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Dana White an advocate of mixed martial arts being an event in the Olympic Games
- Updated: August 17, 2016
UFC President Dana White is doing the media rounds to promote UFC 202, but can’t escape the pull the Olympic Games are having on sports and television.
That has been the case in the UFC and mixed martial arts for some time. Many former Olympians have crossed over and had success. Most notably, Ronda Rousey did so after earning a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Games, but so have other fighters like Dan Henderson, Daniel Cormier, Matt Lindland, Yoel Romero, Sara McMann, Henry Cejudo, Mark Coleman, Kevin Jackson, Mark Schultz and others.
Even outside of the UFC, mixed martial arts has been a …
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