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“I Would Just f*****g Drown Myself”- Dana White on Being Stranded in an Island With His Worst Enemies

Published 05/01/2020, 3:16 AM EDT

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Being at the helm of the biggest MMA organization in the world isn’t always easy. One has to deal with several people and amidst this, there are always feuds that come up. The same has been the case with UFC President Dana White. Over the years, the UFC President hasn’t always been on good terms with everyone in the business. However, despite a long time passing through, Dana isn’t ready to let go of the feuds so easily.

White was involved in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. He was aiming to promote the “All-In Challenge”. The winner of which 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 Halle Berry. It was during this interaction that a fan posted a question that gave Dana White three choices of whom he would stay with on a deserted island.

Dana being himself didn’t answer conventionally. Instead, he said, “Oh my God! I would rather f****** drown myself”. This goes on to show that Dana isn’t willing to let go of his grudges this easily.

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Dana White would rather die than live with these people

The three people in the fan question were – Ariel Helwani, Oscar De La Hoya and Tito Ortiz. All of them have had unpleasant memories with the UFC supremo.

Ariel Helwani is one of the most renowned MMA journalists of our time. However, back in 2016, UFC suspended him for leaking information about Brock Lesnar’s return. He had spoiled UFC’s plans and Dana wasn’t very happy about it. Dana later reinstated him after an emotional edition of Helwani’s show The MMA Hour. Helwani continues to be one of the most familiar names in MMA journalism.

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Golden Boy Promotions’ Oscar De La Hoya and Dana White went back and forth when Conor McGregor stepped into the boxing world against Floyd Mayweather. When De La Hoya attempted to step into the MMA world the rivalry took a new turn. White criticised his move and called the former pugilist a cokehead. De La Hoya’s decision to put together a trilogy of Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell didn’t sit very well with Dana.

That brings us to our third person of the people that don’t want to be stranded with – Tito Ortiz. This one was so intense that White was ready to fight Ortiz in a boxing match in 2017. In an interview, Dana also revealed that he had fought with Tito on a plane as well. 

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Rishabh Singh is an MMA author at EssentiallySports since 2020. An engineer in the making, his love for combat sports began by watching Anderson Silva light people up inside the Octagon. When he isn't busy in his technical pursuits, he is an avid reader with a love for sports in general and sporting history in particular.
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