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Dana White

Dana White is the president of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), an American MMA (mixed martial arts) organisation.

Born

28 Jul 1969

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Business, Sport

Job Title

Businessman

Cranes lift giant metal arches into place for the UFC event. Photo: AP

Trump builds massive arena at White House for birthday cage fight

Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn for next month’s UFC event.

27 May 2026 - 12:50PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC signs 4-year deal with Macau to host 3 fights at Galaxy hotel

4 Sep 2025 - 2:19PM

Meta names UFC boss Dana White, a Trump ally, to board

7 Jan 2025 - 7:46PM

US presidential election 2024

Musk suggests Trump let public weigh in on who should lead US Treasury

The billionaire himself endorses Howard Lutnick, saying the CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald ‘will actually enact change’.

17 Nov 2024 - 5:01AM

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, attends an event in Beverly Hills in May. Photo: Reuters

Fame and celebrity

Who is UFC president Dana White’s ultra-private wife, Anna White?

UFC president and avid Donald Trump supporter Dana White has been married to his wife Anna for 28 years, but the pair made headlines in 2022 after getting into a physical fight in Mexico.

13 Nov 2024 - 6:00AM

Recap | Trump’s election night bash: Elon Musk, Bryson DeChambeau, Wayne Gretzky, Caitlyn Jenner and more party with the president-elect!

Discover the big names on the guest list at Donald Trump’s election night victory party, featuring Elon Musk, golf star Bryson DeChambeau, NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, and Caitlyn Jenner. Read on to find out who else attended!

8 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

Song offers to show fellow UFC fighter Strickland around China after ‘toxic’ slurs

The Chinese bantamweight says the American has probably seen only the ‘bad side’ of his country and the people, wants to change his mind.

7 Nov 2024 - 9:00PM

Sean Strickland (right), seen here fighting Jack Hermansson of Sweden in a 2022 middleweight bout, has described Chinese people as “animals” and “savages”. Photo: Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Dana White’s ‘Power Slap’ premiere delayed after UFC boss slapped wife

American TV network TBS sticks with White’s slap-fighting league in wake of domestic violence incident with his wife – at least for now.

6 Jan 2023 - 8:18PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC boss White sorry for slapping wife at New Year’s Eve party

‘I’m making no excuses,’ UFC president Dana White says, after video shows him hitting his wife during an altercation at a resort in Mexico.

6 Jan 2023 - 8:19PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 275: White promises more pay-per-views ‘throughout Asia’

UFC president Dana White discusses his plans to expand the promotion’s presence in Asia by promoting more events and signing more local fighters.

10 Jun 2022 - 12:15PMvideocam

Dana White speaks to the media at the UFC 259 press conference. Photo: Drake Riggs

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 271: White predicts big things for Tuivasa after Lewis KO

UFC boss Dana White thinks Tai Tuivasa will soon be ‘mixing it up’ with Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou after stunning victory over Derrick Lewis in Houston.

13 Feb 2022 - 5:22PM

Tai Tuivasa (left) of Australia exchanges strikes with Derrick Lewis in their heavyweight fight at UFC 271. Photo: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 270: Gane ‘best technical heavyweight in history’, White says

UFC president Dana White gushes over interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane ahead of Saturday’s title showdown with Francis Ngannou in Anaheim, California.

18 Jan 2022 - 4:50AMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: McGregor responds to insult from Cejudo

Irish MMA superstar Conor McGregor does not take too kindly to Henry Cejudo invoking his name amid stand-off with UFC president Dana White.

18 Jan 2022 - 12:58AMvideocam

ONE Championship

UFC’s White ‘doesn’t know anything about fighting’, Chatri says

ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong takes swipe at Dana White for ‘talking down to athletes’, and fancies his chances in a fight with the UFC president.

13 Jan 2022 - 7:17AMvideocam

Chatri Sityodtong talks in a media scrum after the One Championship press conference in Manila. Photo: ONE Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Jake Paul puts UFC boss Dana White on his ‘boxing bucket list’

YouTube star and unbeaten professional boxer Jake Paul says he wants to fight UFC president Dana White, as well as Canelo Alvarez and Mike Tyson.

