Dana White says he lacks time for UFC format that found Dvalishvili

Dana White has admitted that he does not have time for the long-running UFC format credited with discovering Merab Dvalishvili. The admission links White’s current workload to a format that played a role in bringing the fighter into the UFC picture.

Dvalishvili’s connection to the format gives White’s comments particular significance. The programme is not being discussed only as a continuing UFC feature; it is also part of the route through which Dvalishvili was discovered.

White’s point is about time. He acknowledged that he cannot currently devote enough of it to the format, despite its long-running place within the UFC structure and its association with Dvalishvili’s discovery.

That leaves the format’s importance defined by two facts: it has operated over a long period, and it helped identify Dvalishvili. White’s admission places those facts alongside the practical difficulty of finding time to remain involved.

The comments do not change Dvalishvili’s link with the format. Instead, they draw attention to the demands on White and to the continuing relevance of a UFC pathway that produced a fighter now associated with the organisation.

White’s admission therefore centres on the tension between the format’s history and his availability. The programme remains notable in the account because Dvalishvili was discovered through it, while White says he no longer has the time required to keep up with it.