Dana White
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But yeah, so after we did the Ultimate Fighter, the UFC was this rocket ship of success and we're all working hard and doing our thing. And we throw these unbelievable Christmas parties every year for the team. Yeah, it's an HR nightmare. Like, I encourage everybody to get drunk and have a blast. And, you know, they're fun. We've had, like...
the red hot chili peppers play at our Christmas parties. Snoop, you name them. We've had everybody play and it's a blast. And I get up there every year and tell my team how much I love them and how much they mean to me and all this stuff. So then here comes COVID and probably the scariest time in our lifetime. And you're looking at laying off 38% of the staff.
the red hot chili peppers play at our Christmas parties. Snoop, you name them. We've had everybody play and it's a blast. And I get up there every year and tell my team how much I love them and how much they mean to me and all this stuff. So then here comes COVID and probably the scariest time in our lifetime. And you're looking at laying off 38% of the staff.
the red hot chili peppers play at our Christmas parties. Snoop, you name them. We've had everybody play and it's a blast. And I get up there every year and tell my team how much I love them and how much they mean to me and all this stuff. So then here comes COVID and probably the scariest time in our lifetime. And you're looking at laying off 38% of the staff.
Right. Oh, you love us, but, and we're so important to you. And now here's the scariest time that there's no way in hell that I was going to let that happen. No way in hell. We were either going to figure this out or we were going to all go down together.
Right. Oh, you love us, but, and we're so important to you. And now here's the scariest time that there's no way in hell that I was going to let that happen. No way in hell. We were either going to figure this out or we were going to all go down together.
Right. Oh, you love us, but, and we're so important to you. And now here's the scariest time that there's no way in hell that I was going to let that happen. No way in hell. We were either going to figure this out or we were going to all go down together.
So, um, yeah, I, I put up my, my salary and my bonus if I was wrong and we couldn't make it through COVID then, you know, then the company didn't take the, take the hit.
So, um, yeah, I, I put up my, my salary and my bonus if I was wrong and we couldn't make it through COVID then, you know, then the company didn't take the, take the hit.
So, um, yeah, I, I put up my, my salary and my bonus if I was wrong and we couldn't make it through COVID then, you know, then the company didn't take the, take the hit.
It's important to me. If you don't have loyalty, what do you have? I mean, really, what do you have? If you can't trust the people you're around and with, and I mean, my people at UFC, a lot of them have been with me for, you know, the girl who's out in the hallway right now, my... My head of PR has been with me forever. And we're all tight.
It's important to me. If you don't have loyalty, what do you have? I mean, really, what do you have? If you can't trust the people you're around and with, and I mean, my people at UFC, a lot of them have been with me for, you know, the girl who's out in the hallway right now, my... My head of PR has been with me forever. And we're all tight.
It's important to me. If you don't have loyalty, what do you have? I mean, really, what do you have? If you can't trust the people you're around and with, and I mean, my people at UFC, a lot of them have been with me for, you know, the girl who's out in the hallway right now, my... My head of PR has been with me forever. And we're all tight.
These are the people that I work with every day and travel with and do everything with. And yeah, we're all incredibly loyal to each other. Loyalty is a two way street. So they've been very loyal to me and I've been very loyal to them.
These are the people that I work with every day and travel with and do everything with. And yeah, we're all incredibly loyal to each other. Loyalty is a two way street. So they've been very loyal to me and I've been very loyal to them.
These are the people that I work with every day and travel with and do everything with. And yeah, we're all incredibly loyal to each other. Loyalty is a two way street. So they've been very loyal to me and I've been very loyal to them.
I don't know. It's, I think that, I think that anything in life, like you see a lot of these people that, that work for companies and you give so much of yourself, uh,