{"id":326415,"date":"2019-09-26T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T00:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326415"},"modified":"2019-09-26T17:32:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T00:32:29","slug":"dana-white-responds-to-ridiculous-claim-for-octagon-girl-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-responds-to-ridiculous-claim-for-octagon-girl-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White responds to ‘ridiculous’ claim for Octagon girl ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White isn’t listening to Melbourne’s mayor.<\/p>\n

When the Octagon touches down in Melbourne, Australia for UFC 243 next Saturday, the mayor was hoping Octagon girls wouldn’t be there. Sally Capp called for the UFC to move past the outdated practice of Octagon girls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 2019, do we really still need scantily-clad women to wander around the middle of a fighting ring between rounds?\u201d Capp said. \u201cGrid girls are no longer part of Formula One. Walk-on girls are no longer part of professional darts \u2014 surely it\u2019s time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet, UFC president, Dana White does not agree with that. Instead, he points out how valued the Octagon girls<\/a> are to the UFC and plans on having Octagon girls in attendance for UFC 243.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Octagon girls, they\u2019re as much a part of the UFC brand as anyone, they\u2019re ambassadors for our sport,\u201d White\u00a0told The Daily Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0(h\/t MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cSo for someone who has absolutely no education whatsoever about who these girls are \u2013 about what they do. What they mean to the UFC \u2013 to start going off, it\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dana White points to what the Octagon girls make and how well they are treated by the company as reasons why they should still exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you can look at any sport you like, nobody treats women better than we do,\u201d White added. \u201cAnd I\u2019d suggest these people calling on them to be banned go have a look at what these girls do with the company. The type of money they\u2019re making. Do that and you\u2019ll realize these girls are as important to our brand as anyone else in the company. And that\u2019s exactly the way we treat them.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you make of Dana White’s response to Melbourne’s mayor of the Octagon girl ban? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/26\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dana White isn’t listening to Melbourne’s mayor. When the Octagon touches down in Melbourne, Australia for UFC 243 next Saturday, the mayor was hoping Octagon girls wouldn’t be there. 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