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Dana White has been working hard to keep the UFC running during the coronavirus pandemic. While he ultimately had to “indefinitely postpone” three UFC shows<\/a>, he delayed doing so until the last possible minute, and has been adamant future shows will go down as planned.<\/p>\n

White’s reluctance to bend to the coronavirus pandemic has generated some understandable criticism from fans and media alike. He has not taken kindly to that criticism.<\/p>\n

The UFC boss recently appeared on an Instagram live session with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, and absolutely buried the media for voicing concerns over the way he’s running the promotion during this global crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s the reality: We will be up and running before any other sport will,\u201d White said (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cOur sport\u2019s different. We have our own arena next door (the UFC Apex). So we will fulfill every fight for every fighter this year, and we\u2019ll get this thing done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThink about this: Go online and look at some of these people \u2013 and this isn\u2019t a knock, this is just a fact: The weakest, wimpiest people on earth cover the biggest, baddest sport on earth,\u201d White said. \u201cWhat do you expect them to say? What do you think they\u2019re gonna say?<\/p>\n

\u201cI have over 350 employees who work for me. Multi-billion-dollar companies are laying off all their employees right now. We haven\u2019t laid off one person at the UFC. And every fighter that fights for me will fight three times this year. Our schedule will go on. Everybody\u2019s gonna get paid, and we will figure this out, and we will be the first sport back on. And, uh, f*ck that sh*t. Everything will go on.\u201d<\/p>\n

White also touched on concerns about COVID-19 testing for UFC fighters. He didn’t provide much information, instead spinning into another anti-media meltdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, the media can talk as much sh*t as they want,\u201d White said. \u201cThey don\u2019t feed families. They don\u2019t take care of f*cking people. They don\u2019t have people that count on them. They don\u2019t have people to support. We\u2019re doing the right thing as far medical testing goes and everything. That\u2019s all we f*cking do. That\u2019s nothing new. We were doing that sh*t way before the coronavirus. We were taking care of people and making sure that everybody\u2019s healthy, and every fighter that\u2019s with me on the road is getting much better medical attention than they are at home \u2013 if they\u2019re with me. You know what I mean?<\/p>\n

\u201cI told our whole roster: If you or your loved ones have any type of situations or anything wrong, call me. I\u2019ll do everything in my power to make sure you get taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suffice it to say that Dana White is not loving the criticism he’s received.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/20\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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