Dana White doesn’t have to love you to do business with you.
It always helps to get along with your boss but it hasn’t been the most necessary path to success in the UFC. Look at former light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Jon Jones, for example.
While another name from that division sits atop White’s list of favorites he’s had signed to the promotion, no one beats Jones on the boss’ all-time list. He’ll let us know it any chance he gets.