I’m boss of UFC but was given ten years to live after docs told me they couldn’t fix me – I had to make drastic change

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.

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UFC president Dana White was a man mountain just over two years ago[/caption]

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The MMA mogul looked physically healthy on the outside but was struggling with his health[/caption]

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White heeded the warning and dropped a whopping 13kg[/caption]

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.

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UFC supremo White feels a million times better now he’s dropped some weight[/caption]

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White is now sporting a lean and mean physique[/caption]

“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, my organs are all healthy, my blood work has never been better and I’m off all doctors’ meds.”

Despite his hectic business schedule and being on the road for several weeks of the year, White does everything in his power stick to his workout routine.

The MMA mogul said: “I make sure that I always work out in the morning.

“I carve the time into my schedule and I don’t let anything break my consistency, my routine and doing what I need to do to be healthy.”

White admits his work and personal life can suffer if he falls off his fitness wagon.

He continued: “If I’m not healthy I can’t do the things that I need to do as far as work, personal stuff and all the other things that go on in my life.

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Dana White insists he’ll never revert back to his unhealthy ways[/caption]

“You have to be healthy, so you have to make time for it.”

The health benefits of his new regime and diet alone have convinced White to never slip back into his old ways.

He admitted: “It changed my life. I used to have really bad sleep apnea and I used to snore – I have neither of those now.

“I used to have incredible pain in my legs, I could barely even put my socks and shoes on. Now my legs are 100 per cent.

“My legs feel better than they’ve ever felt in my entire life.

“I had high blood pressure, I was on blood pressure medicine, and that’s gone. I was on thyroid medicine.

“I was on cholesterol medicine, and I’m on none of that s**t any more. It’s completely changed my life.”