Dana White

with honors and accounting you know yeah then you had matt hughes who was this farm boy you know literally lived on a farm and so there were all these cool stories with all these good people that weren't what people thought they were and lorenzo and i always felt like there's something here that if this thing was done the right way this could be big and what was crazy was

I was in a contract negotiation with Bob Meyerowitz, the old owner of the UFC, over Tito's contract and Chuck Liddell. They didn't even want Chuck Liddell in the UFC. I was trying to get Chuck in the UFC and they didn't even want him. Wow. And we got into this contract dispute over Tito's contract and Bob Meyerowitz said, you know what? There is no more money, okay?

I was in a contract negotiation with Bob Meyerowitz, the old owner of the UFC, over Tito's contract and Chuck Liddell. They didn't even want Chuck Liddell in the UFC. I was trying to get Chuck in the UFC and they didn't even want him. Wow. And we got into this contract dispute over Tito's contract and Bob Meyerowitz said, you know what? There is no more money, okay?

I was in a contract negotiation with Bob Meyerowitz, the old owner of the UFC, over Tito's contract and Chuck Liddell. They didn't even want Chuck Liddell in the UFC. I was trying to get Chuck in the UFC and they didn't even want him. Wow. And we got into this contract dispute over Tito's contract and Bob Meyerowitz said, you know what? There is no more money, okay?

I don't even know if I'll even be able to put on one more event. And he like flipped out. When we hung up the phone, I literally picked up the phone and called Lorenzo and I said, hey, I just got off the phone with Bob Meyerowitz, the owner of the UFC. I think they're in trouble and I think we could buy it and I think we should. You should reach out to him. So Lorenzo called Meyerowitz and

I don't even know if I'll even be able to put on one more event. And he like flipped out. When we hung up the phone, I literally picked up the phone and called Lorenzo and I said, hey, I just got off the phone with Bob Meyerowitz, the owner of the UFC. I think they're in trouble and I think we could buy it and I think we should. You should reach out to him. So Lorenzo called Meyerowitz and

I don't even know if I'll even be able to put on one more event. And he like flipped out. When we hung up the phone, I literally picked up the phone and called Lorenzo and I said, hey, I just got off the phone with Bob Meyerowitz, the owner of the UFC. I think they're in trouble and I think we could buy it and I think we should. You should reach out to him. So Lorenzo called Meyerowitz and

I don't know how—I don't remember the timeline, but within the next two months, we ended up owning the UFC for $2 million. And you've said that you fought a lot of battles during that time. Oh. I mean, the early days of building this company and building the sport, it was the Wild Wild West, man. It was crazy back then. Yeah, I was literally at war every day with all different types of people.

I don't know how—I don't remember the timeline, but within the next two months, we ended up owning the UFC for $2 million. And you've said that you fought a lot of battles during that time. Oh. I mean, the early days of building this company and building the sport, it was the Wild Wild West, man. It was crazy back then. Yeah, I was literally at war every day with all different types of people.

I don't know how—I don't remember the timeline, but within the next two months, we ended up owning the UFC for $2 million. And you've said that you fought a lot of battles during that time. Oh. I mean, the early days of building this company and building the sport, it was the Wild Wild West, man. It was crazy back then. Yeah, I was literally at war every day with all different types of people.

Plus, traditionally— There's bad people that are involved in fighting, man. There's lots of bad people. And we had to sift our way through that for the first seven, eight years.

Plus, traditionally— There's bad people that are involved in fighting, man. There's lots of bad people. And we had to sift our way through that for the first seven, eight years.

Plus, traditionally— There's bad people that are involved in fighting, man. There's lots of bad people. And we had to sift our way through that for the first seven, eight years.

Let me tell you about this. I mean, I want to say it was the Netherlands. I don't remember exactly where. It could have been Amsterdam. I mean, MMA promoters were like car bombing each other and Then the other guy shot up the other guy's house with machine guns. And that's the kind of shit that was going on. I'll tell you the story. So affliction. Do you remember affliction?

Let me tell you about this. I mean, I want to say it was the Netherlands. I don't remember exactly where. It could have been Amsterdam. I mean, MMA promoters were like car bombing each other and Then the other guy shot up the other guy's house with machine guns. And that's the kind of shit that was going on. I'll tell you the story. So affliction. Do you remember affliction?

Let me tell you about this. I mean, I want to say it was the Netherlands. I don't remember exactly where. It could have been Amsterdam. I mean, MMA promoters were like car bombing each other and Then the other guy shot up the other guy's house with machine guns. And that's the kind of shit that was going on. I'll tell you the story. So affliction. Do you remember affliction?

So there was a guy. I want to say his name was Todd Beard or something like that. This guy used to text me every day when they started their MMA thing telling me he was going to kill me. Like legitimately. Legitimately going to kill me. Yeah. You punk motherfucker. I'm going to fucking kill you. You don't understand who I am and what I've done and this and that.

So there was a guy. I want to say his name was Todd Beard or something like that. This guy used to text me every day when they started their MMA thing telling me he was going to kill me. Like legitimately. Legitimately going to kill me. Yeah. You punk motherfucker. I'm going to fucking kill you. You don't understand who I am and what I've done and this and that.

So there was a guy. I want to say his name was Todd Beard or something like that. This guy used to text me every day when they started their MMA thing telling me he was going to kill me. Like legitimately. Legitimately going to kill me. Yeah. You punk motherfucker. I'm going to fucking kill you. You don't understand who I am and what I've done and this and that.

I think this guy would get drunk or do drugs every night or whatever his deal was. This guy would call me, text me, and threaten my life every day. I used to go, fuck you. You said fuck you. Oh, yeah. Oh, man. Especially back then.