UFC -Head Dana White criticizes Fighter Bryce Mitchell’s praise for Hitler and other comments

UFC president and CEO Dana White criticized Bryce Mitchell for making anti-Semitic and homophobic comments on a podcast where the feather weight also praised Adolf Hitler and refused the Holocaust.

But with reference to freedom of speech, White said the organization would not take any disciplinary acts against Mitchell.

“I’ve heard a lot of mute and ignorant (things) said over the years, but this is probably the worst,” White said in a statement released by the UFC. “First of all, when you talk about Hitler, he was responsible for the death of 6 million Jews, and it was his intention to completely remove the Jewish people.”

White said UFC let Mitchell know what he said was unacceptable.

“Hitler is one of the most disgusting and evil people who ever go on earth, and anyone who even tries to take an opposite position is an idiot,” White said. “That’s the problem with the Internet and social media. You give a platform to a lot of mute and ignorant people. “

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