UFC
NRL defends invites to Trump, White after White Ribbon backlash
The anti-domestic violence organisation has ended its association with the NRL after the governing body invited Donald Trump and Dana White to its season-opener in Las Vegas.
- Adrian Proszenko
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Pollies scrap over Olympic pool’s $122m hole in the ground
North Sydney councillors are set to debate a rate hike of 87 per cent.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
- Opinion
- For subscribers
Why the hell is the NSW taxpayer filling pockets of Dana White and his appalling ‘sport’?
The UFC – run by White, a bully recently filmed slapping his wife – is in Sydney this weekend. You and I are tipping in $16 million for the privilege.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Opinion
- Note From The Editor
Watching our premier chat to UFC boss Dana White made me feel physically sick
If people want to go to UFC events in Sydney, good luck to them. But I do question the wisdom of spending taxpayer funding on the glorification of violence.
- Bevan Shields
Minns gets in the ring with UFC boss and Donald Trump ally
The NSW premier shared a podcast mic with Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive Dana White, a close ally of US President Donald Trump.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Melbourne’s most hunted man is working as bodyguard for an MMA legend
Russian mixed martial arts star Khabib Nurmagomedov has hired Melbourne’s most besieged underworld figure for protection.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Cameron Houston
MMA fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted woman, civil jury finds
The Dublin jury awarded the woman nearly $400,000 for her lawsuit that claimed McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in 2018.
- Brian Melley
Why the NSW government has inked a $16 million deal with a man in Trump’s inner circle
Among the dozens on stage in Florida as a newly elected Donald Trump gave his victory speech was UFC CEO Dana White.
- Mary Ward
After scrap over $16 million UFC deal, premier fights for more
Premier Chris Minns pushed back on criticism of the deal from anti-violence campaigners, saying he had been “a fan for a long time”.
- Michael McGowan
President McGregor? Why Ireland dreads UFC champion’s flirtation with politics
“The Notorious” is dangling plans for a 2025 Irish presidential bid. Some say he could be the Trump the country needs.
- Rob Harris
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