Dana White: The UFC Will Go On With, Or Without Me

[No More Sorrow]

Since spearheading the resurrection of the UFC, taking it with the help of the Fertitta brothers from a promotion gasping its last breaths to the rapidly growing worldwide phenomenon it is now, UFC president Dana White has become the face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

While he's not the only one making calls behind closed doors, Dana White is clearly a big reason that the UFC and MMA are as wildly popular as they are now. He has become much more than his title, he has become part of the show, an integrated element that we've come to associate as the ring leader to the UFC's traveling circus.

Regardless, White himself doesn't believe his absence from the promotion would in any way hinder it's growth. He recently told MMAWeekly following a hectic stretch of MMA that included the UFC's Fox debut and Card of the Year candidate UFC 139 that, if he ever gets too run down to go on, the UFC will march right on without him.

"This is McDonald's man. This thing goes on forever without me," White asserted. "Is it different without me? Yeah, maybe it's a little different, but they don't need me, man. This thing's goin' on without me or with me."

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When Dana leaves the UFC if he ever does the things he's done to help the sport of MMA grow to the levels it's reached are going to continue no matter what.

 

[Troy]

He did so much to get UFC to where it is now but I can see what he is saying. Now UFC is pretty much mainstream and is such a juggernaut that even without White as President it will continue to push on and grow. Would certainly be different without him but thankfully he won't be going anywhere for a long time.