How Gangster Whitey Bulger Chased Dana White Out Of Boston

Publish date: 2024-05-07

Kevin Weeks told Dana White that he owed them $2,500, according to Fox Sports, which was a completely unattainable sum for the future MMA mogul at the time. So, he didn't pay up. White says demands for money owed went on "for a while" after this, until the gangsters eventually grew frustrated with him. One day, he received a phone call where a voice simply said: "You owe us the money tomorrow by one o'clock." 

With that, White hung up the phone, and made another phone call ... to book flight tickets to Las Vegas. With that, he packed a bag, and left his life in Boston behind. 

Sometime after running away from Boston and relocating to Vegas, White met his old friends, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, and the three eventually joined forces to buy the UFC. Would the promotion as we know it today still exist, had Whitey Bulger's organization left White alone? What if he'd somehow, coughed up the money, or if they'd gotten their hands on him before he made it to the airport? We'll never know.

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