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 bought beneath his pores and skin.
Whereas he spent the vast majority of the times main as much as UFC 312 praising “The Land Down Underneath” for welcoming the promotion again to Sydney, White couldn’t ignore a few tales that grabbed his consideration for all of the unsuitable causes. The primary was the duvet of the Every 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 mentioned watching them collectively “really made me really feel sick.”
“Hear for a spot that’s so powerful—all the pieces on land and within the water can kill you—you’ve gotten the most important p*ssies I’ve ever seen within the media in my life,” White mentioned throughout 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 must have the most important p*ssies of all time within the media right here. Only for the report.”
Fact be informed, White wasn’t indignant about that article however as an alternative mocked the content material as a result of the author claimed he was bodily ailing watching the UFC CEO converse with the Australian premier.
“We have been really laughing about it,” White mentioned. “We have been studying the story within the again and cracking up at that man. That man’s bought 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 individual to knock him out, White didn’t appear to take offense as a lot as he was surprised that it occurred in any respect.
He admits that Strickland will be abrasive and say loopy issues at occasions, however White promised no one from the Australian authorities really bought upset he was headlining the cardboard on Saturday.
“I’m a giant believer in free speech,” White mentioned. “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 protected to imagine he’s in all probability not selecting up quite a lot of studying materials for his flight again dwelling to the US.
“Even your individuals know your media are f*cking weak,” White mentioned to the assembled repoters on the press convention. “They even know. They understand it. We all know it. Everyone knows it now. I didn’t understand it. Now I do know.”
