Dana White: ‘Our stance on LGBTQ and free speech’

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UFC CEO Dana White answered some questions lately following former champion Sean Strickland’s anti-LGBTQ statement. He had to explain the promotion’s stance in matters like LGBTQ and free speech.

Strickland is not famous for saying pleasing things, but White defended the fighter’s right for free speech.

Speaking on “The TRUTH Podcast” with Vivek Ramaswamy,  White said the following:

‘We had a guy early on when the COVID thing started, Tyron Woodley. He came out in Black Lives Matter everything. I think he had Black Lives Matter socks on, covered head to toe in Black Lives Matter.

‘At the press conference leading up to his fight, they would ask him a question and he would say, ‘Black Lives Matter.’ They’d ask him anouther one, (he’d answer) ‘Black Lives Matter.’ I didn’t say sh*t to him, knock yourself out.

‘This is America. Everybody can have their own opinion. I’m not telling anybody what to do, what to say, what to think, how to feel. We’re human beings in America, do your thing, knock yourself out, I’ve got the platform. People get pissed off, people get offended, people get this and that. We just had it happen with Sean Strickland.

‘We’re up in Canada. Sean Strickland said a lot of things. I don’t agree with 95 percent of what this guy says, but it’s his right to say it. And if you don’t like it, tune in on Saturday night, he’s gonna get punched in the face. If you don’t like him, you get to see him get punched in the face, so there you go. Don’t get too upset and don’t take it too serious.’

As things stand, everyone has the freedom to do whatever they like at the UFC as far as the laws of the land is not broken.