Did you know as of October 2017, Dana White told people at Freddie Roach's Wild Card West boxing club that he is in the process of getting his promoters license?

 Did you know that Dana Frederick White Jr.^[1]  is an American businessman and the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization in the world?

Did you know that under White's leadership, the UFC has grown into a globally popular multi billion-dollar enterprise?^[2]


Did you know that White was born July 28, 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut?

Did you know that Dana White used to work as a manager for Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell?

Did you know that White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC?

Lorenzo Fertitta

Did you know that White contacted childhood friend Lorenzo Fertitta, an executive at Station Casinos and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission?

Did you know that within a month, in January 2001, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank bought the UFC with White installed as its president?^[6][7]

Did you know that White owns 9% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC?^[8]

Did you know that in July 2016 the UFC was sold to a consortium of investors led by WME-IMG. White confirmed the sale though did not announce the price White also added that he would be continuing in his role as president?^[9]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor

Did you know that White first entered the boxing scene by having a part in helping promote the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor mega-fight due to McGregor being a fighter for UFC?

Did you know as of October 2017, Dana White told people at Freddie Roach's Wild Card West boxing club that he  is in the process of getting his promoters license?

Did you know that in 2011, White's mother wrote a book about him titled Dana White, King of MMA: Dana White an Unauthorized Biography?^[22]


Did you know in In an interview promoting the book, she called her son "egotistical, self-centered, arrogant, and cruel"^[23] and he is an atheist?^[24][25]

Did you know that in May 2012, White revealed that he had been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, a neurological disorder?^[26]

Did you know that White is undergoing Orthokine treatment for Ménière's disease, which he says has greatly reduced his symptoms?

 Now if you didn't know, now you know...



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