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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White said helium does not expect punishment aft a video emerged of him successful a carnal altercation with his woman earlier this month. White made the comments Wednesday astatine a media time for UFC Fight Night 217.
Asked whether helium expects determination to beryllium repercussions from the company, White said: “What should the repercussions be? You archer me. I instrumentality 30 days off? How does that wounded me?
“Me leaving hurts the company, hurts my employees, hurts the fighters. It doesn’t wounded me.
“What is my punishment? Here’s my punishment: I person to locomotion astir for nevertheless agelong I unrecorded … and this is however I’m labeled now.
“The punishment is that I did it, and present I person to woody with it.”
In the video, obtained by TMZ, White and his wife, Anne, are seen arguing earlier exchanging slaps successful a nightclub successful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, connected New Year’s Eve. Neither White nor his woman are facing ineligible charges implicit the incident.
White claims that conversations had been held betwixt himself, Endeavor main enforcement and UFC owner, Ari Emanuel, and broadcaster ESPN implicit what enactment was appropriate.
“We’ve had plentifulness of discussions internally – with Ari, with ESPN – nobody’s happy,” the 53-year-old said. “Nobody’s blessed astir this. Neither americium I. But it happened.”
White besides said helium was not looking to marque excuses for his behaviour and reiterated his stance connected home violence.
“There’s ne'er an excuse … There’s nary defence for this and radical should not beryllium defending maine implicit this thing, nary substance what.”
On Monday, the California Legislative Women’s Caucus wrote an unfastened missive to Emanuel and Endeavor calling for White to beryllium replaced arsenic UFC president.
“Given Mr White’s erstwhile remarks against home spouse violence, we believed that Endeavor and the UFC shared this committedness to safety, respect and accountability,” the missive reads.
“And yet, we person seen the video of UFC president Dana White, wherever helium strikes his woman astatine a New Year’s Eve solemnisation … We were appalled. It was alarming to accidental the least. In the days since the video was released, you person remained silent.
“We are calling for the contiguous removal of Mr White arsenic president of UFC.”
CNN reached retired to Endeavor for remark but did not instantly get a response.
When contacted for comment, ESPN gave lone a abbreviated connection saying: “We person been covering the communicative connected our platforms since it broke and volition proceed to bash so.”
TBS has delayed the premiere of a world bid from Dana White – Power Slap: Road to the Title – by 1 week to January 18. TBS and CNN are portion of the Warner Bros. Discovery network.
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