Dana White insists UFC stars will NOT be forced into having a Covid vaccine in order to compete after the NFL made a jab mandatory for their players
- The NFL recently mandated that all players must be vaccinated to take part
- UFC chief Dana White says the promotion has no intention to follow suit
- Parts of the US have started to make vaccination compulsory in many areas
UFC president Dana White says he will never force his fighters to have the coronavirus vaccine.
The NFL recently made it compulsory for all players to get the jab should they wish to take part in the upcoming season, which begins next month.
However, the UFC has no plans to follow suit.
Dana White says he will never force his fighters to have the coronavirus vaccine
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The veteran promoter told TSN: 'I would never tell another human being what to do with their body.
'If you want to get vaccinated, that's up to you. That's your choice.
'You're never going to hear me say I'm going to force people to get vaccinated. Never gonna happen.
White believes that it is not his place to tell people what to do with their own bodies
'I think a lot of people are doing that, they're telling you in New York [City] you can't go into a restaurant or a gym unless you're vaccinated and can prove it and things like that.
'Some people are getting fired if they don't get vaccinated.
'That's not going to happen here [in the UFC]. If you want to get vaccinated… get vaccinated. If you don't, that's your decision, your body.'
