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Dana White

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2373 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

Or that. Or don't say anything. Just let the fans... That's why we paid our money. You don't need to say anything.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

Or that. Or don't say anything. Just let the fans... That's why we paid our money. You don't need to say anything.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

I don't remember that. You're right. Imagine You're right. You paid your money to watch Mike Tyson, and you got to listen to these fucking jerk-offs talk shit about him the whole way to the... First of all, one of the coolest walk-ins ever. First time anybody had heard DMX, right? That's right. He's walking into some scary, imposing music. Will it even matter? It's just all that kind of stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

I don't remember that. You're right. Imagine You're right. You paid your money to watch Mike Tyson, and you got to listen to these fucking jerk-offs talk shit about him the whole way to the... First of all, one of the coolest walk-ins ever. First time anybody had heard DMX, right? That's right. He's walking into some scary, imposing music. Will it even matter? It's just all that kind of stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

I don't remember that. You're right. Imagine You're right. You paid your money to watch Mike Tyson, and you got to listen to these fucking jerk-offs talk shit about him the whole way to the... First of all, one of the coolest walk-ins ever. First time anybody had heard DMX, right? That's right. He's walking into some scary, imposing music. Will it even matter? It's just all that kind of stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

I literally used to analyze every... ounce of the production that would happen on television. And at a time when I didn't even know why I was doing it, but... But it's in there somewhere. Like you were thinking about it. Right? So yeah, I hated HBO commentary. I thought, you know, at the time...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

I literally used to analyze every... ounce of the production that would happen on television. And at a time when I didn't even know why I was doing it, but... But it's in there somewhere. Like you were thinking about it. Right? So yeah, I hated HBO commentary. I thought, you know, at the time...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

I literally used to analyze every... ounce of the production that would happen on television. And at a time when I didn't even know why I was doing it, but... But it's in there somewhere. Like you were thinking about it. Right? So yeah, I hated HBO commentary. I thought, you know, at the time...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

HBO boxing was obviously the gold standard for, you know, but when you really think about boxing at that time, their production, the only thing that changed over 30 years was like HD. I mean, even the commentators were the same for 30 years. And then you had the time when Larry Merchant gets up and literally starts fighting with Floyd Mayweather during the interview.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

HBO boxing was obviously the gold standard for, you know, but when you really think about boxing at that time, their production, the only thing that changed over 30 years was like HD. I mean, even the commentators were the same for 30 years. And then you had the time when Larry Merchant gets up and literally starts fighting with Floyd Mayweather during the interview.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

HBO boxing was obviously the gold standard for, you know, but when you really think about boxing at that time, their production, the only thing that changed over 30 years was like HD. I mean, even the commentators were the same for 30 years. And then you had the time when Larry Merchant gets up and literally starts fighting with Floyd Mayweather during the interview.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

and says, if I was 30 years younger, I'd kick your ass right now. Oh yeah, I remember that. I mean, these are the interviews that we have to listen to when we're trying to watch a boxing match. The level of boxing was good. Think about a fighter, right? Fighter has been gone for months, away from their families and away from everything, training, cutting weight, sparring.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

and says, if I was 30 years younger, I'd kick your ass right now. Oh yeah, I remember that. I mean, these are the interviews that we have to listen to when we're trying to watch a boxing match. The level of boxing was good. Think about a fighter, right? Fighter has been gone for months, away from their families and away from everything, training, cutting weight, sparring.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

and says, if I was 30 years younger, I'd kick your ass right now. Oh yeah, I remember that. I mean, these are the interviews that we have to listen to when we're trying to watch a boxing match. The level of boxing was good. Think about a fighter, right? Fighter has been gone for months, away from their families and away from everything, training, cutting weight, sparring.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

Then they go in and they have to fight that night. And then you have to, you know, if you watch your fight back, you got to listen to this bullshit. from these guys, and then you get interviewed, and your interview is this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

Then they go in and they have to fight that night. And then you have to, you know, if you watch your fight back, you got to listen to this bullshit. from these guys, and then you get interviewed, and your interview is this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

Then they go in and they have to fight that night. And then you have to, you know, if you watch your fight back, you got to listen to this bullshit. from these guys, and then you get interviewed, and your interview is this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

So you know who goes in there and interviews fighters? Joe Rogan, right? Who has trained and done everything and has the utmost respect for the sport and the athletes. Or... you got like Daniel Cormier who was a former world champion himself and has actually been through it, done it, knows. And those are the type of people that we put in the booth, people that are actually experienced in it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

So you know who goes in there and interviews fighters? Joe Rogan, right? Who has trained and done everything and has the utmost respect for the sport and the athletes. Or... you got like Daniel Cormier who was a former world champion himself and has actually been through it, done it, knows. And those are the type of people that we put in the booth, people that are actually experienced in it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#421 โ€“ Dana White: UFC, Fighting, Khabib, Conor, Tyson, Ali, Rogan, Elon & Zuck

So you know who goes in there and interviews fighters? Joe Rogan, right? Who has trained and done everything and has the utmost respect for the sport and the athletes. Or... you got like Daniel Cormier who was a former world champion himself and has actually been through it, done it, knows. And those are the type of people that we put in the booth, people that are actually experienced in it.