“Don’t Like the Idea of You Guys”: Dana White Revealed How Vince McMahon Stood Between UFC and a Big Deal, but It Turned Out Great in the End

It is no hidden fact that Vince McMahon is a tough man to work with. He has his own set of rules and standards that need to be met if anyone wants to work with him. Plus, he is also very picky about the decisions he makes, which he usually finalizes after analyzing every aspect of profit and loss for his wrestling business.

That being said once, he almost caused UFC a major deal on a whim. CEO and president of UFC, Dana White, recently exposed McMahon’s mentality meanwhile revealing the incident of how the current Executive Chairman of TKO stood between UFC and a big deal.

Vince McMahon didn’t want UFC to air on NBC in the past

In an interview with Triggered, White stated that he never saw ‘The Higher Power’ as his competition. But the feelings were not reciprocated. This led to the latter refusing to let UFC air on NBC. White and his team had finalized all the details and only needed McMahon’s approval as the last step of the process, but he didn’t give it.

He said, “Vince sits back like Vince sits. ‘We’re about to do this deal, we’re about to have fights on NBC and everything else, but you need to sign off on it.’Vince says, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to do that.’ We’re like, ‘Why?’ ‘Eh, I’m just not interested in it. I don’t like the idea of you guys being on USA Network.’ The whole deal blows up.”

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Sounds like despite the two working together in relative harmony, there still might be a bit of bad blood between the two entertainment bigwigs. But that’s not the case anymore.

White claims McMahon is a better partner now

Endeavor inked a deal with WWE and bought the pro wrestling promotion in September. Now UFC and WWE work under the same parent company. This means White and McMahon interact a lot more these days. With that being said, the UFC President, in the same interview, cleared that his relationship with ‘The Genetic Jackhammer’ has improved.

He stated that they are in business together and are working with good coordination now. McMahon has changed and has now become a better partner. White added that his business partner always keeps him in the loop with everything nowadays.

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Unlike the past, now ‘Vinnie Mac’ is considerate of his role in the business. He respects White’s decisions, something he also lacked in the past. What are your thoughts on White statements about McMahon? Share your thoughts with us.