Dana White got into trouble when he was caught on video groping his wife at a New Year’s party around the turn of the year 2022-2023. Now he speaks out about the incident.
Dana White – ‘I’ll be condemned for the rest of my life’
A video taken by guests at a bar in Mexico showed the UFC president punching his wife during a heated argument. White addressed the incident afterward, explaining that there were no excuses for his behavior. He added: “You never lay your hands on a woman.”
More than a year later, White reflected on the incident and stood by earlier statements. He said he will have to live with that moment for the rest of his life, but his biggest concern then was always his family and not how he was perceived in public for his actions.
Something he told the former ESPN employee Sage Steele when he visited the latter’s podcast. Transcription via MMA Fighting.
Me and my wife went through a situation last year that we both had to face, and the only thing that mattered to us was our kids. I’m going to be judged for the rest of my life for that and I should be. It happened. I did it.
Furthermore, the UFC president says that he had also judged people in a similar situation. According to White, the main thing is that one’s children know who they are.
When something like that happens, you’ve got to get up the next day and look at yourself in the mirror and say, first, how did that happen? How do I make sure that never happens again? When I say judged, there was a lot of people who are like, ‘If it happened there, that isn’t the first rodeo, that’s happened before.’ I would say the same exact thing. I would say the same thing. But at the end of the day, here’s the truth … your kids know exactly who you are.
White has three children with his wife.
Recently, White announced that Khamzat Chimaev will take care of Robert Whittaker in conjunction with UFC Saudi Arabia. That gala will take place on June 22.
