Vince McMahon and Dana White have long bą¼ŗeen ršivals, but they're not afraid to work together.Ā
UFC President Dana White recently appeared on the Hot 97 radio program to talk all things UFC, but the topic of theĀ UFC Presidentās relationsšhip with WWE Chairmanā Vince McMahon also came up.
āYeah, I still talk to Vince (McMahon), (we talk about) nothing but business. He is not a shoot the sh*t kind of guy, I can shoot the sh*t, but Vince is not that guy. Vince is all business, I got a lot of respect for Vince, you look at the guyā¦and Vince, think about Vince and all that he has accomplished, as big as his companyā¦gone public, he can cash out, thereās so many things that guy can do. That guy wants to get up everyź¦” morning and kick ass, even at his age and you know, you donāt see Vince retiring and taking off, buying a boat and heās an animalā¦I respect that," said White.
White also mentioned that while he talked to Vince McMahon during the Brock Lesnar - UFC 200 negotiations, the deal waź§s primarily put together with Triple H and Stephaź§nie McMahon. White then opened up about Vince wanting to fight him.
Last time with the Brock (Lesnar) deal, I worked with Stephanie (McMahon) and Triple H, I talk to Vince a lot. I tell you what, Vince isnāt a shoot the sh*t kind of guy, Vince is always been kind of standoffish with us, he wanted to fight me. He said he would fight me either in the WWE or the UFC, Vince is seventy something years old, I started laughing and saying heās crazy man. Listen, no disrespect to him, I told you guys I respect him, but if I canāt beat a seventy something year old dude, I donāt careš how big you are, how whatever you are, Iām forty seven and I donāt feel like I felt when I was thirty seven, so imagine how Iām going to feel when Iām seventy something.Ā Heās (Vincą²e) an animal, heās an animal man, I respect it. Thatās the other thing to, if you get your ass whipped by a seventy something year old man, thatās his mindset, thatās the kind of guy he is. I donāt know man (about having Conor McGregor in the WWE), the thing is about Conor is Conor is all about fighting man, heās the real deal.ā
You can see White's full interview above.