Dana White: The mob changed my life

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  • Опубликовано: 15 дек 2024

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  • @BRExteriorPro
    @BRExteriorPro 7 лет назад +3502

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

    • @robdeskrd
      @robdeskrd 6 лет назад +40

      redcon1gear
      Priceless 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @realeyesrealisereallies6398
      @realeyesrealisereallies6398 6 лет назад +56

      Especially fighters and his mother

    • @RC_Rooster
      @RC_Rooster 6 лет назад +56

      Lmao we found the root of the problem

    • @realeyesrealisereallies6398
      @realeyesrealisereallies6398 6 лет назад

      Doug Fisher stfuc

    • @jaypond4368
      @jaypond4368 6 лет назад +86

      He didn't owe them money tho. He was just running a business ''in their territory'' so they felt they deserved a cut. The mob was full of a bunch of scumbag bullies picking on people simply trying to run a business.

  • @avfcsouthpaw
    @avfcsouthpaw 8 лет назад +2739

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

  • @jameso7776
    @jameso7776 7 лет назад +2052

    Damn, Joe Rogan looks weird here......

  • @Live-Life-Freely
    @Live-Life-Freely 8 лет назад +1190

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

    • @undeadpresident
      @undeadpresident 8 лет назад +53

      unless u ditch your life and go Rambo on them then they run and puss out

    • @garyshaw8449
      @garyshaw8449 8 лет назад +77

      if you have a gun, you can attempt to defend yourself. the problem is that they can still go after your family members, slash your tires, go to your job, and there's probably a million other ways to mess with somebody.

    • @undeadpresident
      @undeadpresident 8 лет назад +21

      ***** like I said u can go Rambo on them and they will puss out after u kill some of them. Just like the government, they rely on the fact that people remain stationary in their lives which makes them an easy target. You can't win on the defensive only the offensive.

    • @chromey5938
      @chromey5938 8 лет назад +93

      +undeadpresident The only difference is Rambo was a movie. The real mob would wipe you and your whole family off the map, never pull a day over it and never lose a wink of sleep. Don't be fooled by movies and one man army bullshit. I wouldn't dare insult or deny any one person affiliated with a mob, especially the caliber of the guys from Southie during the time of Whitey.

    • @undeadpresident
      @undeadpresident 8 лет назад +21

      Justin Hurley no they are just bullies and they rely on the fact that you go to a certain job every day and return to the same house every night. But guess what. So do they. If you are willing to take the time to follow the people to their own residences and places they frequent and avoid your own then you cannot be targeted but they can.

  • @globalcombattv
    @globalcombattv 7 лет назад +1629

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

    • @kriticalkrew8921
      @kriticalkrew8921 6 лет назад +49

      I definitely got that😂 Uncle Junior

    • @wq198mnr
      @wq198mnr 6 лет назад +34

      Den M go get your fuckin shinebox

    • @DrunkOfficeTea
      @DrunkOfficeTea 6 лет назад +6

      @Den M I told you not to say that again!

    • @stephenmcbride7939
      @stephenmcbride7939 6 лет назад +1

      Nobody has said it better

    • @ronk6553
      @ronk6553 5 лет назад +1

      That’s a goodfellas reference not Sopranos

  • @maximummomo8210
    @maximummomo8210 8 лет назад +930

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

  • @nosajason
    @nosajason 8 лет назад +767

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

    • @osonasty2016
      @osonasty2016 3 года назад +15

      Underrated comment

    • @Ts-on6fz
      @Ts-on6fz 3 года назад +19

      Considering his best friend and partners fertittas own the most casinos in vegas think they dont have mob ties?

    • @RogerLoera
      @RogerLoera 3 года назад +7

      Hence why he went to vegas,lol.

    • @allusivestorm762
      @allusivestorm762 3 года назад

      This comment aged so well with there being much more awareness on fighter pay

    • @Hunterbidensdabpen
      @Hunterbidensdabpen 3 года назад +1

      Nah lmao

  • @ZacharyLaid
    @ZacharyLaid 5 лет назад +868

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

    • @lockedinnn
      @lockedinnn 4 года назад +47

      Zachary Laid He wouldn’t be hard to find

    • @Cheatrrr
      @Cheatrrr 4 года назад +80

      He probably paid them off by now

    • @shibidi
      @shibidi 4 года назад +76

      Wrong, Dana probably took them out and is now the head of the mob. With all the wealth he has, I would not doubt it.

    • @dannyzbiel2186
      @dannyzbiel2186 4 года назад +43

      They probably got lost in his house

    • @Realizinq
      @Realizinq 4 года назад +2

      ur pfp looks like shit bud

  • @jenga4102
    @jenga4102 7 лет назад +364

    I'm sure it was a charity thing Dana.......

    • @JohannGambolputty22
      @JohannGambolputty22 3 года назад +15

      Exactly! The mob likes to target other people who make profits from illegitimate means. That way they have leverage without having to wave a gun.

