UFC president, Dana White is ready to keep away from punishment by the group and their house owners, Endeavor, following the discharge of footage exhibiting him concerned in a bodily altercation along with his spouse on New 12 months’s Eve final throughout a household trip in Cabo, Mexico.
White, the present and long-time president of the UFC, was filmed concerned in a bodily altercation along with his spouse at a nightclub on New 12 months’s Eve throughout their trip, wherein the previous slaps his spouse within the face following a verbal argument.
Endeavor have declined to touch upon Dana White’s altercation along with his spouse
Initially refusing to formally touch upon the scenario involving White, Endeavor, the promotion’s mother or father firm and house owners, headed up by CEO, Ari Emanuel – are set to keep away from punishing the organizational boss.
“What ought to the repercussions be? You inform me,” Dana White questioned assembled media throughout at the moment’s media availability forward of UFC Vegas 67. “I take 30 days off? How does that harm me? I instructed you guys after we had been going by COVID, COVID might final 10 years. I might sit it out and – what I imply? What could be the issue? It’s very like COVID, truly. Me leaving hurts the corporate, hurts my staff, hurts the fighters.”
“It doesn’t harm me,” Dana White defined. “I might have left in 2016. I don’t know. Do I must mirror? No, I don’t must mirror. The subsequent morning once I awoke – what I imply? I’ve been in opposition to this. I’ve owned this. I’m telling you that I’m fallacious.”
“However pay attention, we’ve had loads of discussions internally, with Ari (Emanuel), ESPN,” Dana White continued. “No one’s pleased. No one’s pleased 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 bought to stroll round for nonetheless lengthy I reside – 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, won’t have respect for me now.”
Denying he ought to simply take a go away of absence as some type of punishment, White reiterated that he should face his punishment by labels and criticism for the remainder of his life.
“There’s a number of issues that I’m going to should cope with for the remainder of my life which are far more of a punishment than what, I take a 30-day [or a] 60-day absence?” Dana White mentioned. “That’s not a punishment to me. The punishment is that I did it, and now I’ve to cope with it.”
