UFC CEO Dana White Blasts Fighter Who Praised Hitler

UFC CEO Dana White Blasts Fighter Who Praised Hitler

During a press conference on January 30, UFC CEO Dana White slammed one of his fighters for praising Hitler, but refused to punish him because he supports the First Amendment.

Just a few days earlier, UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell praised Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler during the first episode of his new podcast, stating: “I honestly think Hitler was a good guy based on my own research — not my public education.”

He then proceeded to make several anti-Semitic remarks about Jewish people.

Of course, UFC fans were rightfully outraged over Mitchell’s comments, prompting reporters to ask the UFC CEO about the matter.

“I’ve heard a lot of dumb, ignorant s—t in my day, but this one is probably the worst,” White began the press conference. “When you talk about Hitler, he’s responsible for the death of six million Jews, and he tried to completely eliminate a race of people. World War II was the deadliest war in history. 15 million military deaths, 45 million civilians and 25 million soldiers were killed in World War II. Second of all, Hitler is one of the most disgusting and evil human beings to ever walk the face of the earth, and anyone that even tries to take an opposing position is a moron.”

“That’s the problem with the internet and social media,” he added. “You provide a platform for a lot of dumb, ignorant people. We’ve obviously reached out to Bryce, and when we read what he said and let them know how we feel about it. I don’t even — we’re beyond disgusted. So for those of you that don’t know what’s going on, good, you’re lucky. For those of you that do, that’s, that’s what I have to say about it.”

A reporter then asked White whether Mitchell would face any punishment for his comments, but the UFC CEO stuck to his principles — as he is virtually the only president of a sporting organization that fully stands behind the First Amendment. Instead of punishing Mitchell, White noted that the people angry at him will “hopefully” see him lose a fight and feel satisfied about the karma.

“For all of you that hate Bryce Mitchell, you get to see him hopefully get his ass whooped on global television,” White said. “I mean what do you want me to say about it? You know where I am with free speech. We’re disgusted by it. I think he’s one of the, probably one of the dumbest, literally, one of the dumbest human beings. Let’s not forget that this is a guy who took a drill through his nut sack, then had to reverse it and put the drill back out of his — that’s the level of stupid that we’re talking about here.”

“That’s the world that we live in now. Dumb people, people who are really stupid and really ignorant, can have a voice. We don’t have to agree with it. We don’t have to like it,” he added. “I’m giving you mine and the UFC’s position on what he had to say. And this is no different than things that I’ve said about [UFC fighter Sean] Strickland. But I will say this, out of all the dumb ignorant shit I’ve heard in my life, this has to be the dumbest and most ignorant.”

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