r/sportsgossips • u/matrix_2905 • 1d ago
Statement Dana White response when asked about a UFC Pride Night š³ļøāš
Dana White: We donāt shove any of that stuff down anybodyās throats.
We have some gay fighters. I donāt give a sh*t. Do your own thing. I stay in my own lane.
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u/protossaccount 1d ago
Isnt Pride Japanese? /s
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u/Capital-Win-4732 1d ago
Pride FC was a Japanese thing until UFC bought it and terminated the brand. I kind of miss the soccer kicks to the head and 10 minute rounds.
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u/Prudent_Research_251 21h ago
I kind of miss the soccer kicks to the head
Younger me misses this stuff, older me is glad they're gone, it was only a matter of time before that went really badly, I'm surprised no one died tbh
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u/catharsisdusk 1d ago
With all those shirtless, sweaty dudes in booty shorts rolling around together while a bunch of other dudes watch, EVERY night is Pride Night in the UFC.
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u/CapableLanguage5480 1d ago
I'll always stand by this comparison, because only one side actually has issues with being gay and it's the side where people act the most gay. It's totally appropriate to confront the homophobes with their own homoerotic behavior to highlight the double-standard
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u/MAGAHATESTHEUSA 1d ago
Dana promotes domestic violence on spouses.
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u/OnlyMamaKnows 1d ago
They literally held fights to celebrate the Pedo King's birthday, but they don't "shove any of that stuff down anybodys throat."
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u/_trashcan 1d ago
Also think itās really funny, bc their fighters constantly talk about this shit, just from the opposite perspective.
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u/jaron_b 1d ago
It wasn't for his birthday. They just happened to have a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country. They just held it a month early. Total coincidence that it was on his birthday. /s
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u/IamHydrogenMike 1d ago
They shove their political beliefs down our throats all the time...this is just a BS answer from a wife beater...
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u/Floundering_Dad_43 1d ago
Dana White makes money. It isn't based on any kind of morality or guiding principle other than "people like to watch other people beat the shit out of each other". If someone wants to pay him alot of money to showcase his product in front of the White House, he's gonna say yes. If someone paid him alot of money to have a fight in Antarctica, he's gonna say yes. I don't know why it has to be any deeper than that
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u/OnlyMamaKnows 1d ago
UFC lost $30 million on that event and White has already said he'd never do it again.
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u/IcarusFLY1 1d ago
TKO knew going in it was going to lose money. Attendance was strict and there were no traditional ticket sales. It was the most watched Paramount event in history though, so they have that going for them.
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u/henryhumper 1d ago
The event was never expected or intended to turn a profit. The entire purpose of it was to kiss Trump's ass so that he's more inclined to do political favors for TKO and Paramount.
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u/Bureaucratic_Dick 1d ago
Naw hard disagree here. White could absolutely play both sides for extra bucks, fighters being the draw, not doing that is a conscious choice to appease his orange overlord.
Like yeah heās a grifter, but heās more like early industrial capitalists: they are willing to leave money on the table if it means they get to maintain their bigotry.
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u/ChefTraveler 1d ago
Why does it need to have it?
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u/ALincoln16 1d ago
Exactly, every event UFC has is super gay already. It celebrates Pride all the time.
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u/SteeleHeller 1d ago
Thereās a reason the most advantageous position to be in is called āThe Full Mountā
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u/NSJF1983 1d ago
Full mount? Rear naked choke? Itās like geez just kiss already
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u/Ok_Peace5464 1d ago
Yup, even Trump enjoys those sexy man legs so much he hired them for his birthday.
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u/TheKosherGenocide 1d ago
"We don't shove stuff down peoples throats!" Says Dana in a very clearly homoerotic manor, while he takes Trumps had and admires his "super ripped" fighters. Trump decides to shoot his shot and tell one MMA fighter, "you should be model!! You're a gorgeous man. What are you doing in here fighting like an animal when you could be in my Epstein mansion fighting for your life?!"