    • @jimmybaldwin737
      @jimmybaldwin737 3 года назад +2

      Oh yeah

    • @trollaccount4817
      @trollaccount4817 3 года назад +1

      Dana own a monopoly amd runs it like a mob ran fight club

    • @judethedude96
      @judethedude96 3 года назад +2

      @@JohannGambolputty22 the mob targets any business that makes any money by any means

    • @JohannGambolputty22
      @JohannGambolputty22 3 года назад +2

      @@judethedude96 I’m not saying that doesn’t happen. Merely pointing out the fact that leverage against ... you know what, nevermind. You got it all figured out.

  • @christopherobrien1463
    @christopherobrien1463 2 года назад +40

    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.

    • @jesseolson3142
      @jesseolson3142 2 года назад

      Dana is too greedy to get involved. And he cant just not pay the Irish mob so he left. If he could have made money with Whitey and his crew he would have stayed.

    • @cloroc
      @cloroc 2 года назад +1

      No one knew or cared about Dana

    • @christopherobrien1463
      @christopherobrien1463 2 года назад +3

      Well he was teaching boxing at that time. And i am happy for the guy. Some people like him some people dont thats life. He did very well for himself as you know.

    • @idkman360
      @idkman360 2 года назад +3

      @@cloroc average boston resident reply, can’t be happy for another man’s success

    • @oscarbills118
      @oscarbills118 4 месяца назад

      ​@@clorocwell if you weren't in Boston around these times then of course you wouldn't know or care, it's not like social media was around in that era to have this news reach the other side of the globe once it became public, but in Boston the word got around to street guys here and there, also Whiteys crew wasn't exactly considered a mob/mafia family as they had no rules keeping them conducting business in the dark, whitey was a long time stool pigeon (rat)al aswell that's why he was killed quickly in lock up, that being said his crew was the last you'd wanna fk around with as Dana basically implied

  • @slipnorris5882
    @slipnorris5882 8 лет назад +123

    "do you want to be a fucking fighter"

    • @TytsyFly
      @TytsyFly 8 лет назад +38

      "This ain't survivor, we don't vote 'em off, we beat 'em off"

    • @Jay-O_Carlow
      @Jay-O_Carlow 8 лет назад +9

      "thats fuckin illegal"

    • @oN3xShOtxkilL
      @oN3xShOtxkilL 8 лет назад +6

      "Ariel helwani was crying like a little bitch"

    • @dylanrosser2476
      @dylanrosser2476 7 лет назад +3

      +Isaac Wallace that's fucking illegal

  • @henribokilo6275
    @henribokilo6275 5 лет назад +177

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

    • @shayanahmed3919
      @shayanahmed3919 3 года назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @rayromano6249
      @rayromano6249 3 года назад +5

      I'm sure he's not telling a lot about this story. Dana prob did partner up and not pay them lol

    • @princeofcupspoc9073
      @princeofcupspoc9073 2 года назад

      That's the Chicago mob that created Vegas. Not those Boston woosies.

  • @yhideit4427
    @yhideit4427 8 лет назад +629

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

    • @robertrothman
      @robertrothman 8 лет назад +27

      Dana White is not in the Las Vegas mob.

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 8 лет назад +52

      imo casinos are a mob activity - it's a big con. This is because it's IMPOSSIBLE to win. It's mathematically designed that way - the "house edge" means that all the bets pay out less than you pay in.

    • @jaredthompson8355
      @jaredthompson8355 8 лет назад +24

      He's part of the jewish mob...

    • @weatherman68
      @weatherman68 8 лет назад +47

      +Jared Thompson he works for the Federal Reserve???

    • @DeathRoseGaming
      @DeathRoseGaming 8 лет назад +3

      +Robert Rothman Las Vegas is an open city. Any Family can work out of there. Normally it's the Mid-west Families and they kick back to Chicago and New York.

  • @lol6434
    @lol6434 8 лет назад +315

    That mob changed my bum life - Dana White

  • @battmuha9
    @battmuha9 7 лет назад +464

    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.

    • @fraserlally4300
      @fraserlally4300 7 лет назад +48

      It wasnt a charity, he said it was basically a charity because he wasn't making any money of it

    • @bkmessiah1068
      @bkmessiah1068 7 лет назад +77

      Casual UFC fans don't know how full of shit Dana White really is.

    • @Nautilus1972
      @Nautilus1972 6 лет назад +68

      Charities don't pay taxes. Criminals set them up to launder money.

    • @AndyP998
      @AndyP998 6 лет назад +27

      He say he say he say. He might not be telling full truth here. To setup gyms and stuff like that requires connections and maybe few loans. See where im going with this?

    • @wontrespond3263
      @wontrespond3263 6 лет назад +1

      Total BS

  • @_JM-
    @_JM- 4 года назад +75

    “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

  • @xaviervelez8835
    @xaviervelez8835 3 года назад +44

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

    • @JohnCrichton
      @JohnCrichton 3 года назад +1

      and move lol

    • @habibbialikafe339
      @habibbialikafe339 3 года назад

      plane tickets to vegas cost like $60 rn. imagine what they were back then lol

    • @xaviervelez8835
      @xaviervelez8835 3 года назад +4

      @@habibbialikafe339 We weren't in the middle of a pandemic back then. And comparatively, air travel has become MORE affordable. Not less.

