Dana White named the three scariest UFC fighters he has come across.
White has worked with some of the world’s most physically intimidating men over the years, but three men stand out as the scariest.
The UFC chief named Derrick Lewis at the top of the list, despite caveating that the 39-year-old heavyweight has a sense of humour.
During a 2022 interview with Paddy Pimblett, White revealed the UFC’s scariest fighters. He said: “Always when you’re f***ing around with the heavyweights - Derrick Lewis.
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“When Derrick Lewis comes to a stare-down the only thing that makes him even a little bit not scary is that he actually has a sense of humour.
“He’s funny sometimes, but God forbid you get in there with Derek Lewis and he doesn’t like the other fighter.
“I was in-between him and another guy one time at the face-off and it was just like, I might as well not f***ing be there. If these guys want to do something they’re going to throw me into the third row and there’s not a f***ing thing I can do about it.
“Derrick Lewis when you touch him, he’s one of the most powerful dudes that I’ve ever been in there with on a face-off. I can’t remember who the other guy was but they were both trying to get in each other’s face and I tried to stop it and I was like, ‘This is f***ing unbelievable how powerful these two are.”
Naturally, White also name-checked former two-time light heavyweight champion Jon Jones among the most intimidating fighters of all time.
Third on the list was Alex Pereira, who won the middleweight championship after just four fights in the UFC, and is the only fighter to knock out Israel Adesanya in kickboxing and MMA.
White said: “Jon Jones was definitely one of those guys too. Jon Jones is a f***ing freak of nature, but one of the scariest, most intimidating dudes out there right now is Pereira.
“If you look at the guy he looks like a stone-cold f***ing killer.”
Topics: UFC, Dana White, Jon Jones, MMA
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