In a move almost unheard of in modern sports leagues, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White took a firm stand in favor of free speech and against the noxious trend of midwit, agenda-driven reporters attempting to bully someone into denouncing someone else. The scene was the post-fight press conference for an event in Toronto, Canada, where middleweight Sean Strickland headlined defending his title against Dricus du Plessis .
Advertisement One might have expected the main topic to be c ontroversial scoring by judges giving Du Plessis a 2-1 victory. But this was Canada, and the last thing the press were interested in was the fight because there was urgent virtue that needed signalling. The topic of interest was a robust exchange of views between Strickland and a fan on “X,” the social media platform formerly called Twitter two years ago.
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