{"id":2372587,"date":"2024-11-23T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-president-dana-white-pledges-hes-finished-with-politics-after-trumps-resounding-victory\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T14:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T19:55:47","slug":"ufc-president-dana-white-pledges-hes-finished-with-politics-after-trumps-resounding-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-president-dana-white-pledges-hes-finished-with-politics-after-trumps-resounding-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC President Dana White Pledges He\u2019s Finished with Politics After Trump\u2019s Resounding Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fufc-president-dana-white-pledges-hes-finished-with-politics-after-trumps-resounding-victory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200c text features an interview with Dana White, the CEO of \u2064the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), who expresses his disillusionment with American politics. Despite his \u200bsuccess in promoting brutal fights, White signals that he \u200bwants to distance himself from the political\u200b realm, stating, \u201cI want nothing to do with politics.\u201d This statement comes shortly \u200bafter\u2062 President Donald Trump&#8217;s re-election campaign, during which White acknowledges \u200bTrump&#8217;s influence on the UFC&#8217;s mainstream acceptance. <\/p>\n<p>The\u200c article delves into White&#8217;s \u2064history with Trump, emphasizing how the UFC targets young men, an unreliable voter demographic that Republicans sought\u2062 to engage during the election. White draws a comparison between the cages of UFC fights\u200c and Trump\u2019s \u200bpolitical battles, asserting Trump\u2019s toughness and resilience. Additionally, the \u200dcelebrity of UFC commentators, particularly Joe Rogan, is linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-instagram-war-zelensky-reveals-location-in-selfie-video-declares-he-is-not-hiding\/\" title=\"The Instagram War: Zelensky Reveals Location in Selfie Video, Declares He Is &#039;Not Hiding&#039;\">influencing public opinion<\/a> among young audiences outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-targets-jack-smith-after-judge-temporarily-lifts-gag-order\/\" title=\"Trump goes after Jack Smith following judge&#039;s temporary lifting of gag order.\">traditional media channels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The coverage illustrates the \u200dcomplex interplay between\u200d sports and\u2064 politics,\u2062 highlighting how figures like White and Trump \u2064have \u2064shaped their respective domains\u2062 while expressing \u2062a mutual disdain for\u2064 hostile \u2062media narratives and political establishments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A guy who&rsquo;s built his fortune on the spectacle of two fighters beating each other bloody in a cage might be expected to have a strong stomach.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to American politics, Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White has seen enough for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>And the man who&rsquo;s being credited with playing a key role in Donald Trump&rsquo;s re-election in November is making a promise.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m never f***ing doing this again,&rdquo; White told the uber-liberal magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-lede\/donald-trumps-ufc-victory-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Yorker<\/a> in an interview published this week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want nothing to do with this sh*t. It&rsquo;s gross. It&rsquo;s disgusting. I want nothing to do with politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The quote comes at the end of a report pegged to President-elect Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/star-recognizes-star-ufc-legend-honors-trump-soon-big-title-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attendance at a UFC event<\/a> Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The report details &mdash; in typically colorful, bordering-on-bloated New Yorker style &mdash; the gladiator-ring atmosphere of the UFC fight lineup at Madison Square Garden (the same venue where Trump had staged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-trump-journalist-gives-outraged-democrats-reality-check-madison-square-garden-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mammoth campaign rally<\/a> in the final days of the presidential campaign).<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s entrance was saluted by a crowd going crazy, with UFC commentator and popular podcaster Joe Rogan pointing out the obvious.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s always loud when he comes here, but now that he&rsquo;s won? Now that he&rsquo;s the President again? Oh, my God,&rdquo; Rogan said, according to the report by the New Yorker&rsquo;s Sam Eagan.<\/p>\n<p>The report contains a condensed history of the UFC and Trump&rsquo;s role in making the brutal, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mixed martial arts sport part<\/a> of mainstream American entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the UFC has grown, there&rsquo;s been a lot of people that have jumped on the bandwagon and became fans,&rdquo; White said, according to Eagan. &ldquo;Trump was there from the beginning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And that history might have played a major role in the Nov. 5 election by combining UFC&rsquo;s target audience with a voting bloc Republicans courted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Young men, one of the most unreliable demographics in politics, make up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">large part<\/a> of UFC&rsquo;s audience,&rdquo; Eagan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Podcasts devoted to UFC news and personalities might have helped reach that demographic &mdash; outside the octupus-sprawl of the establisment media and its relentless anti-Trump bias.