Blog names UFC president to ‘most influential’ list
A popular sports blog released a list of the 25 most influential people in sports and a UFC executive was included right in the middle.
UFC president Dana White placed No. 12 on the list, published by TheBigLead.com.
"Depending on the metric you want to use, MMA is the fastest-growing sport in the world," the site wrote in placing White on the list. "White and the UFC have cashed in, more than doubling their revenue between 2007 ($207 million) and 2014 ($522 million)."
It wasn't all positive.
"Frankly, White is profoundly unlikable. He's brash, arrogant, and megalomaniacal about the way he lords over the institution. He bullies the media, which, in the mainstream, provides less critical oversight than towards the seedy underbellies of other major sports," the staff of the site wrote. "The oversaturation of television content has taken all the juice out of the mid-card."
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell topped the list.
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