“I am one of the people who once said that men have ever beaten women, but now I make that mistake,” Dana White said. “Everything happened horribly. I am a shame as a husband and father of three children. I should not be allowed to do that.”
The apology of Dana White was released after the TMZ tabloid page posted a video recording the scene where he beat his wife on the new year holiday. Two people argue in a few minutes. Dana White's wife was the one who beat her husband first, causing the UFC to “counterattack”. White slapped his wife twice before leaving each person in one direction.
Talking about this incident, Dana White's wife said that the situation of her husband and wife quarreled to the point of using violence never happened before. “Perhaps we drank too much that day. Dana was wrong but so did. Both were lost control leading to unfortunate incidents,” his wife White said.
In terms of family, White and his wife have made up. However, the UFC boss “physical impact” on his wife can seriously affect the image of the tournament. Because in the past, Dana White had many speeches about deterrence and prohibited martial artists who had contracts with UFC to use domestic violence.
“There is one thing that men are never forgiven: using violence on women,” Dana White said in a speech in 2014. UFC tycoon also affirmed that all boxers during the time with the tournament would be fired if the allegations were related to domestic violence.
Indeed, boxers who have contracts with UFC may be as welcoming as McGregor, but they all know their limits. But with his wife's scandal, Dana White has accidentally destroyed his image, as well as his tournament for two decades.