Dana White and Domestic Violence

December 2022: White Slapped His Wife At A New Year’s Eve Party In Mexico. According to ESPN, “UFC president Dana White issued a public apology Monday for a physical altercation between him and his wife that was captured on video during their New Year’s Eve celebration in Cabo, Mexico. The video, published by TMZ, shows White, 53, and his wife, Anne, in a VIP area of a nightclub. Dana White can be seen in the video saying something to Anne White, at which point she slaps him in the face. Dana White then slaps her back before the two are quickly separated. Speaking to TMZ on Monday, Dana White apologized and said there are ‘no excuses’ for what happened. ‘You’ve heard me say over the years, ‘There is never, ever an excuse for a guy to put his hands on a woman,’ and now here I am on TMZ talking about it,’ White said.” [ESPN, 1/2/23]

Dana White and Extremists

November 6, 2024: White Praised Kick Streamer Adin Ross During Trump’s Victory Speech. According to Mediaite, “UFC CEO Dana White spoke during President-Elect Donald Trump’s victory speech in Florida on Wednesday morning, where he praised Joe Rogan and other famous online influencers. […] White thanked the influencers as the crowd roared with cheers as White gave the popular podcaster a shoutout after introducing him as ‘the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan’: Nobody deserves this more than him, and nobody deserves this more than his family does. This is what happens when the machine comes after you, what you’ve seen over the last several years. This is what it looks like. You couldn’t stop him. He keeps going forward. He doesn’t quit. He’s the most resilient, hardworking man I’ve ever met in my life. His family are incredible people. This is karma, ladies and gentlemen. He deserves this. They deserve it as a family. I want to thank some people. Real quick. I want to thank the NELK Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin’ With The Boys. And last but not least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan.” [Mediaite, 11/6/24]

• Ross Gave A Platform To And Tried To Assist White Supremacist Nick Fuentes. According to Spectrum News NY1, “Ross, who is Jewish, has had Fuentes — one of the United States’ most prominent white nationalists and Holocaust deniers — on his show multiple times. Trump infamously sat down with Fuentes and antisemitic rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, for a dinner in November 2022 at Mar-a-Lago. Then, Trump claimed he didn’t know Fuentes was going to be there. On Monday, Trump said Ye was ‘complicated’ and ‘a really nice guy, but he could get himself into trouble.’ Ye, who ran for president in 2020, has praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. He recruited Fuentes, who is also a fan of Hitler and the Nazis, to help run his ultimately abandoned campaign. Months after Fuentes and Ye had dinner with Trump, Ross offered his help to Fuentes with the campaign on one of his live streams. ‘I just didn’t like that one clip, you said something like that ‘Jews were the spawn of Satan’,’ Ross said to Fuentes in March 2023. Fuentes responded by saying he didn’t remember saying the quote, but that ‘I do believe that Jews are doing the work of Satan.’ Their discussion that day ended with Fuentes, who the Department of Justice has described as a ‘white supremacist,’ attempting to clear up Ye’s praise for Hitler and Ross offering to help their campaign. Ross had previously advocated Kick’s leadership to allow Fuentes, who was widely banned from most mainstream social media platforms for his use of hate speech, onto their platform.” [Spectrum News NY1, 8/5/24]
• Ross Was A Friend Of Andrew Tate, A Misogynist Influencer Who Was Charged With Rape And Sexual Assault In The UK. According to Rolling Stone, “The influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, were arrested by Romanian authorities on Monday on U.K. charges based on a tip that they had planned to flee Romania — information that was revealed on a Kick livestream by their friend and fellow ‘alpha male’ streamer, Adin Ross, Rolling Stone has confirmed. According to a legal representative for McCue Law, the firm representing four British women accusing Tate of rape and sexual assault, U.K. judicial authorities issued a warrant for their arrests and extradition on sexual abuse charges after ‘we were informed by one of our contacts that an associate of Tate (Adin Ross) had discussed Tate’s intention to flee during a video on the gaming and livestreaming platform Kick.’ ” [Rolling Stone, 3/12/24]
• February 2023: Ross Was Permanently Banned From Twitch For Posting Uncensored Racist And Antisemitic Comments Posted By His Followers. According to Rolling Stone, “A highly controversial 23-year-old streamer from Florida, Ross was permanently banned from Twitch in February 2023 for promoting ‘hateful conduct’ after posting uncensored racist and antisemitic comments from his fans. He has been a longtime defender of the brothers, proclaiming their innocence on social media following their 2022 Romania arrest and detainment on separate charges of rape, trafficking, and forming an organized group to exploit women. Prior to their Tuesday arrest, they were awaiting trial in Romania and had been ordered by judges not to flee the county and its surrounding area.” [Rolling Stone, 3/12/24]

Dana White and Russia

June 2024: The Russian News Agency Said Russian President Vladimir Putin Would Be Welcome At A UFC Event In The Country. According to TASS, “Russian President Vladimir Putin would be welcome to come to an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event, UFC chief Dana White said. ‘Any president of a country that comes to a fight – obviously we would be blown away and honored to have at any of our fights. So obviously, Russia, I’m sure the president of the country would be more than welcome to come,’ he said at a press conference.” [TASS, 6/2/24]