Dana White was pleased with Ilia Topuria’s victory at UFC 308, and during the press conference, he addressed several key topics, including what could be next for champion Merab Dvalishvili.



According to White, Dvalishvili may defend his UFC Bantamweight Championship against Umar Nurmagomedov, stating that this matchup “absolutely” could be the title fight. However, he did not specify an exact date for the bout.



The last time Dvalishvili fought in the UFC was against Sean O’Malley, where he claimed his first UFC belt, the Bantamweight Championship. It was a fairly straightforward fight for Dvalishvili, who came in fresh off a victory over Henry Cejudo. Recently, Cejudo stirred <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/mma-news-henry-cejudo-makes-something-clear-about-ilia-topuria-after-winning-ufc-308">some controversy with statements supporting Ilia Topuria.</a>



Meanwhile, Umar Nurmagomedov remains undefeated and recently secured a unanimous decision victory over Cory Sandhagen in a bantamweight title eliminator, marking his 18th career win.



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What happened to Umar Nurmagomedov’s fight against Song Yadong?



According to multiple sources and Nurmagomedov himself, who recently posted on his X account, Yadong declined the scheduled December fight due to an injury. In that same post, Nurmagomedov issued a strong message to Merab Dvalishvili, challenging his recognition as a champion.



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Noche UFC is shaping up to be an exciting event for fans. <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UFC</a> president <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/dana-white" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dana White</a> recognizes the effort it takes to attend, which is why he’s offering a huge cash reward to those at the Sphere.



Dana White is one of the fastest-growing figures in American sports business. Recognizing the potential of mixed martial arts, he became UFC president in 2001 and CEO in 2023, driving the organization’s explosive growth.



At 55, White continues to elevate the UFC. His latest move brings the octagon to the stunning Sphere venue, where Noche UFC will take center stage in this spectacular setting.



<h2>Dana White promises a huge cash prize for some fans at Noche UFC</h2>



Dana White has always aimed to make fans feel connected to the UFC. Now, he’s elevating the experience by bringing mixed martial arts to an exciting new venue, the Sphere, which promises to be a captivating attraction for attendees.


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White has described Noche UFC as a “love letter” to Mexico’s contributions to combat sports. Taking place on a weekend that coincides with Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations, White wants to emphasize the cultural significance of the country during this special event.



In an effort to make fans feel even more involved, White has announced a huge cash prize, with Easter Eggs hidden in the cinematic displays that will be part of the show.



“There are also going to be Easter eggs in each one of these films, and we’re working it out with legal right now,” White said about the contest at the Sphere. “But what I want to do is, if somebody can find all the Easter eggs, I’ll give you twenty-five thousand dollars.”



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The UFC CEO also mentioned that these Easter Eggs will be cleverly concealed within the visuals, offering a substantial cash reward. All fans attending the event at the Sphere will have the opportunity to participate in the contest.



<h2>Which is the lineup for Noche UFC?</h2>



The Sphere is set to host the highly anticipated Noche UFC event this year, featuring five main card bouts. Additionally, five preliminary fights will be preceded by a movie projected on the venue’s massive screen, creating a unique experience for attendees.


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<ul><li>(c) Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili – UFC Men’s Bantamweight title</li><li>(c) Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko – UFC women’s Flyweight title</li><li>Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes – Featherweight</li><li>Daniel Zellhuber vs. Esteban Ribovics – Lightweight</li><li>Ronaldo Rodriguez vs. Ode Osbourne – Men’s Flyweight</li><li>Manuel Torres vs. Ignacio Bahamondes – Lightweight</li><li>Irena Aldana vs. Norma Dumont – Women’s Bantamweight</li><li>Edgar Chairez vs. Kevin Borjas – Men’s Flyweight</li><li>Yazmin Jauregui vs. Ketlen Souza – Women’s Strawweight</li><li>Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Aoriqileng – Men’s Bantamweight</li></ul>


