Former UFC star, Miguel Torres has hit out at promotional CEO, Dana White on social media in a single day, over his lack of punishment issued to featherweight challenger, Bryce Mitchell after the Arkansas native engaged in a pro-Adolf Hitler tirade on his YouTube channel.
Torres, an alum of the UFC’s bantamweight division, and an ex-WEC bantamweight champion, was handed his launch from the Octagon again in 2011, after he posted a quote from the Workaholics tv present on his official Twitter account, writing; “If a rape van was referred to as a shock van extra ladies wouldn’t thoughts going for rides in them. Everybody likes surprises.”
Returning to the promotion again in December of that very same 12 months, Miguel Torres would battle former contender, Michael McDonald at UFC 145, struggling a primary spherical knockout loss in April of the next 12 months.
Miguel Torres rips Dana White for “hypocrisy” over free speech stance
Nevertheless, on social media in a single day, Indiana native, Miguel Torres hit out at White after the long-time promotional chief confirmed Mitchell wouldn’t be reprimanded after claiming the above-mentioned German dictator, Hitler was a “good man”, in addition to questioning the Holocaust and making derogatory claims in regards to the LGBTQ+ group.
“If a rape van was referred to as a Hitler van Dana White wouldn’t thoughts going for a journey in it,” Miguel Torres posted on his official X account. “#hypocrisy #danawhite #arielhelwani #joerogan #FreeSpeech #UFC”
Earlier this week, White claimed throughout an interview with commentator, Tucker Carlson that he wouldn’t be punishing Mitchell for his deplorable feedback, claiming if critics have been sad along with his stance, the UFC was his group to run whichever method he needed.
“Loads of the issues that I do are by, I assume I might simply say intestine and the way I believe we should always deal with it,” Dana White informed Tucker Carlson. “It’s not like, once more, my head of PR, she’s good and I respect her very a lot, however it’s not like the opposite evening once I discovered what Bryce Mitchell had stated It’s not like we acquired a bunch of legal professionals on the cellphone and we didn’t, you already know what I did? I acquired on Google and I began wanting up World Warfare II and, you already know, remind Bryce Mitchell on what a bit of sh*t (Adolf) Hitler was, okay, let’s, and why he’s not a superb man and why you wouldn’t wish to go fishing with him And that was it. , I noticed individuals saying, oh, he learn a can, I don’t ever learn can statements. No one writes something for me.
“…No one writes something for me,” Dana White defined. “The whole lot is strictly how I really feel about it, whether or not you prefer it or not. I don’t care. I don’t care in the event you prefer it — I don’t care in the event you don’t prefer it. That is my firm and I’ll run it the way in which I wish to.”
