Dana White, The UFC boss, is no less than a mystery box as no one knows what exactly his next move is going to be. Take 2023 into consideration and you will know in less than a month spent this year Dana made it to the headlines for more than you could think of your bae in the wildest of your imaginations.
“Less talk more action” has been the motto for Dana as he likes to go by that rule and it reflects in his actions.
The New-Year-Eve-Controversy of Dana coming straight to action since ‘Day 1″ of this year as he slaps back his wife at the party for slapping him first in an altercation that could easily be resolved by spending few words.
Then amid a humungous amount of criticism, he went up launching the Power Slap League which drew a lot of viewership though delayed its initial launch time.
Dana White’s Power Slap premiere averaged 295,000 viewers and 0.10 in the 18-49 demo on TBS, ranking #45 among cable originals.
Lead-in from AEW was 969k and 0.31., per Showbuzz
— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) January 19, 2023
For those curious, Power Slap (which follows #AEWDynamite) numbers were actually up considerably from last week. The show averaged 413K viewers (⬆️40% from last week) with a 0.13 P18-49 rating (⬆️30%)
— Raj Giri (@TheRajGiri) January 26, 2023
Netizens even went this far as to conclude that Dana White Wife Slap was the trailer for what to expect at the Power Slap League.
Now, let’s be like Dana, less talk more action, as we shift our focus to his unboxing of the pandora box for he breaks some of the massive fights coming up at UFC 285 and UFC 287.
In a video, Dana hinted at some badass fights to expect as the promotion hits 30 years since its inception. The 53-year-old stated, ” I am gonna break some news with you now. Couple of them you know about and a couple you don’t.”
What a card! Pound for Pound Number One square off Pound for Pound Number Two. In a couple of weeks’ time by February 11, UFC 284 heads to Perth, Australia with the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski moving up a weight class and will challenge the number two pound-for-pound fighter in the world Islam Makachev for his Lightweight Title.
March 4, UFC 285 in Las Vegas, Jon Jones will be back moving up to the Heavyweight Division to face former Interim Champion Cyril Gane for the Undisputed Heavyweight Title on the line. The co-main event will feature Valentina Shevchenko defending her flyweight title against Alexa Grasso who is on a four-fight win streak.
Some more fights include Bo Nickal vs Jamie Pickett, Jeff Neal vs Shavkat Romanov, and Dan Hooker vs Jalen Turner.
March 18, will be the date for UFC 286 in London and will feature the 2022 upset of the year and one of the most anticipated bouts of the year, the Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman rematch.
April 8, UFC 287 lineup in the main event Middleweight Champion Alex Pereira will face a rematch against former champ Israel Adesanya.
To round the video up Dana expected this year will be the best of UFC’s so far and it will try to do so as this year masks UFC’s 30-year anniversary.
