Dana White's Power Slap League: Ariel Helwani shames TBS, Nevada Commission and everyone else associated
Ariel Helwani has brutally slammed Dana White for his altercation with his wife on New Year's Eve, as caught on tape. The footage clearly shows the intoxicated UFC president slapping his wife more than once in retaliation to her striking him first. In reference to the incident, the veteran MMA journalist sounded off on White's latest endeavor, Dana White's Slap Fighting League.
On a recent episode of The MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani lambasted White's actions and questioned why broadcasters and the Nevada State Athletic Commission should not be associated with the new sport in light of Dana White's behavior.
Highlighting the irony of the 53-year-old's new league after the incident, Helwani stated:
"Shame on TBS if they're going to air that Slap Fighting League... Can you script it any worse?... Shame on anyone who picks it up afterwards after that. Shame on anyone who's covering that. Honestly, shame on all of you. Shame on Nevada for sanctioning that. The Nevada that doesn't sanction BKFC, they sanction that? You're kidding me?... Shame on all of them."
Watch the clip below:
"Shame on TBS! if they're going to air that Power Slap Fighting League!"
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Ariel Helwani and Dana White's bitter relationship is well-known within MMA circles. The veteran journalist was once infamously removed from UFC 199 in 2016 after breaking the news that Brock Lesnar would return to the sport at UFC 200. More recently, White appeared on Paddy Pimblett's podcast, and the pair brutally insulted Helwani during one of the segments.
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Ariel Helwani reacts to fans defending Dana White for altercation with his wife
Ariel Helwani has given his take on a recently surfaced video of Dana White and his wife getting into a physical altercation at a nightclub.
TMZ Sport released a video of the UFC president and his wife getting into an intoxicated altercation at a club on New Year's Eve. The footage clearly shows White's wife striking him first, with the UFC supremo retaliating with a few slaps of his own.
Watch the video below:
well, this isn’t good.
Dana White said “There was definitely a lot of alcohol, but there’s no excuse" about this per @TMZ
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On the latest episode of The MMA Hour, Helwani shared his thoughts on the incident and powerfully addressed the fans defending Dana White on social media on the grounds of White getting slapped first.
"Defending Dana White's actions and defending him and saying that because he was slapped first, it's all good? All is fair, equal rights? Excuse me! where I come from, you get slapped by a woman 10 times you walk away! Striking a woman... because you got struck first?... Anyone who is saying that, shame on you."
Watch the clip below:
"Excuse me! where I come from you get slapped by a woman 10 times you walk away!"
@arielhelwani on Dana White's altercation with his wife https://t.co/DS86RO5vdJ
Watch the full episode below: