<p>A New Year&#8217;s <a href="/profile/Eve" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Eve</a> altercation continues to haunt Dana White. The UFC president faced viral backlash after a video circulated showing White&#8217;s wife slapping him in the face. Then, immediately, <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/617035-ufcs-dana-white-apologizes-for-slapping-wife" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">he strikes her back</a> before someone steps in a separates the couple. The pair later apologized for the display, but White again addressed the scandal at UFC Vegas 67.</p>



<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure you guys have seen the <em>TMZ</em> video and have seen my interview,&#8221; White said. &#8220;It was obviously a horrible personal experience. There&#8217;s no excuses for it. It&#8217;s something I&#8217;m going to have to deal with and live with for the rest of my life. One thing I do want to clarify that I didn&#8217;t talk about on <em>TMZ</em> because I didn&#8217;t expect it and didn&#8217;t see coming are the people that are defending me.&#8221;</p>



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<h6 class="has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" id="h-read-more-ufc-s-dana-white-apologizes-for-slapping-wife"><em>Read More: <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/617035-ufcs-dana-white-apologizes-for-slapping-wife" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UFC’s Dana White Apologizes For Slapping Wife</a></em></h6>



<p>White also stated he didn&#8217;t want anyone defending his actions. &#8220;All the criticism that I have received this week is 100 percent warranted and will receive in the future.&#8221;</p>



<p>Some have questioned if the mogul would have some  There were suggestions that he should take time away from his position, like a suspension. White said he wouldn&#8217;t consider it.</p>



<p>&#8220;What should <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/614991-gervonta-davis-hit-with-domestic-violence-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the repercussions be</a>? You tell me,&#8221; White said. &#8220;I take 30 days off? How does that hurt me? I told you guys when we were going through COVID, COVID could last 10 years. I could have sat it out. It&#8217;s much like COVID, actually. Me leaving hurts the company, hurts my employees, hurts the fighters.&#8221;</p>



<p>He also said, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t hurt me. I could have left in 2016. I don&#8217;t know, do I need to reflect? No, I don&#8217;t need to reflect. The next morning when I woke up … I&#8217;ve been against this. I&#8217;ve owned this. I&#8217;m telling you that I was wrong.&#8221;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="2927" height="3000" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?w=999" alt="Dana White" class="wp-image-620066" srcset="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg 2927w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?resize=293,300 293w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?resize=768,787 768w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?resize=999,1024 999w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?resize=1499,1536 1499w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?resize=1998,2048 1998w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-451436899-1.jpg?resize=1464,1500 1464w" sizes="(max-width: 2927px) 100vw, 2927px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Dana and Anne White during Rande Gerber&#8217;s Reopening of Whiskey Sky at Whiskey Sky in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage)</figcaption></figure>



<h6 class="has-small-font-size wp-block-heading"><em>Read More: <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/617705-d-l-hughley-says-media-let-dana-white-off-easy-after-he-slapped-wife" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">D.L. Hughley Says Media Let Dana White Off Easy After He Slapped Wife</a></em></h6>



<p>White <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/618013-dana-white-power-slap-league-tv-debut-delayed-after-incident-with-wife">claims his punishment</a> is being lived every day because people who once respected him no longer do.</p>



<p>Meanwhile, critics like <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/617705-d-l-hughley-says-media-let-dana-white-off-easy-after-he-slapped-wife" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">D.L. Hughley spoke out </a>against White&#8217;s behavior. The comedy icon said if White were a Black man, his entire history would be ridiculed on social media for the world&#8217;s stage. In his call out, Hughley mentioned names like Antonio Brown and <a href="/profile/ChrisBrown" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Chris Brown</a>. Both men have been named in repeated domestic violence altercations.</p>



<p>Do you believe Dana White deserves some sort of punishment?</p>



<p>[<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/dana-white-confirms-he-wont-be-punished-or-step-down-as-ufc-president-following-domestic-violence-incident-214331965.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">via</a>]</p>