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MS NOW analyst Cornell Belcher a recent boo-down at a major professional wrestling event in Las Vegas reveals President Donald Trump may have lost a bigger sector of the voting class than originally expected.
“That clip … at a wrestling match is, quite frankly, startling because the cultural stuff has such importance,”. “These blue-collar non-college voters have been the face of Trump's support for a long time. Non-college white voters broke for Trump by 34 points in the last election.”
Belcher pointed to surveys showing 57 percent of non-college white voters now believe Trump’s Department of Homeland Security personnel have “gone too far,” even on an issue that Trump once enjoyed widespread support.
“His policies are actually losing the people who helped bring him to the dance and, by the way, are critical to Republicans in the upcoming election,” said Belcher, who studies poll numbers.
Belcher also blasted Democratic Party leaders for “dumbing down” the scope of Trump’s disapproval to a single issue, when the rancor actually spreads across a spectrum of issues.
“Democrats always want to say, ‘oh, it's affordability. And we found the silver bullet. We got to talk about affordability.’ As if Democrats hadn't been talking about affordability in the last election. And as if we didn't see these massive swings, even in red areas, towards Democratic candidates simply because Democrats say the word affordability. It's so dumb as to make your head explode, said Belcher. “There is something bigger and larger happening out there in America.”
The public’s frustration with Trump, he said, is welling up from a grassroots level. as communities are being torn apart and neighbors are afraid to walk out of the house.
“It's not just the affordability. Economy's always going to be a top issue … but to act like there’s only one variable that’s driving Trump's numbers into the ground and swinging Republican areas towards Democrats … is absolutely absurd,” said Belcher. “And if I were a Republican in a swing district, [the bad poll numbers] would put me on the seat on the edge of my seat.”
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French President Emmanuel Macron and other G7 partners are discussing the option of moving the June summit, Politico EU reports.
According to Politico, Macron didn't directly confirm that the members had to accommodate President Donald Trump's MMA cage fight on the White House lawn, but the event is set to take place during their scheduled meeting.
Typically, G7 meetings are picked a year in advance. And this one was slated for June 14, 2026, which will be Trump's 80th birthday bash. So, the presidents of the G7 agreed they could change the schedule.
Despite the schedule being agreed to last year, in October the White House announced it will be hosting an MMA match at the White House on June 14.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana Whitethat everything is set for the event and they expect 5,000 guests for Trump's party on the South Lawn of the White House.
The G7 will take place June 15 to June 17, and the website has already changed the date, but has not uploaded documents related to the summit. The event will be the first for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who assumed office in October 2025.
Last year, Trump had a massive military parade for his birthday which also celebrated the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. Britannica concluded, it "was estimated that the event cost between $25 million and $45 million
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Dana Frederick White Jr.[2] (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman who is the CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts organization.[3] In August 2019, White's net worth was estimated at $500 million.[4] Outside of the UFC, he is the owner of Power Slap, a slap fighting promotion he founded in 2022. Meta Platforms elected White to its board of directors in 2025.
