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Dana White, King of MMA: Dana White an unauthorized biography

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Dana White is referred to by many as the King of MMA, and one cannot deny the immense popularity of Dana in the MMA community and business world. Dana has taken a failing business, an unknown sport to most and turned it into an international, muliti-billion dollar business. He has put his face out there as the face of mma and ultimate fighting, and is known world wide. Who is Dana White? Dana remains elusive in interviews and all that is known about Dana, comes from interviews with him. In his biography you will discover the real Dana White, striped of all myths, lies and tales, and told through the eyes of the woman who raised him. You will see the child, the man, the King of MMA. The good, the bad and the ugly.

152 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2011

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Profile Image for Loy Machedo.
233 reviews207 followers
August 7, 2012
Loy Machedo’s Book Review – Dana White – King of MMA by June White.

The minute I found out there was a book on Dana White – that too a Biography, I jumped in to purchase it.

140 pages – 6 main chapters and even a recommendation from Frank Shamrock stating "Really enjoying Dana White's moms book about her son, check it out for some good soul food." (check out the books website)

However, the book turned out to be a massive disappointment.

First, I was surprised that this book was written by his mother. And even more so by a mother who is hell bent on taking revenge by spewing out all the bitterness, anger and hatred she has against a son who could never end being what she wanted him to be.

Now the book contains great real-time photographs of Dana and also a lot of incidents about Dana growing up. However, at many points of the book, you begin to ask yourself – are these details really necessary? I mean who is interested in unwanted childish failures and pranks? Who is interested to read about one bar fight in detail to another? Who in the bloody world is interested to read someone getting drunk and then the painfully detailed descriptions?

When you advertise Dana White – King of MMA, one tends to expect that more about Dana White, His Personality, His Business Philosophy and His Words of Wisdom would be mentioned. Yes, we would love to read the controversies and the bad sides of him – but can we not do this in a mournful, scornful and pitiful ‘I-am-the-victim-look-at-poor-me’ manner?

To be honest, I kind of remembered my parents when I read all the rant his mother had to share. She complains about him not being a decent Catholic (he is an Atheist – YIPEE!!!), she wails about him using profanity with her (what do you expect – he is stressed out and you are in his face!), and she moans about him not being what she wanted him to be (is she for real???). I finally realized why Dana got so Mental – She is Obsessive, Compulsive and Repulsive!!!

Agreed – Dana White is a Tyrant, a Self-Obsessed Businessman & a Ruthless Monopoly. And yes, there are stories circulating of him being the type who can destroy you. But this is what he is. Wanting someone to change and then branding him or her as evil because he or she does not fit into your framework of good and bad is absolutely stupid.

I am sure Dana White’s mother is a good person and she has made plenty of sacrifices for her son. But attempting a low-blow of this sort and trying to cash on his name and success was a Cheap-shot. The title is misleading and she has tried to portray Dana as Satan and She as the Virgin Mary – Version 2.0.

And my message to Dana’s Mother - Mrs. White - I am sorry but your son is a product of your upbringing. So since you had a rotten life and made rotten choices – you got what you deserved. Now stop bitching about it and get a life.

Overall, a rant of a book with too many unnecessary details and a self-obsessed, ‘Poor-Me-I-Have-Sacrificed-Everything-For-My-Son-Boo-Hoo-Hoo’ woman who bores the daylights out of you with her self-righteous attitude.

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2 out of 10.

Loy Machedo
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83 reviews10 followers
February 17, 2014
In 1973 someone once wrote a book called A Random Walk Down Wall Street . In 2011 June White wrote a book that should have been called A Random Walk Down MMA Lane . I have seen hours of Dana White via post fight interviews and especially through the Ultimate Fighter show, and this book seemed to just be a chronological re-stating of all the time prior to his run as UFC president. I was looking forward to having the curtain drawn back and getting a glimpse into the life of the UFC president.

It was a history, but to be honest it just wasn't that interesting. I should have known I was in for a rocky ride when the intro page featured both a Batman the movie Quote, as well as a misspelling on Theodore Roosevelt's name on a second quote. It was weird to see how someone's own mother could write a book that was so critical of them, it was jarring to read some of the things that were written, and much of it I could just see as family in-fighting. Every family has that though, so I don't know why I felt compelled to read a book about it. By the end it was like a Seinfeld episode. Why would people watch it "Because It's on TV". Why would people read this "Because It's a book", was my final sentiment.

Probably the telling tale here was success does change people, which is the positive I will take from this 140 pages. Additionally, it was nice to see Dana wasn't an overnight success and that he had tried and failed many times before hitting on the UFC. This story has played out time and time again, and this book further cements the idea that there are no short-cuts in life. It also is a cautionary tale about success, because even when you do succeed, you must remember to be nice to your mother. Otherwise...she'll write a take-down book about you.
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August 23, 2012


This book is very poorly written with several editing mistakes. It seemed to jump around all over the place. Hard to tell what the truth is here. The mom seems to have a major chip on her shoulder and just bitter. I can't decide if she is playing the victim or if it's all true and Dana white is as big of an ass as she claims. Think I'll do some research now.
I thought I was going to be reading a book about Dana White not a book about his mothers opinions of him. I'm disappointed I bought this book for my husband as a gift and disappointed I spent time reading it.
15 reviews
February 14, 2016
amazing book, basically 100+ pages of dana white's mother calling him a terrible human being. she literally refers to him as the devil at one point. an essential classic in a vein similar to the great gatsby, to kill a mockingbird, or malcolm x's biography- dont miss out on this gem! here's hoping for a sequel.
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