UFC President Dana White Details Why He Doesn’t Want to Fix the “Broken Business” of Combat Sports: “Why Would I Even Wanna?”

Dana White, the UFC president, completely backed out from the idea of getting involved in the boxing business with his latest statement in a recent interview.

In 2016, Zuffa LLC and the Fertitta brothers sold UFC to its current owner WME-IMG for a whopping $4 billion. However, White stayed in the promotion. But there were a lot of speculations about Zuffa’s boxing promotions, as White, who is close to them, was seen wearing t-shirts of the same.

However, the idea never came to fruition. And it might also not be an option for the future as recently Dana White has doubled down on not dipping his hands in the ‘Broken’ boxing business.

“Yeah, you know, every time I try to think about doing something with boxing. I go why would I want to do this to myself. Why would I even wanna, you know what I mean?” White said in an interview with Blockasset. 

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“Dive into this nightmare. And you know, that’s why I haven’t really done anything. It’s a broken business that is an absolute nightmare to try to fix,” White concluded. 

The UFC kingpin made one of the biggest crossovers in the combat sport possible with Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather‘s boxing match in 2017. However, as of now, the UFC President is disinterested in making any such crossover even though there are big UFC names wanting to transition to boxing.

Dana White announces UFC plans for France

Recently, the UFC announced that it will have its UFC Fight Night events in Singapore and London again. However, UFC President White has yet another exciting news for the French fans.

UFC will soon have a Fight Night event in Paris in September 2022. “Yeah, I mean France, we’ve been working on France for a long time. Spent a lot of money, you know. Lobbying to get in there and we are finally going to do our first event… I mean, to be at the first-ever UFC event in Paris, France is going to be special,” White said in an interview with BT Sport.

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The event will take place at Accor Arena in Paris, France on September 3, 2022. A heavyweight bout between Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa is expected to headline the event. However, the rest of the card is yet to be announced.

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