The UFC president Dana White has now commented on former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez's recent arrest — this and much more on Thursday's social media roundup.
Dana White comments on Cain Velasquez's arrest
The details about former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez's arrest are now starting to come out and as more details emerge, more and more people in the MMA world are starting to comment.
The latest person to comment on the situation is the UFC president Dana White.
Several days ago, reports emerged that Velasquez was involved in a shooting which consisted of him opening fire at a car which at the time held three individuals. One of the three individuals in the car was the man who Velasquez was actually targeting and his name is Henry Eugene Goularte who has been accused of sexually abusing Velasquez's relative.
The felony charge which Goularte was hit with was "lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of 14."
Now that details of the situation have started to emerge, many people specifically on social media and in the MMA space have publicly backed Velasquez and resonate with his actions.
One man who commented on the situation was Dana White. White expressed his empathy towards Velasquez and his family and even stated that if the same situation would've happened to us, we would do the same.
See White's comment in full below.
Dana White gave his reaction to the situation unfolding with Cain Velasquez.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) March 3, 2022
-- https://t.co/lxQ2VauGhO pic.twitter.com/mhoJUYC7Rq
There will no doubt be more information which comes out over the next few days regarding this situation and it is a situation which many people will certainly keep an eye on and will be supporting Velasquez and his family in the process.
Conor McGregor teases interest in buying Chelsea Football Club
One of the biggest English football clubs, Chelsea has just gone up for sale and Conor McGregor has already expressed his interest despite the £3 billion sale price.
I wish to explore this. @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/ABEjjCqhD7
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 2, 2022
Tyson Fury gives his thoughts on the current state of judging in boxing
Take a look at this video of Tyson Fury discussing the current state of boxing judging.
In the clip, Fury also revealed that for his fight against Dillian Whyte at Wembley next month, there will be no British judge judging the fight.
"It’s disgraceful…we won’t have any British judges on this show!"
— Boxing on BT Sport -- (@BTSportBoxing) March 2, 2022
"Do I even want my kids to box to have that moment taken away?!"@Tyson_Fury doesn’t hold back on the Josh Taylor v Jack Catterall controversy in a gripping chat with @RealCFrampton -- pic.twitter.com/8f1NfA6cAR
Joe Rogan to return to commentary duties at UFC 272
Joe Rogan will be back in the commentary booth this weekend when he will call UFC 272 alongside Jon Anik and Michael Bisping.
Daniel Cormier will not be on the broadcast due to his mother's recent passing.
#UFC272 will feature a first-time commentary team of Jon Anik, Michael Bisping and Joe Rogan. --️
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 3, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/2EOWE8hvqX pic.twitter.com/S9m7m5hFMo
Colby Covington once again unfairly singles out John Morgan
Colby Covington has once again received a lot of criticism after his media scrum yesterday.
MMA journalist John Morgan asked Covington a question and he replied saying that if he wanted an answer from him he needed to get down and do some push ups.
Anyone else had enough of Colby Covington’s bullshit or just me? pic.twitter.com/Ny8It4QiuT
— Michael Morgan (@mikewhoatv) March 2, 2022
On this day in 2016...
On this day in 2016, the most famous press conference in UFC history took place.
Check out the clip below to relive the moment when the UFC 196 pre fight press conference came to blows and ended with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz launching bottles and cans at each other.
#OnThisDay in 2016, @TheNotoriousMMA & @NateDiaz209 went at it during the UFC 196 press conference -- pic.twitter.com/3nTAfsxErI
— UFC (@ufc) March 3, 2022
Fury vs Whyte original ticket allocation sold out within hours
The original ticket allocation which the fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte were given at Wembley was 85,000.
After this amount selling in hours, promoter Frank Warren has started to apply to local authorities for the capacity to be increased to 100,000 in total.
Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte sold 85,000 tickets within the first three hours at Wembley Stadium today, Frank Warren has announced. Warren has started applying to local authorities to increase capacity to 100,000 in total, which would break British boxing attendance record.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) March 2, 2022
Khamzat Chimaev arrives in Las Vegas
Khamzat Chimaev has landed in Las Vegas and has sent a message to Gilbert Burns ahead of their upcoming fight.
You are in big trouble now @GilbertDurinho -- pic.twitter.com/5MfkzwXQUI
— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) March 3, 2022
Canelo Alvarez to fight in Las Vegas in May
Canelo Alvarez will compete in Las Vegas on Cinco De Mayo weekend for the first time since 2019.
Alvarez will fight Dmitry Bivol.
Canelo will fight in Las Vegas on Cinco De Mayo weekend for the first time since 2019 ---- #CaneloBivol pic.twitter.com/GwbLALlRXg
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) March 3, 2022
Dana White claims that Islam Makhachev turned down the chance to fight Rafael Dos Anjos this weekend
The UFC president Dana White has claimed that Islam Makhachev turned down the fight to step in on short notice and face Rafael Dos Anjos despite claiming he wanted the fight on social media.
White also revealed that since Makhachev turned the fight down, the UFC are going to remake the fight between him and Beneil Dariush.
Dana White orders Islam Makhachev to fight again before a title shot after he "turned down" RDA. --#UFC272 Full story: https://t.co/tsyDIEPSN0 pic.twitter.com/bHdyqgAas1
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 3, 2022
