The Tucker Carlson Show - December 12, 2023


Dana White


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9 minutes

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174.43375

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1,607

Sentence count

166

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Dana White: "I'm happy to be an American. I love this country. I don't care what people say, I know what I stand for" UFC has been sanctioned in New York for seven years . UFC is now number one, number two, and number three all time at Madison Square Garden .

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00:00:00.000 Backstage, Madison Square Garden, New York City, before the fights on the 30th anniversary of UFC with the man who runs it, Dana White.
00:00:17.860 Happy anniversary.
00:00:18.720 Thank you.
00:00:19.140 30 years?
00:00:19.780 Yep, 30 years tonight.
00:00:20.880 How many years in New York?
00:00:22.080 So we've been in New York, funny saying that, six years ago, 2016, seven years ago, we just got sanctioned in New York.
00:00:30.000 We couldn't get into New York for a long time, and it had nothing to do with the UFC.
00:00:33.600 It was about the culinary union, if you can believe that.
00:00:36.040 I can believe it.
00:00:36.700 Yeah.
00:00:37.080 The Fertittas were my partners in this back then, and the culinary union from Las Vegas was keeping us out of New York.
00:00:45.140 Remember that criminal, Sheldon Silver?
00:00:47.400 Very well.
00:00:47.940 Is it Shelly Silver?
00:00:48.420 Sheldon Silver?
00:00:48.820 Yeah, yeah. 0.99
00:00:49.660 He was blocking us from coming to New York, and apparently, I was the only guy in the world that knew this guy was a crook and a criminal. 0.51
00:00:56.520 Nobody here knew, but they ended up finding out.
00:00:58.920 Anyway, we get into New York, and tonight, as we sit here tonight, we're going to do a $12.2 million gate.
00:01:06.880 We are number one, number two, and number three all time at Madison Square Garden in just seven years.
00:01:13.260 That's unbelievable.
00:01:14.500 It's awesome.
00:01:15.020 So, I'm just going to ask you right off the top.
00:01:17.980 Bud Light, you were in partnership with them, then you went to Modelo.
00:01:21.380 Now, you're back in partnership with Bud Light.
00:01:23.340 That suggests to me that Bud Light is improving?
00:01:25.760 Yeah, listen, Bud Light, you know, I'm getting to this point in my life and in my career where I want to be with people and sponsors that I am aligned with, which makes sense in this crazy world that we live in these days.
00:01:40.280 And, let me tell you what, if you consider yourself a patriot, right, you're a patriot, you should be drinking gallons of Bud Light.
00:01:48.480 Believe me when I tell you.
00:01:49.760 Wait, wait, wait.
00:01:50.420 I should be boycotting Bud Light.
00:01:53.440 Gallons of Bud Light.
00:01:54.640 You should have Bud Light drums stacked up in your garage and drinking it right out of the keg.
00:02:00.120 They are way more aligned with you than most of these other beer companies are.
00:02:04.480 That I guarantee you.
00:02:05.620 Take it from somebody who's in the know, who does business with beer companies.
00:02:10.380 You are way more aligned with Bud Light than you are with any other beer company.
00:02:14.020 So, I'm assuming, I mean, they didn't come into partnership with you by accident.
00:02:16.540 No.
00:02:17.260 Obviously.
00:02:17.800 We had multiple bidders on the table.
00:02:19.360 Did they seek you out?
00:02:20.740 We had multiple bidders on the table.
00:02:22.520 They were one of them.
00:02:23.280 And, as I, you know, history has shown me with relationships that I've had with other beer companies, I, who lean more this way, I, who consider myself a patriot, I don't go crazy over the whole patriot thing, but I consider myself a proud American.
00:02:39.620 I'm happy to be an American.
00:02:40.660 I love this country.
00:02:41.880 And, you are way more aligned with Anheuser-Busch than you are with other beer companies.
00:02:47.200 That I guarantee you. 0.99
00:02:48.220 Have you taken any crap for it? 0.96
00:02:50.400 Listen, people are going to say what they're going to say. 0.93
00:02:52.100 I don't ever, I don't care what people, I know who I am, I know what I stand for, I know what I believe in, and the people who are close to me know, and I'm on the right side of this.
00:03:03.880 Believe me when I tell you.
00:03:05.380 Interesting.
00:03:06.740 The flags in the octagon, where are you on that and why?
00:03:10.720 I'm back.
00:03:11.380 I mean, we brought them back.
00:03:12.660 The problem is, is what you don't want to have.
00:03:14.380 So, this is the fighters bringing their national flags into the arena.
00:03:17.020 We're a global business.
00:03:18.140 Yeah.
00:03:18.360 Okay?
00:03:18.820 And, I try to respect everybody's freedom of speech, freedom of choice, etc., etc.
00:03:28.720 When you walk in, you should be proud of the country you live in.
00:03:32.300 Everybody who lives in America should walk in with an American flag.
00:03:34.700 Yeah.
00:03:34.960 Should love your country, should be proud of your country.
00:03:36.640 The sad part is, most of these people from other countries are the people who are most proud of where they're from, and not us here.
00:03:43.520 So, it became an issue with some of the guys.
00:03:46.240 They want to come in and they want to bring their flags, like Mexicans. 0.99
00:03:49.020 Who are more proud to be Mexican than Mexicans, you know what I mean?
00:03:52.040 They carry their flags, you know, their people support their people, the UK.
00:03:56.200 Their people support their people like Mexicans support their people.
00:03:59.280 And, you should be able to walk in with your country's flag.
