Dan Le Batard Calls Out Dana White for Comments on Fighter Pay After UFC 304 | Dan Le Batard Show 

If Dana wants fighters to hit each other harder than he hit his own wife, then he needs to start treating them with more respect than he has for his own wife.

Belal Muhammad works hard all his life, wins 11 in a row, put on a masterful performance to win the title, & Dana White shits all over him in the post fight press conference. Unreal.

Fight bonuses have been $50k for over 10 years. He is an awful human being. Unless the fighters form a union things will never change.

Until a UFC fighter makes 20 million for a fight no Fanboy better ever say MMA has replaced boxing. They fight for peanuts while the corporation pockets millions.

Ufc is you fight cheap

Mokaev got cut not simply b/c his style, it’s because he’s a problem BTS, sucker punching his opponent, starting shit at the weigh in, etc…

Francis Ngannou said it best, no fighter comes into the ring to not fight their hardest. Sometimes you’re up against the best in the world and can’t just come in and knock out people.

Who put the card together? Dana White. So, does he lose his bonus?

Dana white only cares for himself. The UfC is declining, it’s become so mainstream and massive yet the fighters make nothing. It’s also become mainstream to the point of being cringe.

It truly can't be overstated enough how despicable an organization the UFC is. They concertedly monopolized the industry with the bottomless pockets of the Fertitas and now that the war is over they've absolutely done wrong by the very sport they helped popularize. Zuffa cared deeply about legitimizing MMA stateside until it actually happened - subsequently they've done basically everything they can to un-legitimize it. Follow the wider sport of MMA. UFC has a monopoly on attention and market share, but there is an immense amount of talent that fights outside of the UFC that just gets little attention. Fighting in promotions that are barely getting by but are paying the fighters an actual reasonable split of what is brought in - in turn being able to pay comparable purses. If these promotions (PFLlator, Rizin, KSW, ACA, OKTAGON and I'll even include ONE even though they're gross too) could actually dent the UFC's market share the UFC wouldn't be able to pull this constant bullshit like they've been able to for the past decade. They can do it because they don't get punished for it and there's no legislation in place preventing them from mistreating fighters (like the Ali act in boxing). Truly, genuinely a disgusting organization that has served it's purpose to the sport of MMA - my favorite sport and one that is very important to me.

I have to say when your fighting at 3-5am it’s just not a good recipe, I don’t understand why they don’t have it earlier? When you go to England just make it a Sunday fight and you can start at 5pm eastern

I never seen fights held at 5 am in the morning in a country so another country can watch it prime time. Why not just hold the fight in the US.

Please call in Morning Kombat next time you want to discuss combat sports. They’re in your network, they know what they are talking about

"It's 7 in Vegas" is wild.

Dana wants Max Holloway vs Justin fights no matter what happens. Dudes aren't trying to kill each other, they're trying to win.

The UFC is past its Heyday. Dana did not build STARS. The fighters are boring people…and no one but big fans know who they are. Dana does not market them like the NBA does..or other sports. It’s going to only decline from here. There has never been an MMA fighter, other than McGregor who was a REAL superstar. That’s the problem.

Did Lebatard called Dana White a skinhead?

If Dana wants fighters to strike, he needs to do away with extreme weight cutting. It gives wrestlers an unfair advantage. Joe Rogan is on the record calling it sanctioned cheating. Mohammed is a 185er fighting a more natural 170 lb champ in Edwards.

Kimbo Slice was payed extra to stay on his feet in his first televised fight. Dana said ppl make bets. Influencing fights by paying ppl more to stand is illegal

GUYS U MISSED THE BIGGEST POINT. DANA CALLED KIMBO GETTING PAID TO STAND IN HIS LOSE ILLEGAL. THAT SHOWTIME EXEC SHOULD GO 2 JAIL

I like that these guys have the balls to criticize dana white

And for him to want people not to fight with strategy and just go out there swinging is why the sport was laughed at before smh.....I love to see strategy

The main card wasn’t even bad. Dana was more bitter about the prelims. Arnold Allen fight was good. Paddy and Tom showed up too. Dana was just up past his bedtime

Once again Dan is over here speaking truth to power

DANA CALLED THE ELITE FC KIMBO FIGHT ILLEGAL WHEN HE GOT PAID MORE TO STAND. SINCE THEY I FLUENCED THE FIGHT AND PPL BET N VEGAS

Higher pay incentivizes fighters to perform better. UFC 300 was really good because all the fighters wanted that 300k performance bonus.

Dan you deserve a Nobel prize for that! I have been saying that for years and nobody calls him out on it! I had three fighters in the UFC and they weren't even above the poverty line! And they won fights mind you!

I wish you had someone that knows the ufc and the business. That was a good card for non casuals. Wrestling is part of the sport. Dana also said it wasn’t about monkeav fighting style it’s because the dude is a POS. If you’ve seen his fights you’ll know his fight style is boring but if he’s hard to work with why keep him.

