5 UFC fighters who Dana White loves

#4. Holly Holm

While Dana White has not always been complimentary of Holly Holm, having hit out at her manager in the past and even encouraging 'The Preacher's Daughter' to consider retirement, his treatment of the former UFC women's bantamweight champion reflects a fair amount of appreciation. It is best seen in how many title fights Holm has been awarded.

While her initial title fight against Ronda Rousey was deserved, Dana White's decision to award Holm subsequent chances at capturing the title came into question. After losing her bantamweight championship to Miesha Tate, Holm lost her subsequent bout to Valentina Shevchenko before being scheduled to face Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural UFC women's featherweight title. This was despite her twp-fight losing streak.

Holm lost the matchup but upon winning one bout on her return to bantamweight, she was awarded a second title shot at the featherweight championship despite only having one win. This win she managed outside of the featherweight division no less. Unfortunately, 'The Preacher's Daughter' lost her second title fight against Cris Cyborg before again earning another title shot after just one victory.

This time, Holm defeated Megan Anderson at featherweight, yet inexplicably earned a title fight against Amanda Nunes at bantamweight. Based on three undeserved title fights, it is no secret that Holm is well-liked by Dana White and upper management.

This despite the fact that the UFC President is notorious for denying more deserving fighters their title shots simply due to personal dislike.

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#3. Brock Lesnar

In the past, Brock Lesnar was the biggest star in UFC history, headlining what was, at the time, the most successful pay-per-view in the promotion's history: UFC 100. Due to the amount of financial success Lesnar brought into the UFC, Dana White developed a strong appreciation for the former UFC heavyweight champion.

In only his third fight with the promotion, Lesnar was booked into a title fight with Frank Mir at the aforementioned UFC 100 event.

Furthermore, despite the manner in which Lesnar abruptly retired from the sport, something White typically disapproves of as evidenced by his anger over Georges St-Pierre's impromptu sabbatical, White still welcomed Lesnar back with open arms for UFC 200. According to Mark Hunt, the UFC and Dana White even allegedly hid the positive results of Lesnar's pre-fight drug tests.

Following the former champion's retirement, he was involved in a promotional post-fight confrontation with Daniel Cormier years later at UFC 226, with White's intention being to book the retired Lesnar ahead of every other heavyweight contender in a title fight with 'DC'.

While Lesnar ultimately stayed retired, White later expressed his willingness to book a lucrative matchup between Jon Jones and 'The Beast' if Lesnar requested it.

Only two other fighters off the back of retirement and a winless streak would have received the level of preferential treatment that Lesnar did.