UFC President Dana White will not soon be leaving his role in the company.
White revealed today that he has signed a new seven-year deal with UFC parent company Endeavor, which will keep him as president of the main MMA organization.
In an interview with Megan Olivi, he shared the news by discussing the extension of the promotion contract with ESPN and the decision to transfer all the pay-per-view TV events on ESPN + until the end of the day. in 2025.
"Ari Emanuel and I have just signed a new seven-year agreement," said. "So we've been here for seven years, ESPN here for seven years and the amazing things we're going to work on, I can not even tell you how excited I am for all this."
White could have separated from the UFC in 2016 with the transfer of ownership of the Fertitta brothers to Endeavor for an amount of over $ 4 billion.
Although his long-time partners have left the company, White has chosen to stay in place by signing a five-year contract. He now has a new agreement now, and as White said today to MMA Junkie, there are big things on the horizon.
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