Dana White Says Donald Trump Saved UFC. Insiders Tell a Different Story.

To hear White tell it over this series of interviews, Trump saved UFC from the cultural margins, the threat of John McCain, who infamously described the sport as “human cockfighting” amid his campaign to ban it, and dire financial straits. It is an echo of the speech White gave at the 2016 Republican National Convention after Trump’s political star had begun to rise. “Arenas around the world refused to host our events,” White told the audience. “Nobody took us seriously. Nobody….