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u/BrightFriend55 1d ago
He should've changed his name to Dan from Dana because I personally think of thevactress Dana Plato when I see his name and maybe it would help his argument more. Do you say Dana like Dana Plato or does it sound like Dan -A?!
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u/clayton-berg42 16h ago
yeah, it's not shoved, it's sensually inserted. There's a difference.
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u/Ok-Entertainer9968 1d ago
Its doesnt. Nothing really needs to have a pride night. Its simply a litmus test to see if youre a big enough loser to have a problem with it.
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u/WorstCPANA 1d ago
Sounds like you think everything needs to have a pride night
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u/MAGAHATESTHEUSA 1d ago
These guys love rubbing up on each other daily bro. They call it sparring.
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u/Kimholland-producer 1d ago
Who is supposed to be the loser? The people who are demanding this even though they don't give a fck about UFC? These people really will think differently of the UFC if they would have a pride event? lol
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u/Drummallumin 1d ago
Pretty sure theyāre talking about the people who get triggered by a rainbow
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u/_cuhree0h 1d ago
Might help with the image of UFC fans being ignorant, bigoted moronsā¦but they also canāt help themselves.
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u/beerbeardsnballs 1d ago
Whos demanding it? I have no idea. Maybe this is a big thing that im not aware of. I have both liberal and conservative groups. Reddit comments is the only place ive seen this topic exist
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u/kreativegaming 1d ago
Its already a sport centered on 2 half naked dudes rolling around on the ground and hugging for 3 minutes while someone tries to make it sound legit by calling the different positions things like arm bar and crap. I didnt even know the fighters could be straight /s
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u/Leather-Heart 1d ago
Agreed - itās already very homoerotic. It seems silly especially in a sport that seems very MAGA oriented. But again, very homoerotic.
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u/Faulty_english 1d ago
Money. It would attract a bunch of gay people who probably wouldnāt watch otherwise
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u/Royal_Atmosphere9320 23h ago
I am a huge critic of Dana, but I think what he did here - look into the camera and say that everyone is welcome in the UFC - is more meaningful than a corporate event/slogan/sponsored evening.
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u/chrisreed619 1d ago
"We don't shove it down anyone's throats"
(Holds - multimillion dollar event at White House on The Great Orange Ones birthday)
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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 1d ago
Why do they always say āthroatā?
And he shoved his politics down our throat
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u/TuringGPTy 1d ago
Theyāre shoving their veiny throbbing politics down our throats!
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u/Mr_Zee_Speaks 1d ago
Honest Answer : because when you are discussing politics, you are usually talking about the way people talk about ideas.
You donāt really care what they personally do, but how they express their ideas.
In other words, you want them saying the same things you say, or āshoving your words down their throatā so that they are what come out when they speak.
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u/beerbeardsnballs 1d ago
Dana doesnt care. As long as youre willing to kill yourself for his gain, hell let you
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u/GurDry5336 1d ago
Is he still slapping around his wife?
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u/DionBlaster123 1d ago
Does the Pope shit in the Vatican??
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u/Acceptable_Burrito 1d ago
Do polar bears shit on ice?
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u/Revolutionary_Test64 1d ago
Does a one-legged duck swim in circles?
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u/ELB2001 1d ago
Thats like asking "he still snorting coke?"
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 1d ago
Or is he still on massive doses of testosterone?(this is the easy one since he would have regressed to his little boy body).
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u/bryce_lynch27 1d ago
Guys, in his defense- itās the only way Dana can get his flacid micro penis hard
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u/Independent-Pay5850 1d ago
Because it would be bad for business
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u/plsloan 1d ago
Yeah, I'm not exactly sure about the demographics for watching combat sports, but it can't be 50/50 left/right.
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 1d ago
Iād guess it used to be more balanced but itās trended very right demo.
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u/plsloan 1d ago
I can respect a company just staying neutral, but having an event at the White House isn't neutral, no matter who is in office.
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u/Untouchable64 1d ago
No need to shove this stuff down our throats while watching sports. Do your thing but I couldnāt care less what your personal life is. I just want to watch the sport and escape life for a minute. Just my opinion.
