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Dana White has traveled to a lot of places and has seen many things, but what he witnessed this week in New York City nearly left him speechless.
On Tuesday, the UFC CEO took to Instagram so share a video of a careless FedEX delivery driver chucking boxes into the back of a truck. White was in the back of a fancy car driving through New York City when he noticed the FedEX worker on the side of the road loading a shipment into his truck. With the window down, White recorded the driver for one whole minute as he hurled each and every box without remorse.
White, who is as outspoken as they come, was nearly speechless. He was, however, able to rattle off a joke at the expense of FedEX as the driver repeatedly damaged customer’s boxes. Check it out below:
Dana White catches a FedEx worker throwing packages
Instagram/@danawhite #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/g5tux1lbHm
— FightCrack (@FightCrack) May 7, 2024
“FedEX. We’ll get your s—t there, but we’ll f—k it up,” joked White.
‘My boy don’t give a f—k,” he later added.
Maybe this is why half my stuff always shows up broken. Hopefully White’s social media post reaches some higher ups at FedEX and this driver gets the good old pink slip.
Insomnia
Do we believe that Ryan Garcia was “high as f—k” during his fight with Devin Haney?
Ryan Garcia said he was “high as f*ck” during the Devin Haney fight pic.twitter.com/J3xN4WSLlw
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 7, 2024
He has to win, right?
“Ready or not here I come” pic.twitter.com/w80t4ZhnFA
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) May 7, 2024
What could have been…
Sean Strickland’s coach Eric Nicksick says that the UFC were hoping to book Khamzat Chimaev vs Sean Strickland in Saudi Arabia, but says Sean couldn’t travel to Saudi Arabia.
(via. @sportskeedaMMA) #UFCSaudiArabia #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/x9yNDBPKxJ
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) May 7, 2024
Movsar Evloev called Dana White out for watching a NFL playoff game during UFC 297.
Movsar Evloev talks about Dana White’s criticism of his previous fight and reveals that Dana was watching American Football during his fight
“Then for some reason Dana said that [my last fight was not fun]. Maybe he wanted to stimulate me somehow, or dampen my championship… pic.twitter.com/l4rKf2ShN2
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) May 7, 2024
Apparently UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis was on The Masked Singer and absolutely killed it.
Dricus du Plessis was on “The Masked Singer” and he’s actually got a great voice
@MaskedSingerZA #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/6yT0Qeh5EJ
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) May 7, 2024
Did Jose Aldo deserve a ranking after his return win at UFC 301?
| Jose Aldo re-enters the bantamweight rankings at #8 following his unanimous decision win over Jonathan Martinez at #UFC301.
Fair? pic.twitter.com/ktha0yLupL
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) May 7, 2024
Will heavyweight striker Robelis Despaigne score another first-round KO this weekend at UFC St. Louis?
Robelis Despaigne returns to the octagon this weekend!
Despaigne is 6’7 weighs 261 and has a 87-inch reach (longest reach in UFC history). #UFCStLouis pic.twitter.com/kK8MjKZJLT
— DiaztwinsMMA (@DiaztwinsMMA) May 7, 2024
Is Conor McGregor jealous of Sean O’Malley’s recent UFC success?
Sean O’Malley believes that Conor McGregor may be jealous of his success:
“I do think there was a lot of jealousy. People like that, that big of an ego, he see’s what’s happening. He’s starting to get pushed out, I’m starting to come up.
It’s like, there’s no other reason for… pic.twitter.com/mGTU5RBxHq
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) May 7, 2024
Which one will it be?
Michael Chandler believes his fight with Conor McGregor could either be the greatest comeback in combat sports history, or the last time you see McGregor in the octagon.
“You have to buy this Pay-Per-View because this could be the last time you see Conor McGregor fight. I truly… pic.twitter.com/OVZwGRPqT5
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) May 7, 2024
Cory Sandhagen banking on Umar Nurmagomedov gassing? That may not be a great idea.
Cory Sandhagen believes he can take advantage of Umar Nurmagomedov’s cardio
“I do really want to fight Umar in a 5 round fight also just because, I don’t know if you watched his last [fight] but he was *breathing heavily*…
[He] definitely was huffing and puffing during the… pic.twitter.com/urRP6nL2fW
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) May 7, 2024
Safe to say Tyson Pedro will be out for a little while.
Tom Aspinall has chimed in on the whole Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira thing.
Tom Aspinall reacts to Jon Jones campaigning for an Alex Pereira fight. pic.twitter.com/vbFnzZdeGQ
— MMA On Point (@OnPointMMA) May 7, 2024
UFC fighter Garrett Armfield compares the old UFC glove to the new one.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
This spinning backfist KO was pretty slick and worth a replay from this past weekend.
Sick spinning backfist KO by City Kickboxing featherweight Oliver Schmid at Hex FS 30 over the weekend
via Hexfs/IG pic.twitter.com/qpodZlW5u0
— Christopher Reive (@ChrisReive) May 7, 2024
I guess “Garfield” wasn’t that good.
A fight broke out during a screening of the ‘GARFIELD’ movie pic.twitter.com/b2fSSO3H1D
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) May 7, 2024
Random Land
Here’s Ric Flair getting tossed out of a pizza restaurant after spending $1,500:
The Ric Flair restaurant footage.
via bussines11.11 on TikTok pic.twitter.com/HqQ4Y9KRkb
— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) May 7, 2024
Until next time, sleep well Maniacs!