Dan Le Batard is right on the money on this one. Fighters will easily sacrafice the 'win bonus of 100k' for a long term career where they can earn 500k if successful. In order to understand the issue here, you have to go back in time. There was UFC and Pride. UFC was not a hot ticket back then, Pride was where all the money was. There was a point in 2006/2007 where both companies were successful, therefore if a fighter was a free agent, they would go to the highest bidder. This worked out well for the fighter. Pride got into trouble with the tv company, and folded. UFC took over as a monopoly. So when you are the only game in town - guess what - you gotta play by their rules because you have nowhere else to go. So UFC decided that 'hey , we are the only game in town - we can pay what we want'. We will pay peanuts, but its okay - we can come up with this silly 'bonus' system to really motivate the fighters to give the fans more action, while still paying them low. Like Dan said - the bonus doesn't mean anything when in fact they would rather have a long term contract. And to really shove it in the face of the fighters, UFC will do bare minimum to promote you. Instead, Dana would rather sit back - and watch the talent make fools of themselves by creating fake fueds, pro wrestling gimmicks, crap talking, shoving each other in press conferences but hugging it out later admitting it was just for promotion. McGregor figured this out a while back and knew he could self promote himself to the moon - and it paid off. UFC did little to push McGregor , that guy did it himself. So fast forward to UFC 304. Fighters fight to not lose to keep their contract going. Dana wants it both ways. He wants fighters to put it all on the line, maintain their 'winning record', action pack fights, create gimmicks for themselves to promote themselves, meanwhile while all this - pay them 10% of what Boxing champions make - all while wearing stupid reebok uniforms to make dana even more money. So you got this guy who lays on top of leon for five rounds so he can make more money, and Dana gets all mad. On top of all this Dana White / UFC greed - decide to put on a UFC show in UK to expand MMA into europe , but have it American time so they don't lose USA ppv dollars. Like I said, they want it both ways. Now with all that being said - Dana should know dang well why it happened in UFC 304, he just will never hold himself accountable for a boring product. He will point fingers at world champions like a child and blame others for his wrong doings. Lastly, if you guys are still reading this - Ngannou made 600k for his HW championship fight. He made 10 million in Boxing with Tyson Fury, and then 15 million for Anthony Joshua. Let that sink in. Come back and tell me Dana is the 'savior' of MMA in modern era. I'll laugh at you for hours. Dana made you guys all suckers while he gambles a million at black jack and slaps the crap out of his wife in public. Boxing - a sport that mindless UFC fans claim has been dying for the past 30 years is continuing to be the best combat sport for fighters to get involved with due to the amount of money they could make versus UFC (U FIGHT CHEAP).

Dana White has NASTY energy. He’s probably the only commissioner in a major sport that feels the need to constantly do press conferences, like he wants to be the face of UFC. When it should be the fighters

Yeah I personally don't believe that fighters are actually risking more for that extra bonus. The things they do in the cage are things they were going to do anyway. I don't think those bonuses truly incentivized anyone to go extra hard.

Dana has been like this all along.

Yall are wrong. Paddy won all the bonuses and he only submitted Bobby. Doesn’t matter how you end the fight so the barbaric KO take is dumb. Just the 7 straight fights of boring fights with no one taking any chances leading to 7 decisions sucks to watch.

Le Batard is totally correct here.

The UFC exists for one group of people. Closet cases. The same guys that crash Grindr at the RNC are UFC fans.

This is the start of the decline of the UFC, and Dana knows it. Which is why he’s panicking and lashing out.

Dan is 100% right. At the end of the day, you compete to win. If I am competing and don’t care about winning, then WTF am I competing. I only concentrate on the knockout, and then I get KO’d (good luck with that). Dan hit the nail on the head, it’s about survival.

When your commissioner is more or wants to be more famous than the fighters. Your league is in trouble.

Dana picks the wrong guys to promote. Jon jones is a walking felony, McGregor hasn't been a star for 5 years. Gsp walked away from dana, so did Francis. Dana ego always the priority, not the promotion or the sport.

Easy for him to talk, he’s not getting his brains bashed in. Dana needs put in his place.

The fighters are the reason the ufc has had success to begin with

Y’all have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. You don’t understand the business, don’t understand the sport, or what makes a good card.

Get rid of the weight cutting! OIL ME UP DANA!

You ever watch and listen to people who don't have a competitive ounce in their being? Keep watching.

Why even have bonuses if according to dana it don't motivate them

Then they should stop the show/win purse breakdown. If money doesn't incentivize fighters, give them their full pay and don't give them half their pay contingent on winning.

I actually thought the card was... not that bad. i thought it was better than the average UFC card

Tony, Mike, Juju are the only 3 who needs to be talking MMA in that room ✔️

Mike Ryan looks like the dad who tells JuJu Gotti "not dating my daughter" before angrily mowing the yard.

All Dana care's about is using that money to gamble. The guy get's off on taking cash from people. I hate to know how much he pays those slap fighter's.

If Dana white wants a guaranteed knockout as a finish, he shoulda went into the wrestling business instead. That way he can make the fights end how ever way he likes 😂

You wanna see why the UFC is completely full of shit? LOOK. RIGHT. HERE.