    • @habibbialikafe339
      @habibbialikafe339 3 года назад

      @@xaviervelez8835 it was 60 before the pandemic and it was only more expensive if u adjust for inflation. Speaking in nominal dollars, it was cheaper back then. Dana’s $2,500 he spoke of was not inflation adjusted so we have to keep it the same

    • @vivekaggarwal4876
      @vivekaggarwal4876 3 года назад

      give me my money man....

  • @TheWitchOvAgnesi
    @TheWitchOvAgnesi 6 лет назад +354

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

    • @kylepomeroyk-pom5499
      @kylepomeroyk-pom5499 5 лет назад +25

      Now go get your fuckin shine box

    • @MrLTW2009
      @MrLTW2009 5 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @maxivy
      @maxivy 5 лет назад +13

      This 1 year old comment pays dividends to this day, lmao

    • @TheDp0101
      @TheDp0101 3 года назад

      Lmao!!!! lmao!!!!! That was too funny

    • @Akeem86
      @Akeem86 3 года назад +3

      “You insulted him a little bit.”

  • @mattbritzius570
    @mattbritzius570 8 лет назад +612

    Story sounds fishy. Might not be the whole picture.

    • @TheKondinho
      @TheKondinho 7 лет назад +79

      doubt it. you don't just say "no" to mob guys lol

    • @Shootskas
      @Shootskas 7 лет назад +141

      It was probably a gambling debt.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 7 лет назад +57

      Whitey was a gangster who was operating at a street level. There was nothing intelligent about what he was upto.
      If the story Dana is telling is true he more than likely did not say no he just ran.

    • @rare5274
      @rare5274 7 лет назад +88

      It's never the whole picture when Dana's involved.

    • @ASSman864
      @ASSman864 7 лет назад +31

      yeah dana is a big tike gambler. multiple vegas casinos have banned him for winning to much

  • @paranoidreggie53
    @paranoidreggie53 8 лет назад +344

    a mop changed my life

  • @accradata
    @accradata 6 лет назад +73

    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.

    • @I_am_not_funny
      @I_am_not_funny 5 лет назад +3

      @Mark Wright sounds like you're speaking with a guilty conscience

    • @JohnDoe-ef3nv
      @JohnDoe-ef3nv 4 года назад

      Lol, the truth in a poem, great.

  • @deandoxtator7137
    @deandoxtator7137 6 лет назад +15

    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.

    • @ej4458
      @ej4458 Год назад +1

      What do you think about this is a lie?

    • @callumhaines6874
      @callumhaines6874 6 месяцев назад

      @@ej4458Big gambling debt owed to some serious men. So he had to get out of town, to Las Vegas, ended up in the arms of Italian gangsters and they own a piece of his pie. Big draw for their casinos too. Not that hard to understand. It was either that or the winter hill gang would have stripped him and left him walking so to sepak

    • @ej4458
      @ej4458 6 месяцев назад

      @@callumhaines6874 so he is still working with italian gangsters or was that a thing in the past?

    • @callumhaines6874
      @callumhaines6874 6 месяцев назад

      @@ej4458 Have no idea.

  • @TheMaddBlackMann
    @TheMaddBlackMann 8 лет назад +333

    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. Genius!!!!!

    • @flavadave86
      @flavadave86 8 лет назад +56

      not that unbelievable really, they were just trying to shakedown a local business, they scared him off instead, it happens. They are not going to chase him for something like that

    • @lnorman79
      @lnorman79 8 лет назад +3

      +Nova Knowself dude!!! i literally just pissed my pants laughing !!! that was best comment of the year bro!! =) proper respect from Australia!

    • @TytsyFly
      @TytsyFly 8 лет назад +5

      "Buffer zone" lol

    • @jimmylefty3437
      @jimmylefty3437 8 лет назад +15

      lol, that was Boston... there not going to chase him down in Vegas for $2,500.... you think your funny but your not...

    • @TheMaddBlackMann
      @TheMaddBlackMann 8 лет назад +6

      jimmy lefty The mob just aint the mob if too many ppl get away with taking their money. Lol. Just sayin

  • @camoomac7411
    @camoomac7411 7 лет назад +2

    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.

  • @Alex-gl4qn
    @Alex-gl4qn 3 года назад +57

    PLOT TWIST: It was 2 of his main eventers asking for their money

  • @jarg7
    @jarg7 8 лет назад +287

    that 2500 you owed me is now 25,000,000 with interest dana, i want my money. Don't try running this time.

  • @yeahbee8237
    @yeahbee8237 8 лет назад +18

    so that is where he learned his business model/methods

  • @p2a0p2e0r1
    @p2a0p2e0r1 8 лет назад +32

    Some of y'all just don't know what people had to go through to get where they are now! Respect to Dana White.