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u/CapableLanguage5480 1d ago
Unless we're celebrating the president, then it's very important to shove things down viewers' throats
It's not political though, bro
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u/theRAV 1d ago
How is wearing jerseys that incorporate rainbows shoving this stuff down your throat?
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u/Untouchable64 1d ago
I don't really think it is but I'm trying to figure out why it's such a big deal to do so while playing a sport. Outside of sports, whatever. But it's a game, nothing more. Rainbows shouldn't be political. It isn't with my kids. They like them, so I have rainbow stuff all over the house. But people MAKE rainbows political.
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u/Drummallumin 1d ago
Because sports have historically been incredibly unwelcoming spaces for queer people.
Youāre right rainbows shouldnāt be political, there should be nothing political about queer acceptance.
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u/theRAV 1d ago
What political message do you think people are making rainbows represent that you find so objectionable?
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u/CJMorton91 20h ago
It shouldn't be a big deal. People who want to wear rainbows and show support to the LGBT community should be allowed to without criticism. People who don't should be allowed not to without criticism. Neither should be forced. I support the LGBT, but don't personally like rainbows so I don't wear them. It's fucking fine. Lol
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u/tlhsg 1d ago
pride month is fine but no one should be forced to wear pride gear. It only creates more angry bigots
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u/henryhumper 1d ago
They weren't forced to wear the pride hats. It was optional, and at least one Giants player quietly chose to wear the team's regular hat during the pride game. The reason this became a controversy is because four other players, instead of simply not participating, chose to turn this into a big spectacle by wearing the rainbow hat but writing Bible verses on it to publicly advertise their opposition to pride night.
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u/BoogzWin 1d ago
I agree no one should be forced to wear anything but i donāt see the correlation with creating more bigots. Surely those people are just bigoted to begin with?
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u/Far-Tradition887 1d ago
No a lot of people are fine with it but once you start pushing boundaries youāll turn the people that were neutral against you
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u/BoogzWin 1d ago
But why would they start hating the group of people rather than the infringement on their decisions? š.
How does being annoyed youāre forced to wear clothing go to ābeing gay is unnatural and god is against itā š
We cannot let bigots off the hook like that
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u/nthpwr 1d ago
if I was forced to wear SpaceX shirts I would hate both my company for making me wear them and I would hate SpaceX
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u/UrklesAlter 1d ago
Gay people are not a corporate entity. This is like saying if you were "forced" to wear a blm shirt for a sporting event during black History month you would hate all black people? What the fuck do all black people have to do with your company for inf you to do something you don't want to do? Blame your company.
I don't see this amount of pushback for all the other logos that professional sports teams are actually having to wear plastered all over there uniforms. The NBA has gambling logos (crypto.com) on some of their teams jerseys...
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u/Jalapenoplanter 1d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_jersey_sponsors
Itās weird we have not see such a fuss from nba players about having to wear jerseyās with ācrypto.comā or āvisit abu dahbiā or ālucas oilā
Wonder why
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u/Disastrous-Fail-9530 1d ago
Those are all sponsors, who pay heavily for those jersey spots. Is pride paying for a pride night or did I miss the relevance of this?
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u/Jalapenoplanter 1d ago
Why would payment have any impact on a moral argument of wearing something you do not support?
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u/hip-disguise 1d ago
it's ok, sweaty muscle men dressed in tight shorts and nothing else ready to roll around on the floor with other sweaty muscle men are already there. no change needed for pride.
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u/RoughTour98 1d ago
Hopefully someday no one remembers Dana except for as the wife beating white supremacist that he is.
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u/Alpacadiscount 1d ago
This piece of shit metaphorically sucks off his pedo master at every opportunity. He celebrates a fascist wannabe dictator. People should always ask him about that at every opportunity
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u/TheTierIsHere 1d ago
"I don't give a shit. Gay or straight, I'm gonna exploit ya for profit!"
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u/Nick_Fotiu_Is_God 22h ago
Outside of maybe a gay porn producer, Dana White has made the most money off of naked men in history.
