UFC President Dana White Addresses Relationship With WWE: "I Haven't Worked With Them At All"

UFC President Dana White Addresses Relationship With WWE: "I Haven't Worked With Them At All"

UFC President Dana White has addressed his working relationship with WWE, seemingly confirming there are no imminent plans for full-blown crossovers between them. Find his comments in full after the jump!

By JoshWilding - Jun 03, 2024 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: UFC

Following Endeavor's acquisition of WWE, that company and UFC are now under the same umbrella of TKO Holdings. We've seen a couple of MMA stars show up in the crowd of WWE shows and a handful of pro wrestlers in the UFC but that's really it in terms of "crossovers."

We're not necessarily expecting WWE Superstars to compete in the Octagon or any UFC fighters to imminently step into the squared circle. UFC President Dana White essentially confirmed that during Saturday's UFC 302 press conference. 

"It’s very separate, I haven’t worked with them at all," White confirmed. "I do what I do and they do what they do."

"They’re using some of the people from my team to help them in different areas business-wise but as far as putting on live events, WWE is very good at what they do and we’re very good at what we do, and that’s about as far as it goes with me."

There have been some changes behind the scenes, with several high-profile layoffs taking place as WWE and UFC streamline operations (like the live events White refers to above). 

Last month, the UFC boss was asked about allowing his fighters to wrestle in WWE, specifically Derrick Lewis after he expressed interest in the possibility of competing for the sports entertainment giant. 

"Listen, some of the fighters who fight here have always dreamed about doing a WWE match or whatever it is and I don’t have a problem with that," White said at the time. "I didn’t have a problem with that when Vince was consistently f***ing me for no reason and now that that’s not the case anymore, I, obviously, would absolutely do it."

While literal crossovers aren't happening, this weekend will see WWE and UFC head to Louisville, Kentucky's KFC Yum! Center Arena to hold back-to-back shows; SmackDown takes place on June 7 and UFC's next event on June 8. 

NXT Battleground, meanwhile, hails from the UFC Apex on June 9, the first time any WWE event has been held at the venue.

You can hear more from White in the player below.

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