UFC president Dana White understands that he infuriates and scares some people by just saying he is trying to stage a major fight night on April 18.
He understands that some, maybe even the majority, think he should just sit in his Las Vegas mansion and wait this out. He gets that some, maybe even the majority, believe that staging a mixed martial arts card, even one with no fans in attendance and under, as he promises, the strictest possible safety measures, is an absurd and insulting act during a global pandemic.
“Listen,” White told Yahoo Sports this week, “there’s people I care about what they think of me — my employees, my family, my friends.