At a fight preview event in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White admonished those defending him after TMZ published video that shows him slapping his wife.
LAS VEGAS — UFC president Dana White had an admonition for his defenders after he was seen on video slapping his wife at a club in Mexico.
The video shows White and his wife in a physical altercation. In the video, White's wife slaps him across the face. He then slaps her back. White told TMZ they both had too much to drink that night. "One thing that I do want to clarify in this thing that I didn't talk about on TMZ — because I didn't expect it and I didn't see it coming — is the people that are defending me," White said."There's no defense for this, and people should not be defending me."
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