24 Dec 2021 - 1:28AM

Jake Paul reacts to knocking out Tyron Woddley in the sixth round of their rematch. Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: White struggling to find ‘real’ opponent for Chimaev

UFC president Dana White wants Khamzat Chimaev fighting tougher competition in 2022, but admits that ‘nobody is overly excited’ to face him.

22 Dec 2021 - 1:50AMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Nunes ‘will talk to some doctors’ after Pena loss

UFC president Dana White says Amanda Nunes is seeking the help of medical experts after her body ‘locked up’ in her shocking submission loss to Julianna Pena.

22 Dec 2021 - 1:31AMvideocam

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UFC: White ‘could care less’ about Omicron variant

UFC president Dana White says his promotion ‘cruised right through’ worst of pandemic, and is ‘not worried about any of that stuff’ as Covid-19 cases surge.

19 Dec 2021 - 5:01PMvideocam

Dana White in the UFC Octagon at UFC 249 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Photo: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC boss says Conor McGregor is raring to fight again

UFC president Dana White insists former two-division champion Conor McGregor is “chomping at the bit” to get back into the Octagon after broken leg.

2 Dec 2021 - 10:21AM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Dana White watched Canelo during Zhang vs Namajunas at UFC 268

UFC president Dana White cashed a huge US$100,000 bet on Canelo Alvarez, and kept tabs on the boxing match with a cageside TV screen.

8 Nov 2021 - 2:21PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Takedown | Jake Paul is right – fighter pay issue won’t go away, and UFC must act

UFC has relative monopoly on the business, but that doesn’t mean boss Dana White gets a pass on short-changing his fighters, and unlikely hero Jake Paul is letting him know.

31 Aug 2021 - 8:20PM

Jake Paul reacts after defeating Tyron Woodley by split decision in their cruiserweight boxing bout. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: White says ‘everybody wants to see’ Zhang-Namajunas rematch

UFC boss Dana White insists Zhang Weili’s first strawweight title bout against Rose Namajunas was ‘one of most shocking fights you’ll ever see’ and warrants running it back.

29 Aug 2021 - 4:32PMvideocam

Zhang Weili (left) during her strawweight title bout with Rose Namajunas at UFC 261. Photo: AP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Khabib grants birthday wish for 66-year-old fan braving Vegas heat

Nelly Gonzalez says ‘it meant the world to me’ after Dana White invites her into UFC headquarters and sets up meeting with former champ Khabib Nurmagomedov.

16 Jul 2021 - 1:47PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Dana says McGregor ‘back in a year’ after hospital release

Conor McGregor to stay in Los Angeles ‘for a little while’ says UFC president Dana White after three-and-a-half hour surgery on broken leg.

15 Jul 2021 - 3:02PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 264: Dana criticises McGregor for trash talk – ‘leave wives out of it’

Dustin Poirier’s wife Jolie gives Conor McGregor the middle finger on way out of the Octagon as stricken Irishman hurls more insults at her after leg break.

11 Jul 2021 - 5:58PMvideocam

]Conor McGregor sits on the mat after breaking his leg in the first round of his lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 263: Dana wants Adesanya vs Whittaker II ‘ASAP’

UFC president Dana White reveals Israel Adesanya already told him days before his win over Marvin Vettori that he wants Robert Whittaker next.

13 Jun 2021 - 8:12PMvideocam

Israel Adesanya leaves the Octagon following his victory against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 263: Diaz ‘lost all motivation’ to fight Edwards ‘a month ago’

Nate Diaz wants an Octagon return in ‘three or four months’, as UFC president Dana White praises his ‘unbelievable’ durability and ability to carry on fighting for five rounds.

13 Jun 2021 - 8:02PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 261: Dana White slams Jake Paul after Daniel Cormier altercation

UFC president Dana White praises Jake Paul for generating attention and money but contrasts Triller Fight Club ‘circus’ with his own promotion, before saying ‘the whole thing is mind-boggling to me’ of the Ben Askren bout.

26 Apr 2021 - 4:21PMvideocam

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