http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/ca...ing-surgery;_ylt=AuZE9boM6ZfDHbdvsTsmcCA9Eo14 UFC president Dana White has a brash exterior. He's known for being a tough negotiator, saying what he thinks, and dropping f-bombs at will. It turns out that he also has a heart of gold. White stepped up to pay for a life-saving surgery for the 7-month-old daughter of a popular Thai MMA trainer at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket. UFC fighters like Mike Swick and Jon Fitch have relied on Tiger Muay Thai to improve their striking game, and instructor Kru Nai has helped several top fighters. His daughter Tuptim was diagnosed with bilary obstruction, a serious liver condition. A surgery could save her life, but it cost $50,000. Without it, she was given just weeks to live. The MMA community came together to try to raise money for her surgery. To bring attention to the issue, a poster on the Underground, a popular MMA message board, asked White to give the cash: Mr. DANA WHITE, If you are a true ambassador for the sport.....PAY FOR THIS SURGERY!!! Please help, no donation to small........the clock is ticking That's exactly what White is doing. He confirmed to Yahoo! Sports on Monday that he will pay for Tuptim's surgery. "I was reading the Underground and saw it and clicked on it and I don't know, I just did. She needs it fast, so I did it," White said via text. Kudos to the White for stepping up and helping out. White's generosity to the Nai family makes him better than Santa Claus. ******************************************* Amazing story. Anybody here who has a kid or younger sibling can definitely appreciate this. Sad story, and a classy move by Dana White. The man has a great heart!
That's one of those things that makes you a fan of a person for life. Dana runs off at the mouth, but the guy has a great great heart! :bears::bears::bears:
50k isn't shit to Dana White. He's probably sitting on around 9 figures. I'm more surprised at the lack of adequate health insurance on the instructor's part....
But it's a pretty big 'shit' to the patient and her family. To me Dana's net worth isn't the point. The fact that he sprung for this was a great move. That being said, I think you're right about his net worth. Everything I read pegs him between $130-$150 mil. He owns 10% of Zuffa so that's not too shocking. Imagine if everyone with the level of net worth sprung for $50K to give a child a life saving operation. That would be cool.
Good for Dana . I don't care how much money he's got and I don't care it's only pocket change to him. Bottom line is this he chose to save a life. :bears:
absolutely. How someone can be critical of doing so is just retarded. Those who resent success will never achieve it.
Are you not getting the point here ? I wouldn't give a flying FUCK if he wrote a book titled I AM A GREAT GUY BECAUSE I SAVED A BABY's LIFE because none of that shit matters one bit. What matters is that she now can be alive and live her life and if he didn't help she wouldn't be.
No shit. I am going to guess BOSS you have children, because usually it takes having children to get this.
Believe me, I get the point. I'm not saying this isn't a great gesture. But I'd be pretty surprised if White did this because he's a good person. It's all about publicity.
Either that, or an understanding of media and how it works. I look at this kind of stuff differently than the average Joe.
"Mr. DANA WHITE, If you are a true ambassador for the sport.....PAY FOR THIS SURGERY!!!" is that for real?....there's more polite ways of asking. Credit to Dana...i guess that KO of the night cheque that Mir didn't receive was gonna come in handy at some point.
Understandable, and believe me I saw it on Yahoo Sports so you know the publicists are pushing it out to all the news outlets. All I am saying is lets not forget the fact that a little girl gets to live. Regardless of who gets some extra kudos.
