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UFC president Dana White has truly been under fire all week after a video emerged of him slapping his spouse, Anne, twotimes at a bar in Cabo San Lucas last weekend after she slapped him throughout a battle.
The video was really revolting and something that will stick with White for the rest of his life.
But do you understand what else hasactually been revolting? The silence by all the business in organization with White, specifically the one that owns the UFC — Endeavor.
Over the past coupleof days I’ve reached out to Endeavor for a declaration on the scenario and likewise to discover out if there are any prepares for White to face some sort of penalty. They cannot be pleased seeing the CEO of a business they own striking a female in public, however we wouldn’t understand their sensations about the circumstance since, inspiteof my demands being passed around, they’ve stated absolutelynothing.
Which is gross.
Imagine if this scenario didn’t include White, however rather a commissioner of a more mainstream league like the NFL or MLB. This story would be allover and I’d have to picture that remarks would be made and penalties would be handed down. Swiftly.
That’s not the case here. This is being managed by individuals who would obviously rather stay peaceful than speak out about a guy striking a female since, well, cash is more crucial to them. Their silence is similarly deafening and unfortunate.
The UFC itself has managed this badly, too, which isn’t a surprise. White is the huge guy in charge and noone under him is going to state anything. I understand this since my e-mails to UFC’s media relations group haveactually gone totally unanswered. They did inform other pressreporters to refer to White’s remarks launched by TMZ Monday, which was an shame of an interview h