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At the time, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/jake-paul-starts-a-riot-on-social-media-the-ufc-star-he-criticized-and-challenged-20220312-0021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a> brought to the table the fact that <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/dana-white-makes-clear-the-possibilities-jake-paul-has-to-fight-in-the-ufc-20220122-0014.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White</a>, as president of the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-jake-paul-may-be-taking-a-break-from-his-fighting-career-20211228-0029.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a>, was not too willing to provide support for his fighters. A recent development seems to confirm this, as UFC star Kamaru Usman did not receive the support he would expect from his boss.
The Nigerian fighter is <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/ufc-what-jake-paul-demands-on-twitter-to-dana-white-to-fight-in-his-mixed-martial-arts-organization-20220101-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the current UFC Welterweight champion</a> (from 156 to 170 pounds) and the best Pound for Pound fighter in Mixed Martial Arts. His record is 21 fights with 20 wins and only 1 loss. In fact, in his UFC career, he has not suffered a single defeat.
In January 2022, Dana White himself confirmed that Kamaru Usman’s next fight would be against Leon Edwards, however, recently, it has been speculated that the Nigerian Nightmare‘s opponent would be Colby Covington who is coming off of defeating <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/jake-paul-after-masvidal-defeat-first-of-all-Masvidal-you-aint-rich-20220306-0026.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Masvidal</a> by unanimous decision, and would like to have a rematch with Usman after being beaten in their first clash.
<h2>Dana White puts the brakes on Kamaru Usman’s dreams</h2>
Kamaru Usman has a goal in mind that he has openly shared with the press and fans: to fight <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/boxing/boxing-gennady-golovkin-new-complaint-about-Canelo-Alvarez-20220316-0045.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canelo Alvarez</a> in what he himself called the biggest event that can be held in combat sports. One that would bring together in one ring the best fighters on the planet.
However, Dana White not only does not share Usman’s illusion, but he also undercuts and disdains it: “He (Kamaru Usman) is serious about it, he shouldn’t be serious about it. I don’t like that fight at all. Everything about it is horrible. It’s a stupid fight to make, it makes no sense. I don’t know how many people would be interested in seeing that.” stated White for Sky Sports.
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Faced with the argument that there have already been successful crossovers between boxing and the UFC, such as the one between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor in 2017, White delivered another hard blow to Kamaru Usman: “When Conor and Floyd fought it took on a life of its own. Everywhere I went people asked me if those two are going to fight. It just kept building, building and building. It ended up being the biggest pay-per-view ever. Something could come along but the whole Boxing vs MMA thing is silly”.
<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/boxing/boxing-kamaru-usman-could-beat-canelo-alvarez-the-ufc-champion-manager-says-how-20220312-0016.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamaru Usman has previously stated that he feels confident about being able to defeat Canelo Alvarez. </a>This argument was supported by his manager, Ali Abdelaziz, who predicted that his charge would knock out the current Pound for Pound King of boxing in three rounds.
 
