Dana White received’t face punishment from UFC for NYE home violence incident
UFC president Dana White addressed the home violence incident that occurred between he and his spouse on New Yr’s Eve throughout Wednesday’s UFC Vegas 67 media day.
White is not going to face punishment from the struggle promotion for slapping his spouse in a nightclub in Mexico, however stated that his status has been irreparable broken and he’ll should dwell with that for the remainder of his life.
“Me leaving hurts the corporate, hurts my staff, hurts the fighters. It doesn’t damage me. I may have left in 2016. I don’t know. Do I have to mirror? No, I don’t have to mirror. The subsequent morning once I wakened — you recognize what I imply? I’ve been towards this. I’ve owned this. I’m telling you that I’m mistaken,” White stated
“However hear, we’ve had loads of discussions internally, with Ari [Emanuel], ESPN. No one’s comfortable. No one’s comfortable about this. Neither am I. However it occurred, and I’ve to cope with it. And what’s my punishment? Right here’s my punishment: I’ve obtained to stroll round for nevertheless lengthy I dwell — is it 10.4 years, or is it one other 25 years — and that is how I’m labeled now. My different punishment is that, I’m certain lots of people, whether or not it’s media, fighters, pals, acquaintances, who had respect for me, may not have respect for me now.
“There’s plenty of issues that I’m going to should cope with for the remainder of my life which can be far more of a punishment than what, I take a 30-day [or a] 60-day absence? That’s not a punishment to me. The punishment is that I did it, and now I’ve to cope with it.”
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