UFC President Dana White has expressed his dislike for the MMA movie ‘Warrior.’ The movie was released at a time when mixed martial arts were still gaining mainstream popularity. The 12-year-old film did not resonate well with White. The UFC boss felt that Gavin O’Connor’s film lacked originality. White, being deeply involved in the MMA world, has always prioritized the portrayal of the sport in an accurate manner. He felt that ‘Warrior’ deviated from the realities of MMA. According to him, the movie presented a somewhat exaggerated and unrealistic depiction of the sport. The movie has Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton in the lead roles.

Another actor in the movie, Frank Grillo, revealed the truth about White’s take on the film. The movie, although praised for its emotional storytelling and character development, took certain creative liberties with its portrayal of MMA. White, being a staunch advocate for the sport, likely found fault with various elements of the 2011 movie. Furthermore, it is important to note that, during the film’s release, MMA was still striving to establish its legitimacy as a sport.

Dana White hated the 2011 MMA movie ‘Warrior’

 The ‘Marvel Universe’ star Frank Grillo, who played the role of a trainer in ‘Warrior’, was talking about White’s take on the MMA movie in a YouTube video uploaded by ‘Inside of You Clips’. During the conversation, he said, “Dana White hates that movie. Hates it because he feels like it’s not a good representation of fighters and I did a show, a TV series called ‘Kingdom’. He came to the set. He loved that because we kind of made that real. We kind of made it, you know, like the UFC, but he hates, Dana White hates Warrior.“

Even though White hated the movie, he felt that the 2014 drama ‘Kingdom’ did justice to the portrayal of MMA as a sport.

 One of the fans said that White hated the movie because the fight at the end of it was a great success. “Dana hates it cuz the guy at the end actually made a good pay day”

Another fan was confused about why the UFC boss hated the movie. “How can Dana not like it? It’s an amazing film!”

One of the netizens claimed that the 2011 movie helped beginners learn more about the sport. “Warrior is a decent mma movie to introduce people to the sport.”

Another fan joked that White hated the movie because he didn’t receive part of the profit. “He hates it because he could not get profit from it”

One of the fans mentioned that he had another reason to love the movie. Moreover, he called the UFC boss as a “parasite.” “All the more reason to love warrior knowing that parasite hates it.”

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Dana White has been accused of apparently not paying his fighters well. One of the fans commented in light of that. “Dana hated the movie because they payed the actors too much Imao”

However, when everyone was against the boss, one of the fans partially agreed with him. “Dana’s right the way the tournament works is bs. Buuuuuut warrior is still great”

White was dedicated to growing the UFC and promoting MMA as a professional and disciplined athletic endeavor. Therefore, any portrayal of MMA that deviated from its true nature may have been a source of frustration for him. Nonetheless, for the crowd, it was a great movie. The different opinions of the two parties led to White getting brutally trolled by the fans.

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