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After the financial success, he has accomplished in his short boxing career so far, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/boxing/boxing-is-jake-paul-dream-over-mike-tyson-states-about-the-alleged-49-million-fight-against-the-problem-child-20220118-0012.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a> has not hidden his desire of battling in the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/heavyweight-champion-francis-ngannou-decision-that-may-make-ufc-fans-sad-thrills-tyson-fury-20220121-0022.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> octagon. Even in the very first days of 2022, the Youtuber has traded verbal blows with Dana White on social media trying to make real his debut in Mixed Martial Arts. Related to this, White has finally clarified if Paul will be someday in the UFC.
It is not that <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/boxing/jake-paul-is-close-to-his-first-ko-as-a-boxing-promoter-amanda-serrano-could-challenge-katie-taylor-for-her-world-titles-20220114-0031.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a> has not had a history with any <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/ufc-star-conor-mcgregor-canelo-tom-brady-and-the-rest-of-the-athletes-with-millionaire-earnings-per-minute-20220113-0011.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC fighter</a>. His 3 most recent fights were against Dana White’s former guys… but in a boxing ring. The first one was Ben Askren, who has appeared in the octagon in the Middleweight class. He was beaten by the way of TKO in the very first round.
Then, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-who-is-jake-paul-boxing-next-everything-you-need-to-know-about-tyron-woodley-20211216-0029.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tyron Woodley</a>, former UFC Welterweight Champion,facedthe Problem Childtwice. The first episode of his tale with <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/jake-paul-challenges-ufc-welterweight-star-and-offers-him-5m--20211221-0033.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a> ended with a split decision in favor of Paul. The second one gave the boxing fans a dramatic KO against Woodley.
<h2>Jake Paul’s chances to jump into UFC according to Dana White</h2>
Twitter was the arena where Jake Paul tried to win his first-round in UFC. But he was far away from succeeding. <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/ufc-what-jake-paul-demands-on-twitter-to-dana-white-to-fight-in-his-mixed-martial-arts-organization-20220101-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He demanded Dana White to improve the economic remuneration and health care</a> of UFC fighters as the main condition for him to have a clash against Jorge Masvidal in the octagon. White’s answer was not positive at all as he rejected the request and pointed out Paul to use steroids.
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<figure class="image"> <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Dana White, UFC" data-height="413" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:413" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Dana White, UFC" src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20220122_BUS_182982_dana_whitex_ufc.jpeg_22993414_3c0b343e.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=413" width="740" height="413"></figure><figcaption> Dana White has a very clear posture about Jake Paul. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) </figcaption></figure>
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Then, in an interview forThe Full Sendpodcast, the UFC president made clear the real chances Jake Paul has to have a fight in the octagon: “Haha… I don’t know.I don’t know. I don’t think that would ever happen, but listen – I never say never anymore. You know, I didn’t think<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/the-most-memorable-fights-between-boxers-and-mixed-martial-artists-20211218-0021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Floyd and Conor</a>, or that I would end up doing any of my guys against Floyd. Because that just makes absolutely no sense.”
<h2>Another blow from Paul to Dana White</h2>
The Problem Childmay have been aware of the UFC president’s last statement about his possibility of fighting in the octagon because he shared the weight class in which he would do his Mixed Martial Arts debut, but, also, he threw another spicy comment against Dana White’s company treatment of its fighters.
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It seems that <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-jake-paul-may-be-taking-a-break-from-his-fighting-career-20211228-0029.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boxing is over</a> for <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-the-toughest-and-real-fights-jake-paul-could-have-in-2022-20211223-0011.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a>. After achieving a 5-0-0 record, he wants to continue linked with the fighting business but not in a ring. In fact, he started a revolution on Twitter to make the first step towards his new goal, and his first target was UFC president, Dana White.
The Problem Childhas already <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/the-most-memorable-fights-between-boxers-and-mixed-martial-artists-20211218-0021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">written some chapters of his fighting story with Mixed Martial Arts</a> as co-stars. His third professional boxing clash was against Ben Askren, a former UFC warrior. The result was a quick victory on the first round for the also Youtuber.
Then, his fourth and <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-how-much-money-will-jake-paul-earn-for-his-second-fight-against-tyron-woodley-20211215-0023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fifth fights were with Tyron Woodley</a>, one of the greatest UFC Welterweight Champions. In the first bout, Jake Paul suffered to win by a split decision, but, in the second, his power appeared and madeT-Woodfall asleep on round 6. Could he have the same effectiveness in an Octagon?
<h2>The demand Jake Paul made to Dana White to move to UFC</h2>
On Twitter, where he has 4 million followers, The Problem Child publicly offered to Dana White to retire from Boxing to jump into the UFC Octagon, but first, he demanded White to fulfill some economic requests that may improve mixed martial artists labor conditions.
“Increase minimum fighter pay per fight to $50K (it’s $12K now); guarantee UFC fighters 50% of UFC annual revenues ($1billion in 2021); provide long term healthcare to all fighters (you previously said brain damage is part of the gig…imagine the NFL said that. There are many UFC alums who have publicly said they are suffering from brain damage.“, stated Paul on Twitter.
Also, Jake Paul has set a deadline for Dana White to accept the demands. Having received a positive answer, Paul would accept to officially join the UFC and, furthermore, agree to fight against <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-who-has-made-more-money-fighting-so-far-jake-paul-or-ufc-top-stars-20211222-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal.</a>
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<h2>Dana White’s reaction to Jake Paul’s tweet</h2>
The UFC president has receivedthe Problem Child‘s message on social media, and he did not wait long to reply. Unfortunately for <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/boxing-who-has-made-more-money-fighting-so-far-jake-paul-or-ufc-top-stars-20211222-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a>, it seems the “negotiation” he proposed to jump into the UFC world may not just have started the right way: he also received a public challenge.
“Jake, you never responded to the challenge. You publicly stated that I use cocaine: I do not. So I told you, you could randomly test me for the next 10 years. I believe that you are a cheater, and I believe you use steroids. So I want to randomly steroid test you for the next 2 years,“replied White.
Concerning Paul’s demands, Dana answered: “Nobody on earth thinks you really wrote that: you are too stupid. Your manager used to be an accountant for me and I think he is a scumbag. But if you 2 think that you can do better than we do, knock yourself out, go start your own business. It is easy to do. You should focus on your business. You can’t sell Pay Per Views. You are calling out Jorge Masvidal because he is a Pay Per View superstar. Diaz, McGregor, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/mike-tyson-wants-to-box-jake-and-logan-paul-but-theres-a-condition-20211004-0027.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tyson</a>: these are all superstars, you are not. Do whatever you want to do.“
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