Dana White Branded a “D*ck” by UFC Fighters Including Aljamain Sterling for His “Going-Out-of-Business” Statement

Even though MMA is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, there are issues with it. Fans often point problems such as bad refereeing and poor decisions out. One such issue is a fighter’s pay.

Many MMA fans believe fighters are underpaid. MMA fighters have been vocal about it and often comparisons are drawn between the pay scale in MMA & Boxing. Recently, Dana White made comments on boxing salaries to which fighters and fans reacted.

On his appearance on The Pivot Podcast, White said, “One of the big problems with boxing too, is that all those f****** guys are overpaid, And every time they put on a fight, it is a going-out-of-business sale. We’re just trying to get as much f****** money as we can from you guys and then we are out of here.”

White further added, “We’ll see you in three years. You can’t build a league like that, you can’t build a sport. You can’t have 750 fighters under contract, making money, feeding their families every year, with that kind of mentality. It doesn’t work. You have to run a business.”

Following his statement, a lot of MMA fans and fighters reacted to it as follows :

Current UFC Bantamweight champion,

Aljamain Sterling reacted to the post by saying, “Lol what”

MMA fighter Brandon Girtz reacted to the post by saying,

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Another MMA Fighter Chris Wade commented on the post,

“D***”

A fan by the name of @djfernandezz22 commented on the post saying,

“The most Dana white thing ever said.”

Another fan with the user ID @danieltidwell_ expressed his opinion by commenting,

“Hate to hear what he thinks about his fighter’s pay.”

Dana White’s venture into Boxing.

Before purchasing the UFC, Dana White used to work as a manager for Boxers while himself training in the sport of boxing. White has always been a fan of the sport.

In 2017, Dana White himself ventured into the sport of boxing. White co-promoted the fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather Jr won this fight via TKO in the 10th round. Reports suggest that this fight sold 4.3 million PPV buys and generated more than $600 million.

Dana White once revealed that he is 100 percent going to get into boxing. In an interview with Teddy Atlas, he said that he believed the sport of boxing is currently a mess. He said he wanted to get into the sport to clean it up.

While we have to wait and see when Dana White ventures into boxing again, it will be interesting to see if he achieves the same success.

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