{"id":387466,"date":"2022-05-04T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=387466"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:34:30","slug":"dana-white-reveals-how-standup-guy-donald-trump-was-instrumental-in-the-ufcs-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dana-white-reveals-how-standup-guy-donald-trump-was-instrumental-in-the-ufcs-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Reveals How \u2018Standup Guy\u2019 Donald Trump Was Instrumental in the UFC\u2019s Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UFC has come a long way from its initial days when it was labeled as human cock fighting and was banned from multiple states in the USA. At the time when\u00a0Dana White and the Fertitta brothers took it over, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ufc.com\/\">UFC<\/a> had a really bad image, as it was completely unregulated at the time. No sponsors wanted anything to do with it and neither did any venues. Which made it hard for White to put on live events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-387468 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1084\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02.png 1084w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Donald Trump saw the potential in White and the UFC and allowed the promotion to put on its first few events at one of his hotels. Ever since then, White and Trump have been extremely good friends. This has come with its fair share of criticism towards Dana White, given Trump is not the most popular individual in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:-<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dana-white-reveals-his-first-big-business-mistake-that-cost-the-ufc-a-mind-boggling-200000\/\">Dana White Reveals His First Big Business Mistake That Cost the UFC a Mind-Boggling $200,000<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dana White defends &#8216;Standup guy&#8217; Donald Trump\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent podcast, White was asked if the hate he received due to his relationship with Trump bothered him. He said, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOhh I don\u2019t give a shit. That guy has been a friend of mine for 20 years. He\u2019s one of the most stand-up, solid dudes I have ever met in my life, if he gives you his word, done\u2026 We\u2019ve been friends for a long time and no one wants to get dragged out into the political arena it\u2019s all bullshit\u2026when we first got started in this business, this brand was so bad that venues did not even want us, their arenas did not want us like \u2018whoa we don\u2019t want this stuff at our arena\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsMpZtyU0-Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White continued, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo we had a hard time finding venues. And Trump literally called us now remember this think about where the Trump brand was and the UFC brand was down here. Come to my place and do the event here. We\u2019ll have the event at the Trump Taj Mahal we get there and he showed up to the first fight and was there till the last fight.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-387469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image03-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UFC President further added, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEverything that happened to me in my career from there on out, he would pick up the phone and congratulate me or send something\u2026 so then he calls me and says I am running for President. Now listen, if you don\u2019t want to do this, I completely understand but I would be honored if you spoke at the national Republican convention for me. Everybody told me not to do it, everybody. And I am like, this guy all the things he has done for me, I a gonna tell him no? That\u2019s not me.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has come a long way from its initial days when it was labeled as human cock fighting and was banned from multiple states in the USA. At the time when\u00a0Dana White and the Fertitta brothers took it over, the UFC had a really bad image, as it was completely unregulated at the time. 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