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Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.

Biography

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Dana instructing a boxercise class

Born in Manchester, Connecticut, White grew up in Las Vegas and has a background in boxing and grappling.

He is quoted as saying:

"I boxed in the amateurs before getting into submission fighting and got hooked. Actually, I owned three boxing gyms in Vegas. I trained and managed fighters and had a sports management company. One day I met Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, who I started representing, and I got into this huge contract negotiation with Bob Meyerwitz, the former owner of Tito Ortiz’s contract. Through that, Bob and I developed a mutual respect for one another, and I discovered he was selling UFC."

"Lorenzo Fertitta was a good friend of mine since we were kids. He and I were going to do something together in boxing anyway, so I called Lorenzo - he was down in Miami - and I said, ‘You know what, I just found out the UFC is for sale. What do you think?’ And he said, ‘That’s interesting.’ A month later we owned it."

Sources

  • Wickert, Marc. 2004. Dana White and the future of UFC. kucklepit.com (mirrored on fighttimes.com).
  • Gentry, Clyde. No Holds Barred.

See also

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