Early life and education
White was born in Manchester, Connecticut, to June and Dana White Sr.[5] on July 28, 1969.[6] He is an Irish American.[7] White spent many of his early years residing in Ware, Massachusetts.[8]
White and his sister, Kelly, were raised by their mother and her family for the majority of their childhoods.[9] White's mother was a nurse, and the family moved to Las Vegas when White was in third grade, as Vegas offered higher wages for nurses.[10] White attended Bishop Gorman High School, where he first met Lorenzo Fertitta, although they did not become close friends until years later. White said he disliked school and "got kicked out of Gorman twice".[11] Despite living in Nevada, the Whites returned to the East Coast in the summers, to spend time with White's grandparents in Levant, Maine, a small town near Bangor. White spent his senior year of high school in Maine.[10]
After graduating from Hermon High School in 1987,[12] White started college twice, once at Quincy College and once at UMass Boston, but dropped out during his first semester each time.[13] During this time, he had various jobs, such as laying asphalt, working as a bouncer at an Irish bar, and being a bellhop at the Boston Harbor Hotel. White had begun boxing at age 17, and befriended former Golden Gloves champion Peter Welch. Through this relationship, White decided he wanted to enter the fight business, and he started a boxing gym in Boston with Welch. White initially intended to become a professional boxer himself, but was put off the idea after seeing a punch drunk boxer and worrying that he would suffer the same neurodegeneratio**n.[14] White then worked as a boxercise coach.[15]
White has stated he left Boston to return to Las Vegas in the early 1990s after being threatened by mobster [Whitey Bulger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22Whitey%22_Bulger "James "Whitey" Bulger") and his associate Kevin Weeks. "He basically said, 'You owe us money.' It was like $2,500, which was like $25,000 to me back then, and I didn't pay him. This went on for a while and one day I was at my place and I got a call and they said, 'You owe us the money tomorrow by 1 o'clock.' I literally hung up the phone, picked up the phone and called Delta and bought a ticket to Vegas."[16]
In Las Vegas, White continued running boxercise gyms and also began training jiu-jitsu under the tutelage of John Lewis (a competitor in UFC 22 and UFC 28), alongside Lorenzo Fertitta and his older brother Frank Fertitta III.[17][18] White had reconnected with the Fertitta brothers after meeting Lorenzo at a mutual friend's wedding; they had not spoken to each other in 10 years prior to this encounter.[19] It was in Lewis' practices where White met mixed martial artists Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell and ultimately became their manager.[20][18]
Career
Further information: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dana_White_-_London_2015.jpg)White at the UFC 189 Press conference.
While working as a manager for Ortiz and Liddell, White met Bob Meyrowitz, the owner of Semaphore Entertainment Group, the then-parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). When White learned that Meyrowitz was looking to sell the UFC, he contacted his friend Lorenzo Fertitta (an executive and co-founder of Station Casinos, and former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission), to ask if he would be interested in acquiring the company. In January 2001, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank acquired the UFC for $2 million; it subsequently became a subsidiary of Zuffa. White was installed as the company's president.[21] He was also granted a stake in the company as a finder's fee and as sweat equity.[22]
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The UFC did not immediately have success after the Zuffa takeover, and by 2004 the Fertittas had invested over $40 million into the company without attaining significant growth or reaching profitability.[27] White, alongside the Fertittas and television producer Craig Piligian, developed the idea of an MMA-based reality series, The Ultimate Fighter, as an attempt to create interest in the sport. The company self-funded the show as television networks refused to pay for the cost of production. The Ultimate Fighter, particularly the finale fight between Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin, is credited for having "saved the UFC".[27] Under White's leadership the UFC subsequently developed into a highly successful business; in 2006, UFC 66 headlined by Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz generated over 1,000,000 pay-per-view buys, and by 2008 the company was valued by Forbes at $1.1 billion.[28]}:
In 2010, Flash Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Government, bought a 10% stake in Zuffa for a reported $150–175 million, leaving White with a 9% stake in the company and the Fertittas with 40.5% each.[29][30] In a 2011 street interview with TMZ Sports, White responded "never ever" to the question: "When will we see women in the UFC?"[31] He later reversed this stance and in February 2013 the UFC held its first women's bout, featuring Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche.[32] Rousey subsequently became one of the UFC's two main marquee stars in the mid-2010s, alongside Conor McGregor. The pair accounted for 4.6 million pay-per-view buys in 2015, 61% of the company's total buyrate that year,[33] as the UFC's gross revenue reached $600 million in 2015.[34]
