Dana White Gets $500K Gambling Gift From SteveWillDoIt And Taylor Lewan — Credit: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Dana White Gifted $500K In Casino Chips From Social Media Personalities

By FIGHTSPORTS Nov 21, 2023

Dana White was gifted $500,000 in the form of gambling chips by two podcasters, ‘SteveWillDoIt’ and ‘Taylor Lewan.’

The CEO of the UFC just so happened to be in Las Vegas for the Formula One Grand Prix over the weekend. But during the course of that process, White got more than he bargained for. According to White, the two podcasters started off with just $10,000 before they managed to win a staggering half a million dollars at the Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas. But rather than keeping it for themselves, they gave it to White, who was more than happy to take it.

Steve Will Do It and Taylor Lewan give Dana White $500K. pic.twitter.com/DEocIiop00

— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) November 20, 2023

“These two just won a half a million dollars. These are $25,000 chips, half a million dollars, and gave it to me. They are f****** lunatics. They started with $10,000 and went on a mission to win me a half a million dollars and they did it. It’s f****** unbelievable. Any of you know that really actually gamble, the odds of winning half a million dollars off of $10,000 has got to be a f******* 1,000,000-to-1. It’s f****** impossible. Literally impossible. They did it,” White said

This is not the only time that White has received gifts from the podcasters. In 2021, ‘SteveWillDoIt’ gave White a Maybach van that was worth around $300,000. In return, White later gifted $250,000 to Kyle Forgeard, another member of the podcast team, for his birthday. That drew a lot of criticism in light of suggestions that the UFC was not paying their fighters enough. In response to that, White did not hold back.

“Let me set this record straight: First of all, all these people on the internet, go f*** yourself. I spend my money however the f*** I want to spend my money. Mind your own f****** business, No. 1. No. 2, if you look at what Kyle and the Nelk Boys have done as far as Howler Head and a lot of other things that they’ve done, those kids have never asked me for anything, ever. Never asked me for anything, and they couldn’t be better people; Kyle has done so many things for me, and believe me, the $250,000 that I have him for his birthday does not cover the amount of things that that kid has done for me. So don’t count other people’s money, and mind your own f****** business,” White

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@danawhite worth 500 million gets 500k handed to him yet dishes out measly 50k bonuses to his fighters still 🤦‍♂️🤣

— Sean (@seany991) November 20, 2023

“Literally impossible, they did it”.

Make it make sense..

— Tipster (@Goalsandyellows) November 20, 2023

Cool story bro 😎 🤦‍♂️

— Cillian Mc Donagh (@CillianMcDonag4) November 20, 2023