Anne White

Overview

Anne White is the wife of UFC president Dana White, married to him since 1996 after a relationship that stretches back to when they were 12 years old (People; ESPN). For a woman attached to one of combat sports’ most publicly visible figures, she has lived one of the least public lives: no social media presence, no media interviews, and a count of documented public appearances across three decades that can be tallied on one hand (NDTV Sports; People). What makes her a current story, rather than a static biography, is that 2024 and 2026 produced two of those rare appearances — including a photographed visit to the White House — breaking a pattern of near-total invisibility (People).

The marriage

The relationship predates everything the UFC became. Dana White has said the two have been married for nearly three decades and friends for more than four, having known each other since age 12 (ESPN). They wed in 1996 in Las Vegas — NDTV reports the date as November 8 — and their three children arrived as White was building the UFC: son Dana III in June 2001, son Aidan in July 2002, and daughter Savannah in August 2006 (NDTV Sports; People). Dana III was named after his father and grandfather, and both sons have since taken up sports themselves — Dana III playing football as a safety for the University of San Diego, and Aidan competing as an amateur boxer with a debut in 2018 (People).

Reported as born Anne Louise Stella on January 16, 1969, and a 1987 graduate of Hermon High School in Maine — where she met Dana — she is one of the few figures in the Trump-era sports orbit about whom even basic biographical details come only from secondary reporting, never from her own mouth (NDTV Sports). She has never given a media interview (NDTV Sports). Dana has called her his “best friend” and has said in interviews that she pushes him to be more emotionally open and keeps the family grounded (People; NDTV Sports).

A handful of appearances

The documentary record of Anne White’s public life is strikingly short. People magazine’s 2026 profile catalogues the known sightings: a September 25, 2008 appearance at OCTAGON: THE EXHIBITION at Van De Weghe Fine Art in New York, photographed by Getty; a WireImage-documented evening at Rande Gerber’s reopening of Whiskey Sky; and otherwise almost nothing until March 2024, when the couple stepped out for a black-tie event at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas (People). The family lives in Las Vegas, where Dana has served as UFC president since 2001 (ESPN).

The most recent and most public appearance came on June 14, 2026, when both Dana and Anne attended the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House — an event where UFC set a temporary octagon on the South Lawn as part of the America250 celebrations (People). She was photographed by Zuffa photographer Jeff Bottari, and their son Dana III posted family photos from the event on Instagram — a notable moment of public visibility for someone who appears to be absent from social media entirely (People).

The Cabo incident

On New Year’s Eve 2022 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Dana and Anne White were filmed in a physical altercation in a VIP area of a nightclub. TMZ obtained the video and published it on January 2, 2023: Anne slaps Dana in the face after he says something to her, and Dana slaps her back before the two are separated (ESPN). People reported that he also appeared to attempt a second slap (People). The video spread widely, drawing criticism given Dana’s own history of saying there was “never, ever an excuse for a guy to put his hands on a woman” — a line he repeated, uncomfortably, in his own apology: “And now here I am on TMZ talking about it” (ESPN).

Speaking to TMZ on January 2, 2023, Dana White said there were “no excuses,” that it had never happened before, and that the couple’s focus was their three children (ESPN). Anne issued her own statement to TMZ: “Dana and I have been married for almost 30 years. To say this is out of character for him is an understatement. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Unfortunately, we were both drinking too much on New Year’s Eve and things got out of control, on both sides. We’ve talked this through as a family and apologized to each other. I just hope people will respect our privacy for the sake of our kids” (ESPN). At a UFC press conference days later, Dana confirmed the relationship would continue: “Her and I have been through some s—t but we’re still together. We have three great kids and the biggest focus for us is our family” (People).

What this profile does not claim

This profile does not assert Anne White’s birth name or birth date as confirmed facts — they are consistently reported by secondary outlets but she has never confirmed them herself, and reported birthplaces vary (New York City, Maine, Nevada). It does not state what she does for a living; no verified source has reported on any occupation or career. It makes no claims about her views on the UFC, on politics, or on any public issue — she has not given interviews or public statements beyond the 2023 TMZ statement. The 2026 NDTV claim that she made no public statement after the Cabo incident is not repeated here because ESPN and People both document her written TMZ statement.