Midnight Mania! ‘UFC founder’ Dana White talks UFC success: ‘We don’t do anything woke over here’

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UFC President Dana White has made it clear the place his political views lie. Again in each 2016 and 2020, White spoke on behalf of former president Donald Trump on the Republican Nationwide Conference, and their ties truly go additional again. Within the early 2000s when UFC was broadly unlawful within the US, the promotion discovered a house in Trump’s casinos in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey. As well as, some UFC fighters have helped marketing campaign for the forty fifth president.

Donald Trump was in attendance at UFC 287 simply over every week in the past.

On Sunday (April 16, 2023), White appeared on the Fox Information program “Unfiltered With Dan Bongino” to debate the enterprise. One of many main themes of the interview was UFC’s success throughout COVID-19 and normal refusal to bow right down to “woke” tradition.

White defined, “When all of the COVID bans have been being lifted, it grew our enterprise, I don’t know, like 70% or one thing like that, as a result of we have been the one factor to observe. And sure, We don’t do something woke over right here in any respect.”

The clip and quote above unfold far and broad on-line briefly trend, notably for the reason that Fox Information wrongly credited White because the UFC’s ‘founder’ of their tweet. Now, it’s extremely up for debate what precisely constitutes being “woke” in right this moment’s day and age, however fairly a number of followers on-line introduced up UFC’s willingness to advertise Pleasure Month and it’s LGTQ+ athletes with particular merchandise as a counter instance.

Sadly, UFC’s particular rainbow-colored combat kits for Pleasure Month final yr did end in some fairly ugly reactions, so perhaps White sees that as a lesson realized. What’s your tackle UFC’s relative wokeness?

Insomnia

I actually don’t need to see Chan Sung Jung vs. Max Holloway, however it makes a variety of sense for UFC if they need Holloway to cease beating up contenders and ruining would-be title pictures.

I don’t know that Belal Muhammad vs. Gilbert Burns is the match as much as save UFC 288, however it wouldn’t damage.

Chase Hooper is again in motion subsequent month!

Merab Dvalishvili apparently actually likes heights.

Google Translate defeats a UFC champion.

Please debate within the feedback! I believe Holloway might take a baseball bat to the face and beer bottle upside the pinnacle, however Francis Ngannou uppercut could also be a step too far.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Some beautiful Jorge Masvidal highlights, together with some older footage:

Taylor was caught together with his head excessive within the pocket, and it didn’t finish nicely.

This man actually needed the correct hand knockout, and he finally acquired it!

Random Land

Extra hybrid preventing nonsense!

Midnight Music: Nation, 1965

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