“I don’t give a shit about the coronavirus.”
That was Dana White before the World Health Organization (WHO) classified COVID-19 as a global pandemic. When things got even worse, and cases and deaths skyrocketed, the UFC President still sang the same tune and remained as defiant as ever.
USA quickly blew past China, Italy and Spain in confirmed cases, and as of this writing, has the third most deaths with almost 13,000. Every other sporting event has been cancelled. Doctors have called for an indefinite suspension of all combat sports, and athletic commissions said they wouldn’t sanction fights during this pandemic.