In his time as the UFC boss, Dana White has made many daring claims, but one of his braviest Floyd Mayweather and Ronda Rousey included.
During her term of office in the UFC, Ronda Rousey had an incredible relationship with her boss Dana White, because he was her career as the most influential female UFC hunter of all time.
During that time, the hype was felt about 'noisy' Ronda when she just went through every hunter in her eyes and gathered six title defenses in the best promotion.
And while at the height of her powers, it seemed like nobody could stop Rousey, so Dana would make one of his braviest claims ever.
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Dana White claimed that Rousey Floyd Mayweather would “beat up” in a fight
Rousey was best known for her incredible Judo skills, together with her great entries that saw her tapping such as Liz Carmouche and Miesha Tate.
And in 2014, Rousey scored back-to-back victories over Sara Mcmann and Alexis Davis, two TKO victories where she showed her striking.
After those victories when the Hype around Rousey echoed the entire combat sport world, White agreed with an extremely daring claim from Joe Rogan that Rousey Boxing World Champion Floyd Mayweather would defeat if they fought in MMA.
“Yes, I agree with Joe, she would definitely beat him, she would beat him and she would hurt him badly,” Dana told ESPN.
'Have you ever seen Floyd Mayweather? He is small, he is about that big. Believe me, there would be no problem, she can, I have seen her bigger men throw than Floyd Mayweather, and he hurt him badly, she hurt him.
“It would be over very quickly. As soon as she had put her hands on him, it would be over … That is what makes her such a special individual, there has never been a woman in combat sports like she, she would also take on the fight, she would do it in a heartbeat,” White went on.
Although it may not seem like a wild claim at the time, Rousey struggled in her career against strikers and lost her last two fights by vicious knockout.
White's daring claim achieved new levels when he claimed that other female hunters would beat Mayweather
Years later, White claim grew to a completely different level. When Conor McGregor campaign led a boxing conflict against 'money' Mayweather, Dana Floyd's opportunities continued to put down against female hunters.
“Not only Conor, she had defeated Mayweather there, see her, she had defeated Mayweather, these guys would all beat Mayweather,” said Dana when he pointed to the former UFC Fighter Paige Vanzant.
Of course, Dana's claims came back to bite him at the back when Mayweather McGregor started to finish in their boxing -super fight, but he never refunded the favor by stepping into the UFC tag.