Dana White is referred to by many as the King of MMA, and one cannot deny the immense popularity of Dana in the MMA community and business world. Dana has taken a failing business, an unknown sport to most and turned it into an international, muliti-billion dollar business. He has put his face out there as the face of mma and ultimate fighting, and is known world wide. Who is Dana White? Dana remains elusive in interviews and all that is known about Dana, comes from interviews with him. In his biography you will discover the real Dana White, striped of all myths, lies and tales, and told through the eyes of the woman who raised him. You will see the child, the man, the King of MMA. The good, the bad and the ugly.
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"If your an MMA fan you need to read this book. ...." -Cameron Conaway
"Really enjoying Dana White's moms book about her son, check it out for some good soul food."
Frank Shamrock - UFC Fighter
"Anyone who likes or hates Dana White should take a look at this." - The Fight Nerd
Great book, guys go buy the book and read it. If your a Dana White fan, check out this book. If your a Dana White hater you need to read this book. - MMA_Kingdom, King JB
"MMA fans only get to see one side of the Dana White story now a whole new world has opened up through the eye's of the woman who gave birth to him and has seen him evolve into the man we know today as the President of the UFC." -The Fight Nerd
"Really enjoying Dana White's moms book about her son, check it out for some good soul food."
Frank Shamrock - UFC Fighter
"Anyone who likes or hates Dana White should take a look at this." - The Fight Nerd
Great book, guys go buy the book and read it. If your a Dana White fan, check out this book. If your a Dana White hater you need to read this book. - MMA_Kingdom, King JB
"MMA fans only get to see one side of the Dana White story now a whole new world has opened up through the eye's of the woman who gave birth to him and has seen him evolve into the man we know today as the President of the UFC." -The Fight Nerd
From the Author
This book is not just another book on mixed martial arts. It is the story of mma's biggest promoter of mixed martial arts in the world, and a very controversial sports management figure. The reader gets to see Dana's life from the beginning to present, his family background, the struggles Dana endured for 4 years before the UFC finally turned a corner and began to make a profit and the person his wealth, fame and power has created. This all through the eyes of his mom, who from day one was one of his biggest supporters and now possibly one of his biggest critics.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By P. Brusyo
Format:Paperback
I'm a huge MMA fan and have a large collection of MMA books and fighter biographies. I learned of this book when the hacker group Anonymous got into a brief online war with Dana White & posted a lot of his personal information. Naturally, I was eager to learn more about the man behind the UFC's success. I'm not a DW "nuthugger" by any means - I was really hoping for some interesting dirt on the guy.
Unfortunately, this book doesn't really provide that - nothing worthwhile anyway. Instead, this book appears to have been written by a VERY bitter mother with a huge axe to grind. According to his mom (the author), Dana & her were very close most of their lives. Then when he became successful with the UFC, he turned into the devil she always thought he was, and abandoned his family and friends. I'm not exaggerating either - this lovely woman told of the day she gave birth to Dana and how she looked into his eyes and thought they were "soulless". By page 8 of this book, you realize what you're getting into and what kind of person his mother is. This book doesn't make Dana White look bad, it makes his mother look bad. REALLY bad.
Besides what appears to be a book filled with bias, coming fron one side of the story, it's also a complete unorganized mess. The entire book she jumps around to different points in their lives, making it hard to keep track of what happened when. Even the photos are unorganized - there's a bunch of photos, printed very small, without captions. At the beginning of the book is a list of some of the photo captions, which is incomplete and out of order, making the whole thing even more confusing.
Unless you collect MMA books like me, don't waste your time and don't give this nasty woman the few bucks she's looking for. Even if it was well written & interesting, it's only approx 130 pages with large font, so hardly worth the cost to begin with.
Unfortunately, this book doesn't really provide that - nothing worthwhile anyway. Instead, this book appears to have been written by a VERY bitter mother with a huge axe to grind. According to his mom (the author), Dana & her were very close most of their lives. Then when he became successful with the UFC, he turned into the devil she always thought he was, and abandoned his family and friends. I'm not exaggerating either - this lovely woman told of the day she gave birth to Dana and how she looked into his eyes and thought they were "soulless". By page 8 of this book, you realize what you're getting into and what kind of person his mother is. This book doesn't make Dana White look bad, it makes his mother look bad. REALLY bad.
Besides what appears to be a book filled with bias, coming fron one side of the story, it's also a complete unorganized mess. The entire book she jumps around to different points in their lives, making it hard to keep track of what happened when. Even the photos are unorganized - there's a bunch of photos, printed very small, without captions. At the beginning of the book is a list of some of the photo captions, which is incomplete and out of order, making the whole thing even more confusing.
Unless you collect MMA books like me, don't waste your time and don't give this nasty woman the few bucks she's looking for. Even if it was well written & interesting, it's only approx 130 pages with large font, so hardly worth the cost to begin with.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For those who love MMA and the UFC, this is a good book to add to the collection. Books on MMA and the UFC can swing wildly from the very good (Forest Griffin's "Got Fight" and Big John McCarthy's "Let's Get It On") to the not bad (Chuck Liddell's "Iceman" and Brock Lesnar's "Deathclutch") to the mediocre (BJ's Penn's "Why I Fight" and Randy Couture's "Becoming the Natural"). This book is really a bit of an oddity and is for those looking to add to their history of MMA and the UFC. Written by Dana White's mother, June White, it tells of the rise and fall of Dana White as a person.
