregor with pay-per-view buys to be negotiated. It didn’t take long for the undefeated, retired boxing superstar to respond as TMZ caught up with Mayweather later on Friday. “Ahh you’re a f***ing comedian,” Mayweather exclaimed after TMZ told him White’s offer. […]
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VIDEO | Dana White digs at Floyd Mayweather but offers him $25 million to fight Conor McGregor
UFC President Dana White is likely the only person in the world that could put together a Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight at this point in time. White appeared on The Herd and basically scoffed at all the demands and statements Mayweather has been giving regarding a potential fight with “The Notorious.” “First of […]
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Mark Hunt files civil suit against UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar
Last July, on the main card of UFC 200, Mark Hunt was given the tough job of welcoming Brock Lesnar back to the Octagon. In the end, Hunt was unable to thwart the former heavyweight champion’s long-discussed comeback plans, instead coming up short on the judges’ scorecards after being out-wrestled for three rounds. In the […]
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VIDEO | Dana White fires back at Meryl Streep’s ‘stupid’ and ‘uneducated’ crack at MMA
At Sunday’s 74th Golden Globes, acrtress Meryl Streep was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award and gave a speech that got a big reaction from a diverse audience. Streep fired off her acceptance speech with an anti-Trump message and took a crack at mixed martial arts and football claiming that the two […]
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Dana White recalls consoling Ronda Rousey after UFC 207 loss
This past weekend, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made her highly anticipated return to the Octagon after over a year away from the cage. The return was a very short lived one as Rousey was tagged in the opening moments of the fight before ultimately being stopped just 48 seconds into the fight […]
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VIDEO | Dana White Recaps Friday’s UFC 207 Event
UFC president Dana White joined the UFC on FOX crew to recap Friday’s UFC 207 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. Here is what Mr. White had to say: “Obviously the co-main event was amazing. It was an incredible fight. Garbrandt looked better than he has ever looked in his career. Dominick Cruz is great. Dominick […]
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Dana White opens up on Ronda Rousey’s mentality after UFC 207
Friday night in Las Vegas, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey stepped into the Octagon for the first time in over a year as she faced off against UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in a highly anticipated matchup. While Rousey was the focus of the promos leading up to the event, when the […]
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Dana White says it is all on Conor McGregor for next fight and negotiations
Current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor stated after winning the lightweight belt from Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 that he would be taking time off from fighting for the birth of his first child. “The Notorious” also stated that he wants to meet with the new owners of the UFC to talk business and said […]
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Dana White explains why Ronda Rousey was given pass on media obligations
Leading up to UFC 207, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been the focus of the promotions efforts to promote the fight, using Rousey as the focus of their TV ads. With that being said, Rousey has been given an exemption from her usual media obligations leading up to the fight, and has […]
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Dana White says Nick Diaz has turned down all the fights the UFC has offered him
During today’s UFC 207 media scrum in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White revealed to MMAFighting’s Luke Thomas that former Stirkeforce champion Nick Diaz has been offered several welterweight fights by the promotion but unfortunately turned them all down. Weight debates aside, Dana White told me he's offered Nick Diaz fights at welterweight. According to […]
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Dana White not expecting Brock Lesnar to make another UFC return
At UFC 199 in June, it was announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be making his highly anticipated return to the Octagon against Mark Hunt. Controversially, Lesnar was granted an exemption from the first three months of USADA’s drug testing to make him an eligible fighter in the eyes of the organization. […]
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VIDEO | Dana White weighs in on the fighting futures of Brock Lesnar and CM Punk
Earlier this year, in the co-main event of July’s historic UFC 200, WWE star and former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar made a largely unexpected return to the Octagon. Despite the fact that he had not fought in many years, he was able to grind Mark Hunt to a unanimous decision win. Regrettably, news broke […]
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VIDEO | Dana White on Conor McGregor wanting shares of the UFC: ‘He’s got a lot of money’
Following his historic win over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in New York, Conor McGregor held both the UFC featherweight and lightweight belts for a short time before relinquishing the 145-pound division title. With stamping his name yet again in the history books of the UFC, “The Notorious” told the media at the post-fight press […]
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VIDEO | Dana White: Floyd Mayweather better hope he doesn’t run into Conor McGregor in the street
The media battle between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has been going on for quite some time now. Most recently, things got a bit more heated as Floyd Mayweather said that he is going slap the UFC lightweight champion the next time he sees him. UFC President Dana White thought the […]