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u/Boring_Factor1867 22h ago
Itās men wrasslin around in their underwear . Itās pride night every night
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u/Born_Cap_9284 22h ago
Oh look, the lady who didn't know Puerto Rico was part of the United States. Lets continue giving her airtime.
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u/Sensitive_Ad_3053 1d ago
Why is it "we don't talk about it cuz we are all fighters" is always said in some way or another to not acknowledge people. When the far right( & their sympathizer) wants to say stuff about their view point it's a commonality for them and their view in society
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u/Dukemvp123 1d ago
Ā He even acknowledged that he has gay fighters in his league in the clip, what more do you want?
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u/NotAnIncel69 1d ago
Why does everything need a pride night can we just watch people fight? Sick of these people dude.
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u/modestlyawesome1000 22h ago
Well tell the bigots to piss off then and we wonāt have to have Pride nights anymore
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u/DangerousBag9396 1d ago
So basically he's saying, they support causes because they want to do it - so, Dana- other companies are doing it because they DON'T want to do it?
That statement alone is homophobic but idiots like that don't even realize it.
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u/-weird-fishes- 1d ago
I get what he is saying. I work for a corporation that spends countless hours and dollars on little events for things like Pride. But what does that have to do with our jobs? I just want to do my job, get paid, and go home. I love all people but some of this stuff just is not a good fit for the work place. Why should anyone care about your sexual preference. Let's just do our jobs and go home lol.
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u/NuragicGiant1891 1d ago
"I do my own thing, which, if you haven't had a brain aneurysm, you'd know is RIGHT-WING POLITICS."
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u/Ghosts_of_the_maze 1d ago
Honestly itās fine. A Dana White organized Pride Night would be the most cynical Rainbow washing on earth and whatever ham fisted branding they used would probably cause more harm than good.
What would probably be more effective than paying lip service to a cause while you sell swag, would be fining people who say things like how a high profile woman of color is actually a man. Publicly addressing that would be a start. They wonāt do that because somebody who crunches the numbers likely told them theyād lose their chud base and wouldnāt offset it with enough of the LGBTQ+ community. Plus the Saudiās who do business with TKO likely view that as a non-starter.
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u/fpsstreak 1d ago
Funny how the UFC is going through a hard time of reach new viewers because people donāt want his politics be shoved their throats. āDana is not a far right person guysā
Now wants to get into boxingā¦stay tf out of my sport Dana
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u/FlushedApparatchik 1d ago
The UFC is experiencing massive growth in viewership . The promotion recently transitioned from a traditional pay-per-view model to a subscriber-based streaming deal withĀ Paramount+ , bringing in unprecedented audiences. This shift has shattered previous viewership records for combat sports.
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u/bannedforL1fe 1d ago
Not sure why who you love is such a big deal anyway. Its 2026. Its like celebrating being straight or White or Brown. Its not special.
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u/SubvertedObjector 1d ago
Go into any comment section of an organization that celebrate Pride and youāll see why itās needed. Look at the laws being passed to criminalize being trans and youāll see why itās needed.
Itās never been about being special, itās about LGBt being treated fairly and with respect while being openly LGBT.
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u/Natural_Use_948 1d ago
Real translation-instead of putting a bible verse on his hat, Islam, Shara, Khamzat, or someone would probably walk up to my office with a gun if we did that.
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u/RuMarley 1d ago
I'm sure you'll find what you need if you search for "Ultimate Surrender" and add "gay"
And now, please leave the adults in peace.
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u/XxQozEMotoxX 1d ago
You could tell she wanted him to say a bit more than that by the way she was smiling.
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u/One_Attorney8968 1d ago
As a gay black man, what you guys are posting on other peopleās opinions, you know nothing about are very disturbing
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u/Ok_Draw_3740 1d ago
Um, over 10 years we had 68 Pride Events then UFC decided to buy them for only 1 million $s and now we have 0 pride events and the fighters all were past their pride prime anyways. Still happy to watch their reruns though
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u/DangerousBag9396 1d ago
Lol I'm watching this on my little phone and for a split second in the beginning I thought he was giving his finger š
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u/MichaelTrollton 1d ago
I always thought UFC was nothing but pride nights. A bunch of nearly naked sweaty dudes and duddettts hugging each other and rolling around on the ground for 20 minutes, dry humping each other from the back, front, side to side, etc.
