'He was so pumped up': Dana White reveals Kobe Bryant received payout as part of massive windfall for UFC investors
'He was so pumped up': Dana White reveals Kobe Bryant received payout as part of massive windfall for UFC investors
UFC President Dana White has confirmed plans to honor Kobe Bryant at UFC 247 this weekend and revealed that the basketball great received a return on his investment in the UFC just days before his tragic death last month.
Bryant was an avid UFC follower who described how he would attend fights “incognito” during a press conference alongside White in 2017, when the pair announced a deal between the championship and Body Armor, the energy drinks company that Bryant co-owned.
The partnership resulted in a windfall for Bryant just four days before his death in a helicopter crash, White said in a preview of Sunday’s UFC 247.
A year after Br...






