India, May 27 -- Dana White appeared on the cover of TIME ahead of next month's Freedom 250 event at the White House. Much of the feature focused on the upcoming card and White's influence during Donald Trump's 2024 re-election campaign, with Trump crediting the UFC boss for helping connect him to popular podcast appearances before the election.

However, White also reaffirmed his stance on men discussing mental health struggles, arguing that it does not align with his view of masculinity.

"Talking about it (mental health) publicly, I just feel like it opens the door to make young men think that it's OK to just f*cking go, 'Oh, I'm having mental [health issues],'" UFC CEO said.

He added that he believes such struggles should be handled ...