First off, the bad: the writing style is rambling and is in desperate need of some quality editing. Instead of a cohesive story progressing in a linear fashion, it jumps around and spends way too much time on Dana White's childhood escapades. I'd have much rather read about the early days of the UFC, the struggles, the near second death of the UFC before the Ultimate Fighter resurrected it and started it on the path to becoming the multi-billion dollar international juggernaut it is today. There is so much history in how Dana White and the Fertitas, through sheer force of will, kept this thing alive. Instead we get very little of that, and the book ends up feeling more like a cross between a lecture from mom for blowing curfew and a relative who gets mad when you tell them you won't loan them some money or crash on the couch.
The good: it does give some insight into Dana White, who for all his public persona, remains a fairly guarded man when it comes to his backstory, his family and what drives him (every interview that gets personal gets the standard line of "it's not work, I love what I do, blah blah blah"). Most interviews with White rarely mention his wife Anne, his two sons and his daughter. Part of it is likely a desire to shield them from public, but White is a guy with a lot more to him than we're allowed to see, and the book gives us a peek at that. Plus the pictures of the "bald don" with hair are probably worth the price of the book alone. Seeing Dana White with hair is just plain weird.
Great literature? No. Interesting read for those fascinated with the history of the UFC and MMA? Yes. Is it the truth? Maybe, but I find there are two sides to every story and this book leaves me feeling that we're getting a biased opinion.
First off, the bad: the writing style is rambling and is in desperate need of some quality editing. Instead of a cohesive story progressing in a linear fashion, it jumps around and spends way too much time on Dana White's childhood escapades. I'd have much rather read about the early days of the UFC, the struggles, the near second death of the UFC before the Ultimate Fighter resurrected it and started it on the path to becoming the multi-billion dollar international juggernaut it is today. There is so much history in how Dana White and the Fertitas, through sheer force of will, kept this thing alive. Instead we get very little of that, and the book ends up feeling more like a cross between a lecture from mom for blowing curfew and a relative who gets mad when you tell them you won't loan them some money or crash on the couch.
The good: it does give some insight into Dana White, who for all his public persona, remains a fairly guarded man when it comes to his backstory, his family and what drives him (every interview that gets personal gets the standard line of "it's not work, I love what I do, blah blah blah"). Most interviews with White rarely mention his wife Anne, his two sons and his daughter. Part of it is likely a desire to shield them from public, but White is a guy with a lot more to him than we're allowed to see, and the book gives us a peek at that. Plus the pictures of the "bald don" with hair are probably worth the price of the book alone. Seeing Dana White with hair is just plain weird.
Great literature? No. Interesting read for those fascinated with the history of the UFC and MMA? Yes. Is it the truth? Maybe, but I find there are two sides to every story and this book leaves me feeling that we're getting a biased opinion.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By clue
Format:Paperback
Thumbs up! I read the whole book straight through without stopping.
It's hard to imagine that Dana grew up like a normal little kid, made it to the big time and then forgets about all the friends and family. Especially his mother
and grandmother. I'm left curious as to what they may have done, if anything. Seems like the author barely touched the tip of the iceberg on that. I'm wondering if there's going to be a sequel
It's hard to imagine that Dana grew up like a normal little kid, made it to the big time and then forgets about all the friends and family. Especially his mother
and grandmother. I'm left curious as to what they may have done, if anything. Seems like the author barely touched the tip of the iceberg on that. I'm wondering if there's going to be a sequel
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Different Perspective But ...
I agree with the other reviewer, there is indeed two sides to a story and I am quite certain this book only sheds light on one version. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Andrea Kurian
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good for Ms. White
I'm not a Fan of MMA or boxing, this book was a gift from my daughter.
I truly loved this book about a mothers love for her son, and the hardships this women faced as a single... Read more
I truly loved this book about a mothers love for her son, and the hardships this women faced as a single... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lilly J. O'Connell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dana White, King of MMA
Thought the book was a very good read. Although it isn't exclusively about MMA, it is worth having for anyone interested in the life of the UFC president, Dana White.
Published 11 months ago by highboy
1.0 out of 5 stars
wow, Thanks Mom!
I've read a number of MMA biographies, this has to be the WORST of them.
While reading this I could only think, with a Mother like this, who needs enemies. Read more
While reading this I could only think, with a Mother like this, who needs enemies. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Matt
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful mother says she had Rosemary's baby, hates her child.
This not a book but a rambling piece of garbage, who claims when she first saw her child who was born a few months after Rosemary's baby, that because her son had dark pupils, she... Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. White
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dana's Mom should be ashamed of herself.
Dana White is probably not the most loveable guy on the planet, but this book is disgraceful. Mrs. White clearly wrote this book for the sole purpose of using Dana White's fame in... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Joe Stagner
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting but flawed
For those who love MMA and the UFC, this is a good book to add to the collection. Books on MMA and the UFC can swing wildly from the very good (Forest Griffin's "Got Fight" and Big... Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. J McCulloch
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sad Attempt
I have a huge love for the UFC and have been a true fan for a long time. I have surmounts of respect for Dana White for what he has done and accomplished. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Undecided
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dana White's mother describes his childhood
His dad left and his mom works 80-100 hours a week. You pawned off your responsibility on relatives and left him to be raised on the streets. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Daniel B. Patterson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Accurate
I recently just finished reading this book on Dana White. Thought it was well written and seems like a very believable story. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Cowboy
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