10 Emotional UFC Moments That Made The Fans Cry
7. Dana White Breaks The News
If, for some reason, you want to see what a man looks like when his entire world collapses in on itself, skip to 4:11 on the above video.
The UFC captured the moment Dana White informed Daniel Cormier of Jon Jones' failed UFC 200 drug test for their Embedded show. Predictably, it bowled DC over. He immediately stomped the floor, and was soon unable to pull his head from his hands. Having poured everything into earning a rematch with 'Bones' after their first bout, Cormier had it all ripped away from him, and though he pleaded with White to let them fight regardless, he knew his moment was gone.
Anderson Silva would step in as a last-minute replacement, and Cormier decisioned 'The Spider' on a night when he should've been vanquishing the Jones demon once and for all. It was scant consolation.
The whole world had been waiting for Jones' UFC 200 comeuppance, and his failed test brought the event to the verge of cancellation. This brutally emotional moment sent DC's support stratospheric, so when him and Jones did eventually rematch, the outcome was seismic...