{"id":243638,"date":"2017-07-05T07:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=243638"},"modified":"2017-07-05T07:42:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:42:30","slug":"dana-white-updates-eventual-retirement-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-updates-eventual-retirement-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White updates on his eventual retirement from the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the UFC was purchased by WME-IMG in the summer of 2016, there was widespread wonder as to the fate of company staples like Mike Golberg, Joe Rogan, and UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg, as we now know, was let go by the promotion, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-goldberg\/bellator-reveals-broadcasting-roles-for-mike-goldberg-and-mauro-ranallo\/\">ultimately landed in Bellator<\/a>. Rogan, meanwhile, seems to be staying put for the moment. White, however, didn&#8217;t give much indication as to how much longer he planned on staying with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Having made a fortune from the sale, White could easily walk away from the UFC. Apparently, however, this is not his plan. Speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/07\/dana-white-says-hes-in-for-the-long-haul-ready-to-take-combat-sports-to-the-next-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, the UFC boss explained that he&#8217;s not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhat am I going to do?\u201d he said. \u201cWhat am I going to do? People treat it like I hit the lottery. I had money before. It\u2019s not like I hit the lottery and I\u2019m just going to take off and disappear. I love this sport, and obviously the hardest part about the sale was leaving the Fertitta brothers. We\u2019ve been together for 20 years in business together, and I went through a hard time. It was like a divorce. I went through that, I got through it, and I\u2019m back on the ball and doing my thing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI love it. I\u2019m not going anywhere, and we\u2019re actually working on some crazy (expletive) right now, and I\u2019m looking forward to it. We\u2019ll blow everybody\u2019s minds again next year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re working on things in Mexico and China. Mexico, China and the U.K. right now. We\u2019re working on things in Russia, and we\u2019re working on some even bigger (expletive), which we\u2019ll probably be announcing next year. It\u2019s all good. Everybody thinks I\u2019m going somewhere or doing something. I\u2019m not going anywhere man. We\u2019re dug in like ticks over here and we are working on great (expletive). \u2026 We\u2019re looking at how we take combat sports to the next level.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Are you happy to hear that Dana White plans on staying with the UFC for the foreseeable future?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/5\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the UFC was purchased by WME-IMG in the summer of 2016, there was widespread wonder as to the fate of company staples like Mike Golberg, Joe Rogan, and UFC President Dana White. Goldberg, as we now know, was let go by the promotion, and ultimately landed in Bellator. 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