{"id":196751,"date":"2016-06-16T11:56:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T18:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196751"},"modified":"2016-06-16T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T18:56:26","slug":"dana-whites-response-latest-ufc-sale-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-whites-response-latest-ufc-sale-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White&#8217;s response to latest UFC sale rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous reports have emerged about the sale of the UFC this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/update-ufc-sale-definitely-progressing\/\">Ariel Helwani tweeted<\/a> on Tuesday that the sale of the company was &#8220;definitely progressing.&#8221; Then, a source told us here at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.COM<\/a> that the word on the street is that the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/rumor-ufc-sale-is-done\/\">deal is already done<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/wrestling-observer-radio\/wor-ufc-sale-details-smackdown-and-raw-tna-issues-more-214716\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Meltzer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/ufc-sale-reportedly-for-entire-ownership-of-company\/\">also added<\/a> this week that the sale would be for complete ownership of the company.<\/p>\n<p>While UFC President Dana White initially <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-talks-conor-mcgregor-ufc-sale-floyd-mayweather-fight\/\">denied ESPN&#8217;s report of a UFC sale<\/a>, which by the way is reported to have a valuation in the billions, it sure seems like his tune has changed with his recent tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clp70\">@clp70<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana White (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/742944214137372676\">June 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Dana White&#8217;s tweet? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous reports have emerged about the sale of the UFC this week. Ariel Helwani tweeted on Tuesday that the sale of the company was &#8220;definitely progressing.&#8221; Then, a source told us here at BJPENN.COM that the word on the street is that the deal is already done. 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