Stephen A. Smith on Dana White addressing criticism for altercation with wife | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith talks through Dana White’s statement following the criticism for the altercation with his wife.
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[@KaleafWinsNYC]

They are doing the biggest walk back of a statement that I’ve ever seen them do. Wow

[@McBuzzd]

Sick as change of tone.

[@subpoenacontrol3799]

This dude right here!

[@chrisdesantiago6567]

@@goviralpeeps this isn’t the first time they have addressed this

[@iGottimetoday]

@@goviralpeepswake up fool

[@elibentov4642]

Ariel is the only real journalist in this sport!

[@godsgift0428]

The problem is that he seemed disappointed in Dana but he was pissed at Kyrie! They discussed Kyrie for a week straight and he didn't harm a soul. Fact

[@zerotolerance5019]

🎯

[@Anidoesstuff]

Facts

[@studmuffin3264]

Dana defended himself

[@kmo1765]

@@studmuffin3264 so did Joe Mixon.

[@studmuffin3264]

@@kmo1765 so did ray rice. None of them should have gotten in trouble. The reason they got in more trouble is because they did a lot more damage where Dana's was just a light slap

[@nn4mz571]

Ariel and Luke flamed them over the past week, and now they’ve got them revisiting this in the way that it should have been done initially.

[@lukemurray4950]

I can't believe people listen to Luke Thomas. But hey people listen to Brendon Schwab so what do I know.

[@TruthSeeker-rn1tm]

@@lukemurray4950 Do not compare the two. In answer to your question: not much, apparently.

[@beauaIloevv]

@@lukemurray4950 -Luke the ‘virgin ‘ Murray

[@joepanck3053]

@@lukemurray4950 booooo

[@brendondowdy5651]

@@lukemurray4950 luke thomas is absolutely great when it comes to mma talk. The problem is he has became so political lately.

[@ShowtimeThaRaptor]

IF A NFL OR NBA PLAYER DID THIS HIS TONE WOULD BE WAYYYY DIFFERENT !!!

[@rogeliorosas3068]

He just wants to be let into the house

[@lukemurray4950]

No it wouldn't. All you want is him to be fired and step down. He is the head of the company and only answerable to shareholders, they know they are better off with him.

[@jerryhouse8253]

I understand why stephenasmith explained the situation. You can only do so much when you have a boss and you don't own anything, that's the problem.

[@thelastdragon5551]

@@lukemurray4950 That’s just the hard truth of it. People can’t accept it.

[@spaced_ghost]

@@lukemurray4950 if Goodell did this on camera or Tom Brady, people would be calling for their heads

[@ShowtimeThaRaptor]

BACK TRACKING HARDDDD 😂😂😂😂

[@beeasyian1950]

“We shouldn’t judge First Take at their lowest moment”

[@getaforeheadreduction6017]

😂👌🏾

[@thaboy123]

Top tier comment! 😂

[@jerryhouse8253]

I agree, this was a different circumstance.

[@TruthSeeker-rn1tm]

Oh, don't worry they've had plently and there will be lots more to come.

[@ayepweakly3564]

😂

[@chuckseasel9505]

Stephen A. CLEARLY lying. He didn't say that to Dana White.

[@ivanbond8930]

That's exactly what I was thinking, Dana at home like you lying bit*h 🤣

[@chuckseasel9505]

@@ivanbond8930 You can hear it in his voice.

[@nomoney_sniper1885]

How many times does he need to tell us that Dana & him are friends ? Are we supposed to care ? 😅

[@XxDjthadestroyerxX]

The same amount of times that people asked for ESPN to talk about this. Why is Stephen A’s opinion important? Are we supposed to care about his opinion?

[@jaysmith61]

@@XxDjthadestroyerxX good point

[@jameswilliams2103]

We saw the difference SAS and Molly on reporting. Molly laid into Cam Newton years ago because he said to a female reporter women talking about coverage is funny. She was a little softer because she knows Dana White. Former employees told us how stories are reported different depending on who the subject is so stop trying to make it like we’re delusional and we just want to cancel him.

[@blkmind4u]

Molly full of sh..

[@DagestanderGustaffuson]

You're a soft liberal punk. Aren't men and women equal? Didn't this country fight for equality?

[@Samoan1974]

LISTEN carefully to what Molly is saying. Like yourself, she's not happy with the outcome as well. She states it at 6.22 onwards. ESPN MMA have tried to fade it out towards the end of the segment. Listen with your ears, not your eyes.