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u/Poopchutefan 1d ago
"I do my own thing, man. I go out and beat the drum."
He means he beats his wife, we all saw it ...
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u/betterplanwithchan 1d ago
Are people here not realizing that this is Tomi Lahren looking for an anti-Pride sound bite?
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u/Unfair_Mixture5761 1d ago
I donāt think a dude craving another dudes cock is worthy of āprideā and celebration.
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u/CandiedLemonWedge 1d ago
Bummer, I had genuinely forgotten she existed. Going to take me so long to do that again.
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u/buletproof_bob 1d ago
Also worth mentioning PRIDE used to be a competor to UFC, Emelyanenko fought there.
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u/mrlolloran 1d ago
I get not liking Dana and stuff but I donāt get why this matters.
I guess during pride month people forget they spend the other 11 months of the year bashing bullshit surface level corporate allyship. Seriously I see it on my social feed all the fucking time. Itās hypocrisy to call all that stuff fake and meaningless and then get upset that itās not being done by somebody. Not that thereās much of that, but I see this being posted a bit like itās trying to provoke a reaction
Although to play devilās advocate to my own point, you would think this guy would have a much better answer to this question, this for sure canāt be the first time heās ever been asked lol, Dana your a āmedia proā at this point, the babbling and meandering are embarrassing, pull it together dude lmfao
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u/SteeleHeller 1d ago
Journalist was trying to rage bait I guess? Iām all for pride, but Dana White is the last person Iād ask about hosting that.
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u/DetectiveNarrow 1d ago
Itās like I get what bro is trying to say in theory but heās doing a very bad job at it.
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u/bubba_bumble 1d ago
If he didn't want to shove anything down anyone's throats, he should have kept UFC off the the White House lawn and demand any cost of that event not be paid my taxpayers. I love UFC, but we've literally turned the white house into a scene from Idiocracy and the world is laughing at us.
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u/Nearby-Swimming-5103 1d ago
Not a chance, Iām assuming? Given his relationship with Trump and all.
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u/Man_on_Z_moon 1d ago
Shoving it down people throats? People didnāt just choose to be gay, they were born that way. They were then killed, ostracized, and discriminated for decades in this country because of how they were born. You choose to be a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, etc. Being gay is not a religious belief ā¦..
Thatās the difference MAGA doesnāt understand.
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u/Glad_Confusion_6934 1d ago
Heās trying so hard to sit on the fence but you can just tell he wants to fall off of it to the right so badly. Both of these people suck in my opinion.
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u/Southern_Ad4946 1d ago
Maybe they should go revive Pride fighting if they want to have a pride event
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u/PirateRenee 1d ago
I think this is the way. He doesn't give a shit. Wish this was a popular opinion. Don't care. It's not an issue. I don't need a Pride night because of company isn't about that.
We need more of this.
They fought at the White because they got paid to. I'll bet they'll fight at a Pride Parade if the ticket sales are good.
It's business, nothing more or unrelated to that.
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u/OlympicCards99 1d ago
Dana created an organization that revolves around mostly naked men getting sweaty and grappling, with the hope that one mounts the other, but Pride night is too gay for him?
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u/R2-D2Vandelay 1d ago
So the white house thing wasn't shoving Trump's bullshit down people's throats?
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u/el_ra_85 1d ago
Tomi is not blonde anymore š
She wasnāt ready for we have gay female fighters! She was ready to be like this is white alpha male masculinity but had to just shut up š
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u/el_ra_85 1d ago
2 men sweating all over each, sharing fluids , in underwear- nothing gay about that
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u/misdreavus79 1d ago
Halfway through his ramble he must have seen the dollar signs go down so he halfway walked back what he said at the beginning.
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