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Dana White would like you to believe that the UFC is an apolitical organization.
Appearing on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show Monday night, White claimed that the UFC’s success during the COVID-19 pandemic was due, in part, to the promotion’s supposed political apathy.
“One of the things that I really tried to do through this whole thing is stay out of politics,” White told Hannity. “When people tune in to watch sports, they don’t want to hear that crap. They don’t want to hear what your opinions are, or who you’re voting for, or what you’re doing. They want to get away from everything in their life, and they want to focus on [for] two, three, four hours, however long the sport is … throughout this pandemic, when you turned on the UFC, we never talked about Covid. We never talked about politics.”
UFC pioneer Paul Varelans passes away after battle with COVID-19
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Paul Varelans, a UFC pioneer nicknamed “the Polar Bear,” has passed away.
It was after a month long battle with COVID-19, with the former UFC heavyweight discussing his symptoms and revealing that he has tested positive last December. Varelans was eventually put in a medically induced coma and hooked up to a ventilator.
According to MMA author Jonathan Snowden, Varelans was still “breathing 70% on his own” a couple of weeks ago, but “eventually it overwhelmed him.”
On Saturday, the UFC fan favorite passed away at age 51.
RIP Paul Varelans. You left us far too soon. People talk about Pioneers of MMA all the time bringing up names that came into the game years after it began. You were truly one of the pioneers of the sport starting all the way back at UFC 6. Rest in Power my friend! Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) January 17, 2021