Dana is a POS man, crazy that he'll go to dinner with you and smile in your face. But he's secretly plotting to have you removed.
It's actually sad how Dana couldn't maintain a decent relationship with Stipe, hypes up Francis to remove Stipe which he eventually does. Then turns on Francis not even a few months after his title victory. Only for Francis to repeat history by defeating the challenger who was actually the favorite on fight night, ala UFC 220 Miocic vs Ngannou.
Stipe and Ngannou actually have a good bit in common now, maybe Ngannou will break the all time HW defense record like Stipe did, time will tell.