UFC president Dana White had an opportunity to send a message to MMA fans about the Black Lives Matter movement and the rallies decrying systematic racism and police brutality that have occurred in the wake of the police killing George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
At the UFC 250 post-fight press conference, a member of the media served up a question that White could have used to make a pointed and clear statement. Instead, the UFC boss skirted the question for a few minutes before he looked confused and said, “I don’t even know how to answer that question,” after he was asked if he or the UFC would be “making a statement as an organization.