Saturday, February 23, 2013

UFC president Dana White on gay fighters: "You will not be treated any different"



The UFC will see it's first women's fight tonight and one of the athletes in the event, Liz Carmouche, is also the only openly gay fighter in the sport.

Leading up to the fight, both Carmouche and UFC president Dana White are talking about the historic competition and about openly gay fighters.

White has spoken publicly in support of Carmouche coming out, and when asked if a fighter had a problem with a match with a gay fighter, this was his response: "Most of the guys that are in this sport are really good people. I honestly don't see a situation where that would happen, but if it did, I'd fix it."

Regarding inclusiveness in the sport, here was White's statement: "If you're an athlete in the UFC and you are gay, I could care less. You will not be treated any different."

p.s. Can I say how handsome Dana White is?  Just had to put that out there.  And thanks, Dana, for being one of the good guys.


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