UFC 250 took place Saturday night in Las Vegas in front of an arena devoid of fans at the organization’s Apex facility.
The walls, however, couldn’t keep the world out of the building.
Veteran featherweight Alex Caceres walked out to the cage to the Childish Gambino track “This Is America,” a song that addresses mass shooting, racism and discrimination....
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UFC 250 fighters use platform to speak out on national unrest
Alex Caceres, Aljamain Sterling among the fighters to make statements about racial inequality after victorious performances on the card at the UFC Apex facility on Saturday night.
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“When the country and the world, really, is going through all the things that we’re going through right now, to tell people they can’t express themselves is absolutely insane,” White said Friday. “When you look at the UFC, we’re truly a global business. People from all over the world face things that other people would never understand. To have the ability to tell people, ‘You can’t express yourself,’ whether it’s anger, happiness, fear — it’s crazy. We would never do that. We’d never try to do that.”