{"id":15779,"date":"2019-04-15T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=15779"},"modified":"2019-04-15T07:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T07:00:27","slug":"dana-white-will-unveil-the-future-of-fighting-in-the-next-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=15779","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Will Unveil \u2018The Future Of Fighting\u2019 In The Next Two Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC president is teasing major announcements that could change the face of combat sports.<\/p>\n<p>Big things are going on behind the scenes with the UFC, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s according to Dana White, who has been known to engage in a bit of hyperbole in the past. But even for a guy who gets way too hyped for every new season of The Ultimate Fighter, White legitimately seems to believe the company is about to revolutionize fighting again. <\/p>\n<p>That was the claim in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BvXJUIL_ql0\">an interview with ESPN&rsquo;s Brett Okamoto<\/a> following the thrilling UFC 236, which featured two of the best title fights in recent memory.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Highlights! &lsquo;Diamond&rsquo; Bloodies Holloway To Win Interim Belt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/4\/14\/18309504\/ufc-236-full-fight-video-highlights-max-holloway-dustin-poirier-espn-mma-ppv-atlanta\"},{\"title\":\"Highlights! Adesanya Outlasts Gastelum In FOTY Candidate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/4\/14\/18309515\/ufc-236-full-fight-video-highlights-gastelum-adesanya-holloway-poirier-espn-mma-atlanta-ppv\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&rdquo;I told everybody yesterday, wait til you see what we&rsquo;re working on in Vegas right now,&rdquo; White said. &ldquo;In the next two months, I&rsquo;m going to unveil the future. Not of the UFC, of fighting. I&rsquo;m going to unveil the future of fighting in the next two months. And the amount of talent that we&rsquo;re looking at right now, the shows that we&rsquo;re creating to create talent right now.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&rdquo;We&rsquo;ve been on a roll for a while now where every weekend the fights are absolutely ridiculous and we&rsquo;re going to continue. This partnership that we have with ESPN right now is &#8230; is a big deal, man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear what White is referring to. There&rsquo;s been talk of <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/ufc-plans-open-worlds-biggest-mma-training-facility\/story?id=59307619\">more UFC Performance Institutes<\/a> around the world. Really big cards seem poised to be announced from July onwards, with a McGregor return seemingly inevitable. Aggressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/3\/19\/18272173\/midnight-mania-dana-claims-new-espn-deal-will-be-amazing-for-fans-but-is-he-right\">pricing deals from Disney owned ESPN+<\/a> could make being a UFC fan a slightly less costly hobby. <\/p>\n<p>Make me a believer, Dana White! All things are possible through ESPN and UFC and Endeavor!<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC president is teasing major announcements that could change the face of combat sports. Big things are going on behind the scenes with the UFC, apparently. That&rsquo;s according to Dana White, who has been known to engage in a bit of hyperbole in the past. But even for a guy who gets way too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}