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 2 года назад

      So this rat went through a pit of snakes to get where he is now, which is a rat with a snakes head filthy rich?
      Respect should be given to everyone, not just those you biasedly favor.
      He deserves no praise, he is prejudice and bigot.

  • @StevieObieYT
    @StevieObieYT 3 года назад +7

    Dana "I ain't paying you" White 😂

  • @-KillaWatt-
    @-KillaWatt- 7 лет назад +71

    Don't be fooled by this vague story of his passings with the mob. Nobody just suddenly brushes with the mob and then runs away to talk about it. I bet ol Dana White pays tribute to the mob to this day. Just look at the mobs relationship with boxing and other fighting events.

    • @shko-mi
      @shko-mi 6 лет назад +2

      @@jjoeyj83 exactly, plus it's been 20+ years since then...

    • @almightyfonics
      @almightyfonics 6 лет назад +3

      The mob doesn’t even exist anymore

    • @natedog805402
      @natedog805402 6 лет назад +1

      @@almightyfonics look it up

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 6 лет назад +2

      _"Nobody just suddenly brushes with the mob and then runs away to talk about it."_
      I think ur confusing the mob with nerve agents eg sarin

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 6 лет назад +1

      @@almightyfonics the mob = organised crime. The drugs prohibition creates a gap in the market that gives organised crime a lot of power, so the mob is strong in 2018. U probably define the mob to mean like "Sicilians committing organised crime" or "non drug dealers committing organised crime who follow their own criminal code" but i don't think these definitions would withstand much pressure in debate

  • @glantanem
    @glantanem 4 года назад +17

    The mob changed his life alright. Dana and the Fertittas have done well.

    • @Bb23199
      @Bb23199 4 года назад

      Their dad was connected. wouldn't surprise me if frankie three sticks and lorenzo had connections too

  • @MrSnapy1
    @MrSnapy1 8 лет назад +223

    Now he is balls deep in the mob the Feritta family is a well known mob family.(His bosses)

  • @CallMeMrX
    @CallMeMrX 8 лет назад +20

    Karl Pilkington: The mob changed my life

  • @em-nr3uw
    @em-nr3uw 6 лет назад +21

    It cracked me up when he said nothing good was gonna happen at 1 a clock 😂😂😂😂

  • @Bouchon211
    @Bouchon211 8 лет назад +142

    I wonder what the interest on that $2,500 is? Hopefully Dana doesn't get any visitors from Boston anytime soon.

    • @Tekno2012
      @Tekno2012 8 лет назад +48

      They actually own his entire portion of the UFC biz.... he just doesn't know it yet. lol

    • @nickh4676
      @nickh4676 8 лет назад +1

      I'm sure the UFC itself Is much bigger. 5 top notch transporter shot can easily be hired

    • @BrandonHeat92
      @BrandonHeat92 8 лет назад +1

      +tekno mytekno You're so silly

    • @neutralfellow9736
      @neutralfellow9736 8 лет назад +5

      Yeah, but now he has money to hire his own guys, meaning they can't collect.

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport 8 лет назад +2

      Um...as of 6/25/16 Dana coudl no doubt swing that interest on $2500.....but more importantly he could swing some swag now as well...so I'm thinking that "debt" has been washed off those books.

  • @user-tl4fi6oy8d
    @user-tl4fi6oy8d 5 лет назад +5

    It's true: the lifelong friendship with the Fertitta family wound up netting him hundreds of millions of dollars.

  • @HagakureJunkie
    @HagakureJunkie 8 лет назад +205

    You call it mafia, I call it domestic terrorism.

    • @ben9262
      @ben9262 7 лет назад +19

      You don’t know the definition of terrorism

    • @eddymesa6839
      @eddymesa6839 6 лет назад +9

      You call it whatever you want to call it you better mind your business before you end up in concrete dumbass

    • @NoName-rl3fh
      @NoName-rl3fh 6 лет назад +21

      All that terrorism requires is the creation or intent to incite terror. These replies are dumb.

    • @nakinajay
      @nakinajay 6 лет назад +2

      And everyone else calls you *Cock Boy*

    • @nakinajay
      @nakinajay 6 лет назад +1

      Little Jimmy Scumbag haha no doubt bro. Have a good day bud. P.s. love the name.

  • @therealdeal7071
    @therealdeal7071 8 лет назад +10

    '' i litteraly that day i bought a plane ticket and came back to vegas.'''

  • @tjp_real
    @tjp_real 8 лет назад +1

    So what happened ? Where can I watch the rest of it ?

  • @delossantosdm
    @delossantosdm 5 лет назад +101

    The story was believable until...
    “So what’d ya do”
    “I bought a ticket and went back to Vegas...”

    • @habibbialikafe339
      @habibbialikafe339 3 года назад +2

      what do u think happened then?

