UFC president White and wife sorry after slap video emerges

Dana White said he and his wife have apologised to each other and their children after a video surfaced online of the UFC president and his spouse Anne slapping each other in a nightclub in Mexico.

According to TMZ, which released the video, the altercation took place in a VIP room during a New Year's Eve party at El Squid Roe, shortly after midnight.

The video, which lasts about 45 seconds, shows White say something to his wife, Anne White. As she turns to Dana White, he grabs her left wrist, after which she slaps him on the face with her right hand.

Dana appears to immediately slap Anne once, then take another swing at her. The two then grab one another's arms while others intervene.

In speaking with TMZ, Dana White admitted that he and his wife were the people in the video and that he did strike her.

"You've heard me say for years, 'There's never ever an excuse for a guy to put his hands on a woman,' and now here I am on TMZ talking about it," White, 53, told the outlet.

He added, "There was definitely a lot of alcohol involved, but that's no excuse. I literally am making no excuses for this thing at all, it's never happened before it's the first time that it's ever happened ... I don't know why it happened and my wife and I have apologised to each other, we've apologised to our kids."

Several times in the interview, Dana alluded to being most concerned about the impact of the incident on his children.

"My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years," he said. "We've known each other since we were 12 years old. We've obviously been through some (expletive) together, and we've got three kids. This is one of those situations that's horrible. I'm embarrassed. But it's also one of those situations that right now we're more