{"id":78014,"date":"2025-08-18T18:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/78014\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:15:10","slug":"dana-white-rumor-on-ufc-apexs-massive-expansion-biggest-bullsht-story-ever-written","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/78014\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: Rumor on UFC Apex&#8217;s massive expansion &#8216;biggest bullsh*t story ever written&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO\u00a0\u2013 Dana White isn&#8217;t sure how a story he says is false was written about the UFC Apex supposedly expanding it&#8217;s capacity in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>With the UFC signing a $7.7 billion broadcast deal with Paramount, which begins in 2026, a report emerged that the UFC Apex plans on expanding to 10,000 seats, which was later corrected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lvsportsbiz.com\/2025\/08\/09\/ufc-apex-building-could-play-pivotal-role-in-wwe-espn-deal-apex-one-of-las-vegas-underrated-key-sports-venues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Not only did White heavily dismiss the report, but said he was stunned to see UFC officials were quoted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was the biggest bullsh*t story ever written. It&#8217;s f*cking unbelievable,&#8221; White told reporters at the UFC 319 post-fight press conference. &#8220;They quoted people that literally said nothing to them \u2013\u00a0never spoke to them or anything. That entire story was a f*cking absolute bullsh*t lie \u2013 the craziest thing we&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I called (the UFC PR director) and said &#8216;This whole story is a lie. Everything about it is a lie, including the people that they quoted. Never talked to them.&#8217; If you look at the construction that&#8217;s going on at the Apex, to even think that it&#8217;s going to be a 10,000-seat arena, it&#8217;s f*cking unbelievable. Complete lie. Everything about that story was a lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The UFC Apex has hosted events ever since the global pandemic in 2020. It plays home to Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series, &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter,&#8221; and numerous fight night events throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/08\/18\/ufc-319-dana-white-opinion-apex-massive-expansion-biggest-bullsht-story\/85706104007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dana White: UFC Apex&#039;s massive expansion &#039;biggest bullsh*t story ever&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dana White: UFC Apex&#8217;s massive expansion &#8216;biggest bullsh*t story ever&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO\u00a0\u2013 Dana White isn&#8217;t sure how a story he says is false was written about the UFC Apex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,958,786,785,85,4908],"class_list":["post-78014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dana-white","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-apex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78014","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=78014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}