SUMMARY
- Previously, Mark Zuckerberg was present at UFC 298 and walked out with Alexander Volkanovski.
- Later on, Dana White posted an image of him and Zuckerberg on his Instagram handle.
Dana White is the CEO and president of the largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC. The 54-year-old is pretty much the man behind the UFC. Apart from that, he is also one of the board members of TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of the UFC.
It is thus not a surprise that White is involved in the most important circles in the sports industry. But not just that, he is also a very successful businessman, as one needs to be to head a huge business like the UFC. Therefore, he has strong connections in the business world.
Only recently during the UFC 298 pay-per-view event on February 27, 2024, in Anaheim, California. Dana White shared a few moments with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg is widely known for being the co-founder of Facebook and also the CEO of Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.
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The American philanthropist was in attendance for the event and was also seen in the corner of Alexander Volkanovski, the former UFC champion. Mark has shown interest in the past few years in the sport of MMA and is also a Jiu-Jitsu student. He was present in the cage-side audience and was seen having a conversation with UFC fighter Merab Dvalishvili mid-fight.
Dana White’s son unimpressed by dad’s post with Mark Zuckerberg
Dana White later posted a picture that he clicked with Mark Zuckerberg on Instagram. The picture quickly became a topic of discussion amongst the MMA fandom. The comment section under Dana’s post was in a frenzy, with many speculations and opinions being expressed.
At the time of posting, the main event of UFC 300 hadn’t been announced. So some fans started making humorous speculations that the long-rumored Zuckerberg vs. Elon Musk fight would be headlining the UFC 300. And that is what Mark and Dana had met to discuss. But one comment from a certain someone caught everyone’s attention.
Dana’s son isn’t a fan pic.twitter.com/ZchJQGNBhb
— Borrachinha Depot (@FullContactMTWF) February 18, 2024
While it was easy to dismiss everyone else’s comments as trolls or speculations, the same can’t be said about a comment made by the UFC CEO’s own son. Aidan White, one of Dana’s sons, also took to the comment section under his father’s Instagram post with Mark Zuckerberg.
Aidan White wrote, “So douche,” under the post. This further sparked various funny speculations. Some claimed that it was directed at Mark Zuckerberg, as Mark is often labeled as a douchebag by many on the internet due to some of his decisions in the past. At the same time, some claimed that Aidan had directed the comment at his father as a playful banter with his old man.
How many kids does Dana White have?
Whatever the case may be about Aidan White’s comment on Instagram, one thing is clear: he shares a very healthy and strong relationship with his father. A look at his Instagram profile is enough to prove that, whereas Dana White does feature from time to time. Seemingly spending quality time with his son. But Aidan is only one of Dana’s three children. So who are the other two?
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Well, Dana has two sons and a daughter. One of the sons is 21-year-old Aidan White, while the other is 24-year-old Dana White III. Both his sons have inherited the love for sports from their father. While the elder son currently plays football at #38 for the San Diego Toreros football. The younger son has a liking for his father’s favorite sport, boxing.
Aidan has reportedly already made his amateur boxing debut back in 2018 against Andre LeClerc. With both his sons engrossed in sports, it seems like his daughter, who is the youngest of them all, has inherited the workaholic side of her dad. Savannah White, who is Dana’s youngest kid and still just 17, keeps a very work-related profile on Instagram.
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She has made quite a name for herself in the fashion design industry, and her work has been cited by various big-name magazines over the years, like Teen Vogue, The New York Times, W Magazine, etc.