{"id":1356244,"date":"2021-04-27T10:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1356244"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T16:41:47","slug":"dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Continues Explosive Rants by Blasting Vegas Newspaper Critical of UFC 261"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/ufc-president-dana-white-just-sent-a-serious-warning-to-the-nfl\/\">Dana White<\/a> is on a roll. First, the UFC president went on an expletive-filled rant against Jake Paul, who continues to want to box against <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/ufc-fighters\">UFC fighters<\/a>. Then he lashed out against the media in general during yet another profanity-fueled tirade. He hit the trifecta by going off on The Las Vegas Review-Journal for its take on UFC 261.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dana White began his recent rants just ahead of UFC 261<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"Dana White Continues Explosive Rants by Blasting Vegas Newspaper Critical of UFC 261\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1356269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=683 1024w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=1536&amp;h=1024 1536w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=2048&amp;h=1365 2048w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800 1200w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-1-1.jpg?w=90&amp;h=60 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption> UFC President Dana White speaks to the media during the UFC 189 World Media Tour Launch press conference at Maracanazinho on March 20, 2015, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dana-white-blasts-jake-paul-during-expletive-filled-rant-ufc-261\/\">Dana White Blasts Jake Paul During Expletive-Filled Rant Ahead of UFC 261<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interview with <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/dana-white-1-1-kevin-042912918.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a>&#8216; Kevin Iole right before UFC 261, White didn't hold back. They were discussing the upcoming card when the subject of Paul came up. A social media star, he had recently won his third professional boxing match and was looking for his next opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/jake-paul-challenged-dana-white\/\">Paul defeated former UFC fighter Ben Askren<\/a> in less than two minutes and immediately went looking for his next fight. Although he is 3-0 in the boxing ring, he hasn't actually fought a pro boxer. After making quick work of Askren, he immediately called out retired <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/stipe-miocic-and-daniel-cormier-second-behind-fedor-emelianenko-for-greatest-mma-heavyweight\/\">UFC champion Daniel Cormier<\/a>, looking for him\u00a0to be his next opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul digging back into the pool of UFC fighters didn't sit well with White. \u201cDaniel Cormier?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go fight a f*cking boxer? What the f*ck do these guys keep talking to UFC guys for? I\u2019m going to have to slap them with another f*cking legal letter. Idiots. Go talk to f*cking boxers. What are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">White's profanity-laced tirade continued this week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVolumeSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheVolumeSports<\/a> podcast with UFC President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <br><br>We discuss: <br><br>- Why he supports Jake Paul as a boxer<br>- If Conor McGregor still has a place in the UFC <br>- The trick to finding new talent <br><br>Listen: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXxqASYAG2\">https:\/\/t.co\/sXxqASYAG2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Colin Cowherd (@colincowherd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colincowherd\/status\/1384882248202166275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/ufc-president-dana-white-media-profanity\/\">UFC President Dana White Goes off on Media in Profanity-Laced Tirade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White clearly isn't afraid to say what's on his mind. He also isn't afraid to say it with a few extra four-letter words. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dana-white-reveals-why-hes-a-pr-nightmare\/\">He just doesn't care<\/a>. That's him, and that's the way it's going to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White was a recent guest on The Colin Cowherd Podcast. He and Cowherd were discussing all things UFC when the topic turned to the media. White didn't hold back: \u201cI\u2019m very combative with the media because they\u2019re full of sh*t. Every time I read something, it makes me crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He continued by saying everybody who has a blog or social media account thinks they are part of the media. \u201cHere\u2019s the problem today, determining who\u2019s media and who\u2019s not,&#8221; White said. &#8220;Anybody that creates a f*cking website now considers themselves media. If they have an Instagram, now they can become media. Most of these people are full of sh*t and have no place writing or talking about anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">White takes aim at Vegas newspaper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leftists criticized UFC President Dana White for holding UFC 261 in Florida last weekend and not requiring masks at the sold-out event.<br><br>His response is absolutely SAVAGE.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M6POpSYZNs\">https:\/\/t.co\/M6POpSYZNs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dinesh D&#39;Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/1386865745062252544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/if-dustin-poirier-and-the-ufc-dont-work-out-hes-got-something-else-in-mind\/\">If Dustin Poirier and the UFC Don\u2019t Work Out, He\u2019s Got Something Else in Mind<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans packed the arena for UFC 261. The event brought 15,000 fans to Jacksonville, Florida. It was a packed house when many venues have had limited capacity during the pandemic. The Las Vegas Review-Journal had something to say about that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then White had his usual follow-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lede to the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/sports\/mma-ufc\/ufc-261-to-have-first-full-fan-attendance-since-before-covid-2336954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">newspaper's preview of UFC 261<\/a> jumped right into it: &#8220;At least 15,000 people are willing to risk permanent damage or death to attend a live sporting event again.\u201d Adam Hill was summarizing the UFC's generic disclaimer that attending the event \u201cmay lead to exposure to COVID-19 and that contraction of COVID-19 may result in severe and permanent damage to the health of the Holder and\/or others including, but not limited to, death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White blasted the paper for its take on the event. The UFC president took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CODlUrfFwB5\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> to voice his displeasure. \u201cHey Las Vegas, this is our piece of sh*t local newspaper,\u201d White wrote. \u201cThrough this entire pandemic we didn\u2019t lay off a single employee, we worked with governmental agencies in Nevada and around the world to put on every event safely, and we chose to bring our biggest fight of the year with\u00a0Conor McGregor\u00a0back to town July 10th to help relaunch the city. Yet, this is how the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows its support for a true local business. Go f*ck yourself LVRJ, and don\u2019t bother coming to the fight in July.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White continued his profanity-laced tirades by blasting a Las Vegas newspaper critical of UFC 261.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":1356266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10853],"tags":[90993],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v23.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White Continues Explosive Rants by Blasting Vegas Newspaper Critical of UFC 261 - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dana White continued his explosive, profanity-laced rants by blasting a Las Vegas newspaper critical of UFC 261.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White Continues Explosive Rants by Blasting Vegas Newspaper Critical of UFC 261\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dana White continued his explosive, profanity-laced rants by blasting a Las Vegas newspaper critical of UFC 261.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-27T14:56:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-27T16:41:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NostraThomas123\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/\",\"name\":\"Dana White Continues Explosive Rants by Blasting Vegas Newspaper Critical of UFC 261 - Sports7\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-27T14:56:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-27T16:41:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/ee02cb7d233260b2c9a2e6c26895e6d5\"},\"description\":\"Dana White continued his explosive, profanity-laced rants by blasting a Las Vegas newspaper critical of UFC 261.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dana-white-explosive-rants-blasting-vegas-newspaper-ufc-261\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dana-White-UFC-.jpg\",\"width\":3000,\"height\":2000,\"caption\":\"RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MARCH 20: UFC President Dana White speaks to the media during the UFC 189 World Media Tour Launch press conference at Maracanazinho on March 20, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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