Perierra walks around heavy too. He can easily fight at heavyweight. These guys dont know fighting

so he cuts a 23 year old undefeated for using wrestling, just make it kickboxing and u will avoid that

Not sure why the fighters dont go on strike the way they have to train hard and get punched all the time for pennies.

Dan saying if I was a fighter is so funny because you don't think like a fighter. Fighter don't think like you. Since you bring up Mike Tyson, he didn't go to a fight and think my priority is not to get hit.

UFC lost millions in futures revs bc of Leon vs Belal at 530 am

Dani to worried about gambling to market his fighters

He can play baccarat for 20 mill, but he cant keep his lower end of fighters afloat, shame on u...

Masvidal. Bones Jones. Joe Frazier. Some fighters like to hit people. Floyd is not the only psyche of fighters.

People are fighting each other for money... You're looking for a moral high ground in the industry fueled by causing bodily harm for cash. What are you talking about? Entertainment? They're "entertaining" us? If that's your argument, that they are entertainers. Then Dana White is correct... Be entertaining. Otherwise... These are men beating each other for cash. There is no moral high ground.

Pereira vs Paul wont happen for the UFC's images sake in reality. That's the real hold up i think either guy would take the fight no problem.

These people know nothing about the UFC. Mike Ryan calling people soft is so fucking disrespectful. Also Tony, Pereira walks around at 230+

Le Batard can suck the fun out of any sport.

I hope pfl is bought by the Saudis and put tons of money in and smesh ufc for good.

Dana knows his shit plenty of reasons to say what he said!!!

Preach Dan!

Why does he keep licking his lips ? Dana is weird.

Wow, Dana White doesn't wanna pay his fighters???? How am I gonna go on??? This absolutely gobsmacks me 🙄😢

Dana being cheap as always.

Your not fighting in the ufc if your worried about getting beat up in front of people thats like not playing football because you may not win the game

cry me a river. the man is offering 6 figure bonuses on top of whatever you contractually get paid for the fight. he wants top level performances and your crying cause he wasn’t happy with the results 💀 put your own money up and see if you’re happy with those results too

Sorry can't defend fighters who will not defend themselves I couldn't Care less about fighter pay in the ufc. Those guys are like a cult over there...just follow everything Dana White says.

Still better than boxing

3:20 ....just a horrible person

Don’t melt. The fight business.

Welcome to another episode of the Mike Ryan so with Dan and Stu

Lebatard should move to Cuba and he can live like his dad did there. The government can take the millions he's made and he can see how far his skill set gets him in a communist country I love these rich lefties who want the country to be socialist but won't move to a socialist state, but they want everyone else to live under it

Dana was right though. Only two fights on the main card delivered and one fight on the prelims. It was a snooze fest. Tom and Paddy were the only ones who earned their bonuses

UFC sucks now. Haven’t ordered a PPV in over a decade and I have beenwatching since1993

It’s 7 in vegas? What does that have to do with anything? Dana sounding dumb

I thought it was a pretty good show until Dana told me otherwise.

Lmao at the bot comments below this

Whoa was with Dan for the first 45 seconds till he called Dana a skin head. Wtf. Way to discredit yourself so quick. You sound bigoted Dan!

Who's Alex Potatoe?

Still want to see Dan fight Dana. Jorge Masvidal said he'd train LeBatard for free.

Dan probably likes wok asian food 😂

Show went to 💩 when it left ESPN.

Dana white hates the sport of fighting

Having out of shape tv people talk about mma is hilarious 😂 and 90% of u here on comments too! No experience whatsoever but u think u can talk about this 😂😂😂

I’ve been stopped watching ufc. He doesn’t care about the fighters. It’s obvious, he’s just a Trump guy and for whatever reason that overrides his core fanbase.

black hat guy is a yapper

Got distracted by the guy with glasses having to headphones on but good points

Dana White is a PoS. Always has been, always will be.

A Conor McGregor card is the only interesting UFC fight to watch

Tony Trumper back at it again

Chael still undefeated over Dan LeRetard

I love the fact that everyone says UFC should pay more guess what the fighters sign a contract if they dont like the contract money dont sign the said contract. Also where are fighters going to PFL it looks good cause some people get to win a millon dollar tournament look at fighter pay in PFL its extremely low. Also everyone saying curtis blaydes knockout is soft your dumb he took 8 shots to the head unanswered and not defending stop the BS of eraly stoppage soft lie.

After Tyson destroyed boxing,,it opened the door for the MMA. While entertaining,, boxing and all fight sports are so boring to see live.. I have seen both twice and will never go again.. Unless you are front row and even then,,you’ll spend the fight watching the big screen I can do same damn thing at home,,pay 50 on PPV and have 10 friends over.. And the MMA stars overall don’t last that long to establish large fan base. And the main reason is market saturation.. With 9 billion sports channels and multiple fight and combat sports available,,it’s hard to get massive viewers,,

What is the point of this? Just to keep beating a dead horse for sport? How do you criticize your peers for talking about just for the take of it when you do the exact same thing. Dana is not a wholesome guy as it pertains to his operations as ufc president. He never has been, and clearly never will be. The company is also insanely successful and the product is objectively good.