White has made it clear that some fighters are on his bad side. He has long admitted that he enjoyed watching Chuck Liddell finish Tito Ortiz when both men were in their prime under the UFC banner. While some believe White has toned down his animosity toward some fighters, that didn’t stop him from hoping one of them would lose a fight last year.
During a radio appearance with Big boyWhite said an unnamed member of the UFC roster angered him enough to hope for a defeat.
Dana White admitted he wanted to lose a specific UFC fighter last year 💀
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“That’s a great question,” White said. “Probably the middle of last year. Listen, we have almost a thousand guys under contract. They don’t all like me and I don’t like them all. So it’s completely normal.”
Fans on social media have been quick to speculate about who White is referring to. @GamblersDream on X shared a popular opinion about the fighter in question.
“Bryce Mitchell. Obviously.”
@dseanmac seemed to lean toward that theory, but disagreed with it.
“I was going to say Bryce after the Hitler thing, but that was April and I think he likes Dana.”
MMA journalist Blaine Henry chimed in with his own answer, which has some fans thinking.
“[Magomed] Duck ship.”
It is unknown if White has plans to reveal who he hoped would beat him last year. You also can’t rule out that the UFC CEO still has a fighter in his doghouse who he hopes will get his comeuppance.
While some have criticized White for publicly admitting that he hopes certain fighters will lose, others believe there is no harm in telling the truth as long as it doesn’t actually impact the outcome of fights.
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