Dana White Joins the Carton Show to Talk White House Fights & Future of Boxing | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Dana White discusses the logistics of the upcoming Freedom 250 event at the White House and his vision for revitalizing boxing over the next five years. He shares stories from the early days of the UFC, including hiring Joe Rogan and the impact of Ronda Rousey on women's MMA. He also delves into his personal gambling habits and his approach to raising his children.
02:08 - White House Event Logistics
05:08 - Future Business Strategy
06:13 - Baccarat And Gambling Habits
10:30 - Handling The COVID Era
13:04 - Revitalizing Professional Boxing
16:30 - Spike TV Partnership History
20:20 - UFC 328 Fight Breakdown
21:57 - Power Slap Viral Success
27:14 - Joe Rogan Commentary Impact
30:54 - Ronda Rousey's UFC Legacy
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| 0:00.0 | That game got canceled today. |
| 0:01.8 | It's like three feet of snow in Denver or something. Crazy. Which is another reason never to live in Denver, although I did for a couple years. May snowstorm. That's going to be 65 degrees on Friday. Do you remember May snowstorms? I can't say I remember that, but there were days when you're like, it's a beautiful day. It's 65 degrees today. And then tomorrow? Yeah. I do remember that. I can't say May specifically. |
| 0:23.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.1 | But Sonoma, |
| 0:24.7 | basically. beautiful day. 65 degrees today. And then tomorrow? Yeah. I do remember that. I can't say May specifically. Yeah. But so No-Met baseball today. And I think tomorrow's game, they're messing out the time of it now or something like that. And it's so hard to care, you know, because they're so bad. It's true. I mean, already, I mean, they've won two out of three. |
| 0:38.0 | They've won three out of four. |
| 0:39.6 | See if they just took a series. See if they could take another one here in Colorado. Yeah, it's bad teams, but, you know, that's where it goes. That doesn't matter. But yes, I mean, as of right now, the following changes are made to the remainder of the series, Met Studio in Clement Weather. Tonight's game has been postponed. |
| 0:52.9 | Right? Made up on Thursday, May 7th. |
| 0:55.7 | So it's a double header on Thursday? |
| 0:57.3 | First pitch is one day off. made to the series of Mets studio in climbing weather. Tonight's game has been postponed. Right? Made up on Thursday, May 7th. |
| 0:55.7 | So it's a double header on Thursday? |
| 1:09.0 | Was that the day off? No, that was a day off, a mutual day off. So what are they doing tomorrow? They try to play tomorrow night? Tomorrow's game has been adjusted from 1 10 p.m. to 7.20. So tomorrow is now a night game. game is Thursday's game. |
| 1:11.3 | Tomorrow's game went from afternoon to night time. |
| 1:11.6 | Correct. Which seems like if weather's an issue, Okay, so today's game is Thursday's game. Tomorrow's game went from afternoon to night time. |
| 1:11.4 | Correct. |
| 1:12.0 | Which seems like if weather's an issue, you'd go from 1 o'clock to 7 o'clock? |
| 1:18.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.6 | It seems like the weather would get worse or conditions would get worse. |
| 1:22.2 | If it's going to snow today, maybe it'll stop by tomorrow, |
| 1:26.1 | give them the more time to get the field ready, get them more time to... |
| 1:28.7 | But isn't it also, wouldn't it also be colder later at night than in the middle of the day? |
| 1:32.8 | Correct, yes. |
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