Politics, Lawsuits, and Bizarre Tales: Dana White Speaks Out

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Can you trust a friend who's deep in politics, or is it just too "disgusting" to handle? That's the burning question UFC President Dana White tackles as he steps away from the political ring after supporting former President Donald Trump. Tune in to hear his unfiltered take on the murky waters of politics and why he's had enough. Was it loyalty or just plain revulsion at a system he calls "gross"? You won't want to miss this raw and candid commentary from a man known for his no-holds-barred approach.

Meanwhile, grab your popcorn for the wild ride involving Netflix, Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, and a whopping $50 million lawsuit! A Florida man is shaking things up by claiming that poor streaming quality turned a hyped boxing match into a nightmare. Is this just a case of frustrated fans or a legitimate legal battle? And what's the story with the man who tried to fake his own death? We've got sports, legal drama, and bizarre tales that promise to entertain and keep you questioning reality. This episode is packed with twists, turns, and more than a few laughs.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, good morning, happy Friday.
We have three stories to get to.
We have some UFC, dana White,tribulate, not tribulation, that
is not the right word.
Actually, it is the right wordthat I want to use.
Tribulation is a noun thatmeans suffering or distress that
results from misfortune orcruel or unjust treatment.

(00:22):
So, yeah, we got Dana going offover here about politics.
Then we have some Netflix,boxing stuff happening, suing
and all this stuff.
People are not happy with theMike Tyson, jake Paul fight and
now they want their money back.
Okay, and then we're going totalk about this damned
dingleberry that decided to fakehis own death and he got caught

(00:44):
.
Of course, all right, let's getright to it.
Oh, let's see, dana white sayshe does not want to do this ever
again.
Meaning politics, he says it'ssome disgusting shit.
Oh, don't let trump daddy balls.
Here you say that the ufc ceosaid he's never working on a

(01:04):
campaign again after he stumpedfor his longtime pal, donald
Trump, helping the Republicanssince the November election
white 55 had.
Why do they do that?
Why do they have to put the agein there?
Somebody tell me is there arule, is there a guideline that
says you have to do that?
I'm just fascinated by that now, because every story starts.

(01:25):
You got to put their age inthere, why?
All right, white, 55.
And I'm older than Dana White.
What the hell?
White 55 had some choice wordson the topic when asked by the
New Yorker at Saturday's UFC 309match at Madison Square Garden,
where the president-elect andhis top supporters gathered.

(01:46):
I'm never effing doing thisagain.
He told the magazine I wantnothing to do with this.
Shit.
It's gross, it's disgusting.
I want nothing to do nothingwith politics.
Ooh, I think.
Hmm.
White appeared at the RepublicanNational Convention and spoke

(02:06):
on behalf of Donald Trump July,delivering a glowing endorsement
from the stage.
He also helped the Republicannominee reach young male voters
who watched UFC alongside malepodcasters.
Why doesn't he want to do thisagain?
All he had to do is go outthere and stump for him, give
him some speeches, big whoop,and walk in and walk in with him
at the arena at a UFC fight.

(02:27):
That's all he had to do, fromwhat I have witnessed anyway.
But it appears his stumping wasonly out of loyalty to his
friend of 25 years, as the UFCchief swore off politics during
the fight at the famed big applevenue where the future
president assembled his cabinetpicks and other politicians.

(02:51):
Donald Trump is a tougher andmore badass than anybody.
White declared you can only praythat you're a quarter of the
man that Donald Trump was when aguy tried to take seven shots
at his head with a high-poweredrifle with a effing scope on it.
Yeah, I agree, dana, but whydon't you want to do politics?

(03:12):
You really didn't do politics,hon.
All you did was go out thereand, like I said, made a couple
of speeches and showed up withthem at a fight or two.
That's all you did.
And you going on talk showstalking.
That was your deal.
You could have said no, allright, we're moving on.
I don't really care, whatever.

(03:32):
Mike Tyson and Netflix and JakePaul.
Netflix hit with a $50 millionclass action lawsuit over Mike
Tyson.
Jake Paul fights streamingglitches.
A Florida man get that, that'show it starts.
A Florida man, of course hasfiled a class action lawsuit
against Netflix over the poorstreaming quality that affected

(03:57):
millions during the widelyviewed boxing match between
former heavyweight champion MikeTyson and YouTube personality
Jake Paul on Friday.
I thought this was going to beabout the betting, but
apparently it's about the poorquality.
Ronald Blue Denton why do theyhave blue I guess that's his
nickname.
A resident of HillsboroughCounty, florida, alleged that

(04:21):
the streaming giant was guiltyof breach of contract over the
frequent glitches.
According to TMZ, look, peoplewill sue over anything.
You can look at them wrong andthey will sue you.
The class action lawsuit filedin Florida state court is
seeking damages of at least 50million dollars.
What kind of damage did youhave for 50 million dollars?

