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50 of the best moments of Dana White’s career

By Amy Kaplan

UFC President Dana White (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
UFC President Dana White (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – AUGUST 06: Chad Mendes (R) attempts a forward flight guard pass against Rani Yahya during a featherweight bout at UFC 133 at Wells Fargo Center on August 6, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – AUGUST 06: Chad Mendes (R) attempts a forward flight guard pass against Rani Yahya during a featherweight bout at UFC 133 at Wells Fargo Center on August 6, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /

Launching UFC Fight Pass

By Alex Ramirez

In December of 2013, the UFC Fight Pass was launched. According to Dana White was going to be “Netflix for fight fans” in that it will have a massive library of old UFC events. In Spring 2014 the libraries of PRIDE FC, WEC, Strikeforce, Affliction, WFA and EliteXC were added for subscribers to view. The Fight Pass app had truly become a one-stop-shop for all fight fans to relive the glory days of some of their favorite MMA promotions.

Later in 2014, Fight Pass began streaming live events from Invicta FC began live-streaming events. Since then over a dozen combat sports promotions have steamed events on the Fight Pass service. With live events added onto the already deep fight library, Fight Pass has become a vital need for any combat sports fan and another revenue stream for the UFC. It is estimated that the Fight Pass app has 450,000 subscribers globally.

Agreeing to May-Mac

By Cynthia Vespia

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor had a huge impact on both MMA and professional boxing. After much speculation and teasing that the match would happen, UFC president Dana White revealed a deal was in place with McGregor. After Mayweather’s camp agreed, the May-Mac “world tour” was set with press conferences being held around the globe in anticipation of the blockbuster fight. White was there for all of it documenting the behind-the-scenes aspects of the tour on his Youtube video series. At one point during episode 5 in the series, White had to step in between Mayweather and McGregor as they faced off at the end of the press conference. After things settled down White can be heard saying: “that was not fun tonight.”

In the following episode, McGregor groped Mayweather’s head to which White had to remind McGregor there was no touching allowed. At the start of negotiations, Mayweather had some unflattering things to say about White but when the May-Mac tour rolled through Toronto, Canada Mayweather offered an official apology to White. The fight has since gone down in the history books and White is still seething over the PPV numbers released from Showtime.

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