Dana White Calls Himself Friend of Trump; Hollywood’s King Ari Emanuel Is the One with the Deeper Trump Friendship

Agent who inspired HBO's 'Entourage' is behind Trump's tough-guy image: MMA writer

The super agent who inspired HBO's "Entourage" is behind Trump's tough-guy image and UFC spectacle, according to an MMA writer.Ari Emanuel, the brother of former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, is known as the basis for Jeremy Piven's character Ari Gold. Behind the scenes, he's also been bankroll...

Dana White Calls Himself Friend of Trump; Hollywood’s King Ari Emanuel Is the One with the Deeper Trump Friendship

On a recent episode of CounterPunch Radio, Nate Wilcox, editor-in-chief of the MMA Draw and founder of BloodyElbow, challenged a widely repeated narrative about Dana White and Donald Trump, along with the idea that Trump played a key role in stabilising the UFC. Instead, he argued the relationship was far more recent and that influence inside the sport sits with a different power center. “They’ve been spinning this since 2016, when Dana White su…