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White says UFC will ‘lose over $100 million’ in gate, while on track for one of their biggest years ever

Dana White spoke about some financial challenges on a recent media scrum. It’s where he revealed that the UFC will “lose over $100 million” in 2020 because of the absence of a live audience.

“The big problem for all sports right now, me, them, is the gate. We’ll lose over $100 million this year. Over $100 million,” White claimed. “It would be much easier for me to sit back and say, ‘Let’s wait this thing out.’ Waiting this thing out is a good option for a lot of people right now because there’s no gate.

“Why aren’t they releasing all these movies?