[@DagestanderGustaffuson]

@@Samoan1974 Hush puppy

[@Samoan1974]

@@DagestanderGustaffuson Selective hearing aye lol. Haters always gonna hate I guess.

[@lav7161]

SAS went super crazy on Kyrie for something lighter LOL. Dana just got a slap on the wrist. Someone is scared 😬

[@Dezz___]

A year later an what you said still true 💯

[@demetriomaniau9249]

We didn't forget when you and Molly were saying "oh hes such a family man, hes my friend, hes such a good guy" and all that BS. Going very easy on Dana White and Ariel Helwani was RIGHT to criticise both of y'all for going soft on such an important issue especially when you both go WAY harder and more critical towards other superficial issues or less serious issues.

[@zerotolerance5019]

🎯

[@hamzajtr]

shut up Ariel nose rider

[@joshuap935]

This issue is nobody’s business and it definitely ain’t important! We all gonna sleep fine tonight

[@augustusappling139]

lol now he's a bad guy and not a family guy. You idiots are so sheltered.

[@ybmsimba2410]

It's not an important issue and Ariel is a weasel and a clown

[@inoyvst6786]

The tone change here was crazy. I’m revisiting this after Le Batards comments. More than Stephen A…Molly is usually harshly critical in these situations

[@younggawn8019]

Just went to this after Kevin Porter Jr beat up his gf crazy Stephen A. whole tone is different when comes to a white man beating up his wife

[@elibentov4642]

Ariel is the only real journalist in this sport

[@demetriomaniau9249]

"We don't judge people in their lowest moments"....You remember that, Molly??

[@TruthSeeker-rn1tm]

Well you changed your tune Stephen! I wonder why that could be...

[@lukemurray4950]

Mob mentality.

[@kreed82]

Molly too

[@SonYaban]

Dana White really had to do a press conference and ask people to stop defending him just for them to change their tune. 😳💯

[@nn4mz571]

That’s crazy.

[@TangoNevada]

@@toaccgiadb Angry white, neck bearded, knuckle dragging, pickup driving (With a Punisher Sticker) insecure white adult infants.

[@TangoNevada]

@IdeserveNextTitleShot Yep, they just want to smack women around when they feel it's needed to keep them in line. It's pretty clear.

[@commodorezero]

@IdeserveNextTitleShot Yeah cause the MMA media doesn't believe when this is all over he isn't going to destroy their career. Regardless of what he says his reputation precedes him he has them trained well.

[@jonjones2]

That's fuken illegal!

[@mrglass5286]

Ariel 10-7 on all these fools

[@mloncrack4814]

10-1.6

[@anthonyrice8446]

If this was a black man his tone would be different

[@22ilovemoney]

“We’re first take we don’t run from issues” takes 2 weeks to address, Addressed it after Dana had to address it

[@Eric-xh5jr]

Here comes the back track😂

[@tray3483]

both of these clowns defended him and said "we shouldn't judge him in his lowest moment" even though they've attacked people for far less lol. can't back track what you've said, dana calling out people to not defend him really hurt these idiots.

[@R-M-T]

Ariel helwani 10-7

[@DagestanderGustaffuson]

Aren't men and women equal? What happened to equality? Dana simply defended himself, he isn't in the wrong

[@tray3483]

@@DagestanderGustaffuson Dana himself said there’s no excuse for what he did and you should never hit a woman so it’s hilarious people like yourself use this analogy to defend what he did, when the man himself has told people to stop doing it 😂.

[@DagestanderGustaffuson]

@@tray3483 He’s suppose to say that, there’s something called cancel culture. Either way, she hit him first, no one is scolded her or holding her accountable. Aren’t men and women equal or are they only equal when it suites women?

[@studmuffin3264]

@@tray3483 yeah and he's wrong. Women want equality. Don't be sexist

[@TruthSeeker-rn1tm]

Ariel's the man here.

[@lookherelooklisten3078]

Lol ! No way

[@johnjacob1280]

They've changed their tone only after Ariel went ham on them.

[@jonjones2]

WHAT??! Stricter and punishment were two words that were NEVER mentioned the first time you guys talked about it. LOL

[@chris_chitown97]

If a women attacked me in the streets, am I not allowed to defend myself? I know there’s a different between that and domestic violence but women should be held accountable the same way men are.

[@PapiChulo8700]

Are you married?

[@matthewche]

Weak. Do you see the size difference? There are weight classes in UFC.

[@4evahodlingdoge226]

@@matthewche So if a woman smacks you in the face it's not going to hurt? What if she spits on you?

