{"id":622225,"date":"2026-04-21T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622225\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:58:09","slug":"darren-till-blames-dana-whites-ego-for-his-declining-interest-in-ufc-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622225\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Till blames Dana White&#8217;s &#8216;ego&#8217; for his declining interest in UFC fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC star Darren Till didn\u2019t hold back in his most scathing criticism of Dana White since he parted ways with the UFC in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO Dana White\u2019s most ambitious card yet is weeks away as the promotion looks ahead to hosting a fight card on the White House lawn this summer. UFC Freedom 250 is headlined by a lightweight title matchup between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, and features the return of Alex Pereira in an interim heavyweight title bout with Ciryl Gane.<\/p>\n<p>Despite promising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dana-white\/ufc-boss-dana-white-makes-big-prediction-for-upcoming-white-house-event\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the \u2018biggest card in UFC history\u2019<\/a>, White\u2019s upcoming White House event has received mixed reactions from fans and pundits. Some have accused White of not having the same promotional enthusiasm as he did earlier in his career, amidst Zuffa Boxing\u2019s inaugural year.<\/p>\n<p>After questionable matchmaking decisions and dropping viewership for Fight Night events, former UFC star Darren Till thinks White is solely to blame.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Till \u2018doesn\u2019t watch UFC anymore\u2019 because of Dana White<\/p>\n<p>In a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/kiFzwMLK8Uw?si=cVzVka0zJ_noq9D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>, Till was brutally honest when asked about his relationship with the UFC brass and his thoughts on the promotion\u2019s current product.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to slight Dana, I like Dana, but I think his ego is getting too much out of control,\u201d Till said of White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s totally switched off from the UFC. I don\u2019t even watch the UFC anymore. I couldn\u2019t tell you half the people who fight; the events aren\u2019t juicy anymore. Very few stars are left. I\u2019m pissed off with the media side of things\u2026every time Dana\u2019s in a scrum, reporters are scared to say the real things. When they do ask questions, Dana\u2019s all \u2018Who gives a s***?\u2019. We give a s***! I give a s***! So give us a f***** answer, baldy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just annoys me, too much ego,\u201d Till continued. \u201cThe fighters are the only ones who should be having back-and-forths\u2026it winds me up, and I don\u2019t even think about it because I\u2019ll just lose my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Till parted ways with the UFC in 2023 on cordial terms with White and the matchmakers, following a three-fight losing streak at middleweight. He\u2019s transitioned to boxing since his UFC departure, earning wins in Misfits Boxing against Luke Rockhold and Anthony Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Darren Till\u2019s stance on the UFC? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC star Darren Till didn\u2019t hold back in his most scathing criticism of Dana White since he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,958,11079,786,785,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-622225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dana-white","11":"tag-darren-till","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622225","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=622225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}