{"id":51071,"date":"2023-01-17T07:23:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/ufcs-dana-white-is-already-back-to-his-usual-antics\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T07:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:23:09","slug":"ufcs-dana-white-is-already-again-to-his-standard-antics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/ufcs-dana-white-is-already-again-to-his-standard-antics\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC&#8217;s Dana White is already again to his standard antics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"6000\" data-height=\"3375\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:6000px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"getty\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),800px\" alt=\"Dana White is back to doing what he does best.\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Dana White is back to doing what he does best.\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Dana White is again to doing what he does finest.<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM has-caption\">Image<!-- -->: <!-- -->Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/25e59c622d6d9ef9c23fb3589c0ffbeb\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"6000\" data-height=\"3375\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">It didn\u2019t take lengthy for Dana White to get again to enterprise as standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">On Wednesday he spent a whole<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vcAgdvr9U4o&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vcAgdvr9U4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> press convention<\/a><\/span> discussing how mistaken he was after being recorded <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-ufc-aplogizes-for-hitting-his-wife-in-public-1849944819&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-ufc-aplogizes-for-hitting-his-wife-in-public-1849944819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slapping his spouse at a New Year\u2019s Eve celebration<\/a><\/span>. By Saturday, he was again to defending the best way that the UFC <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-upset-because-people-paid-attention-to-somet-1849433867&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-upset-because-people-paid-attention-to-somet-1849433867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compensates its fighters<\/a><\/span> after deciding to let Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou stroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">T-Mobile Arena made a mistake when it revealed on its outside video boards that Jon \u201cBones\u201d Jones and Ciryl Gane can be combating for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Advertisements for that combat weren\u2019t speculated to have been launched at the moment. The outcome, following UFC Vegas 67, White took a while to elucidate why this specific combat had been scheduled though Francis Ngannou defeated Gane on heavyweight title combat a yr in the past.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 fvPqJk\" id=\"h608817\">White performs the blame recreation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">White <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XS029kaNpu4&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XS029kaNpu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn\u2019t even await a query<\/a><\/span>. He dove proper into how negotiations with Ngannou for a brand new contract fell aside, and he put the blame squarely on the previous UFC Heavyweight Champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">White informed the media that UFC was keen to make Ngannou the highest-paid<!-- --> heavyweight within the group\u2019s historical past, but it surely wasn\u2019t sufficient for the champ. Also, White tried to take a shot at Ngannou\u2019s skilled integrity. He stated to the media, a number of instances, that Ngannou is extra fascinated by taking over lesser fighters for more cash than dealing with Jones, whom White repeatedly known as the best fighter of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">In White\u2019s second press convention after hanging his spouse, he determined to spend time pumping up a fighter who has not competed in three years, partly due to his personal home violence allegations. In late 2021, Jones confronted prices of home battery together with headbutting a police automobile. He finally pleaded nolo contendere to a misdemeanor cost \u2013 <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/32882429\/former-ufc-champ-jon-jones-accepts-plea-deal-domestic-battery-case-serve-jail&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/32882429\/former-ufc-champ-jon-jones-accepts-plea-deal-domestic-battery-case-serve-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">destroying property of one other<\/a><\/span> \u2014 and his home violence cost was dropped.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-15 BiRlJ\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/howl.me\/ciTugGI5Ez0\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media could get a fee<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-3 hMBKyp creative-type-A\"><a category=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-1atgi65-4 dxZfFS js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/ufc-dana-white-jon-bones-jones-ciryl-gane-francis-ngann-1849992533&quot;],[&quot;ns:unique&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/ufc-dana-white-jon-bones-jones-ciryl-gane-francis-ngann-1849992533&quot;],[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/howl.me\/ciTugGI5Ez0&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/howl.me\/ciTugGI5Ez0\" data-linktype=\"[t|mod-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-6 gLSKws\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-10 hherpH js_lazy-image\">\n<div><picture class=\"lazy-picture\"><source media=\"all\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,q_80,w_320\/b93d83ebe455c4c4f0fc2640a6b1ec76.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samsung Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_264,pg_1,q_80,w_470\/b93d83ebe455c4c4f0fc2640a6b1ec76.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-15 jrXWJC\">\n<p>Up to $100 credit<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Reserve<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-12 dRyRwx\">\n<p class=\"sc-1atgi65-13 iFlqWg\"><strong>Reserve the next gen Samsung device<\/strong><br \/><span>All you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 fvPqJk\" id=\"h608818\">Who disciplines Dana White?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">After the video of White striking his wife went public, he first said that he <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-ufc-aplogizes-for-hitting-his-wife-in-public-1849944819&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-ufc-aplogizes-for-hitting-his-wife-in-public-1849944819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accepts full duty<\/a><\/span> for his wrongdoing on TMZ. Then on Wednesday, on the UFC Vegas 67 Media Day, White spent almost quarter-hour <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-ufc-aplogizes-for-hitting-his-wife-in-public-1849944819&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/dana-white-ufc-aplogizes-for-hitting-his-wife-in-public-1849944819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking questions<\/a><\/span> concerning the incident. To his credit score, he supplied no protection and he additionally requested those that are talking up for him to cease. However, when requested a few potential punishment, the president of the UFC replied that if he hung out away on punishment the group would undergo, not him. White stated that his punishment is that he must stay with the stain of what he did for the remainder of his life, and any lack of respect that comes consequently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">That is a burden that I actually wouldn&#8217;t need to bear, particularly if I had offspring who additionally need to cope with the fallout of my shameful act. Anyone who wishes to be considered a good individual wouldn&#8217;t need to be related to the act that White was recorded committing, however he&#8217;s fairly lucky that his wealth and standing gained\u2019t be harmed by what he did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">It\u2019s the soiled elephant within the room that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver introduced consideration to as soon as the league\u2019s unbiased report on Phoenix Suns proprietor Robert Sarver\u2019s misconduct was launched. Silver stated flatly that proudly owning a crew is <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/youtu.be\/cKGNhlA0994?t=599&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cKGNhlA0994?t=599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">completely different from being an worker<\/a><\/span> of the NBA or one among its franchises. The league later launched an announcement that tried to stroll Silver\u2019s feedback again, but it surely was too late to divert peoples\u2019 consideration from that dirty elephant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">White doesn\u2019t even personal the UFC. He is the president. It\u2019s a task that might be thought of much like Silver\u2019s as NBA Commissioner, aside from the truth that the UFC doesn\u2019t have 30 homeowners, it has one. It\u2019s owned by a publicly traded leisure firm \u2014 Endeavor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">However, the entity that Endeavor bought is one which White has run for greater than 20 years. He does the press conferences earlier than and after the occasions. He wraps the championship belts round fighter\u2019s waists, and It\u2019s his voice that screams expletives when UFC is questioned about fighter pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">There is not any group of crew homeowners, no different promoters, and no union that White solutions to. For essentially the most half, what he says about UFC is the <!-- -->legislation. In some methods,<!-- --> he&#8217;s extra highly effective than any crew proprietor in a significant American sport. In these sports activities, the entire crew homeowners need to reply to one another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">White solutions to at least one firm a few product that has grow to be a power below his management. That\u2019s why as remorseful as he could also be about that New Year\u2019s Eve second, it didn\u2019t take lengthy for him to begin publicly bashing a fighter who was upset with compensation. It\u2019s already again to the often scheduled program for White.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dana White is again to doing what he does finest.Image: Getty Images It didn\u2019t take lengthy for Dana White to get again to enterprise as standard. On Wednesday he spent a whole press convention discussing how mistaken he was after being recorded slapping his spouse at a New Year\u2019s Eve celebration. By Saturday, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}