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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Aldo_vs._Conor_McGregor,_UFC_189_World_Tour_London.jpg)White (center) with UFC fighters José Aldo (left) and Conor McGregor, 2015
In July 2016, Zuffa was sold to a consortium of investors led by WME-IMG for $4.025 billion. White owned 9% of the company at the time of the sale.[35] White continued in his role as president,[36] and was given a stake in the new business.[34] In March 2019, White signed a new, seven-year contract to remain president of the UFC, as the UFC signed a deal with ESPN.[37][38] In April 2023, Endeavor (renamed from WME-IMG) announced a deal that would see professional wrestling company WWE merge with UFC to form a new public company, TKO Group Holdings.[39] White was subsequently given the title of chief executive officer of the UFC.[40][41]
In August 2025, White stated the UFC had reached a seven-year, $7.7-billion broadcast deal with Paramount and CBS. Set to begin in 2026 when the ESPN contract expires, White said the deal would mean "[f]or the first time ever, fans in the US will have access to all UFC content without a Pay-Per-View model."[42][43]
Boxing
White entered the boxing scene by co-promoting Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor due to McGregor being contracted to the UFC. In October 2017, White said at Freddie Roach's Wild Card West boxing club that he was "getting into boxing, 100 percent".[44] In 2019 White said that he wanted to incorporate boxing into the company portfolio of the UFC.[45] He later backpedaled on these plans, stating in 2022 that boxing promotion is "a broken business that is an absolute nightmare to try to fix".[46] In 2024, White promoted a card featuring Irish boxer Callum Walsh which was streamed on UFC Fight Pass. He subsequently re-announced his intention to enter boxing promotion, and said he was "coming in guns blazing" in 2025.[47]
In March 2025, White announced a partnership with Turki Al-Sheikh, head of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, to create a new boxing league named Zuffa Boxing, modeled after the UFC. The UFC's parent company TKO Group Holdings and the Saudi entertainment conglomerate Sela were announced as backers of the venture. White was named as executive leader of the league.[48][49]
Other ventures
In 2017, White began hosting Dana White's Contender Series. Available initially through UFC Fight Pass, the promotion's digital streaming service, and licensed separately from the UFC brand, the show allows burgeoning fighters to compete for a contract in the UFC.[50]
White was an executive producer of The Ultimate Surfer, a surfing competition television series styled after The Ultimate Fighter. It was created by Kelly Slater, a professional surfer and long-time friend of White.[51] The show premiered on ABC in August 2021, and was canceled after one season due to low ratings.[52][53]
In 2022, White became a co-owner of Thrill One Sports & Entertainment, which owns the properties of Nitro Circus, Nitrocross, and Street League Skateboarding.[54]
White alongside the Fertittas co-founded Power Slap, a slap fighting competition that debuted in January 2023 and was previously televised on TBS.[55] After TBS did not renew its deal with Power Slap, the competition began to be aired on the digital streaming platform Rumble.[56]
In January 2025, Meta Platforms announced that White had been elected to its board of directors.[57]
On May 28, 2025, White became one of the founding partners of Phorm Energy, a zero-sugar energy drink launched. The beverage is a joint venture between White, 1st Phorm and Anheuser-Busch.[58]
Personal life
White met his wife Anne (née Stella) when they were in the eighth grade, and they married in 1996.[59] They have two sons and one daughter. White bought a mansion in Pine Island Court, Las Vegas, in 2006 from Frank Fertitta III for $1.95 million. White bought three other mansions in the same area from October 2016 to June 2017 for a combined total of around $6.2 million. Demolition permits were issued for the houses, presumably with the intent of creating a mega-mansion for White and his family.[60]
White was raised as a Catholic and was an altar boy when he was a child, but now considers himself to be an atheist and does not believe in an afterlife.[61][62]
In 2011, White's mother, June, released the book Dana White, King of MMA: An Unauthorized Biography.[63] June claimed in the book that, since his success with the UFC, Dana had "turned his back on his family and friends who were there for him when he needed help and support".[64]
Health issues
In May 2012, White revealed that he had been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, an inner ear disorder.[65] He said, "It's like vertigo but on steroids."[66] White said that the disease was brought on because of a large fight he was involved in during his youth.[67] The UFC on Fuel TV 3: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier event in May 2012 was the first UFC card he had missed in 11 years with White staying home, adhering to medical advice.[68]
White underwent Orthokine treatment for Ménière's disease in 2013, which he says has greatly reduced his symptoms.[68]
