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Revision as of 21:47, 6 April 2006 by 209.57.32.30 (talk) (→Biography)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.
Biography
Born in Manchester, Connecticut, White grew up in Las Vegas and has a background in boxing, boxercise, and ass grab. He has denied involvment in boxercise, despite documentation proving otherwise.
""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."
Source
- Wickert, Marc. 2004. Dana White and the future of UFC. kucklepit.com (mirrored on fighttimes.com).
- Gentry, Clyde. No Holds Barred.