UFC CEO Dana White doesn’t think that audiences being involved in melees during one of its events translates to “a bad look” for the company.

The bouts and results at UFC Fight Night 237 weren’t the only highlight of UFC’s Saturday night. In the event, event attendees were involved in a brawl, resulting in huge chaos in the venue. Needless to say, White noticed the scene and shared a hint of disappointment about the security team’s response to the situation. 

“I mean, that never happens,” White said. “Literally never happens. It happened here in Mexico City. The crazy thing about that fight, when that fight broke out, it felt like it kept going forever. So I ran over there and I was watching it; nobody stopped it. I was waiting for security to come in, and they just let them go until it was over.”

Despite all that and the ideas that its events are cultivating negative culture among fans, White is unbothered. For him, these instances do not define nor affect the image of the company. In the end, the executive expressed his faith in the audience. For him, after “everybody else saw that s***” that resulted in some getting knocked out, the audiences come to their senses.

“That was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen,” continued White. “I don’t think it’s a bad look for the UFC. It happened, and that was the end of that.”

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