Unseen footage of Dana White goes viral and fans think they know why

If Dana White tried to hide his immediate reaction to learning Alex Pereira had been dethroned, some fans don’t think he did a good job of it. Pereira’s reign as the UFC’s light heavyweight champion came to an end on Sunday as he lost via unanimous decision to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313. Ankalaev picked up the biggest win of his career by beating PereiraGetty One judge awarded Ankalaev the fight 49-46 while the other two scored it 48-47 in his favour. Although Pereira stuffed each and every one of the Russian’s 12 takedown attempts, he was out-gunned in the clinch while Ankalaev dealt more damage with his striking. In total, Ankalaev landed 127 strikes from 224 attempted while Pereira tagged his rival 97 times. The Russian also dished out 18 more significant strikes than his rival. As fans eagerly awaited the announcement of the scorecards, UFC president White was given a glimpse of the outcome by iconic octagon announcer Bruce Buffer. The previously unnoticed footage of the moment has since garnered plenty of views on social media, with a number of fans convinced White’s expression changes upon learning Ankalaev was moments away from becoming the new light heavyweight champion. One fan wrote on X: “Dana White was absolutely livid they didn’t rob Ankalaev for the title. The reaction he gave when Buffer showed him the scorecards tells me why it took years to get this fight.” Another said: “Dana feels just like we all do right now. This wasn’t a good call and you all know it.” A third posted: “It’s actually kinda crazy that he doesn’t even try to hide it.” Despite the fans’ observations, White’s admission he scored the bout in Ankalaev’s favour disputes the idea he was supposedly disappointed with the result. XFans felt White had an interesting reaction to the scorecards being read[/caption] But the UFC boss shot those theories down by claiming he had Ankalaev winningGetty “I don’t know if I had the exact score in my head, but I thought Ankalaev won the fight,” White said in the press conference. “I wasn’t shocked when I heard the decision.” However, White conceded the way in which the fight unfolded caught him by surprise. “Not what I expected,” White said. “I expected a lot more shooting, I expected a lot more exchanges.” As for what comes next, White declared a rematch between the two will ‘probably’ be next. GettyA rematch between Ankalaev and Pereira appears to be on the cards[/caption] The option of defending his new title immediately against the Brazilian was one Ankalaev welcomed, although he felt Pereira ‘kept running away from me’. Pereira is also open to a rematch, insisting he will first ‘rest a bit’ and ‘have some pizza’ before returning to training. UFC 313 main card results A new champion Magomed Ankalaev (c) defeats Alex Pereira by unanimous decision Justin Gaethje defeats Rafael Fiziev by unanimous decision Ignacio Bahamondes defeats Jalin Turned by first-round submission Amanda Lemos defeats Iasmin Lucindo by unanimous decision Mauricio Ruffy defeats King Green by first-round knockout

Mar 9, 2025 - 18:55

Unseen footage of Dana White goes viral and fans think they know why

If Dana White tried to hide his immediate reaction to learning Alex Pereira had been dethroned, some fans don’t think he did a good job of it.

Pereira’s reign as the UFC’s light heavyweight champion came to an end on Sunday as he lost via unanimous decision to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313.

Ankalaev picked up the biggest win of his career by beating Pereira

One judge awarded Ankalaev the fight 49-46 while the other two scored it 48-47 in his favour.

Although Pereira stuffed each and every one of the Russian’s 12 takedown attempts, he was out-gunned in the clinch while Ankalaev dealt more damage with his striking.

In total, Ankalaev landed 127 strikes from 224 attempted while Pereira tagged his rival 97 times.

The Russian also dished out 18 more significant strikes than his rival.

As fans eagerly awaited the announcement of the scorecards, UFC president White was given a glimpse of the outcome by iconic octagon announcer Bruce Buffer.

The previously unnoticed footage of the moment has since garnered plenty of views on social media, with a number of fans convinced White’s expression changes upon learning Ankalaev was moments away from becoming the new light heavyweight champion.

One fan wrote on X: “Dana White was absolutely livid they didn’t rob Ankalaev for the title. The reaction he gave when Buffer showed him the scorecards tells me why it took years to get this fight.”

Another said: “Dana feels just like we all do right now. This wasn’t a good call and you all know it.”

A third posted: “It’s actually kinda crazy that he doesn’t even try to hide it.”

Despite the fans’ observations, White’s admission he scored the bout in Ankalaev’s favour disputes the idea he was supposedly disappointed with the result.

Fans felt White had an interesting reaction to the scorecards being read[/caption]

But the UFC boss shot those theories down by claiming he had Ankalaev winning

“I don’t know if I had the exact score in my head, but I thought Ankalaev won the fight,” White said in the press conference.

“I wasn’t shocked when I heard the decision.”

However, White conceded the way in which the fight unfolded caught him by surprise.

“Not what I expected,” White said.

“I expected a lot more shooting, I expected a lot more exchanges.”

As for what comes next, White declared a rematch between the two will ‘probably’ be next.

A rematch between Ankalaev and Pereira appears to be on the cards[/caption]

The option of defending his new title immediately against the Brazilian was one Ankalaev welcomed, although he felt Pereira ‘kept running away from me’.

Pereira is also open to a rematch, insisting he will first ‘rest a bit’ and ‘have some pizza’ before returning to training.