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LAS VEGAS - Dana White says Sophie Cunningham serving as a UFC 329 ring girl was not planned.
The WNBA star, who plays for the Indiana Fever, was in attendance for Saturday's event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. She ended up being the ring girl for the co-main event between Paddy Pimblett and Benoit Saint Denis.
But how did that end up happening? UFC CEO White explained.
"(We hired her) about eight minutes before she did it," White said during the UFC 329 post-fight news conference. "I love Sophie Cunningham. We've created a relationship and she was here tonight. When she walked in, she goes, 'I want to walk around that (octagon).' I said, 'Then you're going to walk around it.' She's fun."
Cunningham dropped 20 points on 6-7 threes in the Fever's win over Las Vegas Aces on Sunday, with White in attendance. She reacted to her surprise experience.
"The whole experience overall was wonderful," Cunningham told Tony East. "Dana came over to say what's up, and I was like, 'Hey, if you need a ring girl, let me know.' He's like, 'All right, first round for the Paddy fight. No, seriously,' and I was like, 'Oh, God!' It was so much fun though.
"It was just a great environment. At the end of the day, you pull the card up and you turn left. Hopefully, I could do that. But the ring girls, actually, the real ones, they were helping me. It was fun. They were like, 'You have to have a little personality, a little sass to it.' It was a good time."
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Dana White on how WNBA star Sophie Cunningham became a UFC 329 octagon girl
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The WNBA star, who plays for the Indiana Fever, was in attendance for Saturday's event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. She ended up being the ring girl for the co-main event between Paddy Pimblett and Benoit Saint Denis.
But how did that end up happening? UFC CEO White explained.
"(We hired her) about eight minutes before she did it," White said during the UFC 329 post-fight news conference. "I love Sophie Cunningham. We've created a relationship and she was here tonight. When she walked in, she goes, 'I want to walk around that (octagon).' I said, 'Then you're going to walk around it.' She's fun."
Cunningham dropped 20 points on 6-7 threes in the Fever's win over Las Vegas Aces on Sunday, with White in attendance. She reacted to her surprise experience.
"The whole experience overall was wonderful," Cunningham told Tony East. "Dana came over to say what's up, and I was like, 'Hey, if you need a ring girl, let me know.' He's like, 'All right, first round for the Paddy fight. No, seriously,' and I was like, 'Oh, God!' It was so much fun though.
"It was just a great environment. At the end of the day, you pull the card up and you turn left. Hopefully, I could do that. But the ring girls, actually, the real ones, they were helping me. It was fun. They were like, 'You have to have a little personality, a little sass to it.' It was a good time."
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Dana White on how WNBA star Sophie Cunningham became a UFC 329 octagon girl
Continue reading...
