Dana White reacts to Alex Pereira’s ‘paranoid’ theory about Daniel Cormier and the UFC 334 main event

Dana White insists he has never and will never try to influence what the UFC commentators say.

Alex Pereira recently accused Daniel Cormier of ‘pushing an agenda’ that resulted in him missing out on a title fight.

‘Poatan’ believes the former fighter-turned-commentator campaigned for Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit after being instructed to do so by Dana White and the other big UFC bosses.

Ultimately, the heavyweight duo was booked to face each other for MMA’s greatest prize at UFC 334 in New York on November 14.

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Dana White shuts down Alex Pereira’s theory

Dana White was asked about Alex Pereira‘s ongoing feud with Daniel Cormier on Tuesday evening.

The UFC CEO dismissed Pereira’s concern as paranoia after the latest episode of the Contender Series.

“Of course that’s not true,” White said.

“These guys are the most paranoid people on the planet.

“I’ve never told DC to do anything, ever.

“Yeah, it just doesn’t work like that. We don’t operate like that.”

“First of all, I’ve never told [Joe] Rogan or DC or any of these guys to say anything about anybody.

As a long-term fan of the fight business, I actually can’t stand the commentators saying negative things about fighters or anything like that. I don’t tell anybody what to say. I mean, I don’t tell the fighters what to say, I don’t tell the commentators what to say.

“This thing all just plays out organically in the way that the fights are called and whatever they say when they walk out here and interview with you guys tonight. We don’t police any of that stuff.

“If we did, Sean Strickland would have been gone three f—ing years ago.”

Watch Daniel Cormier respond to Alex Pereira

Daniel Cormier called Alex Pereira ‘misguided’ after being accused of trying to influence fight fans.

“I think he’s a bit misguided in how he’s approaching it because he’s trying to get this rematch and I don’t know, I really don’t know, what he wants to base this immediate rematch on outside of possibly the strikes to the back of the head,” the former dual-weight UFC champion said.

“If he’s building his case on ‘I deserve this rematch based on him finishing me in round two with illegal strikes,’ maybe.

“But, outside of that one thing, there really isn’t much to warrant him getting an immediate title fight.”