Dana White Reveals How Donald Trump Played an Instrumental Role in the Success of the UFC

UFC is not just the biggest MMA promotion in the world, but one of the biggest brands in the world. It has a huge fan following, and it seems to keep growing. UFC President Dana White is the reason for the success that UFC has found and become such a huge name.

However, it wasn’t always like this. White bought the promotion back in 2001, along with Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta. They struggled to get the eyeballs on the sport, and not many venues wanted to entertain them. They struggled to break even on their investment, but there was one man that supported them from day one. According to Dana White, Donald Trump was that guy. In a recent interview, White praised the former U.S. President.

He said, “When we first bought this thing, this thing had such a bad stigma attached to it that venues didn’t even want us to come there. He got it, he loved it, and he said we’d love to have you at the Taj Mahal. Cut us a great deal, showed up for the first fight of the night, and stayed till the last fight of the night. Watched the whole show, both the shows that we at the Taj.”

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“And then after that, every good thing that ever happened to me in my career, Trump would reach out, out of the blue. And say, congratulations, I’m so happy for you. I knew you guys were going to make it. Couldn’t be a nicer guy,” he added.

Dana White publicly supported Donald Trump

Donald Trump has always been one of the main benefactors of the UFC and Dana White. He was there for the company when they needed support the most and White thinks he’s a standup guy. Once Trump called the UFC president to speak at one of his conventions, and despite everyone asking him not to do it, White saw no reason to turn him down.

White said, “He calls me up and says, I would like you to speak for me at the convention. Everybody and I mean f***ing everybody told me not to do it. I’m like, ‘Are you crazy, man?.’ Just for the record, when Trump called me he said, Uh, listen, if you don’t want to do this, I completely understand. It’s no big deal. But I would be honored if you would speak at the convention.”

“Yeah, there’s no f***ing way in hell I’m not doing that for him. Then once I spoke, you know, our friendship went to a whole another level.”

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According to White, anyone that knows Trump personally loves him. And he has been an amazing friend to the UFC President. What do you think of the gesture by Donald Trump? Let us know in the comments!

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