In 2022, White stated he had undergone medical testing and was diagnosed with extremely high triglyceride levels and other irregularities. He was given 10.4 years left to live if he did not rectify the problems. White said that since then he has adhered to a keto diet, which he says has remedied his sleep apnea and alleviated his leg pain.[69][70] The regimen was prescribed by biologist Gary Brecka, whom White credited for the improvement in his health.[71][72]
Politics
Dana White with President Donald Trump in 2018
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White reiterated his support for Trump for the 2020 election and spoke at the podium at a Trump reelection rally in Colorado.[76] In February 2020, White donated $1 million to America First Action, a super political action committee that supported Trump's re-election bid.[77] In April 2020, White joined a group of industry leaders to help the United States rebuild its economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.[78] White again endorsed Trump in 2024 and introduced him at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[79]}:
Hobbies and interests
White is a fan of the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine.[80][81] Speaking on the passing of Adam Yauch, White said: "I seriously haven't been impacted by a death in a long time like I was with the Beastie Boys".[82] White also has a guitar hand-signed by all three members of the Beastie Boys in his office.[83][84]
White has been a fan of the New England Patriots since childhood, and has stated that he is an admirer of the former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.[85] White said in a 2022 interview alongside Rob Gronkowski that he had worked to negotiate a deal which would have brought Brady and Gronkowski to the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020, but Jon Gruden nixed the deal and the duo instead signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[86]
White began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1998, and stated it had a positive impact on him and made him realize the importance of having ground skills in fighting situations.[87]
In a season 15 episode of History Channel's Pawn Stars (originally airing on February 5, 2018), White purchased around $60,000 worth of katana swords, including one of Rick Harrison's 17th-century Japanese katanas.[88]
White is a recreational gambler.[89] He plays high-stakes blackjack, and has been limited from playing at multiple casinos in Las Vegas. He states he plays $75,000 a hand, and if he wins the first couple of hands, he takes the $150,000 profit and leaves.[90] White also gambles on sports. He stated in 2021 that the biggest sports bet he had placed was in 2007, when he wagered $1 million on Jermain Taylor to beat Kelly Pavlik. Taylor lost the bout by technical knockout, and White said about the experience, "I was in Cabo, relaxing having fun. That ruined my fun. Ruined my whole trip."[91] White stated in 2024 that he plays high-stakes baccarat, and wagers up to $350,000 per hand at Caesars Palace. He claims to have lost $8 million in one night, and from January to March 2024 to have won $26 million at Caesars Palace. White stated a "goal in life before I die" is for a casino to allow him to play $1 million per hand.[92]
Altercation with his wife
During a 2022 New Year's Eve party at a nightclub in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, White and his wife Anne were filmed arguing and then getting into a physical altercation with each other. Anne slapped White and White responded by slapping her in return. They both apologized for their actions, and said they had consumed too much alcohol that night.[93][94] The UFC did not respond or address White's actions after the incident. The California Legislative Women's Caucus sent a letter to Ari Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor, the company that owns the UFC, requesting White be removed from his role in the UFC.[95][96][97]
Charity work
In 2010, White donated $50,000 for a liver transplant to Tuptim Jadnooleum, the daughter of "Kru Nai" Rattanachai, one of the instructors for Tiger Muay Thai and MMA in Phuket, Thailand.[98] In 2011, White donated $100,000 to his former high school to fund renovations to their athletic facilities.[5] In 2017, White donated $1 million to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting.[99] In 2019, after UFC 242, Khabib Nurmagomedov raised $100,000 for Dustin Poirier's charity, The Good Fight Foundation, White followed and also donated $100,000 to Poirier's charity foundation.[100][101] In 2024, White donated $50,000 towards the support of victims affected by the attempted assassination of former president Donald J. Trump during a rally held on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.[102]
Awards
- Armed Forces Foundation
- Patriot Award (2009)[103]
- World MMA Awards
- Leading Man of the Year (2008–24)[104]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Promoter of the Year (2005–13; 2015–16)[105]
- Other accomplishments
- Nevada Sportsman of the Year (2009)[106]
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President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka, has been noticeably quieter during his second term compared to his first presidency. But according to one of the president's biggest allies, that may be about to change.
