Dana White has been accused by former UFC CFO Nakisa Bidarian of ‘lying frequently’ after claiming he wasn’t aware of Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua.
The UFC boss told journalists after UFC 322 that he wasn’t aware of the Paul vs Joshua fight, before branding the bout a bad idea. White admitted that Netflix hadn’t announced the fight, but that many viewers were likely to tune in. He implied that it was almost certain that the American would lose.
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Bidarian, the boss of Most Valuable Promotions, said that White knows what Paul does at all times. He also claimed fighters have been warned against getting involved on the social media star’s events in the past.
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Dana White is not fond of the Most Valuable Promotions duo Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidadarian. Paul, who used to be the CFO of the UFC when it was sold for just under $4billion dollars, enjoys trolling White.
And while appearing on Helwani’s show, Bidarian hit back at White for a few claims he made when asked about the upcoming bout between Paul and Anthony Joshua. “I saw three key things, and the last one is telling for the first one,” Bidarian explained.
“First thing I think he said was he wasn’t aware of it. The second thing he said is that it’s a bad idea. Third thing he said was ‘yeah I’ll watch it’ because everyone wants to see what’s going to happen and it’s finally going to happen.
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“To be clear, there’s obviously a distaste for Jake Paul when you’re talking about ‘I want to see him get knocked out’. That’s been well-known and I understand the dynamic that’s been built over time.
“To say ‘I wasn’t aware of it’ is a blatant lie. Dana is a liar.
2025-11-24 21:00:00
