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Dana White

Dana White is the president of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), an American MMA (mixed martial arts) organisation.

Born

28 Jul 1969

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Business, Sport

Job Title

Businessman

Chinas Song Yadong (centre) arriving for his bout against Brazils Deiveson Figueiredo during UFC Fight Night in Macau on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Song Yadong and Shi Ming, China’s UFC winners in Macau, prove themselves yet again

Song is the only Chinese winner at UFC Fight Night Macau, while ‘fighting doctor’ Shi wins her first bout with the promotion the day before.

1 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM

Trump builds massive arena at White House for birthday cage fight

27 May 2026 - 12:50PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC signs 4-year deal with Macau to host 3 fights at Galaxy hotel

4 Sep 2025 - 2:19PM

Meta names UFC boss Dana White, a Trump ally, to board

White is a close ally of Trump, who has criticised Meta and Zuckerberg for allegedly supporting liberal policies and showing bias against conservatives.

7 Jan 2025 - 7:46PM

UFC President Dana White addresses a “Keep America Great” rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 20, 2020. Photo: AFP

US presidential election 2024

Musk suggests Trump let public weigh in on who should lead US Treasury

The billionaire himself endorses Howard Lutnick, saying the CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald ‘will actually enact change’.

17 Nov 2024 - 5:01AM

Fame and celebrity

Who is UFC president Dana White’s ultra-private wife, Anna White?

UFC president and avid Donald Trump supporter Dana White has been married to his wife Anna for 28 years, but the pair made headlines in 2022 after getting into a physical fight in Mexico.

13 Nov 2024 - 6:00AM

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Recap | Trump’s election night bash: Elon Musk, Bryson DeChambeau, Wayne Gretzky, Caitlyn Jenner and more party with the president-elect!

Discover the big names on the guest list at Donald Trump’s election night victory party, featuring Elon Musk, golf star Bryson DeChambeau, NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, and Caitlyn Jenner. Read on to find out who else attended!

8 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

US president-elect Donald Trump points to supporters alongside his wife Melania during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: Getty

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Song offers to show fellow UFC fighter Strickland around China after ‘toxic’ slurs

The Chinese bantamweight says the American has probably seen only the ‘bad side’ of his country and the people, wants to change his mind.

7 Nov 2024 - 9:00PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Dana White’s ‘Power Slap’ premiere delayed after UFC boss slapped wife

American TV network TBS sticks with White’s slap-fighting league in wake of domestic violence incident with his wife – at least for now.

6 Jan 2023 - 8:18PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC boss White sorry for slapping wife at New Year’s Eve party

‘I’m making no excuses,’ UFC president Dana White says, after video shows him hitting his wife during an altercation at a resort in Mexico.

6 Jan 2023 - 8:19PM

UFC president Dana White arrives cageside during the UFC 282 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 275: White promises more pay-per-views ‘throughout Asia’

UFC president Dana White discusses his plans to expand the promotion’s presence in Asia by promoting more events and signing more local fighters.

10 Jun 2022 - 12:15PMvideocam

Dana White speaks to the media at the UFC 259 press conference. Photo: Drake Riggs

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 271: White predicts big things for Tuivasa after Lewis KO

UFC boss Dana White thinks Tai Tuivasa will soon be ‘mixing it up’ with Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou after stunning victory over Derrick Lewis in Houston.

13 Feb 2022 - 5:22PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 270: Gane ‘best technical heavyweight in history’, White says

UFC president Dana White gushes over interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane ahead of Saturday’s title showdown with Francis Ngannou in Anaheim, California.

18 Jan 2022 - 4:50AMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: McGregor responds to insult from Cejudo

Irish MMA superstar Conor McGregor does not take too kindly to Henry Cejudo invoking his name amid stand-off with UFC president Dana White.

18 Jan 2022 - 12:58AMvideocam

Fellow former two-weight UFC champs Henry Cejudo and Conor McGregor are bickering on social media. Photo: Amy Kaplan (left) and USA TODAY Sports (right)

ONE Championship

UFC’s White ‘doesn’t know anything about fighting’, Chatri says

ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong takes swipe at Dana White for ‘talking down to athletes’, and fancies his chances in a fight with the UFC president.

