Dana White: I was 'hammering' Brady to join Raiders

UFC president Dana White tried to recruit Tom Brady to the Las Vegas Raiders before the seven-time Super Bowl champion called it quits.

White, who lives in Las Vegas, revealed in an interview with TMZ Sports that he was pushing hard for Brady to join the Raiders because he assumed the quarterback would be returning for another NFL season.

"I was firing texts to him, and he sent me back very cryptic text messages," White said. "He had me thinking he wasn't going to retire. So, you know what I was doing? I was hammering him to come to Vegas and play for the Raiders."

White said Brady laughed off his suggestion: "'Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha you're amazing,' is what he said when I said, 'Come to the Raiders.'"

Brady announced his retirement Tuesday following 22 NFL seasons, the last two of which he spent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.