UFC News Round up: Dana White regrets getting a lifetime label for slapping wife, Sean Strickland insults French people, former UFC fighter vouches for Power Slap, Dustin Poirier: ‘Battle Tested.’ Here is a detailed UFC News round-up for today. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN
Dana White regrets getting a lifetime label for slapping his wife
Dana White, the president of the UFC, was captured on tape on New Year’s Eve in Mexico slapping his wife in the VIP area of a nightclub. On Wednesday, White told reporters that nobody should be justifying his conduct. He was addressing inquiries regarding the physical altercation in front of the media for the first time at the UFC’s Apex. White claimed that there have been internal conversations about the incident, including with ESPN, and that he has already dealt with — and will continue to deal with — his “penalty” from the incident.
“This is my punishment: I have to walk around for the rest of my life with this label. My second punishment is that many people who once respected me may no longer do so, including media members, competitors, friends, and strangers. I have to deal with many problems for the rest of my life, which is a much worse punishment than taking a 30- or 60-day leave of absence.”
Dana White: My punishment is having to walk around the rest of my life labeled this way. People might not have respect for me now. That’s way worse than taking a 30 day leave
— Amy Kaplan (@PhotoAmy33) January 11, 2023
UFC News round up: Sean Strickland insults French people
After admitting a mouth injury, Sean Strickland will take Kelvin Gastelum’s place at UFC Fight Night 217. “Tarzan,” getting ready for back-to-back fights, made a show of himself at his first UFC press conference of the year. Strickland is well-known for his vile statements in news conferences and exceedingly inappropriate social media posts. He also criticized Nassourdine Imavov for criticizing the French community at the press conference before the fight.
Strickland will be sparring with Imavov, who trains in France with coach Fernand Lopez—also Ciryl Gane’s trainer—so he insulted him by calling him a “cowardice” and a Frenchie. “I mean, let’s just call him a Frenchie because we know one thing about Frenchies: what are they best at?” he said. “Giving up. I haven’t watched him fight. He enjoys banging; I know that. Although he enjoys landing powerful blows, the man is still f*cking French. When you’re f*cking French, you’ve got a lot of history of timidity to go over.”
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“So maybe he’ll use that to back up a statement. I don’t f*cking know; maybe he’ll declare that his nation has put cowardice behind it. The French were only skilled at affairs, conceding defeat, and losing battles. We’ll f*cking find out, though. Perhaps he’s unique.”
Former UFC fighter vouches for Power Slap
Potential participants appear keen to try out just one day after Dana White published a promotional video for his newest combat sports enterprise, the Power Slap League. Pearl Gonzalez, a former UFC women’s strawweight contender, seemed to be very excited about the possibility of competing in it. Gonzalez last competed in the UFC in 2017, but the Invicta fighter recently shared a video on Twitter that she appears to be trying out for the Power Slap League.
She claimed to be the first women’s slap champion while slapping one of the TV producers for the UFC and Power Slap League in the almost absurd footage. She penned: “Hey @danawhite, this is my power slap audition video. I’ll be the first female Slap champion you’ve ever had!
Thank you to @gary defranco147, your producer, for allowing me to slap the shihhh out of him!”
Hey @danawhite, here is my audition for @powerslap.. I will be your first ever women’s Slap champion!! 👋
Thanks to your producer @gary_defranco147 for letting me slap the shihhh outta him! 🤪✨👊🏼#slap #powerslap #LFG pic.twitter.com/j9PTiUMv4m
— PEARL GONZALEZ (@PearlGonzalez) January 11, 2023
UFC News round up: Dustin Poirier: ‘Battle Tested’
In many of his most recent UFC fights, “The Diamond” has demonstrated toughness, endurance, and perseverance. The No. 1 lightweight earned a name for himself through savage battles with Justin Gaethje, Dan Hooker, and Max Holloway before his victory in the trilogy story versus Conor McGregor. At UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden, Dustin Poirier recently defeated Michael Chandler by submission using a rear naked choke.
He recently posted a picture from his last bout against Chandler and captioned it, writing, “Battle Tested.”
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