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Farah Hannoun

Daniel Cormier says ‘no debate’ Dana White wrong to slap wife, calls out UFC fighters who defend him

Daniel Cormier believes that if UFC president Dana White isn’t defending his actions for slapping his wife back, then no one should be.

Last week a video surfaced of White and his wife, Anne, getting into a physical altercation at a nightclub in Mexico on New Year’s Eve. During what appeared to be an argument, White grabbed his wife by the wrist and was slapped by her, at which point he retaliated by slapping her back.

White owned up to his actions and said “there’s no excuse” for hitting his wife, echoing his words from a 2014 interview in which he stated, “There’s one thing that you never bounce back from, and that’s putting your hands on a woman.”

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