On Wednesday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship posted a video on its official YouTube channel showing UFC President Dana White going off on a profane tirade about Loretta Hunt, a writer for Sherdog.com. Now that video has been removed.When we posted the video at FanHouse, we warned that it was for adult audiences only, and we noted that while profanity is the norm for White, he went way overboard.
Perhaps White thought about it and decided that he thought he went way overboard, too, because now there's no trace of the video at the UFC YouTube channel, and when you try to play it on sites that embedded it, you get a message saying, "This video has been removed by the user."
Or perhaps someone else convinced White that he went overboard. FightOpinion.com and MMAPayout.com have pointed out that even if White himself sees nothing wrong with the language he used in the video (including a homophobic slur), some of the UFC's corporate sponsors might have a problem with it.
In any event, White's comments crossed the line. The UFC made the right call by removing the video.
UPDATE: White has apologized.
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I bet if Dana said all the exact same things but didn't include the word "faggot" the UFC would have kept the video up.
I dont really have problems with the cursing Dana uses. But yesterday video was a pretty harsh personal attack that could have been done in a better way
I guess if Dana holds himself to the same standards he reserves for others, then all those colorful comments would apply to him equally for hiding what he has/had to say; I find a lot of equivalence in pulling your video and the anonymous statements he was ranting on. Hypocrisy must be a gift with him.