UFC President Dana White and his wife Anne got into an altercation on New Year's Eve in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico that was captured on camera.
TMZ Sports first reported on the incident on Monday, releasing a video showing White and his wife celebrating with friends at the El Squid Roe, when the two engaged in an argument that led to them slapping one another in the face. In a separate interview, White provided TMZ with the following statements on his actions.
“My wife and I were out on Saturday night on New Year’s Eve, and unfortunately that’s what happened,” White said (h/t MMA Fighting). “I’m one of the guys, you’ve heard me say for years, there’s never, ever an excuse for a guy to put his hands on a woman, and now here I am on TMZ talking about it. My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years, we’ve known each other since we were 12 years old. We’ve obviously been through some s*** together, we’ve got three kids and this is one of those situations that’s horrible, I’m embarrassed, but it’s also one of those situations that right now, we’re more concerned about our kids. We have three kids and obviously since the video popped up, we’ve shown the kids the video. We’re more focused on our family right now. People are going to have opinions on this, and most of the people’s opinions would be right, especially in my case. You don’t put your hands on a woman ever. My wife and I love each other, we’ve been together for a very long time. We’ve known each other since we were very little, and this is just one of those unfortunate situations. There was definitely a lot of alcohol involved, but that’s no excuse. I literally am making no excuses for this at all. It’s never happened before. It’s the first time that it’s ever happened, and people are going to say what they’re going to say. It is what it is, and whatever people do say is deserved. I deserve it. It happened. I don’t know why it happened."
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