(04:45):
60 million americans were hypedto see iron mike tyson the
baddest man on the planet versusyoutuber turner prize fighter
jake paul.
What they saw was the baddeststreaming on planet.
The lawsuit claims it wasalleged that many viewers missed
portions of the fight due tothe interruptions.

(05:06):
But how is that worth 50million dollars?
Netflix customers experiencedmassive stream issues.
It should have known better,because it's happened before.
Yes, it has.
They were woefully ill-prepared, according to the lawsuit,
citing over 100 000 peoplecomplaining online.
The lawsuit claimed that boxingfans along with the average

(05:28):
americans wanting to see.
Okay, I understand we hadglitches and you wanted to see
the fight, but why are you suingfor that amount of money?
Really, you were thatdistraught over it.
I don't know.
You could go finish readingthat.
We're going to move on to thedad, this husband and dad.

(05:48):
This is some crazy bull BSright here.
Dad and I talked about this onthe podcast, I don't know, a
week or so ago, when I firstheard about it and I said we
needed a follow-up, didn't I?
Well, here we go.
Dad who faked own death andfled to Eastern Europe reveals
how he did it after cops findhim through.
Mystery Uzbek woman.

(06:10):
Uzbek Uzbek, u-s-b-e-k woman.
A Wisconsin man who how old ishe?
We need to know how old he isright.
A wisconsin man who faked hisown death, ditched his family
and fled to eastern europe hasbeen telling the cops how he
pulled off the bizarre stunt,but still won't say if he's

(06:30):
coming back.
Oh, father of three, ryan.
Father of three, ryan borgwart,vanished during a kayaking trip
in August, leaving his forlornfamily fearing the worst after
he never came home from GreenLake, about an hour and a half
north of Madison.
But last week Green Lake CountySheriff Mark Podol said at a

(06:53):
press conference that the45-year-old fled to Eastern
Europe.
And now Borgwart has opened upto the police about how and why
he faked his drowning demise.
Well, let's see, do tell.
During the trip, borgwartoverturned his kayak, chucked
his phone into the water andpaddled an inflatable boat to

(07:16):
shore, according to WYFF inWisconsin.
Then he rode an electric bike70 miles south to the state
capitol, where he boarded a busfor Detroit, then another to
Canada, before hopping on aplane.
The sheriff added Podol, whosaid Borgwald has spoken to cops

(07:36):
almost every day since November11th, even sent authorities a
video of himself from his newdigs.
I'm safe and secure, no problem, borgwald said in the cell
phone video.
I hope this works.
I hope this works.
Cops are still verifyingBorgwalk's account, but they

(07:57):
still aren't happy.
He's okay.
They what?
But they said wait, but theysaid they're happy, he's okay.
The great news is we know thathe is alive and well, podol said
.
The bad news is we don't knowwhere Ryan exactly is and he has
not yet decided to return home.
Look, I don't want you to comehome if you did all that to
leave me.
You ask and stay right on overthere.

(08:19):
He could be charged with.
Well, he could be charged witha crime, yeah, an obstructing of
.
Yeah, I would say so.
Meanwhile, cops are pulling athis heart strings to convince
him to come back to his family.
No, sir, your ass can stayright on over.
I don't want your ass now thatyou did all that.
No, you can just stay overthere.
That's what I have to say.

(08:39):
Christmas is coming, podol said, and what better gift could
your kids get than to be therefor christmas?
He left his children.
Do you think his children Idon't know, I don't know how old
they are they might want to seehim.
I don't know, I don't know.
But how do you come home andexplain that to your children?
Somebody answer that for me.

(09:01):
I don't know, I don't know.
I would be so effing pissed off.
No, I wouldn't want him to comeback, because he went to that
extreme to leave and he and hefeels like he's forced to come
back.
What is he gonna do then?
No, thank you.
Uh, let's see.

(09:22):
But as the case wore on, thesheriff's office began scouring
his computer, which not only putthem on his trail, but showed
that he'd been talking to awoman from a former.
So that's how they found himand everything.
Well, la-ti-da, all right, we'removing on to the question of
the day do you have a celebritydoppelganger?

(09:43):
Has anybody ever told you youlooked like a certain celebrity
and if so, who is it?
I've not really been told Ilook like anybody, I guess, in
my younger days young, young,young, younger days uh, my
family, of course, is my family.
My cousins used to say I no,I'm not even gonna tell you

(10:04):
because I don't think it's alook like at all.
Um, all right, I guess that's.
That's all I've got for now,and I will, the gent and I will
be back tomorrow, because it'sSaturday.
Tonight is movie night for us.
We're watching Casablanca.
We decided to watch some oldermovies, humphrey Bogart movies
and we're starting withCasablanca.

(10:25):
All right, I have seen it, thegent has not, but I watched it a
very long time ago.
So tonight will probably belike watching it again for the
first time.
I mean, all right, thanks forlistening.
Y'all Appreciate it.
Have a good one.
Bye.