[@moco3476]

Thank you Ariel Helwani

[@brianmacon889]

Definitely a different tone than he had for Kyrie for a whole year.

[@rayhova1]

Back tracking at its best... LMAO 🤣

[@ddb209]

All of a sudden after Dana speaks then they wanna talk like this... keep up the great work you 2

[@Ldyroz1]

That wasn't his first time hitting his wife 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@oldmedia4091]

stop assuming, it has been said for over 5 years now by Dana's own mother that his wife abuses him physically and that she nearly blinded him in one eye during their honeymoon. This wasn't HER first time hitting her husband, you can even tell by her statement where she says ''this behavior is so out of character for Dana'' meaning I usually slap him up but he just eats it.

[@promotechs2540]

lmao this was the bunch saying you should never put hands on a woman in the wake of the Von miller news look at them tapdance 😂

[@nellatl]

If it was a black person, his stance would be extremely different

[@anthonyzeno7123]

They're treating Dana White differently from how they treated Jon Jones.

[@vans312]

Dang Steven A really don’t like his own people.

[@UFCMusic]

im glad stephen heard feedback from ppl saying he threw softballs at dana... they had to backtrack a lot. insane haha

[@314murdacapitall]

Kyrie was grilled for sharing a post!! He actually physically hit a WOMAN unbelievable how Kyrie was treated to Dana white

[@thatonebrownboy10]

What is a woman?

[@studmuffin3264]

He defended himself against an attacker

[@oleg3913]

ESPN first take and other sports non MMA shows don’t cover MMA as much as other sports. That’s why

[@lzareefer5578]

This happened new years this the first time espn talks about it that’s crazy

[@piratesssss]

No, they talked about it last week just a couple days after new years, today is just a follow up from their take on it last week.

[@314murdacapitall]

But Kyrie was grilled everyday all day for sharing a post he hit a WOMAN!!! Woooooow 😮

[@a9029k]

Did you even watch the video? They reference their previous comments the entire time… so a braindead 10-year-old should be able to deduce it wasn’t the first time lol

[@jonathanhernandez3047]

Fiiinnnaaalllyyyyyyyy ESPN TOOK YOU GUYS LONG ENOUGH 😂😂

[@danielb.1567]

no. she slapped him first. wheres the outcry

[@cheeseburgereddie1929]

I haven’t heard or found one example of an active UFC fighter who was punished for domestic violence. Anyone?

[@lilartay]

Jon Jones beat his ex in front of his kids and the kids called the cops on him. He didn’t get any punishment from the ufc

[@henrooo]

The UFC generally leaves it up to law enforcement or the athletic comission. White has said this numerous times in response to journalists asking him what punishment should be given to fighters. White will just say, "what do you want me to do, he's already in trouble"

[@cheeseburgereddie1929]

@@henrooo yup that sounds about right. Lol I’m just wondering why people keep mentioning some sort of double standard yet no one’s presenting any examples of active fighters being “punished” by the ufc for domestic violence issues. I definitely won’t lose sleep over it though.

[@justingoodwin1650]

Both parties are equally guilty. No one should ever put their hands on someone unless you want the same done to you. Period.

[@heyyall9037]

Correct

[@seanewing9647]

L

[@JohnSmith-hq7el]

Where is the video?

[@XII.XXI.LXXXIV.]

Full disclosure Steven beats molly on a regular.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

she swung first 🤣🤣🤣🤣equal rights!

[@deonpowe9259]

Just imagine if skip bayless was caught slapping his wife/lebron james slapping his wife/ume udoka slapping his fling at Boston//With the exact situation where the wife hit first--The media coverage and the OUTRAGE would be Massive!!

[@dhalsim108]

Hey Molly, what punishment should we give to the wife? She initiated violence. I thought you want equality for women.

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

You say that like Dana has been punished already. He hasn't been punished so...

[@nn4mz571]

Dana can charge with assault.

[@dhalsim108]

@@MrFaceNumeroUno I'm saying that if you are talking about punishing dana then why aren't they saying anything about punishing the wife? She hit him first. Punish her first.

[@pops3287]

THANK YOU

[@HollywoodAJ]

Stephen A: we don’t kick people when there down. Yet that’s what this whole show is predicated on and you don’t keep that same energy 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@zerotolerance5019]

🎯

[@capfhf146]

This the same guy who told the nba to cancel kyrie over a shot

[@rontolliver976]

Why isn’t anyone talking about his wife hitting him being wrong. She slapped him first and no one is calling for her to lose her job. There is such a double standard, where men are supposed to just absorb a woman hitting a man because she is physically weaker. You cannot have this conversation without discussing what started the altercation and him getting hit first… People are completely ignoring her role in this.

