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UFC President Dana White has shared his thoughts on the police brutality protests occurring across the United States of America.<\/p>\n

Following the tragic murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the Ultimate Fighting Championship dedicated last weekend’s ESPN fight card ‘in memoriam’ of the African American victim. White said it was “the right thing to do”, but did not discuss the subject in any further detail.<\/p>\n

However, in a recent interview with AZCentral,<\/a> the UFC boss did answer some questions regarding the current social justice movement. Here is what Dana White had to say:<\/p>\n

Do you have a special responsibility to the black community? What are your thoughts about your role and the UFC\u2019s role in the current social justice movement?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve had talks with some of my African-American fighters about this: How do we make real change? For me, personally, making real change is so much bigger than marching and protesting<\/a> and all of these other things.<\/p>\n

This might be a stupid example, but it\u2019s the best example I can give you: I believed in the UFC. I believed in the sport of mixed-martial arts. I got together with a couple buddies of mine, and we bought the UFC, and we started to build this thing. We went out, and we hit the bricks. We went to every sports editor. Every network. You name it. We shared our vision and grew our movement.”<\/p>\n

\"Dana<\/p>\n

Dana White continued:<\/p>\n

“With the current protests, there needs to be somebody to lead the charge. Somebody who can go in and make real change. By that I mean changing laws. Getting in and figuring out \u2018how do we train the police department better?\u2019 There\u2019s so many things like that.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like when I wanted to come back and have fights in the pandemic. I could have gotten all 350 of my employees, and we could have walked up and down the street and chanted ‘we wanna fight!’ That\u2019s not what we did. We got out and told our story in the media and worked with politicians. That\u2019s how you make real change.”<\/p>\n

You\u2019re saying that marching is one thing, because that gets attention. But attention for attention\u2019s sake is not the goal. If you want to affect real change, you need a Phase 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Exactly. 100 percent. You\u2019ve got to get somebody really smart and articulate who won\u2019t back down to certain road blocks that they will hit. Because there will be road blocks and obstacles.” Dana White explained. “Anything in life that\u2019s worth fighting for, that you really wanna change, you\u2019ve got to be able to get through the obstacles, the pressure, cut through all the bulls\u2013t and get right to the heart of the matter where you need to start changing laws, educating people, training police officers. There\u2019s lot of work to do.”<\/p>\n

What do you think of the comments from UFC President Dana White regarding the current social justice movement that is occurring in America and all around the world? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com on June 8, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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