13 Jan 2022 - 7:17AMvideocam

Chatri Sityodtong talks in a media scrum after the One Championship press conference in Manila. Photo: ONE Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Jake Paul puts UFC boss Dana White on his ‘boxing bucket list’

YouTube star and unbeaten professional boxer Jake Paul says he wants to fight UFC president Dana White, as well as Canelo Alvarez and Mike Tyson.

24 Dec 2021 - 1:28AM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: White struggling to find ‘real’ opponent for Chimaev

UFC president Dana White wants Khamzat Chimaev fighting tougher competition in 2022, but admits that ‘nobody is overly excited’ to face him.

22 Dec 2021 - 1:50AMvideocam

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Nunes ‘will talk to some doctors’ after Pena loss

UFC president Dana White says Amanda Nunes is seeking the help of medical experts after her body ‘locked up’ in her shocking submission loss to Julianna Pena.

22 Dec 2021 - 1:31AMvideocam

Amanda Nunes of Brazil is attended to following her loss to Julianna Pena at UFC 269. Photo: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: White ‘could care less’ about Omicron variant

UFC president Dana White says his promotion ‘cruised right through’ worst of pandemic, and is ‘not worried about any of that stuff’ as Covid-19 cases surge.

19 Dec 2021 - 5:01PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC boss says Conor McGregor is raring to fight again

UFC president Dana White insists former two-division champion Conor McGregor is “chomping at the bit” to get back into the Octagon after broken leg.

2 Dec 2021 - 10:21AM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Dana White watched Canelo during Zhang vs Namajunas at UFC 268

UFC president Dana White cashed a huge US$100,000 bet on Canelo Alvarez, and kept tabs on the boxing match with a cageside TV screen.

8 Nov 2021 - 2:21PMvideocam

Canelo Alvarez punches Caleb Plant against the ropes during their championship bout. Photo: TNS

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Takedown | Jake Paul is right – fighter pay issue won’t go away, and UFC must act

UFC has relative monopoly on the business, but that doesn’t mean boss Dana White gets a pass on short-changing his fighters, and unlikely hero Jake Paul is letting him know.

31 Aug 2021 - 8:20PM

Jake Paul reacts after defeating Tyron Woodley by split decision in their cruiserweight boxing bout. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: White says ‘everybody wants to see’ Zhang-Namajunas rematch

UFC boss Dana White insists Zhang Weili’s first strawweight title bout against Rose Namajunas was ‘one of most shocking fights you’ll ever see’ and warrants running it back.

29 Aug 2021 - 4:32PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Khabib grants birthday wish for 66-year-old fan braving Vegas heat

Nelly Gonzalez says ‘it meant the world to me’ after Dana White invites her into UFC headquarters and sets up meeting with former champ Khabib Nurmagomedov.

16 Jul 2021 - 1:47PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Dana says McGregor ‘back in a year’ after hospital release

Conor McGregor to stay in Los Angeles ‘for a little while’ says UFC president Dana White after three-and-a-half hour surgery on broken leg.

15 Jul 2021 - 3:02PMvideocam

Conor McGregor is carried out of the arena on a stretcher after breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 264: Dana criticises McGregor for trash talk – ‘leave wives out of it’

Dustin Poirier’s wife Jolie gives Conor McGregor the middle finger on way out of the Octagon as stricken Irishman hurls more insults at her after leg break.

11 Jul 2021 - 5:58PMvideocam

]Conor McGregor sits on the mat after breaking his leg in the first round of his lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 263: Dana wants Adesanya vs Whittaker II ‘ASAP’

UFC president Dana White reveals Israel Adesanya already told him days before his win over Marvin Vettori that he wants Robert Whittaker next.

13 Jun 2021 - 8:12PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 263: Diaz ‘lost all motivation’ to fight Edwards ‘a month ago’

Nate Diaz wants an Octagon return in ‘three or four months’, as UFC president Dana White praises his ‘unbelievable’ durability and ability to carry on fighting for five rounds.

13 Jun 2021 - 8:02PMvideocam

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