[@bigdaddy3621]

“There’s one thing that you never bounce back from, and that’s putting your hands on a woman. Been that way in the UFC since we started here. You don’t bounce back from putting your hands on a woman.”

[@michaelly659]

Lmao why didn’t they say this the first time…

[@pops3287]

Super tone deaf initially but wayyyyy better response thank you

[@Kwanka69]

Correction - no one should put their hands on anyone in a physical way unless you’re defending yourself. His wife was absolutely in the wrong for slapping him initially. Also, he wasn’t defending himself so they’re both in the wrong

[@remeshsadasivan1352]

👍👍👍

[@londonapologetics]

Double standards are a real thing people. You understand that when you expect the woman in your life to do certain things a woman generally does, and expect to be able to “wear the pants” in certain situations a man typically does. There’s nothing that little woman was going to do to Dana White that was harmful and warranted getting hit. You control your emotions like a man is supposed to do, restrain her arms at most or walk away, and that’s that. Blame the alcohol? Don’t drink what you can’t handle. Simple.

[@cookazor]

He was restraining her by holding her wrists at the beginning but that’s where some people were saying that’s what caused the slap

[@londonapologetics]

@@cookazor Well it looked like he was trying to avoid getting slapped. I also agree that her reaction deserved another reaction, just not a physical strike. It deserved therapy and/or divorce. You don’t go, especially in public, and embarrass your husband that is the face of a high profile company and put him in that situation. Yes she’s definitely to blame as well 100%, but his lack of stoicism (although incited by his wife I’m sure) is ultimately what led to his downfall.

[@alexgonzalez8954]

Dude it's natural reaction to strike back when u get hit.

[@londonapologetics]

@@alexgonzalez8954 it’s a natural thing to strike back if you’re drinking or a weak man.

[@battousaithekingslayer9913]

Naw people act like double standards dont exist but pick and choose when to use such double standards

[@Satsuionly]

I appreciate his take on it.

[@healthwithmarcus]

Fighters ain't punished for these kinds of things. He lets that be handled by law or whomever is a part of it. So, therefore, it's an internal matter.

[@Jgiuly999]

You guys should be ashamed of yourself after your initial take. If this was somebody else within the same industry, you would not be sharing the same sentiments. Keep the same energy!

[@AntJonez218]

Thank u Steven A. Only persons opinion that made sense to me.

[@charlescharlemagne4907]

why does anyone think his take on this matters? SAS is nothing but a talking head with an over inflated sense of self importance.

[@quyenhuynh8666]

First the woman lives in his house, spend his money, living a luxury life without worry about money running out and has the audacity to slap him on the face first, her provider, and yet he cannot retaliate and he gotta take it as it is? The disrespect a man has to endure in the society under a man shouldn’t raise his hand on a woman. When in reality it is suppose to be no one should raise a hand on anyone, how about that?

[@amemalecortexwilliams4076]

Stephen A Smith you was ready to get rid of Kyrie for not taking the covid shot..... Stephen A Smith is full of s***

[@elibentov4642]

Ariel give the "sad but true part" if needed!

[@corymmarules7462]

Why are they repeating what Ariel Helwani said…this should have been addressed appropriately last week. If you made your message clear last week you wouldn’t have to fix it, this week

[@polojman]

In the first video on this topic, Smith was so soft and apologetic. Thanks, Ariel for scolding this clown.

[@pinhosekbor138]

Why I clicked on this ad?

[@demetriomaniau9249]

Yeah also Dana White said "if I walk away its the fighters who are gonna get hurt by it"...First of all no they're not because whether you're there or not the fighters have a contract and they may even get paid more without you there, Dana. Also, in the court systems if a man murders someone the court doesn't say "oh were not going to throw him in jail because hes the financial supporter in the family and the family will be hurt if he goes to jail", absolutely NOT. The way you hurt Dana is by firing him or "making him resign", because that will stick to his legacy as part of the UFC and Dana White cares a lot about his legacy, cares a lot about his image and its the only thing that would hurt him.

[@Preso_]

Bro the wind direction has changed with the significant back pedalling going on.

[@knack07]

JUSTICE for Dana

[@georgemiller1307]

'People Just Forget'

[@azforlifetime]

Stephen said something very telling. He said he had not spoken to Dana since the first time he spoke with him. I guarantee you he will not continue his partnership with ESPN with these two bad-mouthing him and his company. They said it themselves, no one else is covering this story. That's because they don't want this billion-dollar partnership to stop. These two went way above their position titles.

