{"id":41201,"date":"2026-10-22T03:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-fighter-explains-nosepicking-moment-before-Dana-White-handshake-203295"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:36:16","slug":"ufc-fighter-explains-nose-picking-moment-before-dana-white-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-fighter-explains-nose-picking-moment-before-dana-white-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC fighter explains nose-picking moment before Dana White handshake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mandel
\nNallo<\/a> says his nose-picking gesture at the ceremonial weigh-ins
\nfor the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s recent event in Edmonton,
\nAlberta, was a message to his children.<\/p>\n

Nallo stopped Nate
\nLandwehr<\/a> at
\nUFC Edmonton<\/a> on Oct. 17. Before the bout, however, the Canadian
\nlightweight drew attention by conspicuously picking his nose
\nonstage. He has since explained the gesture.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mandel Nallo says his sons inspired UFC Edmonton nose-picking
\ngesture before Dana White’s handshake offer<\/h2>\n

Nallo said his sons suggested the gesture as a way to acknowledge
\nthem while they watched. That created an awkward moment when UFC
\nCEO Dana
\nWhite<\/a> extended his hand before Nallo\u2019s faceoff with Landwehr.
\nSpeaking to Ariel Helwani, Nallo explained that refusing the
\nhandshake might have looked disrespectful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have two boys; they’re 5 and 7… I wanted to notify them that I
\nknew they were watching,\u201d Nallo said. \u201cSo I told them, \u2018What’s
\nsomething I can do so that you guys can see that I know you’re
\nwatching?\u2019 They told me, \u2018Pick your nose.\u2019 I’m a committed nose
\npicker. I’m not gonna half-*ss it. I’m not gonna pretend. So, I
\nwent up there and that was for them. I’m right-handed. I’m gonna go
\nup there with my right hand, and then [Dana White] extends his arm
\nout to you. You don’t have time to explain what just happened. So I
\ndid a finger point so that there was no contact. There was no
\ndisrespect. It was kind of like a \u2018Curb Your Enthusiasm\u2019 moment. I
\ngot this booger in my hand, but if I go, \u2018I don’t want to shake
\nyour hand,\u2019 then I look even worse. I just had to roll with
\nit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nallo also said his sons don\u2019t know what he does for a living.
\nAlthough they train jiu-jitsu, he said they are unaware of how
\nviolent MMA can be.<\/p>\n

Nallo (15-4, 1 NC) earned his UFC contract on
\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> last year but lost his
\npromotional debut to Jai Herbert<\/a>
\nby technical knockout earlier this year. The 37-year-old has never
\nhad a professional fight decided by the judges.<\/p>\n

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\n

Mandel
\nNallo<\/a> explains picking his nose at the UFC weigh-ins and the
\nhilarious dilemma of shaking Dana White’s hand immediately
\nafterward: \u201cI have two boys, they’re 5 and 7… I wanted to notify
\nthem that I knew they were watching. So I told them, ‘What’s
\nsomething I can do so that you guys can see that I know you’re
\nwatching?’ They told me, ‘Pick your nose.’ I’m a committed nose
\npicker. I’m not gonna half-ass it. I’m not gonna pretend. So I went
\nup there and that was for them. I’m right-handed. I’m gonna go up
\nthere with my right hand, and then [Dana White] extends his arm out
\nto you. You don’t have time to explain what just happened. So I did
\na finger point so that there was no contact. There was no
\ndisrespect. It was kind of like a Curb Your Enthusiasm moment. I
\ngot this booger in my hand, but if I go, ‘I don’t wanna shake your
\nhand,’ then I look even worse. I just had to roll with it.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nOctober 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mandel Nallo says his nose-picking gesture at the ceremonial weigh-ins for the Ultimate Fighting Championship\u2019s recent event in Edmonton, Alberta, was a message to his children. Nallo stopped Nate Landwehr at UFC Edmonton on Oct. 17. Before the bout, however, the Canadian lightweight drew attention by conspicuously picking his nose onstage. He has since explained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41201","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\/41201","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=41201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}