    • @J3R3MI6
      @J3R3MI6 3 года назад +13

      @@habibbialikafe339 the mafia runs ufc and he is their puppet

    • @habibbialikafe339
      @habibbialikafe339 3 года назад +24

      @@J3R3MI6 lmao yeah ok

    • @vimos.9996
      @vimos.9996 3 года назад +2

      @@J3R3MI6 🤣🤣 nice one bud

    • @raww999
      @raww999 3 года назад

      There was a time when uncle dana was acting like a mobboss. That was around the time of the dana white scrums. check out the Ken shamrock rant. acting like hes a mobboss himself

  • @KJVII
    @KJVII 7 лет назад +52

    "Dana White, you use to hold my bags"- Floyd Mayweather

    • @stalwartductcleaning1828
      @stalwartductcleaning1828 6 лет назад +4

      Zavik 424 dana is worth more tho.....

    • @saqlainmateen4583
      @saqlainmateen4583 6 лет назад +9

      Sneaker Love no he is not

    • @jamestodd1104
      @jamestodd1104 6 лет назад +1

      12% of 4.2 billion. He is

    • @2160michael
      @2160michael 4 года назад

      Floyd - “you grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a household where you literally couldn’t sleep straight”
      .....but we’re both here

  • @akllls617
    @akllls617 8 лет назад +5

    peter Welch still has a gym in southie

  • @Killenmachine05
    @Killenmachine05 3 года назад +14

    "I didn't know him, I didnt do anything, I had nothing to do with him" okay dana, got it, you're not gonna talk.

  • @Comraderussian7
    @Comraderussian7 8 лет назад +20

    damn Dana really came from humble beginnings

  • @bobbykotick1163
    @bobbykotick1163 8 лет назад +5

    'I'M NOT THE KIND OF PERSON THAT FIXES FIGHTS!'

  • @jamesalandixon
    @jamesalandixon 6 лет назад +5

    If this is true that's horrendous that someone can be extorted in this way.

    • @Milo19970
      @Milo19970 2 года назад +5

      Happens a lot more than you think. Still to this day

    • @nekitamol1k242
      @nekitamol1k242 2 года назад

      @@Milo19970 Not in the US really

  • @itowedin
    @itowedin 8 лет назад +83

    "I forget what it was called... oh yeah, the Boston Athletic Club." Shit man, I almost forgot where I bought a hamburger.... Oh yeah, it was the Portland Oregon Burger Place.

    • @habibbialikafe339
      @habibbialikafe339 3 года назад +1

      wow funny guy

    • @danarias1289
      @danarias1289 3 года назад

      I forgot where I bought my big Mac...I think it was at McDonald.

    • @bosbro742
      @bosbro742 2 года назад

      No dude it IS the Boston Athletic Club. And it's or was in Southie

  • @stephencoan79
    @stephencoan79 8 лет назад +499

    Yeah, move to Vegas because there's no gangsters there right? lol!

    • @Huskyd502
      @Huskyd502 8 лет назад +85

      Well at least there aren't gangsters that might break his legs over 2500 lol

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport 8 лет назад +10

      LOL....why break legs if you're going to bury them out in the desert...much easier to have them get out of the car and walk to the hole rather than drag their carcass.

    • @nicholasbrown4109
      @nicholasbrown4109 8 лет назад +70

      he got protection from some bigger mobsters in Vegas instead

    • @bigjon7143
      @bigjon7143 8 лет назад +18

      Actually, there were not anymore at that time. Go back to watching your movies though.

    • @nicholasbrown4109
      @nicholasbrown4109 8 лет назад +15

      Big Jon The Fertitta brothers are from a mob family, you know

  • @mikeskidmore6754
    @mikeskidmore6754 3 года назад

    So I bought an air lien ticket and went back to Vegas ??? How do you go back to Vegas if you were born raised and Living in Boston ?

  • @cappygoodtime3102
    @cappygoodtime3102 8 лет назад +20

    "The mob changed my life." - I thought this was going to be about Fertitta money.

    • @cassanderrr
      @cassanderrr 6 лет назад +1

      They wanted to be behind the scenes. Those brothers didn't want to argue and fight with all the fighters over pay and everything. Dana loved it and why he became so big. Perfect partnership.

  • @alidedereal
    @alidedereal 8 лет назад +62

    Its weird they went after someone who did charity work. I got the feeling he is not explaining the whole story. But going to Vegas makes sense because he was childhood friends with Fetita brothers who is coming from a mob family and they can protect him.

    • @BB-nd1rp
      @BB-nd1rp 7 лет назад +12

      AAD its not weird because they are scumbags with no morals

    • @Cityboy1s
      @Cityboy1s 7 лет назад +3

      no he said it was charity because he wasnt making money

    • @randy2152
      @randy2152 7 лет назад +9

      Anything being run in their area they want a piece of. That’s why they wanted his money because he was in their territory.

    • @YNTGUNS
      @YNTGUNS 6 лет назад

      6IXVI Super it wasnt no fucking charity

  • @brdbru5517
    @brdbru5517 5 лет назад +14

    The funny thing is. Conor changed Dana's bum life aswell, that's why he loves him so much. McGregor to UFC is like what Tupac was to Death Row.

