Dana White, King of MMA: Dana White an unauthorized biography

Who is the real Dana White? According to his mother he was born with demon eyes, that managed to melt her heart until the demon returned when he became chairman of UFC. From the very start you get the impression that J White is hurting emotionally from her successful son cutting her out of his life. It sounds like Dana was a Mummy's boy all his life until he became very successful and then he separated from the family after they asked him for financial help. That is pretty much the whole story. If you were looking to find a novel explaining his life in depth, filled with stories about the hard partying head of the UFC you aren't going to find it here. This is a mother angry at her son and trying to embarrass him and cash in on him. Dana is a douche must people have figured that out already. He also has a huge ego. This book is filled with all the naughty things he did growing up like eating all the nice inside of a loaf of bread and leaving the outer crust. If someone you know owns it you may find a few things of interest but I wouldn't recommend buying this book.

Came on time, in perfect condition, and my wife loved it!

All people can change god is needed in everyone's life. Dana is confused and rich he doesn't know what else to acquire to make him happy.

Dana White is probably not the most loveable guy on the planet, but this book is disgraceful. Mrs. White clearly wrote this book for the sole purpose of using Dana White's fame in an attempt to hurt him in what may be the only way left to her - by airing whatever dirty laundry she could think of, even reaching all the way back to his infancy.This book has no literary value what so ever and, while it is an attempt to attack the character of Dana White, what it more clearly does is expose the bitterness of an often absent, frequently intoxicated and chronically bitter woman who is trying to use her son's success to snatch her own 15 minutes of fame.I've never met Dana White. If I were Dana's media coach I would advise him to soften his approach and his vocabulary, but if Dana is in fact a hostile, angry, or volatile person - this book provides many incites as to how he may have become that way.Mr.s White, it is you who should be ashamed. Any mother who would write in this manner about her son deserves to be ignored.

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I agree with the other reviewer, there is indeed two sides to a story and I am quite certain this book only sheds light on one version. The editing isn't polished and some sections seem jerky. As if she wants to say more but then thought the better of it and decided to leave things as they are.This book is overflowing with emotion which sometimes comes across as confusing. The anger she feels towards her son is somewhat tinged with sorrow at how things have turned out for him; and between themselves.While I received a free review copy, the price of this ebook also bothers me. If you genuinely want to share your story then money wouldn't be your motivation.On the other side of it, there's a mother who is proud of what her son has accomplished and wants to shout it to the world. The book is filled with pictures and details that few have seen before.So, if you're looking for an objective on who Dana White currently is, this book isn't for you. But if you want to know a bit more about the boy he was and his past, then yes, this book will have you turning the pages.Overall assessment:Content: 4/5Editing: 4/5Formatting: 4/5Pacing: 4/5Offensive content?: I would rate it PG13.Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the author through Orangeberry Book Tours. I did not receive any payment in exchange for this review nor was I obligated to write a positive one.

For those who love MMA and the UFC, this is a good book to add to the collection. Books on MMA and the UFC can swing wildly from the very good (Forest Griffin's "Got Fight" and Big John McCarthy's "Let's Get It On") to the not bad (Chuck Liddell's "Iceman" and Brock Lesnar's "Deathclutch") to the mediocre (BJ's Penn's "Why I Fight" and Randy Couture's "Becoming the Natural"). This book is really a bit of an oddity and is for those looking to add to their history of MMA and the UFC. Written by Dana White's mother, June White, it tells of the rise and fall of Dana White as a person.First off, the bad: the writing style is rambling and is in desperate need of some quality editing. Instead of a cohesive story progressing in a linear fashion, it jumps around and spends way too much time on Dana White's childhood escapades. I'd have much rather read about the early days of the UFC, the struggles, the near second death of the UFC before the Ultimate Fighter resurrected it and started it on the path to becoming the multi-billion dollar international juggernaut it is today. There is so much history in how Dana White and the Fertitas, through sheer force of will, kept this thing alive. Instead we get very little of that, and the book ends up feeling more like a cross between a lecture from mom for blowing curfew and a relative who gets mad when you tell them you won't loan them some money or crash on the couch.The good: it does give some insight into Dana White, who for all his public persona, remains a fairly guarded man when it comes to his backstory, his family and what drives him (every interview that gets personal gets the standard line of "it's not work, I love what I do, blah blah blah"). Most interviews with White rarely mention his wife Anne, his two sons and his daughter. Part of it is likely a desire to shield them from public, but White is a guy with a lot more to him than we're allowed to see, and the book gives us a peek at that. Plus the pictures of the "bald don" with hair are probably worth the price of the book alone. Seeing Dana White with hair is just plain weird.Great literature? No. Interesting read for those fascinated with the history of the UFC and MMA? Yes. Is it the truth? Maybe, but I find there are two sides to every story and this book leaves me feeling that we're getting a biased opinion.

Great seller. Terrible book!

Not so much a biography, more a slating and general telling off in print for the world to see. This book is written by Dana's mum/mom, which I didn't realise when purchasing and thereby prompting this review for the benefit of other customers.It consists of a number of stories mainly ending with "whatever changed Dana from such a lovely boy to such a mean and selfish man" Clearly from the beginning the reader comes to the conclusion that mother and son have had a major family falling out which has inspired the publication of mums account. All of which is finally "aired" in public towards the end of the book.This aside I found the book jumped about a lot and was tricky to follow chronologically.Im not disputing Mrs. WHITES account however there are always two sides to every story. Im sure Mum will see this as one of Danas fans blindly defending him but no, its just the truth.Worth reading if you enjoy gossip but for a serious biography I suggest waiting for an independently written account which, due to the mans achievements must be inevitable and only a matter of time.

This book doesn't give much insight about how Dana became the UFC president. It's more a way for his mother to express her anger toward her son, which I don't really like and care about.