Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. UFC president Dana White defended fighters’ right to say "whatever they want" after middleweight fighter Sean Strickland went on a wild rant when asked about his remarks on the LGBT community in the days before his fight.
When asking about Strickland, the reporter started his question to White stating that the executive gives his fighters a "long leash." White cut him off there. "First of all, I don’t give anybody a leash.
A leash? Free speech," White said. "To control what people say and to tell people what to believe – I don’t tell any other f---ing human being what to say, what to think and there’s no leashes on any of them. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Dana White on stage during the UFC 297 press conference at The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre on Jan.
18, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) "It’s ridiculous to say I give somebody a leash. Free speech, brother.