    • @youtubeaccountserio2633
      @youtubeaccountserio2633 3 года назад +4

      Conor changed the game changed everyone s life, made ufc bigger then football. Dana wil for ever be in love with conor

    • @ImMagnetz
      @ImMagnetz 3 года назад +2

      Conor has been great for UFC but they were already doing very well before he came along.

    • @diegoesquivel8548
      @diegoesquivel8548 3 года назад

      @@ImMagnetz he broke all the existing PPV records by miles so don’t be a hater and recognize there was a before and after Conor McGregor

    • @ImMagnetz
      @ImMagnetz 3 года назад

      @@diegoesquivel8548 When did I not recognise that? All I said was that the company was financially successful before him as well. "Don't be a hater". Don't be a moron.

  • @Negative.headspace
    @Negative.headspace 5 лет назад +2

    Love or hate Dana, it's amazing when people do stuff to help kids

  • @peterthelander
    @peterthelander 4 года назад +6

    "we started this 'get kids off the street' program" - you mean the UFC?
    "to pay the bills, we used to bring in businessmen, housewives" - ah yep you do

  • @crusader1236
    @crusader1236 6 лет назад +11

    When I trained for the UFC, Dana was super shady and even though fighters do, they really don't want you training separately for some reason. The weigh-ins and drug testing are bullshit. Depending on who gets involved any man can pass weigh-ins by like 20lbs and almost all elite fighters do some kind drug enhancement. When someone starts dominating and doesn't play the game, they get busted for roids or something.
    That industry is so shady.

    • @killuminatusplays2001
      @killuminatusplays2001 2 года назад

      Roid up and don’t lose fights then and you’re golden

    • @ruffhausmalinois
      @ruffhausmalinois 2 года назад

      It's Vegas...the House wins.

    • @roush28
      @roush28 Год назад

      What in the hell are you talking about? Who or what is your source to this "knowledge"?

    • @ej4458
      @ej4458 Год назад

      What do you mean by play the game?

  • @fnguy06
    @fnguy06 7 лет назад +71

    sooo, he just ditched his girlfriend and left her to the wolfs... watta gentleman

  • @eightsixtrey2587
    @eightsixtrey2587 3 года назад

    Will I be able to watch your latest episodes on amazon prime or any other streaming service? I don't have regular tv just because I don't really watch it.

    • @GrahamBensinger
      @GrahamBensinger  3 года назад

      Hey! You can now watch full episode by becoming a member. Just click the "Join" button above to find out more! -AD

  • @MiloFPS
    @MiloFPS 4 года назад +6

    This story doesn’t make sense to me. Kevin Weeks extorts Dana yet he’s never had anything to do with them before. Then all of a sudden he has 24 hours?

    • @letthemeatboobs
      @letthemeatboobs 4 года назад

      Thought he was talking about the NHL goalie

    • @blzt3206
      @blzt3206 4 года назад

      Are you 11 years old? If you operate a successful business on mafia territory, they will come to your business and extort you in exchange for "protection." If you don't pay, they get rid of you and install someone who will.

    • @MiloFPS
      @MiloFPS 4 года назад

      Blzt if you have nothing to do with the mafia why do they approach you? How do they know your business is successful? If you’re under the radar they shouldn’t even know of you. Boston is a big city.

    • @JohnDoeses
      @JohnDoeses 4 года назад

      @@blzt3206 how much protection money a month?

    • @joemilo2710
      @joemilo2710 4 года назад +1

      @@MiloFPS Try to pay attention when you watch videos. He said that after a while they became well known trainers all around Boston and worked at various health clubs. He also said that they had businessmen and people from various backgrounds as clients, so it's not hard to understand that those clients talk around and some surely had mob related friends. The word gets around the neighborhood very fast if someone is doing good. He also said he ignored them after their first visit so it took some time before they contacted him again and gave him 24 hours. It's all pretty clear in the video, you should be able to comprehend it.

  • @shadowlesswarrior
    @shadowlesswarrior 3 года назад

    Where's the rest of the story?

  • @usssanjacinto1
    @usssanjacinto1 8 лет назад +4

    Now Dana White walks around like he's Kevin Weeks.

  • @HaydenHayder
    @HaydenHayder 8 лет назад +2

    awesome interview

  • @DavidFlores
    @DavidFlores 8 лет назад +4

    Damn Graham, you're easily becoming my favorite RUclipsr. Keep the epic interviews coming!!

  • @mr.woowoo8826
    @mr.woowoo8826 6 лет назад +1

    Sub'd and liked...I like a good interviewer who lets the guest talk without interruption. Look forward to more of your work.

  • @mosescola4174
    @mosescola4174 2 года назад +15

    To have the mob harass and breath down your neck must have been hella scary. As a young fighter back in the day, Dana was jumped by a group people which kinda ended his fight career and to add-as worst for the wear, ends up getting death in one ear. He must have been a hell of a fighter because the mob was trying to get rid of him since day one of his career as a boxer, promoter and former trainer.

