UFC 276 proved to be an iconic night. Many celebrities turned up to see Israel Adesanya defend his middleweight championship against Jared Cannonier. WWE legend Vince McMahon graced the event with his presence too. Recently, Dana White was asked if he met Vince McMahon, to which the former had a hilarious response.
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During a press conference, White said, “They reached out to me and said he wanted to come to the fight. I gave him much better seats than he gave me when I went to see Ronda. That dude had me in the f**king rafters, I am not even shi**ing you.”
The UFC President’s story is from the time when he attended WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans. It was at this event that Ronda Rousey made her professional wrestling debut after suffering two consecutive losses in her MMA career.
Furthermore, White detailed the incident he faced at WrestleMania 34. The UFC President spoke about how he struggled for tickets and couldn’t find his desired seat later.
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The UFC President mentioned Ronda Rousey invited him to WrestleMania 34. White said, “Ronda says, ‘You have to be at this event. I want you to be there and all this.’ I said, ‘Ronda, I wouldn’t miss it for the world.’ I show up, it’s in New Orleans. I fly down f**king New Orleans.”
Upon reaching the venue, White was notified that there weren’t any tickets left for him. He said, “I go to the f*cking will call window, and, ‘Yeah, we don’t have tickets for you.’ I call some people, ‘Oh yeah, we found them, okay, we got your tickets.'”
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White’s seats were so bad that people literally asked him why he was sitting in the seat he was. The UFC President added, “When I tell you, we were in the f**king rafters, people were coming up to me and going, ‘Why are you sitting in these seats?’”
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The UFC President indeed did not seem to have the best experience. White’s seats were so bad that the cameraman had to crawl over 75 people to get a shot of him. Regardless of the incident, the UFC President has a lot of respect for Vince McMahon.
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