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‘I like your chances’: UFC is backing the NRL to succeed in America. Here’s why
Dana White’s right-hand man believes the NRL is primed to make a big impression in the United States, for one simple reason.
- Adrian Proszenko
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‘We don’t wear pads or helmets, brother’: Is the bloody biff the trick to finding NRL fans in the US?
Americans aren’t used to seeing their footballers take the heat without padding or helmets. They secretly like it.
- Jordan Baker
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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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
Why Mick Gatto thinks politicians should be charged with perjury
The underworld figure and former boxer is spruiking a policy of self-defence classes in high schools in the Werribee byelection.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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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