Dana White likes to fight. He actually did it in the ring for a while as a kid before he realized he wasn't good enough to make a living at it. He's channeled that aggression�into fighting for his business: the business of fighting. White wasn't headed down the primrose path so he had to claw his way to where he is now. Let's just say he still has a little chip on his shoulder towards those born with a silver spoon in their mouth. He told�Vegas Seven magazine: �
"People make a big deal out of the fact I didn’t get a college degree, but if you went to any college right now, I guarantee half of the kids would have no idea what they want to do. None. They are just wandering around college because someone told them they have to go or they would never amount to [expletive] anything. These kids leave college with an education that they can’t [expletive] use, because they have no idea what the [expletive] they want to do."
To initially purchase UFC for $2 million, White did work connections with a Vegas power family, The Fertittas. He says that his triumph is your classic Las Vegas success story.
"The one thing about this town is that young people can make it big, and it’s always been that way, unlike the East Coast or wherever. Old money doesn’t run everything here; young people, if they work hard, can make it."
I'm sure the country club crowd loved to hear White spew venom their way. Especially those who criticize his sport.�
"If you don’t like it, and you’re not into it, [expletive] it — don’t watch it," he says. "I don’t like golf. You know what I do? I don’t [expletive] watch it! What’s golf? A bunch of rich [expletive] walking around in stupid clothes and hitting a [expletive] ball. If we stopped that [expletive], we could build housing for people who can’t afford it on that land. And you have a problem with UFC?"
Classic White. In a great twist, Esquire Magazine recently shot White and his version of "Entourage: UFC" trying to hit golf balls off the roof of the Zuffa Building in Las Vegas. Let's just say, White might need a swing coach (3:22 mark)
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