Dana White reveals surprising way Sophie Cunningham’s viral ring girl appearance happened at UFC 329

Sophie Cunningham’s UFC 329 appearance was not part of the plan. The WNBA star and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model added UFC ring girl to her résumé on Saturday night at UFC 329, stealing the show on one of the promotion’s biggest cards of the year. UFC president Dana White revealed that this was not planned at all. “I love Sophie Cunningham, and we’ve created a relationship,” White said at the UFC 329 post-fight press conference. “She was here (Saturday night), and when she walked in, she goes, ‘Oh, I wanna walk around that.’ I said, ‘Then you’re gonna walk around it.’” The highlight of the night happened as Paddy Pimblett jolted the crowd with his walkout for the co-main event. At that moment, Cunningham stepped up for her cameo appearance as a UFC ring girl which had the fans on their