{"id":348325,"date":"2020-04-29T07:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=348325"},"modified":"2020-04-29T07:01:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:01:44","slug":"dana-white-announces-new-charity-contest-winner-gets-to-matchmake-ufc-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-announces-new-charity-contest-winner-gets-to-matchmake-ufc-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White announces new charity contest, winner gets to matchmake UFC fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9yHldWCBi58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> an exciting new contest to raise money for four great charities during the coronavirus pandemic: Feeding America, Meals On Wheels, World Central Kitchen, and No Kid Hungry.<\/p>\n<p>White has organized this contest in partnership with Hollywood star and UFC fan Halle Berry. The contest will be organized like a raffle, and the prizes are pretty interesting.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will receive a &#8220;VIP UFC Experience&#8221; a dinner with Halle Berry, and perhaps most interestingly of all, the chance to sit in on a UFC matchmaking meeting with White and several other UFC executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The winner) will sit in in a matchmaking meeting, and I\u2019m actually going to let them make a fight,\u201d White told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W57ALzZty8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a> of this contest (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/04\/dana-white-announces-charity-winner-will-matchmake-ufc-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>White continued, explaining that, while the winner will have some say in the fight that gets made, they&#8217;ll have to contend with the likes of matchmakers Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard and UFC general counsel Hunter Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a process to the matchmaking,\u201d White explained. \u201cWhat happens is there are four of us: Sean Shelby, Mick Maynard, Hunter Campbell, and me. So it\u2019s not this (thing where) I walk in and go \u2018We\u2019re doing this, that, and the other thing.\u2019 It\u2019s a process. We argue. We fight. \u2018This ain\u2019t gonna happen. We can\u2019t do this. We can\u2019t do that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a long drawn-out process that goes on,&#8221; White added. &#8220;They\u2019ll be part of the bickering and the arguing and we\u2019ll see where he comes out in the end and what he gets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/9yHldWCBi58<\/p>\n<p>Dana White and the UFC are gearing up for three events in an eight-day span, starting on May 9. While fans are excited to enjoy some fights again, the promotion has received some criticisms for operating during a global health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>If you win this new contest announced by Dana White, what match-up will you try to make?<\/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 4\/29\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has announced an exciting new contest to raise money for four great charities during the coronavirus pandemic: Feeding America, Meals On Wheels, World Central Kitchen, and No Kid Hungry. White has organized this contest in partnership with Hollywood star and UFC fan Halle Berry. 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