![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-boss-of-ufc-and-i-made-drastic-change-after-docs-gave-me-10-years-to-live/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23094480-1689688293762.jpg&description=ALL WHITE NOW Published : 8:40, 23 Jul 2023 Updated : 8:40, 23 Jul 2023 UFC president Dana White was told he had just over ten years left to live before he underwent a dramatic body transformation. The veteran fight promoter was a man-mountain just over 18 months ago, boasting a burly and muscly frame thanks to years of lifting heavy weights and a hearty diet. 7 UFC president Dana White was a man mountain just over two years ago Credit: GETTY 7 The MMA mogul looked physically healthy on the outside but was struggling with his health Credit: GETTY 7 White was told by a human biologist last year that he had ten years to life Credit: GETTY 7 White heeded the warning and dropped a whopping 13kg Credit: INSTAGRAM@DANAWHITE Although he looked physically fit on the outside, the UFC supremo was struggling on the inside. White , 53, was dealing with a litany of issues, including sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and inflammation. The American even struggled to tie his shoelaces - which prompted him to undergo a major health kick with human biologist and mortality-modelling expert Gary Brecka. White went on a keto diet and rejigged his lifestyle after Brecka told him had just over a decade to live - dropping a whopping 13kg in ten weeks. And he's feeling as fighting fit as he was when he was in his thirties. White told Men's Health : "I got to a point where I knew I wasn't healthy, and I knew I wasn't OK but I started to think that this is what 50 feels like. "Then I got introduced to Gary Brecka and I realise that's all bull****. No, that isn't what 50 feels like. "I've been consistent, solid, hardcore for a little over a year now. 7 UFC supremo White feels a million times better now he's dropped some weight Credit: GETTY 7 White is now sporting a lean and mean physique Credit: INSTAGRAM@KEVINB_FIT "Halfway through I said that I felt like I was in my 30s again, but I feel like I'm in my late 20s now. "I'm telling you, all my inflammation markers are at zero,){kind=link}
UFC president Dana White was told he had just over ten years left to live before he underwent a dramatic body transformation.
The veteran fight promoter was a man-mountain just over 18 months ago, boasting a burly and muscly frame thanks to years of lifting heavy weights and a hearty diet.
Although he looked physically fit on the outside, the UFC supremo was struggling on the inside.
White, 53, was dealing with a litany of issues, including sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and inflammation.
The American even struggled to tie his shoelaces – which prompted him to undergo a major health kick with human biologist and mortality-modelling expert Gary Brecka.