Dana White insists that he won’t ever retire from fight promotion.
The 55-year-old helped turn mixed martial arts from a distinct segment sport branded ‘human cockfighting’ by some to a mega-money-making business price billions of dollars.
As the best fighters of all time come and go, Dana White stays ever-present on the forefront of MMA’s premier league after greater than twenty years in his UFC boss gig.
If the Meta board member gets his wish, he’ll proceed within the job until the day he dies.
Dana White insists he’ll never retire
White is believed to have tons of of tens of millions within the bank. After the UFC was sold for $4billion in 2016, he could’ve sailed off into the sunset and spent his days sipping cocktails on a beach.
Nine years later, he’s still traveling the globe to advertise big UFC fights. This weekend will probably be no different as he’s expected in Sydney, Australia for UFC 312, which is able to see Dricus du Plessis and Zhang Weili defend their respective world titles in the highest two fights.
“Everybody changes while you make plenty of money,” White told Tucker Carlson.
“Irrespective of what walk of life you’re in, when you get to a certain level of success, you might have to be a certain sort of person to remain hungry and get out and fight every single day.
“After we sold in 2016, 99 percent of the people said that I used to be going to retire and walk away. I’m not wired like that.
“I’m still out constructing recent brands and doing s— that I don’t should be doing. But I do it because I find it irresistible. You understand how many individuals in a sale like mine in 2016, you never see that guy again? They’re done.
“I won’t ever retire. Ever. I’ll keep dogging this out until the day I drop dead. I find it irresistible, 100%.”
Dana White plans to emulate boxing promoter he hates
White has picked up just a few enemies during his profession within the fight game.
Famously, he has a long-running feud with boxing promoter Bob Arum, who continues to placed on big events despite being 93 years of age.
The MMA mogul openly admits that he holds ‘hate’ for Arum, but he also admires him since the Top Rank boss has maintained a relentless work ethic throughout his Hall of Fame profession.
White added: “I hate him, he’s an a——, but Bob Arum, the boxing promoter, he’s [93] years old. I hate him. This guy’s the most important douchebag of all time but I’m on the [Las Vegas] Aces WNBA game — Bob Arum is [93] years old, it’s 9 o’clock at night and he’s sitting over there courtside.
“I’m like holy s— Bob Arum is here, that is crazy, this guy’s [93] years old. He’s sitting over there, it’s 8:30, I s— you not, two days later I’m watching a fight, Bob Arum is in Saudi Arabia ringside at a boxing event. Two days later, he’s in London at a press conference. He’s [93] years old.”
“I hate him but you bought to respect it right? How are you going to not respect that?”
