UFC 300 was a blockbuster ride for the promotion as well as Dana White even though it was heavily criticized for its fight cards. When the fights were announced, there was heavy resistance against the UFC CEO for making the historical event a dull one. MMA Journalists took the front foot and even claimed that it would be a disaster card for the promotion. However, everything turned around as soon as the first fight of the night began.͏
The ͏gra͏nd event shattered multiple records, awarding the UFC CEO the chance to confront his c͏ritics am͏ong th͏͏e MMA eli͏te. Wh͏ite’s mas͏terful callou͏t of͏ hi͏s ͏detractors captured the attention of Joe ͏Ro͏gan and Max Holloway during their la͏te͏st ͏br͏oa͏dcast.
Joe Rogan and Max Holloway share their reactions to Dana White’s message to critics
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The UFC CEO took to his Instagram handle to share a video where he compiled the snippets of all the critics who stated that UFC 300 would be a disaster and called them out all at once. In the video, Dana White added that they broke multiple records. This message by Dana White caught the attention of Joe Rogan and Max Holloway in ‘JRE MMA Show 155’, While having a conversation about UFC 300, Max Holloway diverted from his fight and emphasized White’s ability to shut down his critics in a classy manner.
“Dana White is the ultimate troll, bro! I love Dana White. Them, when he troll people, when they… you saw the video? Yeah, brother! When he [Dana White] saw the video, he’s calling out, you know, how many people on top of that video too,” Holloway claimed.
According to the video shared by White, UFC 300 was one of the most successful events for the promotion to date. It had the largest-ever attendance for UFC in the T-mobile arena. The event ͏achieved the͏ 3rd ͏highest͏ gate in UFC his͏tory, drew the͏ most͏ wat͏ched prel͏ims in E͏͏SPN his͏tory with over 1.8͏6 million total viewers, re͏cord͏e͏d th͏e highest per-capita me͏rch sales͏ i͏n UFC h͏istory͏, saw a 3.2 ͏milli͏on increase in follo͏wers across UF͏C soc͏ial p͏latforms, ͏and accomplished much more.
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The greatest card ever assembled as stated by Dana White, UFC 300, has done wonders for the promotion and the upcoming fights are no less than the grand night. In addition to trolling White for the fight card, some critics made fun of Holloway too.
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Max Holloway was trolled for his fight against Justin Gaethje
When Dana White announced the fight between Holloway and Gaethje for the BMF belt, the community came forward to call out White for his irresponsible matchmaking. Why, you ask? They thought the match would be one-sided and Holloway had no chance against Gaethje, who was seen as unstoppable. However, we all know what happened. Talking about this, Holloway added his two pieces on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
“It was like being under a gun, and pillow, pillow, Holloway, hands, Holloway. Is going to get killed, and I am going to be the Tony 2.0. Whatever. I was like, ‘Brother, you guys just watch.’ And I, that all their tones change. And now they’re making money off of me. I should go write them all. All money and be like, ‘Hey, brother, you owe me 10% of YouTube. Freaking.” said Holloway.
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Responding to Holloway, Rogan explained that people always say this kind of thing to demotivate and it’s just worthless to think about it. Nonetheless, Holloway has a ton of options open ahead of him.
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