00:04:03.100 So, I brought it back.
00:04:04.580 Were you under pressure not to allow it?
00:04:06.940 There's always, you know, when you deal with, you know, you know.
00:04:11.140 When you deal with some of these woke lunatics that are out there, you know, people have problems with some people's flags.
00:04:21.000 And, I don't, so. 0.89
00:04:22.820 You don't care?
00:04:23.480 I don't care.
00:04:24.080 Doesn't matter what the flag is?
00:04:25.200 I don't care.
00:04:26.460 As long as you're from there, you get your flag. 0.97
00:04:27.760 If you're from there, you should be able to support where you're from, 100%.
00:04:31.220 What's wrong with that?
00:04:32.480 No matter what other people's feelings are.
00:04:34.900 It's the same thing that I went through with Russia. 0.88
00:04:37.980 We have lots of Russians who fight here.
00:04:40.080 Yeah.
00:04:40.240 We're not.
00:04:40.640 They fight well, too.
00:04:41.640 They are a part of this company.
00:04:45.920 You know, we have signed them.
00:04:47.880 I'm not going to not let them compete, not let them fight because they're from Russia. 1.00
00:04:51.660 Of course they can compete.
00:04:52.460 Absolutely.
00:04:53.920 They can come here, fight, and support their families.
00:04:57.820 Yeah.
00:04:58.180 Yeah.
00:04:58.580 So they're not responsible for the foreign policy of the government they live under.
00:05:02.000 Well said.
00:05:02.900 Yeah.
00:05:03.200 And we're not either.
00:05:04.760 Exactly.
00:05:05.800 100%.
00:05:06.400 So you've talked up Abu Dhabi, this tiny little emirate in the Persian Gulf, for a long time.
00:05:14.680 Why Abu Dhabi?
00:05:16.360 I love everything about it.
00:05:18.340 These guys are forward thinkers, open-minded.
00:05:23.220 The infrastructure that they have built in that incredible city.
00:05:27.340 And I tell people all the time, if you have never been to a fight in Abu Dhabi, you have to come experience this place.
00:05:34.260 And when COVID hit, these guys were light years ahead of everyone else when it came to COVID.
00:05:39.680 Testing, the whole thing.
00:05:41.000 And that's where we created Fight Island and where we ran through COVID was with them.
00:05:45.900 And because they're so progressive and brilliant.
00:05:50.300 They're brilliant.
00:05:50.880 You're calling a theocracy progressive.
00:05:54.560 It's a monarchy, right?
00:05:56.260 Very progressive.
00:05:57.400 You don't feel that way when you go there.
00:05:59.700 It's not.
00:06:00.760 What's funny is because of the things that we hear about the Middle East here in America and have our whole lives, people are afraid to go there.
00:06:08.160 People are scared.
00:06:10.460 Never felt safer anywhere than I felt when I'm in Abu Dhabi.
00:06:14.420 They don't have a crime problem in Abu Dhabi?
00:06:15.480 No, they do not have a crime problem.
00:06:17.320 They don't have a crime problem.
00:06:18.560 They deal with crime the way crime should be dealt with.
00:06:21.300 Yeah.
00:06:21.700 Crime isn't a problem over there.
00:06:22.940 Slift and certain.
00:06:23.820 And the royal family over there are some of the most humble, brilliant, amazing human beings you could possibly meet.
00:06:33.460 I love those people.
00:06:35.160 I consider them all very, very close friends of mine.
00:06:38.820 I agree with that, for the record.
00:06:40.860 They are humble and they're forward thinking.
00:06:43.860 They're not just thinking about next elections.
00:06:45.760 100%.
00:06:46.120 They're incredible.
00:06:47.640 But, you know, when you were 23, did you ever think we'd get to a place where you felt freer in Abu Dhabi than in other places?
00:06:56.360 No.
00:06:57.380 Well, I was 23.
00:06:58.400 That was the last thing I was thinking about anyway.
00:07:00.500 But, yeah, no.
00:07:02.480 It's been a cool experience for me to create the relationship that I've created over there.
00:07:08.200 And I value it very much.
00:07:11.740 These people will be my close friends until the day I die.
00:07:17.160 And I will do business with them until the day I die.
00:07:19.620 We just did an extension on our deal over there.
00:07:21.900 We might as well have done the extension for the next 40 years because I'm never not going to do business with Abu Dhabi. 0.98
00:07:29.300 Ever.
00:07:30.560 So it feels like the future to you.
00:07:32.140 When you – oh, it's definitely the future.
00:07:34.280 And the other thing is I'm one of these guys that I'm a very loyal person.
00:07:37.960 And once we've done things together and you've been good to me, I will pay you back, you know, 20 times.
00:07:44.540 So what Abu Dhabi has done for me, my business, especially through COVID, I'll never forget.
00:07:52.220 And I will be with them until the day I die.
00:07:55.500 Who's coming tonight?
00:07:57.700 We got President Trump will be here tonight.
00:08:02.060 We have – you're coming.
00:08:04.460 You're sticking around for the fight tonight.
00:08:07.100 Bongino will be here tonight.
00:08:09.400 Gary Breka, my guy who I'm going to introduce you to, who's going to change your life, will be here tonight.
00:08:14.540 We have – Jared Leto will be here tonight.
00:08:19.280 Kid Rock is coming tonight.
00:08:21.880 And many, many more.
00:08:23.640 Amazing.
00:08:24.220 Dana White, congratulations on 30 years.
00:08:25.920 Thanks.
00:08:26.280 It's great to see you.
00:08:26.840 Thanks for coming.
00:08:27.520 Thank you.
00:08:28.080 I'm psyched.
00:08:28.820 Me too.
00:08:29.120 I'm a man, you better.
00:08:32.680 I'm a man, you better.
00:08:35.320 I'm a man, you better.
00:08:39.440 I'm a man, you better.
00:08:40.440 I'm a man, you better.
00:08:42.440 I'm a man, you better.
00:08:44.540 I'm a man, you better.
00:09:12.200 I'm a man, you better.