“Slap Fighting Is Literally So Dumb”: Conor McGregor’s Friend and Fans React as Dana White Addresses the Issue Concerning the Safety of Slap-Fighting Competitors

There has been a lot of concern regarding the well-being of the fighters in slap-fighting. UFC president Dana White has been on the firing line of criticism ever since the start of Power Slap. He recently opened up about the criticisms surrounding his promotion and the sport in general. Fans reacted to his statement on social media.

Power Slap is returning with its second season on the popular Rumble platform. Dana White recently took to Twitter to express his excitement for the start of ‘Slap Week’. But let us take a look at what he had to say about the safety of the fighters.

Dana White addresses the safety issues surrounding Power Slap fighters

The UFC president recently appeared in an interview with ‘Nina Drama’. He addressed the issue surrounding the safety of his Power Slap competitors. White said, “We spend the money to make sure we have two healthy people in there before the fight.” He mentioned that there are a lot of medical procedures that they follow before setting up a slap-fighting contest.

Dana White also drew a comparison between the combat sports like boxing to that of slap-fighting. He added, “In Slap, they take 3-5 slaps per event. Fighters in boxing take 3 to 4 hundred punches a fight.” White continues, “It’s education or pure hate.” Let us take a look at what the fans had to say on social media.

Fans react to the UFC president’s statement regarding the safety of the sport

Dana White received an unusual response from the Bellator fighter and Conor McGregor‘s friend Dillon Danis, who claimed that slap-fighting wasn’t really a great sport. He commented, “i love dana but stop it slap fighting is literally so dumb.”

Let us take a look at the reactions from fans on Instagram.

• Don’t remember the boxers standing there being defenseless
• Who cares, they know what they’re signing up for!
• But “on tiktok our views are insane”
• Let’s get Dana to compete since it’s much safer
• I heard Dana and his wife were competing next
• We need to STOP calling them fighters… they’re not fighters. At all. In any way.
• Every time Dana talks about slap fight I loose so much respect for him

A fan reacted to Dana White and pointed out that boxers aren’t as defenseless as slap-fighters are. Another fan stated that there’s no point in arguing about the safety of the fighters because they are aware of the consequences. An Instagram user mocked White by recalling his comments about garnering a lot of views on TikTok. They even suggested Dana White should compete in Power Slap since he believes it is much safer. However, some people don’t even agree that Power Slap competitors are real fighters.

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Injuries and concerns regarding health and well-being are always important issues in any sport. However, after months of criticisms of his new product, Dana White outright suggested fans that should not watch it if they don’t like it. He seems to have had enough of what others had to say. The UFC president also claimed that his show had garnered record-breaking numbers. We will have to see what transpires in the future.

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