Dana White changes story from Francis "grabbed me by my collar" to he "put his hand on my chest"

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What actually happened

 

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I think it’s highly likely that most fighters are assholes behind closed doors.

How else can you mentally justify injuring another person for a paycheck? You need to be able to objectify another person.

This is to say that Francis probably is an asshole, but I’d wager that he’s no worse than anyone else on the UFC roster.

His real crime?

Telling Dana to piss off with the UFC’s pay structure.

He beat Dana. At the game Dana sees himself as a master of. Dana didn’t get what Dana wanted for the first time n his life and he’s still salty over it.

The story gets funnier with age.

You have 2 comments in this thread and they are both right on the button. I couldn't have put it better.

Francis knew his worth and tried to make the most out of it, and probably wasn't doing it politely over tea and cupcakes. Dana's ego-trips on being able to bully people who could break him in half, and hates it when he isn't able to control one of them. That's all there is to it.

 

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Is it possible that the truth is somewhere in between ? Unless Dana is willing to release footage of this mythical altercation, picking one side over the other is solely down to feelings rather than using our brains.

1. Dana is a habitual liar.
2. Dana has already changed his story significantly on this issue.
3. Dana lied about Francis later in the same issue, saying that the UFC let Francis go and "threw him" to the PFL, which couldn't be further from the truth.

I have no doubt there was some interaction between the two. I also have no doubt Dana's word has very little (if any) value in terms of the truth. It's not about feelings--it's history, observation, and facts.