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re getting conversations in these podcasts, and you yourself, as a young kid, get to really see who Donald Trump is,&rdquo; White said, according to Eagan. &ldquo;Not the bullsh*t you hear from the far-left media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Considering that Democrat Kamala Harris made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vp-harris-will-talk-empowering-women-man-oval-office-affair-intern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeting progressive women<\/a> the cornerstone of her campaign &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hurricane-helene-ruins-lives-kamala-harris-interview-sex-talk-podcast-speak-abortion-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talking abortion<\/a> at every opportunity &mdash; the Republican attempt to get young men to the voting booth might have been the necessary corrective.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-rogan-finally-makes-endorsement-elon-musk-lays-compelling-case-trump-hear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributed an 11th-hour endorsement<\/a> of Trump that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">made headlines<\/a> just before polls opened.<\/p>\n<p>And Eagen attempted to draw a parallel between UFC competition and the GOP candidate himself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The product White is selling&mdash;two people locked in a cage, engaging in a mixture of boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jujitsu, Muay Thai, and karate among other martial arts&mdash;mirrors Trump&rsquo;s own appeal in many respects,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;The U.F.C. alternates between the camp theatrics of show business and a kind of abject brutality that is impossible to look away from. The sport is now fully in the mainstream, but it still has a chip on its shoulder, casting itself and its fans as widely misunderstood.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To many Americans, Trump has good reason to have a chip on his shoulder when it comes to the political and media establishment.<\/p>\n<p>The role of the Democratic Party, deep state bureaucrats and media outlets like CNN in pushing the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mueller-just-said-no-collusion-now-russians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia collusion<\/a>&rdquo; investigation that bedeviled his first term is indisputable.<\/p>\n<p>After that collapsed, the same parties teamed up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sr-admin-official-set-trump-impeachment-literally-created-fake-quid-pro-quo-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s first impeachment<\/a> in 2019 &mdash; and again for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-impeachment-lawyers-no-incitement-no-insurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second impeachment<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>After he was out of office, the same forces aligned in savage legal attacks that included the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-fbi-official-testifies-mar-lago-raid-lists-massive-concerns-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI raiding Trump&rsquo;s home<\/a> at the Mar-a-Lago Club in South Florida, flimsy legal prosecutions at the local level in New York and Georgia as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jack-smith-scrambling-finish-work-can-resign-trump-takes-office-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special counsel Jack Smith&rsquo;s pursuits<\/a> in the federal courts.<\/p>\n<p>Through all of that in his first term, Trump persevered &mdash; as able to take a beating in the figurative sense as White&rsquo;s fighters can take and deliver one inside a UFC cage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is tougher and more badass than anybody,&rdquo; White said, according to Eagan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can only pray that you&rsquo;re a quarter of the man that Donald Trump was when a guy tried to take seven shots at his head with a high-powered rifle with a f***ing scope on it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, he claims to have had enough of American politics. In a recent interview with The New Yorker, he expressed his disdain for political involvement, stating, &#8220;I want nothing to do with this sh*t. It\u2019s gross. It\u2019s disgusting.&#8221; This statement came after President-elect Trump attended a UFC event on November 16, where the atmosphere was electric and Trump received an enthusiastic welcome from the crowd. White noted that while many have become fans of UFC over time, Trump has been supportive since its inception. The report highlighted how Trump&#8217;s connection with UFC&#8217;s audience\u2014particularly young men\u2014may have influenced voter turnout in the recent election. Joe Rogan&#8217;s late endorsement of Trump also garnered attention as it resonated with this demographic outside traditional media channels known for their anti-Trump stance. White praised Trump&#8217;s resilience against political attacks and compared his toughness to that of UFC fighters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2372588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture-25.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34660,5894,8095],"class_list":["post-2372587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dana-white","tag-politics","tag-ufc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture-25.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372591,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372587\/revisions\/2372591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}