UFC Owner Dana White's 'Power Slap League' Delayed Amid Controversy

TBS’s planned Dana White slap-fighting league television series has been postponed by a week while the network allegedly considers its options in light of an incident involving White and his wife over the weekend.

UFC Owner Dana White’s ‘Power Slap League’ Delayed Amid Controversy

This week, TMZ published a video showing the UFC president punching his wife. In question was a New Year’s Eve celebration that Dana White and his wife Anne attended in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

In the footage, the two can be seen bickering over alcohol before Anne slaps the 53-year-old, who then strikes her back.

Dana White slapping his wife up in a night club🤯 pic.twitter.com/CAJXX1kCB7

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When Dana leaned over to speak to Anne while they were in a VIP section above the dance floor, she reacted by smacking him across the face. Friends then intervened and pulled them apart, all in full view of the customers below. Dana hit her back in the face right away.

Dana White has since apologised for his behaviour in a conversation with TMZ:

“There was definitely a lot of alcohol involved, but that’s no excuse. I am making no excuses for this at all. It’s never happened before. It was the first time. I don’t know why it happened. My wife and I apologised to each other. We apologised to our kids.”

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In the club, witnesses tell TMZ Sports… The footage appears to confirm that Dana White and Anne were both highly intoxicated before the violence, as things went from zero to 100 in an instant — seemingly for no reason. Further, we’re told the conflict was all over in less than a minute.

With the current developments involving UFC President Dana White, the Power Slap League may be on the verge of collapse. The show is still running for the moment.

On January 11, the new group was scheduled to air on TBS after AEW Dynamite. The show is no longer scheduled to air on television that night, according to Front Office Sports. It has been replaced with a repeat of “Young Sheldon.”