Dana White not often backs down from any alternative he will get to slam the media, however some headlines in Australia this previous week actually obtained below his pores and skin.
Whereas he spent nearly all of the times main as much as UFC 312 praising “The Land Down Beneath” for welcoming the promotion again to Sydney, White couldn’t ignore a few tales that grabbed his consideration for all of the fallacious causes. The primary was the quilt of the Each day Telegraph Sport, which featured a picture of Sean Strickland and a few of his extra inflammatory statements together with a caption that learn: Will somebody please… KNOCK THIS GUY OUT
The second was an opinion piece within the Sydney Morning Herald addressing White’s look on a podcast the place he sat alongside New South Wales Premier Chris Minns with a quote that stated watching them collectively “really made me really feel sick.”
“Pay attention for a spot that’s so robust—every part on land and within the water can kill you—you’ve the most important p*ssies I’ve ever seen within the media in my life,” White stated in the course of the UFC 312 post-fight press convention. “I noticed a narrative the place a man was like ‘I noticed Dana do a podcast with the premier and it bodily made me sick.’ Holy f*cking shit.
“You guys should have the most important p*ssies of all time within the media right here. Only for the report.”
Fact be advised, White wasn’t offended about that article however as an alternative mocked the content material as a result of the author claimed he was bodily in poor health watching the UFC CEO converse with the Australian premier.
“We had been really laughing about it,” White stated. “We had been studying the story within the again and cracking up at that man. That man’s obtained to be the most important f*cking wimp on planet Earth.”
When it got here to the newspaper with Strickland’s picture, and a caption asking any person to knock him out, White didn’t appear to take offense as a lot as he was shocked that it occurred in any respect.
He admits that Strickland may be abrasive and say loopy issues at occasions, however White promised no one from the Australian authorities really obtained upset he was headlining the cardboard on Saturday.
“I’m a giant believer in free speech,” White stated. “It in all probability appears worse whenever you come right here as a result of your media are such weak human beings. I assumed we had weak media. You guys win palms down.”
As a lot as White appeared to like his newest journey to Australia, it’s secure to imagine he’s in all probability not selecting up quite a lot of studying materials for his flight again dwelling to america.
“Even your individuals know your media are f*cking weak,” White stated to the assembled repoters on the press convention. “They even know. They comprehend it. We all know it. Everyone knows it now. I didn’t comprehend it. Now I do know.”
