Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White said there is “no excuse” for assaulting a woman after a video showed him striking his wife at a New Year’s Eve party in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
“You’ve heard me say for years, ‘There’s never, ever an excuse for a guy to put his hands on a woman,’ and now here I am on TMZ talking about it,” the 53-year-old, who has played a very public-facing role as UFC president since 2001, told the website. “My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years. We’ve known each other since we were 12 years old. We’ve obviously been through some s--- together. We’ve got three kids. This is one of those situations that’s horrible.
“The video is horrifying. Absolutely horrifying,” he added at the time. “You’re talking about a guy who’s been in the fight business since he was 19 years old. It is the most disturbing thing you will ever see. … I don’t know all the ins and outs of what [NFL Commissioner] Roger Goodell did or knew or how it was handled, but it’s definitely bad.”
A spokesman for the UFC did not immediately respond Tuesday night to a request for comment on the video. Endeavor, the company that owns the UFC, did not immediately provide comment earlier in the day (per
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