{"id":974395,"date":"2021-11-05T22:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T02:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=974395"},"modified":"2021-11-05T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T02:43:45","slug":"this-is-a-free-country-ufcs-dana-white-refuses-to-mandate-vaccines-for-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-free-country-ufcs-dana-white-refuses-to-mandate-vaccines-for-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;This is a Free Country&#039;: UFC&#039;s Dana White Refuses to Mandate Vaccines for Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-a-free-country-ufcs-dana-white-refuses-to-mandate-vaccines-for-fighters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=974395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Saying that this is a \u201cfree country,\u201d UFC boss Dana White says he will not mandate that his fighters get a coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Friday, White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dana-white-ufc-268-vaccine-mandates-return-normalcy\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that he opposes vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy fighters can get vaccinated or not,\u201d White told Kilmeade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/welterweight-champion-kamaru-usman-kicks-colby-covington-in-their-picture-id1194030006\" alt=\"Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman kicks Colby Covington in their welterweight title fight during UFC 245 at T-Mobile Arena on December 14, 2019 in...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA \u2013 DECEMBER 14: UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (L) kicks Colby Covington in their welterweight title fight during UFC 245 at T-Mobile Arena on December 14, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Usman retained his title with a fifth-round TKO. (Photo by Steve Marcus\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>White went on to say that Americans should have autonomy over their bodies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI believe as an American, that\u2019s your choice. If you want to get vaccinated \u2014 your body. This is a free country. You do what you want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his feelings and his desire to let fighters make their own decisions about vaccinations, White has scheduled an event to be held in New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden \u2014 in a state that <i>requires<\/i> vaccinations both for performers and athletes and their fans.<\/p>\n<p>White explained that away saying that fans who are unvaccinated will have plenty of other UFC events to attend if they don\u2019t want to go to New York City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/nurse-practitioner-sarah-rauner-fills-a-syringe-with-the-pfizer-to-picture-id1236368527\" alt=\"Nurse practitioner Sarah Rauner fills a syringe with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to children from 5-11 years old are seen at the...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Nurse practitioner Sarah Rauner fills a syringe with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to children from 5-11 years old are seen at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Michigan on November 5, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY \/ AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re vaccinated and you want to come to the event, you can come to the event in New York. If you\u2019re not, we\u2019re gonna be putting on 44 events around the country, you can go to one of those shows,\u201d White explained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>White touted his league and how it resisted COVID shutdowns and said that he made sure his employees and fighters didn\u2019t lose income when other sports and occupations were shutting down and laying off workers during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an American. We take things head-on. We figure out solutions to problems,\u201d he told Kilmeade. \u201cThrough the pandemic, I wasn\u2019t going to sit around and wait for the government to take care of me or my people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy intention was to take care of my people,\u201d White added.<\/p>\n<p>White also blasted the \u201ccrazy liberals\u201d who came out on the losing end during last Tuesday\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you see the tide starting to turn now,\u201d White said. \u201cI even see some people on the crazy liberal side now saying \u2018whoa, what are we doing here?\u2019 \u2026 I think people just want some normalcy again. You\u2019re seeing it in Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saying that this is a \u201cfree country,\u201d UFC boss Dana White says he will not mandate that his fighters get a coronavirus vaccine. 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