{"id":320536,"date":"2026-04-18T08:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320536"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:44:44","slug":"dana-white-calls-conor-benn-big-time-builds-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/dana-white-calls-conor-benn-big-time-builds-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Calls Conor Benn \u201cbig Time,\u201d Builds Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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None of that caution showed up in White\u2019s tone. He spoke about Benn as a serious asset and a fighter he believes belongs in big fights.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe brother\u2019s big time. I didn\u2019t think he must have lost the fight that he lost,\u201d White said, offering a transparent endorsement of Benn\u2019s standing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

White is talking about star power, not artistic wizardry. By calling him \u201cbig time,\u201d White is telling the industry that Benn brings the \u201cit\u201d factor, along with his ability to sell out stadiums (like Tottenham) and generate massive social media engagement.<\/p>\n

Dana is using that phrase to justify the large spend. He\u2019s signaling to sponsors and broadcasters that Benn is a blue-chip asset, not only a one-off experiment.<\/p>\n

In Dana-speak, \u201cbig time\u201d means Benn is being fast-tracked to the mega-fights.\u201dAs a substitute of grinding through the welterweight rankings against dangerous contenders.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m within the business right away, to make the fights that folks need to see,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When White says he’s making the fights \u201cpeople need to see,\u201d he’s using the UFC playbook: ignore the technical criticism and concentrate on the brand.<\/p>\n

Since this was the co-feature to Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov on Netflix, White is the raw viewership numbers, not the Reddit threads or the Twitter (X) backlash.<\/p>\n

By acting like this was a large success, he’s attempting to \u201cwill\u201d Benn into being a superstar. If he admits the fight was a dud, he admits his $15 million investment was a mistake.<\/p>\n

The actual test of his \u201cfights people need to see\u201d claim can be what he does next. If he actually books Benn vs. Ryan Garcia, he can claim he\u2019s giving the fans what they need. If he books one other protected veteran, the \u201cbroken boxing\u201d comments are going to start out sounding very hypocritical.<\/p>\n

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None of that caution showed up in White\u2019s tone. He spoke about Benn as a serious asset and a fighter he believes belongs in big fights. \u201cThe brother\u2019s big time. I didn\u2019t think he must have lost the fight that he lost,\u201d White said, offering a transparent endorsement of Benn\u2019s standing. White is talking about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":320537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[26401,1369,793,2745,5738,5330,972,446,479],"class_list":["post-320536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-benn","tag-big","tag-builds","tag-calls","tag-conor","tag-dana","tag-plans","tag-time","tag-white"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320536"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320539,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320536\/revisions\/320539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}