  • @Pulver
    @Pulver 3 года назад

    Where can i watch full interviews living in germany?

    • @GrahamBensinger
      @GrahamBensinger  3 года назад +1

      Full interviews are available on our podcast, download it whever you get yours. -AD

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      @GrahamBensinger  3 года назад +1

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  • @channydin
    @channydin 8 лет назад +3

    "so I bought a plane ticket and came to vegas" hahahaha Im dying

  • @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA
    @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA 8 лет назад +2

    Hahahaha awsome storey. He said "at first I did noting, but after that phone call, I booked it" hahaha

  • @commentconnoisseur1001
    @commentconnoisseur1001 5 лет назад +7

    Dana White: Conor McGregor changed my bum life

  • @drn13355
    @drn13355 3 года назад

    How much is a last second plane ticket?

  • @wilsonblauheuer6544
    @wilsonblauheuer6544 8 лет назад +26

    someone should play this interview for the 'brain dead' fanboys on sopranos channels and other mob video channels who think there is something good about mobsters. they are cowardly parasites, who form into groups to prey on people who are naïve enough to think they don't need to be prepared to defend themselves if they are proprietors of a business.

  • @brandonross1905
    @brandonross1905 8 лет назад

    I'm waiting for the interviewer to say *ive gotta return some video tapes*

  • @srod1186
    @srod1186 8 лет назад +3

    I wish one of the uploads would be the full episode, or Graham did a podcast. He does the best interviews.

  • @ralphholiman7401
    @ralphholiman7401 3 года назад +1

    It shows how the mob hurts the economy of a town. People leave and take opportunities for the residents with them.

    • @nickclark18
      @nickclark18 2 года назад

      when some people leave a place, other people come in. thats how the world works.

  • @HUNTENT247
    @HUNTENT247 7 лет назад +3

    Soooo, he ran back to Vegas and that's it...End of story? The mob didn't try to track him down or anything like that? Damn, such an exciting story.

    • @georgefromjungle5211
      @georgefromjungle5211 7 лет назад +1

      Track down for 2500 dollars ? you kidding me ? If he did not pay and did not run, they would fuck him up, but he ran away. He left his business, so technically he even was not a subject for shakedown from that moment. You can not shake down some nobody who is in another city already and who owes nothing.

  • @dancingdev1088
    @dancingdev1088 3 года назад +2

    And then Dana and Conor lived happily ever after

  • @zaincasey6998
    @zaincasey6998 8 лет назад +152

    Lol it's funny how there fetita brothers are from a mob family

    • @timekeeper20ARC
      @timekeeper20ARC 8 лет назад +62

      exactly, he went to a bigger mob family for protection

    • @garyshaw8449
      @garyshaw8449 8 лет назад +4

      he never said how he dealt with his debt. I would like to know if they have talked since then. im sure at some point dana wasn't rich enough for full time bodyguards.

    • @sunsetpaddy3335
      @sunsetpaddy3335 8 лет назад +8

      Like all immigrants they worked hard so their kids would not have to shoot people and end up buried in a cornfield.

    • @KS-fz7hh
      @KS-fz7hh 8 лет назад +6

      Probably the reason why Dana is save in Vegas lol

    • @philly442
      @philly442 7 лет назад +8

      Fertitta brothers have no mob connections

  • @skiLLphrAIM
    @skiLLphrAIM 5 лет назад

    how many points they chargin since you 20 yrs late on the payment ??

  • @CODYSPICKS
    @CODYSPICKS 6 лет назад +10

    It fascinates me how on any interview of a successful person there is hate in the comments... Jealous much?

    • @WorldWideMarket
      @WorldWideMarket 6 лет назад +1

      How come every criticism is called "hate" by people like you. I criticize people a lot, of which Im neither "jealous" of, nor "hate".

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 6 лет назад

      @@WorldWideMarket _"How come every criticism is called "hate" by people like you"_
      How come every time someone says there's hate in the comments, there's a chance people like u will say: "every criticism's called hate by people like u"

  • @666BIGBLOCK
    @666BIGBLOCK 4 года назад +1

    He says “I’m 19, I’m not working any more”.

  • @Time2AnteUp
    @Time2AnteUp 6 лет назад +3

    The Frittata Family is the Family to fear 😱 😂😪😂😭😂

  • @Selfloathingmisanthrope
    @Selfloathingmisanthrope 8 лет назад

    Which munnie? The one is Southie?

  • @thomasjdm7388
    @thomasjdm7388 3 года назад +3

    Sounds to me like dana was taking bets on fights, Jimmy bulger got wind, Kevin paid a visit for a cut....dana said, ahhh, f this im better off with bets in vegas....

  • @donavoncollins2891
    @donavoncollins2891 4 года назад +1

    Dana White is the epitome of a storyteller that doesn't even need a campfire.

