{"id":459538,"date":"2022-09-30T13:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=459538"},"modified":"2022-09-30T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:00:24","slug":"dana-white-says-hes-here-to-stay-but-admits-the-ufc-will-be-very-different-when-im-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-hes-here-to-stay-but-admits-the-ufc-will-be-very-different-when-im-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says he’s “here to stay” but admits the UFC will be “very different when I’m gone”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White will continue to be the UFC president for years to come but he knows when he leaves, the promotion will be in a much different spot.<\/p>\n

White has been with the UFC since 2001 and has brought the promotion from near bankruptcy to being a billion-dollar promotion. He has helped MMA – and subsequently the UFC – enter the mainstream and given that he has been doing it for years many have wondered when he would retire.<\/p>\n

Once the Fertitta’s sold the company<\/a>, many thought that would be his out but White continued to be the president. He says he will be part of the UFC for a while but he knows when he leaves, the UFC will be in a very different spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf and when I ever leave, I mean, the UFC like I said last night to Tucker, got a great team in place,” White said after the Contender Series on Tuesday<\/a>. “Obviously, hopefully, I’ve built a business that will last many, many years after I\u2019m dead. The UFC will be very different when I\u2019m gone, it\u2019ll be different. It won\u2019t go away.”<\/p>\n

When asked if he has a timeline of when he might step away, Dana White said it won’t be for a while as he is here to stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. Nope, I\u2019m here, unfortunately for you guys, I\u2019m here to stay,” White added.<\/p>\n

It shouldn’t be a surprise to see Dana White want to remain with the UFC as he has spoken about how he still loves it, even after doing it for so many years. It is also a change of tune as he admitted when the deal was going through he thought about walking away.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was actually a really bad time for me, I didn\u2019t want to do it,\u201d White said to\u00a0The Pivot Podcast<\/a>\u00a0back in May. \u201cThe Fertittas were ready to get out and they had a sit down with me. They were basically like, \u2018We have everybody in here going through with the deal.\u2019 Everybody was in here kicking the tires looking to buy it. From ESPN to Turner to all these different funds and groups from all over the world. They sat me down and said, \u2018We\u2019re gonna sell this thing and we\u2019re ready to go but nobody will take it unless you stay so you have to do this.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI was kind of in a weird place because I had done this thing with them, these are my best friends, we\u2019d done it together and I got a little f****d up,” White continued. “I took off for a while, went up into a hotel room, and didn\u2019t come out for a few days. I was a little f****d up over the whole thing. Then I snapped out of it and got my s**t together.\u201d<\/p>\n

When do you think Dana White will leave the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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