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UFC president Dana White has condemned comments by combatant Bryce Mitchell astir Adolf Hitler arsenic "beyond disgusting".
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial creator Mitchell said the German dictator was a "good guy" and that "the Holocaust ain't real".
The 30-year-old American, ranked 13th successful the featherweight division, made a scope of antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic comments during the archetypal occurrence of his podcast.
White said: "We reached retired to Bryce instantly erstwhile we work what helium said, and fto him cognize precisely however we felt astir it.
"But what helium said was beyond disgusting and helium needs a existent acquisition connected the facts surrounding Hitler and World War Two."
Despite White's condemnation, Mitchell, who past fought successful December, has arsenic yet faced nary further enactment for his comments.
White added: "Hitler is 1 of the astir disgusting and evil quality beings to ever locomotion the earth, and anyone that adjacent tries to instrumentality an opposing presumption is simply a moron.
"That's the occupation with the net and societal media. You supply a level to a batch of dumb and ignorant people."
As person of the Nazi party, Hitler led Germany into World War Two and ordered the Holocaust genocide, successful which six cardinal Jews were murdered.
Mitchell has been warring successful the UFC promotion since 2018.
Canadian-American combat sports writer Ariel Helwani, who is Jewish, said connected X:, external "Each and each time MMA finds a mode to scope a caller low. A caller mode of embarrassing itself and those who are fans of it."
He added:, external "Nothing volition beryllium done, and I don't adjacent attraction if thing is done. Say what you want. It conscionable continues to baffle maine astatine however unbelievably anserine - not to notation bigoted - immoderate of the radical successful the athletics oregon associated with the athletics tin be."
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