{"id":405693,"date":"2022-09-09T06:23:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T06:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=405693"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:36:31","slug":"why-did-dana-white-cancel-the-press-conference-for-ufc-279-heres-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/why-did-dana-white-cancel-the-press-conference-for-ufc-279-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Dana White Cancel the Press Conference for UFC 279? Here\u2019s Everything You Need to Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UFC 279 takes place this weekend as Nate Diaz takes on Khamzat Chimaev in what will most likely be his last fight in the UFC. The younger Diaz brother is on the last fight of his contract and has not expressed any interest in continuing with the UFC. As is the tradition always, the UFC organized a pre-fight press conference with all the fighters involved in the upcoming PPV event. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/ufc.com\/\">UFC<\/a> president Dana White had to cancel the press conference for the first time in UFC history due to events that occurred backstage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CiRLYtrj227\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CiRLYtrj227\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CiRLYtrj227\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prominent MMA journalist Ariel Helwani shared exactly what happened backstage that led to Dana White canceling the press conference. According to Helwani, the fighters were waiting backstage for the press conference to start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, Kevin Holland started exchanging a few words with Khamzat Chimaev, who was present there with his team. The war of words reached a point where both men started getting physical with each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White describes the &quot;complete s*** show&quot; backstage that led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC279?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC279<\/a> press conference being cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>White confirms that an altercation between Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland kicked it off. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaG7AcC9k2\">pic.twitter.com\/UaG7AcC9k2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1568034985323515907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While neither fighter threw punches or kicks, it did get physical. Then Nate Diaz enters with his team and then Diaz and his team take a go at Chimaev and his team, which reaches a point where water bottles were being thrown around. Once everyone was separated, White decided to cancel the press conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dana White vows to improve security to prevent such an incident in the future\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The younger Diaz brother is a massive underdog in this fight. Almost no one expects him to win against a younger, stronger and much hungrier Khamzat Chimaev. In a recent interview with Brett Okamoto, Diaz stated that he did not want to fight Chimaev, but since it was his only way out of his UFC contract, he was forced to accept this fight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tensions between Kevin Holland and Chimaev&#39;s team continued in the lobby after the press conference, followed by a friendly cameo from Holland&#39;s opponent Daniel Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf9 via IG\/chrisslowens <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilyL2DGY4n\">pic.twitter.com\/ilyL2DGY4n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/1568045208885133313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC279?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC279<\/a> Brawl. There you go guys <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObNSYaukwp\">pic.twitter.com\/ObNSYaukwp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ghost (@TheCoprseBride) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCoprseBride\/status\/1568077059792211970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diaz also said that he would be starting his own MMA promotion and spending time on other business ventures once he is done with the UFC. If Diaz is able to pull off a win, it will be one of the biggest if not the biggest upset in the history of the sport and it will severely damage Chimaev\u2019s reputation as the \u2018next best thing\u2019 in the UFC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nate-diaz-net-worth-career-earnings-and-ufc-legends-mma-record-ahead-of-ufc-279\/\">Nate Diaz net worth, career earnings and UFC legend\u2019s MMA record ahead of UFC 279<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/khamzat-chimaev-net-worth-career-earnings-and-ufc-welterweight-stars-mma-record-ahead-of-ufc-279\/\">Khamzat Chimaev Net Worth, Career Earnings and UFC Welterweight star\u2019s MMA record ahead of UFC 279<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 279 takes place this weekend as Nate Diaz takes on Khamzat Chimaev in what will most likely be his last fight in the UFC. 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