[@MaxTaylorHayden]

Shoutout to Ariel for telling these reporters how to report

[@kdogglv]

No FN punishment from anyone. This is a family situation. Law enforcement not involved. End of story Molly!

[@xXBlAhBlAh285Xx]

Takes a real man to put their hands on a woman. You real tough lmao

[@kdogglv]

@Mr Cheese OBVIOUSLY what Dana did was completely wrong but we aren't doing the woke ideology solution this time. In fact we are done with the woke culture.

[@zmadani341]

hey how about his wife putting her hands on him first??? No one is talking about that. When a man does it, the world hears about it. Let's not forget she put her hands on him first. That does not make it right for Dana to put his hands on her, but please, let's focus on her too!!!

[@granthartley]

Thank you for appropriately addressing this issue. Much, much better than the first attempt! 👍 Hopefully Endeavour are beginning to feel some pressure to hand down some punishment. Clear and decisive messages like this, help greatly in influencing that outcome. Thank you.

[@ybmsimba2410]

They wont nor should they. Dana will go on business as usual. Can't wait for tomorrow night btw

[@marioperry7369]

Stephen A., you ARE cancel culture-it’s your line of work! You guys only did this segment because you’ve been called-out for being soft on the matter.

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

Wait! That sounds dangerously like you want someone to be held accountable for something they did or didn't do! If it stands to reason that they should, shouldn't Dana get some kind of comeuppance as well?

[@marioperry7369]

@@MrFaceNumeroUno I’m saying, Stephen A claims he hates cancel culture in the video…He’s made a career out of canceling people. I’m calling-out his hypocrisy, not what should or shouldn’t happen to Dana.

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

@@marioperry7369 so you're admitting you want him to be held accountable for his actions. Things he did in public and on camera you might say. So what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander you'd rather talk about the goose and ignore the gander completely because let's talk about the larger issue of the goose no stupid

[@marioperry7369]

@@MrFaceNumeroUno I just said I didn’t care…. Are you thick in the head?

[@dontaylucero]

Imagine kyrie doing this instead of dana

[@population-_-420]

If ur not w h I t£ then ur not alright 😉

[@orokusaki8670]

he’s too busy looking for the ice wall to hit any ladies

[@xftbllplyr2091]

The small hats came for Kyrie big difference

[@KingKirbzzz]

Let me guess, race baiting?

[@iceKOId]

Equal RIGHTS AND SLAPS

[@JOK3RC4RDx]

Funny Molly said it’s a privilege to be the face of a company it’s really not when you the one who built it from scratch

[@xftbllplyr2091]

Dana didn’t build the UFC from scratch. The UFC was started by the Gracie family

[@JOK3RC4RDx]

@@xftbllplyr2091 Dana white played a bigger role than anybody by far in building the UFC and when he took control as president they basically just purchased the name ufc he did everything from there

[@zerotolerance5019]

@@JOK3RC4RDx to be honest with you , UFC IS TRASH , TRAILER TRASH 🗑

[@xftbllplyr2091]

@@JOK3RC4RDx I’ll say this. Dana did some great things to the UFC no doubt. But he didn’t do it alone. The UFC was a publicly owned company which means he has to adhere to a budget that the board constrains him with. When the UFC was taking off, there were other larger organizations as well. Luckily for the UFC, the US laws started to become less strict and other promotions started to fall under.

[@kaseencollins7920]

He always says he talks to the person in private. Same thing with Dallas owner.

[@TangoNevada]

Shame is a consequence not a punishment. Dana deserves both.

[@Nicholas-HTX]

I wonder how Molly feels about Dana's wife slapping him first. Hmm

[@AndresGarcia-lt5ph]

Stop posting basketball people talk about the mma Community

[@rocked30]

I don’t think they watch much MMA because the UFC usually doesn’t punish PPV stars for this type of behavior. Dana normally says let it play out in court. Normally only lower tier fighters get punishment or fired from the organization.

[@Mr.T-BAGGIN-UR-MOM]

This reminds me of Din Thomas video😆

[@JHC2812]

Well said Stephen A

[@Coachbex17]

I dont anyone assauting anyone. Period. Why is no one addressing his wife who initiated that assault? 🤔 Why is Dana the only one taking the heat on this domestic assault. Women also need to control themselves, their emotions, and their impulses to put their hands on men. Am I wrong here? If a woman feels that she is equal to a man, then should she not expect an equal response when she assaults a man? Thoughts...

