UFC CEO Dana White and Donald J. Trump share a long and legendary friendship, one that goes all the way back to 2001 when the UFC held an event in Trump's Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City.
“He got it, he liked it, and he said,” Come to Taj Mahal, “WHITE recalled in a recent interview with Forbes:” We did two events, he showed up to the first and remained until the last [fight]. “
Since then, the two 'Broligarchs' have been inseparable; with White present himself as a prominent figure about each of the three political campaigns of Trump and offers his services; Whether that speaks at events, Trump connects with his own people, or much sought after force on social media.
According to White, Trump rarely misses a UFC event to the point that even a few days after winning re-election took the time to send his old Buddy a message for UFC 310.
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Dana White shows off President Trump's private message on UFC 310
Dana White is certainly not shy to show off his contacts; whose champion is his friendship with sitting American President Donald J. Trump.
Forbes Journalist Matt Craig Got The Chance to Interview White From Ringside at UFC 310: Pantoja vs Asakura This Past December, with the UFC CEO Explaining Everything from How the Fight Order Is Figure Out, To How's HEN Committee WheenScure Team .
Only the most important things can distract white during a UFC PPV, and when he stopped halfway through the sentence to stare at his buzzing phone, you knew he had received something big was the president.
“I am on a brand new Gulf Stream 650 that flies over the Atlantic Ocean from France at 9.2, where I received the UFC treatment at the reopening of the beautiful cathedral of Notre Dame,” WHITE loved aloud.
“That's the good news. The bad news is that this plane has no television. So tonight I can't watch your great fights and I'm not happy with it.
“I have become very spoiled and I assume that all aircraft with high-quality televisions are delivered, but if you think about it, there are now much bigger problems in the world that need to be solved-I will catch the next-I will catch battle. “
White shone with pride as he revealed the last sentence: “Tell Joe Rogan that I said Hello. Donald J. Trump. “
Ironically, there was once that Trump and White competed as rival MMA promotors; Trump is the primary shareholder for 'Affliction MMA', who was launched in 2008.
That promotion failed in a spectacular way, although White believes that it was simply more evidence of the investment of Trump in sport as a whole.
“I will never say anything bad about Donald Trump. Donald Trump was good for us, but it is proof of how much he likes to fight and what he saw in the UFC in those days. “
Dana White about how he books UFC events and the order of fighting
UFC events are generally speaking, fairly consistent, although there is an obvious problem with the order of certain fights.
Sometimes household names are buried on the prelims, while the 'Snoozest' attacks between relatively unknown hunters on the PPV section of the map appear.
While White and Craig spoke just outside the Octagon, the UFC -CEO would reveal what he is thinking about when compiling events and specifically the order in which UFC fights are applied.
“There is a pace, you know – if you look at this, we will start with the front relims, and these are people who find their way up … This is on ESPN2, so you want to open ESPN2 with a great fight and you want the [prelim] Main event to be a good fight.
“Now you will be in the pay-per-view, and we want the pay-per-view to open with a bang, and then the main event [of the night] Hopefully it will deliver too. “
“You want everything to deliver,” said White, before you noticed “but you want to set yourself up for success.”
The next UFC event is planned for Saturday 15 February and will be a fighting night card in the Apex, heading by middleweight contenders Jared Cannonier vs Gregory Rodrigues.
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