UFC CEO Dana White turned a few heads with his comments about the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting.
White was attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month inside the ballroom at Washington Hilton when a 31-year-old schoolteacher charged through security and opened fire, striking a Secret Service agent. Amidst the chaos, White could be seen calmly looking around and soaking in the chaotic experience, which he described as he described as “awesome.”
White has received
some backlash for his choice of words, but the UFC head honcho isn’t backing down. While talking to Jim Rome on Thursday, White elaborated further on his decision-making process in a potential mass shooting scenario … and also used the word “amazing” to describe the the
“There’s two things I was thinking in my head,” White explained to Jim Rome. “First of all, I want to see what’s going on, I’m taking this in. If somebody’s in there with a gun, they’re not going to shoot me in the back like a fish in a barrel. I got bad news for my family, it’s gonna be a closed casket. I’m getting shot in the face! That’s how that’s gonna end. I’m not laying on the floor waiting for somebody to shoot me. I sat up, took it all in, and it was an amazing, hopefully one-of-one experience. Nobody got hurt, it was incredible.”
It’s still a bit shocking to hear White reminisce about the shooting like it was an exciting Light Heavyweight title fight, but perhaps that’s just what happens to your adrenal system after 25 years of promoting cage fights? Either way, let’s just hope White doesn’t end up with another chance to test his maxim.
Given the current climate, security better be tight at the UFC White House event.
