Former Champion Exposes the Reason WME Doesn’t ‘Want to Change’ Dana White’s Approach Despite Backlash for New Year’s Eve Incident

Dana White‘s New Year’s Eve is a source of controversy yet again. After several threats of losing his job and also financial damages taken by Endeavor, the controversial video still is one of the hot topics in the MMA world. Moreover, the UFC President has faced backlash over his interview on the topic. White gave his opinion on his punishment, which didn’t bode well for some members of the community. Now, a former UFC champion has come forwards and may have sided against White on the matter.

Luke Rockhold gives his opinion on Dana White after New Year’s eve

Luke Rockhold recently appeared on ‘The MMA hour’ with Ariel Helwani. The former UFC middleweight champion gave his opinion on Dana White’s actions on New Year’s Eve and the subsequent repercussions that followed. Helwani Asked Rockhold, “Do you agree with Dana that basically, the whole company sinks if he is not around? That theory that he put out. He said, “If I leave, if I get punished for what he [I] did on New Year’s day, it hurts the company more than it hurts me”. Did you see the press conference when he said that?”

Rockhold answered, “I did not see that press conference. But I think there’s, yeah, it’s the way of negotiations favors Dana. I mean without Dana the sport is, the sport is better. The company might have to make amends with the fighters. I think that’s when you get legitimacy to the pace to the left to the scales. Dana holds the scales”

Furthermore, the controversial journalist asked, “Are you surprised nothing happened to him?” Rockhold answered, “WME and Willaim Morris like it that way. So they don’t want that. They don’t want that to change.”

Helwani asked if Rockhold was surprised. Rockhold said, “Yeah, very much.” It seemed like Helwani and Rockhold are on the same page regarding the issue.

Ariel Helwani didn’t agree with Dana White’s comments in his interview

Ariel Helwani thrashed over Dana White’s comments that it wouldn’t be a punishment for him if he leaves the company. Moreover, the UFC President commented that the company will suffer if he leaves the company.

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Helwani said, “I disagree with that. My personal feelings aside, I disagree with that statement. I think that the ship will sail very very nicely without him at this point. And you can make the argument, you can make the case that he’s more of a deterrent at this point than not.”

What do you think about Dana White’s comments? Do you agree with what Luke Rockhold said?

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