Dana White reveals he upgraded Logan Paul’s UFC 264 tickets to stop YouTuber from getting ‘smashed’
DANA WHITE has revealed he had to upgrade Logan Paul’s tickets for UFC 264 to stop the YouTuber from getting ‘smashed’.
The social media star turned boxer was just one of the many celebrities sat cageside for Conor McGregor’s trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier last month.
But according to UFC supremo White, the 26-year-old would’ve been in a world of trouble if he’d sat in the seat he initially bought.
He told The Nelk Boys: “He bought a bunch of tickets to the fight, and the tickets he bought were not tickets he’d want to sit in.
“He was going to get smashed, so I put him over in another section.”
Logan’s younger brother, Jake, was also in attendance at the T-Mobile Arena.
But The Problem Child, who has been aggressively trolling McGregor and White for the last seven months, wasn’t spotted in the crowd.
During a recent episode of the IMPAULSIVE podcast, Logan said: “When I walked in, I said to one of the UFC reps, ‘Hey, is my brother here?’
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“And she looks at me and she turned white.
“She goes, ‘You brother’s coming?’ I go, ‘I don’t know.’ She goes, ‘F**k.’
“And I go, ‘I don’t think he’s got anything planned.’
“He came in with a bucket hat and we were surely expecting like a ‘f**k Jake Paul’ chant but no one could see him because he wore a bucket hat.
“And because of that, no attention was drawn to him and he didn’t really get to show off the chain at the event and he really get the chance to distract Conor like he wanted to.
“And I think obviously now, Jake’s plans for fighting Conor have been a little watered down because of the whole missing ankle thing.
“You got no leg. No leg, no contract.”
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Logan has repeatedly distanced himself from his brother’s taunting of the UFC duo, recently saying: “I’ve come out publicly and said I love Dana White, always have, always will.
“He’s a ruthless businessman, the head honcho, but I’m not sure how he feels about me.
“By default, my relationship with my brother will always take precedence but, if I can be cool with someone I will.”
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