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[Cat--Smasher]

Dana White Officially Responds to Joe Rogan Controversy

Said DW: “Joe Rogan is an independent contractor and he wrote his opinion. And you are free to write your opinion of Joe Rogan’s opinion.”

White also released a statement on UFC.com clarifying that Rogan’s UG posts were not sanctioned by anybody but Joe himself, and they weren’t particularly appreciated by the company:

Joe Rogan recently made an offensive statement reflecting a personal opinion that does not represent the UFC in any way. I have addressed this directly with Joe.

[L]ate Thursday, UFC spokeswoman Caren Bell privately called Hendricks and issued an apology. And while it is commendable that the UFC offered any kind of apology at all, it was made privately at a time when Hendricks was under heavy siege publicly because she stood up for what was right. A public apology would have meant more and carried far more weight.

Well, Hendricks got her public statement from White, though I wouldn’t categorize it as an “apology,” exactly. And personally, I disagree that any public statement would have carried more weight than either Joe or Dana calling Maggie up immediately afterward and saying “Hey, sorry, that was out of line. We cool?”

Instead, we have a female vice-president of communications tasked with calling up Maggie and apologizing for Joe Rogan calling her “cunty,” which just strikes me as awkward and bizarre. For his part, Joe Rogan downgraded “cunty” to “bitchy” in his own apology on the UG. In the MMA world, we call that a happy ending.

Dana White Officially Responds to Joe Rogan Controversy | Cagepotato

[LefthookStcrook]

Lol thought for sure I was going to read "Yeah know what? Fuck what other bitches think about Joe Rogan."

Lol could you imagine being on the line when the "VP of Whatever" had to call up some other chick reporter and apologize for Rogan lol, she must have felt like an idiot.

[Cat--Smasher]

Originally Posted by Lefthookstcrook

Lol thought for sure I was going to read "Yeah know what? Fuck what other bitches think about Joe Rogan."

Lol could you imagine being on the line when the "VP of Whatever" had to call up some other chick reporter and apologize for Rogan lol, she must have felt like an idiot.

I think uncle Dana is going to have to start conducting himself in a more professional manner if they (the UFC) are courting big TV networks and deals and this may be a beginning sign of it.

[LefthookStcrook]

I think uncle Dana is going to have to start conducting himself in a more professional manner if they (the UFC) are courting big TV networks and deals and this may be a beginning sign of it

^^^ Deffinetly. Thats the only logical thing I can think of lol.

I bet we're going to see a whole crackdown on the "professionalism" on the UFC. The Sexual misconduct shit is a good example of that motion in progress.

And I can see where their coming from, they're looking for bigger TV deals and whatnot. Ive always wanted to flip on (lets say) ESPN and have a MMA ticker, all my fight news right there along with my other favourite sports.

Hopefully DW listens to himself and cracks down on his Fbombs, if not, who the fuck is he to talk when hes on twitter calling random haters Faggets, Fuckers, Bitches and more?

[Y2JUBAE]

“Joe Rogan is an independent contractor and he wrote his opinion. And you are free to write your opinion of Joe Rogan’s opinion.”

LMAO!

So I guess that means... Joe Rogan, as an independent contractor, is also free to write his opinion of your opinion of his opinion.

[Pasha K]

Joe Rogan is an independent contractor and he wrote his opinion. And you are free to write your opinion of Joe Rogan’s opinion.

However it seems that the journalists are not free to write their opinion about UFC, because if they write something Dana does not like, he is going to bash and ban them right?

[SimpleJack]

Wait for it.....

Wait for it.....

Nope. Still don't give a shit.

If she wants to be cunty, then I have no issue with someone calling her that. There's no misogyny involved in my opinion, just a statement of fact.

[dudefella]

These people really need to lighten up. Step off the PC bandwagon...

[Sniggles]

Boohoo. It was a post on an internet forum. Come the fuck on. It's not like it was during a press conference or on the air. I'm tired of this hyper-sensitive media golem that bitches about every little thing a celebrity says. I don't give a fuck and don't see why others should. If they do they are cunty.

[mattc25]

Originally Posted by Degenero

Boohoo. It was a post on an internet forum. Come the fuck on. It's not like it was during a press conference or on the air. I'm tired of this hyper-sensitive media golem that bitches about every little thing a celebrity says. I don't give a fuck and don't see why others should. If they do they are cunty.

I could not have said it better myself....spot on. As far as Dana going PC,well that sure as hell won't be happening anytime soon. Everyone go take a look at how mature he is acting on his twitter with that clown Bloodfuckface.