{"id":38475,"date":"2026-05-26T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Dana-White-lands-Time-cover-reveals-fight-that-got-away-for-UFC-White-House-201330"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:34:10","slug":"dana-white-lands-time-cover-reveals-fight-that-got-away-for-ufc-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dana-white-lands-time-cover-reveals-fight-that-got-away-for-ufc-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White lands Time cover, reveals fight that got away for UFC White House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Dana White is getting some mainstream coverage as the
\nUFC White House<\/a> event draws near.<\/p>\n

The
\nUFC<\/a> CEO is on the cover of the latest Time Magazine, which was
\nrevealed on Monday along with the headline: \u201cHow Dana White took
\nthe UFC from the fringes to the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

TIME\u2019s new cover: Dana White helped turn MMA
\nfrom a fringe blood sport into a global empire through the rise of
\nthe UFC. Now, he\u2019s bringing it to the White House\u2019s South Lawn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some nights, I\u2019ll get up at the end and go, \u2018What the
\nf-ck do I do for a living?\u2019\u201d\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/qXosIuWSUW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TIME (@TIME)
\nMay 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Missing Out<\/h2>\n

The in-depth feature<\/a> includes White\u2019s history with
\nthe UFC, his relationship with President Donald Trump and how the
\nWhite House card came together. One noteworthy revelation in the
\npiece is that White apparently wanted to book a women\u2019s strawweight
\ntitle fight between Mackenzie
\nDern<\/a> and Weili Zhang<\/a>
\nfor the event. The think was that the bout would boost the
\ninternational audience, but it didn\u2019t come to fruition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did try to make a women\u2019s fight,\u201d White told Time. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t
\nget it done.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also commented on the exclusion of former UFC two-division
\nchampion Jon Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to build a card of people that I\u2019m confident in and I
\nbelieve will show up to the fight,\u201d White said. \u201cAnd Jon Jones is
\nthe least dependable guy that you could ever know.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC White House takes place on June 14 and is headlined by a
\nlightweight championship clash between Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> and Justin
\nGaethje<\/a>. In the co-main event, Alex
\nPereira<\/a> and Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\nwill vie for the interim heavyweight crown. The card airs on
\nParamount+ beginning at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dana White is getting some mainstream coverage as the UFC White House event draws near. The UFC CEO is on the cover of the latest Time Magazine, which was revealed on Monday along with the headline: \u201cHow Dana White took the UFC from the fringes to the White House.\u201d TIME\u2019s new cover: Dana White helped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}