As the UFC President, Dana White always aims at putting up fights that are exciting for the viewers. Most of the time he succeeds and fans get value for their money. However, there have been times when fights which looked good on paper went on to fare terribly inside the Octagon. Dana White has opened up on which fights have been the most disappointing for him so far.

The UFC supremo participated in a Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. He was aiming to promote the “All-In Challenge” which he is hosting with Academy Award-Winning actress, Halle Berry. The winner will get a full UFC VIP experience at an event in Las Vegas. There will be additional perks such as getting to be a matchmaker and having dinner with Berry. It was during this Reddit session that one of the fans brought up the question of the biggest letdowns of his career. White revealed three fights that he thought would do good but didn’t.

Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero UFC 248

Dana’s recent memory seems to be affecting him a lot. This was because the first fight that he mentioned was the most recent – Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero. To be fair, Romero shouldn’t have been there in the first place. He was coming off a loss against Paulo Costa. He already had the chance to capture UFC gold twice. There is no one to blame other than Dana himself for this one.

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He went against the whims of the matchmakers who had suggested that it wouldn’t be a good pairing. Nonetheless, Dana White went ahead and booked the fight. The crowd booed the contest from the get-go. The numbers of strikes thrown were very less and more importantly, only a small number of them landed effectively. Adesanya managed to get his hands raised but even he wouldn’t be proud of himself with a performance like that.

Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson vs Tyron Woodley UFC 214

While Dana never mentioned it, we’ll assume that he meant the rematch for Thompson vs Woodley when he refers it as a letdown. After becoming the champ, Thompson was Woodley’s first defence at UFC 205. Even though Woodley retained his title, he didn’t come out with his hands raised. The judges’ scorecard read a majority draw for the fight. Consequently, Dana booked the rematch for UFC 214. Little did he know that he was booking one of the strangest fights in UFC history.

Woodley’s height and reach disadvantages combined with Thompson’s karate heavy style made the recipe for the perfect disaster. The crowd chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” couldn’t help the fighters either. Even Woodley rated his performance as a C-minus. Despite being critical, Woodley would go on to repeat the same in his next fight against Damian Maia where he set the record for the lowest total strikes.

Francis Ngannous vs Derrick Lewis UFC 226

Heavyweight fights come with a heavy probability of a knockout. When you put in two fighters such as Ngannou and Lewis, who are known for their heavy hands, the probability gets doubled. However, who would have known that the fight that preceded the crowning of a new heavyweight champ would grow into a snooze-fest. Both Ngannou and Lewis seemed too cautious to even come into the striking range of the other.

Ngannous was coming off a failed bid to capture Heavyweight gold against Miocic. On the other hand, Lewis was coming off a knockout victory over Marcin Tybura. Irrespective of their previous result, both the heavyweights chided away from engaging into any striking whatsoever. Joe Rogan almost spoke for everyone in the arena when he called the contest the worst heavyweight fight of all-time. A statistical measure into the blandness of the fight comes from the fact that an unofficial figure reported a total of mere 33 strikes landed.

Although Lewis came off with the decision, he wasn’t impressed with his performance.