Dana White
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So true. But when you have a perfect record in the UFC, holy shit. Right? Yeah. When you can have a perfect record in the UFC, you are absolutely one of the most special athletes on planet Earth. Yeah.
So true. But when you have a perfect record in the UFC, holy shit. Right? Yeah. When you can have a perfect record in the UFC, you are absolutely one of the most special athletes on planet Earth. Yeah.
So true. But when you have a perfect record in the UFC, holy shit. Right? Yeah. When you can have a perfect record in the UFC, you are absolutely one of the most special athletes on planet Earth. Yeah.
And the kids are training, yeah. Her father's the biggest fucking fight fan on the planet. Calls me all the time to talk about the fights and... Don Jr. said that I'm like the only guy on earth that he bros out with. It's funny when you talk about how powerful fighting is, right? This last Miami event, the president of Ecuador and the president of Spain both posted about the fights, right?
And the kids are training, yeah. Her father's the biggest fucking fight fan on the planet. Calls me all the time to talk about the fights and... Don Jr. said that I'm like the only guy on earth that he bros out with. It's funny when you talk about how powerful fighting is, right? This last Miami event, the president of Ecuador and the president of Spain both posted about the fights, right?
And the kids are training, yeah. Her father's the biggest fucking fight fan on the planet. Calls me all the time to talk about the fights and... Don Jr. said that I'm like the only guy on earth that he bros out with. It's funny when you talk about how powerful fighting is, right? This last Miami event, the president of Ecuador and the president of Spain both posted about the fights, right?
Habib beat Conor. Putin was on FaceTime before he even made it to the locker room. Trump... Sitting president, ex-president, watching all the fights, calling once to talk about the fights. Valentina Shevchenko, every time she goes home, she meets with the president of the country. The list goes on and on and on. The most powerful, Elon Musk, Zuckerberg. I mean, the list goes on and on and on.
Habib beat Conor. Putin was on FaceTime before he even made it to the locker room. Trump... Sitting president, ex-president, watching all the fights, calling once to talk about the fights. Valentina Shevchenko, every time she goes home, she meets with the president of the country. The list goes on and on and on. The most powerful, Elon Musk, Zuckerberg. I mean, the list goes on and on and on.
Habib beat Conor. Putin was on FaceTime before he even made it to the locker room. Trump... Sitting president, ex-president, watching all the fights, calling once to talk about the fights. Valentina Shevchenko, every time she goes home, she meets with the president of the country. The list goes on and on and on. The most powerful, Elon Musk, Zuckerberg. I mean, the list goes on and on and on.
The most powerful people in the world are all obsessed with fighting. When did you first discover that Trump loves fighting? So I first discovered... that Trump was a big fight fan. Obviously you saw him part of all the big, you're talking about how big boxing fans we were. He was a part of all the big fights back then. But, um, when we first bought the UFC, this thing was so bad.
The most powerful people in the world are all obsessed with fighting. When did you first discover that Trump loves fighting? So I first discovered... that Trump was a big fight fan. Obviously you saw him part of all the big, you're talking about how big boxing fans we were. He was a part of all the big fights back then. But, um, when we first bought the UFC, this thing was so bad.
The most powerful people in the world are all obsessed with fighting. When did you first discover that Trump loves fighting? So I first discovered... that Trump was a big fight fan. Obviously you saw him part of all the big, you're talking about how big boxing fans we were. He was a part of all the big fights back then. But, um, when we first bought the UFC, this thing was so bad.
Venues didn't even want us. And we ended up doing, uh, you know, our first event in Atlantic city at the Trump Taj Mahal. Now think about this at that time, Trump brand here, UFC brand. I mean, I can't go low enough. And, uh, he had us at his venue two times back to back, showed up for the first fight of the night and stayed till the last fight of the night. Then after that,
Venues didn't even want us. And we ended up doing, uh, you know, our first event in Atlantic city at the Trump Taj Mahal. Now think about this at that time, Trump brand here, UFC brand. I mean, I can't go low enough. And, uh, he had us at his venue two times back to back, showed up for the first fight of the night and stayed till the last fight of the night. Then after that,
Venues didn't even want us. And we ended up doing, uh, you know, our first event in Atlantic city at the Trump Taj Mahal. Now think about this at that time, Trump brand here, UFC brand. I mean, I can't go low enough. And, uh, he had us at his venue two times back to back, showed up for the first fight of the night and stayed till the last fight of the night. Then after that,
Any good thing that would ever happen to me in my career, Trump would reach out, whether it was we were on the front page of the New York Times at one time, and he said, congratulations, Dana. I always knew you guys were going to do it. Little things like that, but that are big things and mean a lot, especially coming from a guy like him.
Any good thing that would ever happen to me in my career, Trump would reach out, whether it was we were on the front page of the New York Times at one time, and he said, congratulations, Dana. I always knew you guys were going to do it. Little things like that, but that are big things and mean a lot, especially coming from a guy like him.
Any good thing that would ever happen to me in my career, Trump would reach out, whether it was we were on the front page of the New York Times at one time, and he said, congratulations, Dana. I always knew you guys were going to do it. Little things like that, but that are big things and mean a lot, especially coming from a guy like him.
So he saw something in you, like this is going to be... 100%. He definitely saw it. And then comes... 15, 16, whenever it was, I don't remember. But he called me and he said, listen, if you don't want to do this, I completely understand. But I would be honored if you would speak at the National Republican Convention for me. And I'm not a very political guy, you know what I mean?
So he saw something in you, like this is going to be... 100%. He definitely saw it. And then comes... 15, 16, whenever it was, I don't remember. But he called me and he said, listen, if you don't want to do this, I completely understand. But I would be honored if you would speak at the National Republican Convention for me. And I'm not a very political guy, you know what I mean?