Dana White: The mob changed my life

Dana White explains when James "Whitey" Bulger's Boston mob came after him and how it fueled a sudden move to Las Vegas.

Episode debuted nationwide in 2011.

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[avfcsouthpaw]

"they wanted $2500, I was like I barely pay that to my main eventers! So I fucking bailed"

[Live-Life-Freely]

When you're just one guy, fighting the mob is like bringing nothing to a gun fight.

[BRExteriorPro]

And to this day Dana white runs the other way when someone asks to be paid money .

[maximummomo]

Mob guy "rob that store, dana"
Dana "That's fucking illegal"

[globalcombattv]

Dana bailed because he didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete.

[nosajason]

And Dana's experience with the mob gave him an idea about how to run a business....

[battmuha]

There's also no chance Dana is telling this story truthfully. "Oh, I started a charity, and then to pay the bills I went around to the health clubs to teach boxing". That reeks of bs.

[henribokilo]

"If I was there at the time, the Boston mob would've move to vegas... "Tony Ferguson.

[christopherobrien]

Any1 that grew up in boston at that time, knows what dana went through with that situation, props to him for not getting involved and just leaving.

[_JM-]

“I was the one who bought Dana his ticket to go back to Vegas after the Boston mob ran him out the state” - T.K. Kirkland

[ZacharyLaid]

They are still looking for Dana to this day...

[lol]

That mob changed my bum life - Dana White

[slipnorris]

"do you want to be a fucking fighter"

[xaviervelez]

Mob guys catching Dana at the Airport: "Oh you don't have my money, but you got money to buy plane tickets?!?!"

[TheWitchOvAgnesi]

I guess he wasn't brave enough to tell them to go get their shine boxes.

[yhideit]

So he ran from the Boston then joined the Las Vegas Mob ?

[accradata]

Old boxer Dana had money to pay,
He lost a big gamble I'm sorry to say.
The mob wanted interest on one sunny day,
So old boxer Dana just scuttled away.

[camoomac]

Graham Bensinger is a class act with only quality interviews, and that's why he always gets the more open and laid back interviews. u can tell the people he interviews respect graham.

[deandoxtator]

There's always only half truth when Dana speaks he never really finishes a answer when asked a question. He's good at steering away from anything that will expose his real life.

[TheMaddBlackMann]

W for Dana White for escaping the Boston Mob by making a heart pounding get away taking a short plane ride to Las Vegas which is the perfect place to hide by the way.. It all makes perfect sense now why he later decides to go low key and form a MMA company that would make him world famous. This was all a part of Dana Whites plan to create a buffer zone between him and his enemies.