The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president and CEO Dana White said the first daughter asked him if she could spearhead an event commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States' founding next year. White told CBS that Ivanka would be taking a leading role in organizing a UFC fight on the White House grounds next summer.
“When [Trump] called me and asked me to do it, he said, 'I want Ivanka in the middle of this,'” White said. “So Ivanka reached out to me, and her and I started talking about the possibilities, where it would be and, you know, I put together all the renderings."
READ MORE:Top White House official admits Trump can't accomplish this key goal without Congress
White — who spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2024 and frequently donates to Republicans across the United States — has invited the president to sit cageside at multiple UFC events, and donated $1 million to a pro-Trump political action committee last year. He assured CBS that the White House UFC fight was "definitely going to happen" on July 4, 2026, to launch a year-long celebration of the country's founding.
Should Ivanka follow through on her plan to help organize the fight, it would be a milestone for the first daughter during her father's second term given her conspicuous absence. In January, shortly before Trump's second inauguration, Ivanka told the Him & Her podcast that she intended to stay away from the beltway even as her father was back in the White House.
"I love policy and impact. I hate politics. And unfortunately, the two are not separable," she said. "There is a darkness to that world that I don’t really want to welcome into mine."
Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, were senior White House advisors during Trump's first presidency. However, she publicly distanced herself from her father after he falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and during her 2023 testimony in his New York fraud trial, Ivanka — who lives in Florida — claimed to not be closely involved in her father's business affairs.
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What’s next for Dana White? UFC President talks retirement plans
Don't expect UFC CEO Dana White to swiftly exit his prominent position in MMA anytime soon.
Zain Bando | Feb 5, 2025
Running the UFC with an iron fist since 2001 and with his official title adjusted to CEO instead of president in 2023, Dana White has no plans of slowing down any of the businesses he has committed himself to, including the UFC.
"I Do It Because I Love It"
Even after Zuffa sold to WME-IMG (now Endeavor) in the summer of 2016, White said in an interview with Tucker Carlson he still has the same passion for the UFC and MMA as he did over two decades ago.
“I’m still out building new brands and doing s* that I don’t need to be doing," White said. "But I do it because I love it. You know how many people in a sale like mine in 2016, you never [saw] that guy again? They’re done."
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White has famously uttered to people that a job someone has shouldn't be a job they hate. It should be something that, if it's making them money and bringing them success and happiness, is treated as part of his or her life.
UFC president Dana White separates Ricky Simon from Vinicius Oliveira during weigh-ins for UFC 303. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
"No matter what walk of life you’re in, once you get to a certain level of success, you have to be a certain type of person to stay hungry and get out and fight every day," White added.
White's Future As UFC Boss
Although White never initially intended for the promotion to be sold, his appreciation for what the sport had become made him have second thoughts, especially after his ex-business partners, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III, highly encouraged him to stick around.
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“When we sold in 2016, 99 percent of the people said that I was going to retire and walk away. I’m not wired like that," White said.
UFC CEO Dana White during weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night at Amalie Arena. / Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
White called the current state of the UFC "very inspirational" in an interview with Mark Bouris, saying he greatly appreciates the smaller brand values (finding future champions, freedom of expression, etc.).
It's safe to assume given White's influence, it is going to be years before the ex-bellman removes himself from his front-row seat, monitor, and promotional mouthpiece for good.
Mark Bouris asks Dana White: Your aspirational journey, do you see how important that is relative to the UFC brand and do you live it?pic.twitter.com/5gC75Tdt4b
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) February 5, 2025
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Of course, anything is possible.
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