Dana White has no intention of resigning as UFC president however accepts criticism of him is “100 per cent warranted” following an altercation along with his spouse.
White issued an apology final week in an interview with TMZ after footage emerged displaying him and his spouse Anne slapping one another within the face in a Mexican nightclub on New Yr’s Eve.
Talking at a media occasion forward of UFC Vegas 67 this weekend, White feels the injury to his status is the largest punishment he may obtain amid requires him to resign or be sacked as UFC chief.
He instructed reporters: “What ought to the repercussions be? I take 30 days off? How does that damage me? Me leaving hurts the corporate, hurts my workers, hurts the fighters. It would not damage me.
“Here is my punishment: I’ve bought to stroll round for nevertheless lengthy I dwell and that is how I am labeled now.
“My different punishment is I am certain lots of people, whether or not or not it’s media, fighters, pals, acquaintances, who had respect for me won’t have respect for me now.
“There’s loads of issues that I’ll must take care of for the remainder of my life which are far more of a punishment than taking a 30-day or 60-day absence.
“That is not a punishment to me, the punishment is I did it and I’ve to take care of it.”
The pair seemed to be exchanging heated phrases with one another in a video launched by TMZ, with Anne slapping White along with her free arm after he grabbed her left wrist.
White, who has three kids with Anne, retaliated earlier than they had been separated.
White, the UFC’s president since 2001, added: “We have had loads of discussions internally, with Ari (UFC proprietor Ari Emanuel), ESPN, no one’s completely happy about this. Neither am I. But it surely occurred.
“It was a horrible private expertise, there is no excuses for it, it is one thing I’ll must take care of and dwell with for the remainder of my life.
“There is no protection for this and folks shouldn’t be defending me over this factor, it doesn’t matter what. All of the criticism that I’ve obtained is 100 % warranted.”
