{"id":461187,"date":"2022-10-23T14:10:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=461187"},"modified":"2022-10-23T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:10:11","slug":"ufc-president-dana-white-responds-to-dan-hardys-claims-that-he-staged-his-concern-for-calvin-kattar-following-max-holloway-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-president-dana-white-responds-to-dan-hardys-claims-that-he-staged-his-concern-for-calvin-kattar-following-max-holloway-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC President Dana White responds to Dan Hardy\u2019s claims that he staged his concern for Calvin Kattar following Max Holloway fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has fired shots at Dan Hardy. The former UFC fighter and color commentator accused White of staging concern for Calvin Kattar.<\/p>\n<p>Back in early 2021, footage was released of White expressing concern for Kattar after his five-round battering at the hands of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/max-holloway\/\">Max Holloway<\/a>. White informed Kattar&#8217;s cornerman that their fighter would be going straight to the hospital. Hardy <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dan-hardy-sheds-light-on-ufc-exit-slams-dana-white-for-staging-concern-for-calvin-kattar-after-max-holloway-fight-thats-just-dirty\/\">expressed his belief<\/a> that White&#8217;s concern was a facade to look good in front of the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>White was asked about Hardy&#8217;s comments during the UFC 280 post-fight press conference and he explained why he had a camera on him and was mic&#8217;d up (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/10\/dana-white-ufc-response-to-bitter-dan-hardy-accusation-staged-video-calvin-kattar-max-holloway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"aOLgHv\"><em>\u201cI can tell you we\u2019ve never staged anything ever. We have a documentary that we filmed during COVID \u2013 that\u2019s why I was mic\u2019d. I\u2019ve never been mic\u2019d. I was mic\u2019d because of that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>White went on to claim that Hardy still holds a grudge following his UFC release.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t give a f*ck what anybody thinks, so you don\u2019t have to worry about me staging anything, and I definitely don\u2019t give a f*ck what Dan Hardy thinks,\u201d White said. \u201cDan Hardy\u2019s a guy that was mistreating a woman who worked here, and that\u2019s why he was fired. So obviously he\u2019s bitter, and I\u2019m assuming that\u2019s why he would say something like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hardy caught wind of White&#8217;s claim, and he vehemently denied mistreating a female UFC employee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related\">\n<p><em>\u201cMistreating a woman, Dana White?\u201d Hardy posted. \u201cHow dare you accuse me of such a thing. Clear proof that you were told lies about what happened and why they steered all of the \u2018Dan Hardy\u2019 questions away from you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has fired shots at Dan Hardy. The former UFC fighter and color commentator accused White of staging concern for Calvin Kattar. Back in early 2021, footage was released of White expressing concern for Kattar after his five-round battering at the hands of Max Holloway. 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