WATCH: When Dana White looked HOPELESSLY LOST at Kiwi fighter’s Haka routine at the face-offs

WATCH: When Dana White looked HOPELESSLY LOST at Kiwi fighter’s Haka routine at the face-offs

Shane Young (L), Dana White (R)

Dana White is the president of the UFC and as part of his duties as the promotion’s head, he squares fighters off, a day before their scheduled bouts. Undoubtedly, he must have come across scores of fighters letting out their quirks, facing off against their opponent. Conor McGregor comes to mind here, who always packed a punch or a kick, if needed!

A similar video, around two years old, has appeared of Dana White looking perplexed as to the action unfolding in front of him. The video in question features Shane Young, a fighter from New Zealand who seems to be performing their native ceremonial performance, the Haka. Either Dana White had no idea what this was, or he just had no clue as to what to do when Young was performing this classic intimidation tactic seen primarily in New Zealand’s Rugby games.

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Nevertheless, the UFC president tried his best to restrain the Kiwi, if he were to potentially cause a scene, or attack his opponent – the latter is fairly common at face offs, and isn’t considered a big violation of the rules. The video in question, is from UFC 253, from the undercard, of the event headlined by Young’s fellow Kiwi compatriot Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa.

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Unlike Adesanya, however, Young’s night would not finish in emphatic fashion. Quite the opposite, in fact – he lost via TKO in the very first round to Ludovit Klein.

Ludovit Klein (L) en route to TKOing Shane Young (R)
Ludovit Klein (L) en route to TKOing Shane Young (R)

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“Priceless look by Dana” – Fans on Twitter react to Dana White’s confusion and Shane Young’s loss

Shane Young's (L) antics and Dana White's (R) confusion were at the forefront of the replies on Twitter
Shane Young’s (L) antics and Dana White’s (R) confusion were at the forefront of the replies on Twitter

The replies section of the short clip houses an amalgamation of funny replies – that is, there are some people that just could not get over White’s perplexion, while some people chose to point out the fruitless endeavour undertaken by Young. A lot of people also helped other people understand the cultural significance of the Haka. The best replies are attached below.

https://twitter.com/ProfessorJarvis/status/1586833525726056448
https://twitter.com/_KanyeAsada/status/1586932494426771456
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https://twitter.com/POLYMMApfp/status/1586818774698639361

Clearly, the UFC boss didn’t seem too attuned to what was happening before him. However, he stayed composed, and let the Kiwi fighter express his culture, which is appreciable.

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