Dana White Gets Blunt About Ben Askren Financial Support After Jake Paul Callout

As news of this swirled around the boxing community, Jake Paul pledged that he would be making a sizable donation (which Paul followed through with, giving $500,000 ) to help fund the surgery that Askren needed. Paul made this pledge right after his June 28 victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Moments after that, he called UFC president Dana White out for not also pitching in to help.

"It sucks that no one is doing anything. I was obviously super busy this week, so we're figuring out the donation now. But none of these people, like Dana [White] or anyone, are stepping in. So I feel like I have to do something. And that's really all it is," Paul said.

Despite what Paul said, there was no way of knowing whether White did give the Askren family financial aid but just didn't speak about it publicly.

And when White was asked about this after the UFC's July 12 event in Nashville, Tennessee, he sent a clear message.

"Yeah. I usually don't talk about that stuff. But yes I did," White said when asked whether he financially supported Askren's surgery, per an X post from Jed I. Goodman. "I did. We reached out to his wife as soon as we heard, and told her if there's anything else you need, and yes, I did. I did. Yeah, I did. Yes.

"I just don't like talking about that s***. That's between us. But yes," he concluded.

White could not have been any clearer.