[@hmd6202]

If a 6 year old smacks you, are you smacking him back? Bro, come on. His wife is not the face of a billion dollar company. If she was employed, she might also face repercussions but in this Country when men have put their hands on women, it's been game over. Dana has handled this the right way afterwards and he's not wrong, what should the punishment be? If his bosses are okay not punishing him, who am I to yell and disagree.

[@4evahodlingdoge226]

@@hmd6202 If your 6 year old child smacks you then you should absolutely hit the child back and teach your kid some manners or else the child will grow up thinking it's okay to go around randomly striking people and being a nuisance to society.

[@tuccdawg4452]

It’s wild they’re talking about accountability but failing to address the unaccountability elephant in the room 😂

[@hmd6202]

@@4evahodlingdoge226 do you have children?

[@4evahodlingdoge226]

@@hmd6202 Nope but let me tell you, when i was a child i'd never in a million years think to strike my parents and if i did i'd expect a whooping and if i didn't that's a huge disciplinary problem with said parents.

[@JSTheOperator]

daddy espn allowed them to speak

[@Razear]

Dana already said nothing is going to change and who's to stop him? It's not like he's subordinate to someone higher up who can hand down a punishment. He sits at the top so he calls the shots.

[@Clickonbio]

Tired of the Rhetoric about the man should not put hands on a woman. Yes we know that. BUT also no woman should put hands on a man! Equal rights right? The Wife's actions lead to Danas split second reaction. Not excusing Dana for his reaction, but we also have to call out the Wife for throwing striking Dana the way that she did.

[@joebuffy1840]

I can imagine what happens behind closed doors. People saying it’s so bad for her. Lol, over 26 years together. I think she had plenty of time. To divorce Dana and take half.

[@wezasouthafrica]

You are talking to an international audience uncle Steven

[@scorpiuspr1me25]

1:03 reminded me as to why I don't watch First take anymore.

[@jimbo4641]

He defended himself from her attack period. He wasn’t wrong unless anyone not just men are wrong for fighting back against an attacker.

[@johnbrennan4449]

anyone who thinks that a man is never justified for hitting a woman needs to watch one of these 2 films: 1. Play Misty for Me (1971) 2. Fatal Attraction (1987) then lecture Clint Eastwood or Michael Douglas.

[@D.B.V]

Why didn’t they just say Ariel’s name? 🤷‍♂️

[@NinjaSquirrel30]

Because he showed them up

[@MasterSluggyKornNuts]

He's not the only one.

[@Imhim247]

Ariel questions ESPN about this topics. Now we're getting back to back videos about Dana White all of sudden 😅😂😂

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Glad I'm not the only one who saw that from yesterday to today. 😂👍

[@nn4mz571]

Lol… Exactly

[@nn4mz571]

Right.

[@solarciti5105]

Molly you had a different tone when it came to Ray Rice, Cam Newton

[@angelmaster765]

The thing is this: If a low tier fighter does this, the fighter gets fired. If someone like Conor McGregor or Jon Jones does this, Dana and the UFC stand back and wait for the authorities to essentially punish them instead of the promotion itself. Since the president of the promotion fucks up, you can't expect the guy to punish himself and those above him haven't addressed the issue so it feels like nothing will happen to him.

[@a9029k]

No UFC fighter has been in a similar situation so the opinions of everyone claiming to know what would happen to them are silly. All else being equal I don’t believe any fighter would be dropped over this. And what do you think should happen if it were a female fighter and her non-fighter husband slapped her first and she responded with a punch? I bet you’d still say she was justified. Why should gender alone confer a license to physically abuse one’s partner?

[@packguy06]

Still haven't found anyone to tell me what his punishment can be when no charges are filed? Sorry that's what happens when you're the Boss. If he ran a restaurant and this happened, should he not show up for work for 30 days? Is that punishment?

[@KeyboardWarrior101st]

Violating a woman....getting hit after hitting isn't being violated. I like how everyone is acting like Dana is the only one that committed domestic violence. His wife started the domestic violence situation. I'm not saying men should run around hitting women but what happened to the golden rule we were all taught as children, treat others how you want to be treated.

[@UFCMusic]

stephen a needs to look at dana's mother's interview where she implied that dana's wife gave him a black eye during his honeymoon and that dana did something back that might have been as bad. she also said dana slept with a bunch of ring girls and got any girl he wanted, at least back then.

[@IratePirate28]

well he did pay for their implants so there is that. lol