Dana White Talks Business Behind Power-Slap League, Fighter Pay & Conor Mcgregor vs Mike Chandler

Recorded: February 9th 2023 | This week the boys announce all of the stops for this years spring tour along with the itinerary for each stop. Start planning now.

Following the intro, the President and Founder of the UFC, Dana White, joins the boys out in Arizona. Dana quickly dives into his strong distaste for mainstream media and why he enjoys doing podcasts. He then goes onto explain his next business venture, the Power Slap League. Dana says why he decided to purchase the league and the plans he has for it going into the future. Finally the boys preview the new season of the Ultimate Fighter with Mike Chandler and Conor McGregor along with the fight that follows. We all became huge Dana fans after this episode and hopefully you do as well, enjoy.

0:00 Intro
32:52 DANA WHITE INTERVIEW STARTS
34:48 social media talk and how much he loves it
37:38 why current media sucks
38:48 Ultimate fighter with Chandler and McGregor
40:13 Do you set guidelines for what you can say etc.
41:58 is there ever someone that gets so big that they can call the shots
44:03 why does the ufc get so much crap for not paying fighters
45:18 why do people leave the UFC
47:38 who are some of the fighters that are hard to deal with and making deals with them
54:03 trying to “convince” people to stay home and watch fights
55:48 power slap league
1:04:38 where/how do you find talent for slap league
1:10:18 things you can take from starting UFC and transfer into the slap league and do differently
1:12:33 when is chandler vs mcgregor and how does he see it going
1:15:23 what would dana tell his younger self about starting UFC and Slap etc