  • @bdemar2k12
    @bdemar2k12 7 лет назад +7

    A next day flight to vegas would probably cost you a grand

    • @1994Trill
      @1994Trill 7 лет назад

      bdemar2k12 Just looked up a one way from dallas for tomorrow.. $179

    • @Guy-cs8yj
      @Guy-cs8yj 7 лет назад +1

      Back then probably about 4 or 500

    • @goodstuff8953
      @goodstuff8953 6 лет назад +1

      Not in the 80s

    • @delgrengo2135
      @delgrengo2135 6 лет назад +2

      We're talking about the Late 80's dawg flights weren't as expensive

  • @dallasbagley
    @dallasbagley 2 года назад +1

    So basically, it's because of Whitey Buldger that we have UFC. Crazy.

  • @LivingUpstate
    @LivingUpstate 8 лет назад +3

    So wait. He easily skipped out on oweing some mobsters by flying away and it was that simple? They just let him be???

    • @tommyboy0208
      @tommyboy0208 8 лет назад +3

      He simply "owed" street tax.. aka extortion. Basically, he was given two choices: Pay or leave town.

    • @stevenmonash6284
      @stevenmonash6284 8 лет назад +2

      He did not owe anything - a simple concept you do not get.

  • @busterthief7415
    @busterthief7415 7 лет назад

    Can someone explain who the fertitta brothers are because Im lost and i keep seeing there names pop up in the comments 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @wolf30349
    @wolf30349 8 лет назад +11

    That's some scary shit. Dana's a smart dude with a lot of experience to share

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron 3 года назад

      And a professional line in cooking socks..

  • @enzobavetta2457
    @enzobavetta2457 2 года назад

    classical example of how the mob and organised crime pushes out business punishes innovators and causes a cycle of misery

  • @brocky78
    @brocky78 8 лет назад +5

    look Dana not a coward he. a smart enough guy worth millions now,!!

    • @seansavage2518
      @seansavage2518 8 лет назад

      He's not exactly a picture of gallantry either, money don't change that.

    • @seansavage2518
      @seansavage2518 8 лет назад +1

      He also wouldn't be where he is if he hadn't got massive help from the Fertita bros.

    • @marcpell133
      @marcpell133 3 года назад

      Billions*

  • @avzfitness8048
    @avzfitness8048 4 года назад +2

    The MOB: "Dana, 25 G'S BABYYYY! By the end of tommorow"

  • @b.r.a.a.d6870
    @b.r.a.a.d6870 5 лет назад +11

    There's more to that story Dana.

    • @nickclark18
      @nickclark18 2 года назад

      prove it. go ahead, prove it. the burden isnt on him to prove it, YOUR the one saying theres more to the story. alright then, prove it. good luck with that.

  • @Beyondhoeperpetually
    @Beyondhoeperpetually 3 года назад +27

    Then he met a bigger mob who could wipe those mob off the floor. The great Lorenzo Fertitta

  • @nicknack8459
    @nicknack8459 3 года назад +1

    Little did he know, that skill or running away and avoiding payment would come in very handy later on.

  • @TheMangoMan001
    @TheMangoMan001 8 лет назад +3

    I didn't do anything, i wasn't going out of my way to try to bump into them again ???
    Buys a plane ticket to las vegas....

  • @johnnykurplutzo6789
    @johnnykurplutzo6789 7 лет назад

    Whitey wound up buying socks from the dollar store before they caught him LoL

  • @jawbuster79
    @jawbuster79 7 лет назад +6

    Dana tries so hard to act tough. dude, you're a promoter. you're not a fighter. you never were. you never will be. cut the tough guy act.

  • @mgt4673
    @mgt4673 8 лет назад

    How much was his plane ticket?

  • @mikefallopian3191
    @mikefallopian3191 5 лет назад +7

    Uh huh right.
    If this guy told me the sky was blue I'd look up.

    • @user-xj2sm3xd5l
      @user-xj2sm3xd5l 5 лет назад

      Mike Fallopian yeah Dana is a total bullshitter

    • @chrisconley8583
      @chrisconley8583 5 лет назад

      Mike Fallopian on September 10th and actually the 11th in 2001 guess who The Most Wanted Man by Law Enforcement was??
      It was the man Dana references as “Whitey”.
      James “Whitey” Bulger in real life made Jack Nicholson in “The Departed” look like a Disney character. Dana mentions “Kevin Weeks”. So “look up” this, because yeah there were some scary people running Southie at the time. Feel free to watch the video:
      www.historyvshollywood.com/video/kevin-weeks-interview/

    • @mikefallopian3191
      @mikefallopian3191 3 года назад

      @@chrisconley8583 ...uh, yeah, thanks dimwit but I've heard of Whitey Bulger.

    • @chrisconley8583
      @chrisconley8583 3 года назад

      @@mikefallopian3191 it took you a year to come up with that retort, I think my wits are quite fine compared to yours.

  • @michaelc1326
    @michaelc1326 4 года назад +1

    Alternate title: Dana White: I ignored the mob and got away with it, it really didn’t change anything.