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White being presented with a plaque by the United States Marines
White being presented with a plaque by the United States Marines

Dana White (born July 28, 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut) is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Biography

Born in Manchester, Connecticut, White grew up in Las Vegas, Boston and Levant, Maine. Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Levant is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 2171 at the 2000 census He attended University of Massachusetts, Boston for two years before dropping out to work as a hotel bellhop. The University of Massachusetts Boston is a major coeducational public research university located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [1]

White has a background as an aerobics instructor[2] and an amateur boxer, but he later gave up as an active fighter and did not turn pro. In 1992, White established Dana White Enterprises in Las Vegas. He conducted aerobics classes at three gyms[2] in the Las Vegas area and began managing MMA fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (born January 23, 1975) is a Mexican American Mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell (born December 17 1969 also known as " The Iceman " is an American Mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate

As a manager for UFC fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC. Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (born January 23, 1975) is a Mexican American Mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell (born December 17 1969 also known as " The Iceman " is an American Mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate White soon contacted Lorenzo Fertitta, a childhood friend, an executive at Station Casinos, and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Station Casinos Inc is a Las Vegas, Nevada based gaming company The Nevada Athletic Commission, also known as the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC regulates all contests and exhibitions of Unarmed combat within the state Within a month Lorenzo Fertitta and his older brother Frank Fertitta III bought the UFC, with White installed as its president. Frank J Fertitta III is current CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director of Station Casinos in Las Vegas Nevada. [3] White currently owns 10% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC. Zuffa LLC is an American sports promotion company specializing in the promotion of Mixed martial arts. [1]

Dana White appears on the June/July 2008 cover of Men's Fitness magazine. Men’s Fitness is a men’s magazine published by American Media Inc

Personal life

White and his wife Anne have two sons and a daughter. [1] [4]

References

  1. ^ a b c McCarthy, Michael. "Battles yield winning 'Fighter'", USA Today, 2005-04-10. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Retrieved on 2007-03-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.  
  2. ^ a b Willert, Tim. "Box aerobics class packs serious punch", Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1997-04-16. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Retrieved on 1997-04-16. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom  
  3. ^ Wickert, Marc. "Dana White and the future of UFC", Knucklepit. com, 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "   Mirror
  4. ^ Oh yeah, did we mention White just welcomed his third child into the world? A daughter named Savanna.

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