{"id":345345,"date":"2020-03-24T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=345345"},"modified":"2020-03-24T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T01:22:00","slug":"dana-white-compares-coronavirus-to-cancer-you-cant-run-from-this-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-compares-coronavirus-to-cancer-you-cant-run-from-this-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White compares Coronavirus to Cancer: &#8220;You can&#8217;t run from this thing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As he tries to continue on with putting on events amid the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, UFC President Dana White is taking the virus seriously. During <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SZ3dswZdF3?amp=1\">a recent interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports<\/a>, White made a startling comparison, comparing COVID-19 to cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fatalist Dana White to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KevinI<\/a>: &quot;Whether you&#39;re a coronavirus expert or not, it&#39;s like hiding from cancer. You can&#39;t hide from this thing. If you are a high-risk person, this thing&#39;s going to get you.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Marrocco (@MMAFightingSM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFightingSM\/status\/1242596080467898369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>White to Iole: &#8220;Whether you&#8217;re a coronavirus expert or not, it&#8217;s like hiding from cancer. You can&#8217;t hide from this thing. If you are a high-risk person, this thing&#8217;s going to get you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the time in which the UFC has had to deal with the postponement of three of their events due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Dana White has gone on to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-buries-mma-media-for-pandemic-worries-theyre-the-weakest-wimpiest-people-on-earth\/\">call out the media and their concerns<\/a> of his focus to keep putting fights on during the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In trying times for not just combat sports or the sports world, but the everyday working population as well, White made sure to point out that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-fires-back-at-critics-boasts-he-hasnt-laid-off-one-employee-during-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">he has not had to lay off any UFC employees<\/a> during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with Iole, White was not holding back in his thoughts on COVID-19, saying he doesn&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s going to go away anytime soon. White added if he were to get Coronavirus, he&#8217;s had a great run in his career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s going to happen next flu season? This thing is just going to disappear? No, it&#8217;s going to come back just like the flu. If it&#8217;s what&#8217;s going to get you, it&#8217;s going to get you. Listen, Kevin, I&#8217;ve had a great run, right? If the Coronavirus is what&#8217;s going to get me, let&#8217;s do it, bring it, I&#8217;m ready Corona. 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