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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

The Claw: a four-sided mass that arcs about 28 metres into the air. Photo: AP

‘The Claw’ rises: White House Octagon ready for Trump’s 80th birthday cage fight

US president to celebrate Sunday with a US$60 million spectacle amid war and economic turmoil.

12 Jun 2026 - 2:20PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

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

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

UFC president Dana White says agreement with Galaxy Macau hotel could not have ‘come at a better time’.

4 Sep 2025 - 2:19PM

The Galaxy Macau resort, which will host three UFC fight nights. Photo: Handout

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

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

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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

Anna and Dana White: the pair have been married since 1996 and first met as children. Photo: @mailebellomua/Instagram

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

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

UFC president Dana White answers questions during a post-fight news conference at UFC 264 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Photo: TNS

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

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

UFC Dana White smiles at the UFC 244 weigh-in. Photo: Jason Silva/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com

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

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

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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

Khamzat Chimaev of Chechnya celebrates after his knockout victory over Gerald Meerschaert in September, 2020. Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

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

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

Conor McGregor shares his Irish whiskey with UFC president Dana White. Photo: AFP

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

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

Nelly Gonzalez holds a sign in the blazing Las Vegas summer heat hoping to meet Khabib Nurmagomedov. UFC president Dana White helped grant her birthday wish. Photos: Instagram/@UFC

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

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

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