Dana White Abandons UFC Fight Night For DAZN Boxing Event
UFC CEO Dana White is a Las Vegas mainstay, so much so he can be regularly seen around the city outside of his regular responsibilities overseeing the biggest MMA promotion in the world.
It was no different Saturday, as UFC Vegas 85 is currently taking place from the UFC APEX and is headlined by a middleweight main event between Roman Dolidze and Nassourdine Imavov.
But the UFC wasn't the only combat sport in town, as the world's fight capital played host to a DAZN Boxing event headlined by Conor Benn and Peter Dobson, which White attended Saturday afternoon.
It is unclear why White attended, nor is it known whether or not it is related to photos surfacing of White, Benn, and Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn earlier in the week.
Hearn said it was a business meeting with White but didn't elaborate further on specifics. White sat ringside and got to meet Irish boxing superstar, Katie Taylor, among others.
It isn't the first time White has missed a UFC event as in the last several years he has had to attend to his kids' activities, Radio Row at the Super Bowl, and spontaneous trips to Italy, Mexico, and other exotic places around the world.
White was in San Diego visiting his son, Dana White III, during the UFC's dead period last Saturday, as White III is on the football team.
UFC Vegas 85 is the first of 11 consecutive events, culminating with UFC 300 taking place at the T-Mobile Arena on April 13.
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