{"id":427027,"date":"2026-01-21T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427027\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:15:08","slug":"video-dana-white-and-jake-paul-have-awkward-run-in-at-ncaa-national-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427027\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Dana White and Jake Paul have awkward run-in at NCAA National Championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC CEO Dana White and polarizing boxing star Jake Paul had an awkward face-to-face encounter at the CFP National Championship Game.<\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO Dana White and boxing star\/social media influencer Jake Paul have been on each other\u2019s nerves for years.<\/p>\n<p>White, the longtime UFC headman, has been the target of many of Paul\u2019s troll jobs in recent years. Paul is also a frequent critic of White and the UFC\u2019s business dealings, and more specifically, how fighters are financially compensated for their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>White most recently mocked Paul\u2019s recent boxing performance against former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Paul suffered his second-career defeat in the boxing ring, and his first by knockout\/TKO.<\/p>\n<p>White said all parties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-on-anthony-joshua-vs-jake-paul-everybody-that-was-involved-in-that-thing-should-be-embarrassed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">involved in the event should be \u2019embarrassed\u2019<\/a> after watching Joshua finish Paul in their fight. Just months ago, White scorched Paul and his \u2018warlock\u2019 manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-hilariously-mocks-jake-paul-and-manager-suing-critics-boxing-career\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for suing critics of his boxing career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White, Jake Paul have an awkward run-in after White mocks loss to Anthony Joshua<\/p>\n<p>While White and Paul don\u2019t share a lot in common, they\u2019ve been in the same vicinity numerous times, including at UFC events. The two polarizing combat sports personalities were in attendance at the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Miami and Indiana on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after White\u2019s critical remarks, he and Paul had an awkward moment inside a suite.<\/p>\n<p>Watch White and Paul come face-to-face <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/2013782256062521384?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">below<\/a> at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami with U.S. President Donald Trump in between them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dana White and Jake Paul were face to face last night after years of beef \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXi4kFSXA1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qXi4kFSXA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/2013782256062521384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>White has been a busy man to start the new year. The UFC is days away from returning to action this Saturday in Las Vegas at UFC 324.<\/p>\n<p>As for what\u2019s next for Paul, he\u2019s teased an indefinite break from fighting as he plots his next move. In the meantime, it appears things between White and Paul remain as tense as ever.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC CEO Dana White and polarizing boxing star Jake Paul had an awkward face-to-face encounter at the CFP&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,3376,958,224115,9225,785,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-427027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-college-football-playoff","12":"tag-dana-white","13":"tag-indiana-vs-miami","14":"tag-jake-paul","15":"tag-mma","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}