UFC President Dana White said he will not force a vaccine requirement on the organization’s fighters ahead of UFC 268, which is set to be held Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

“My fighters can get vaccinated or not,” he said. “I believe as an American, that’s your choice. If you want to get vaccinated — your body. This is a free country. You do what you want.”

UFC shows will be open to fans whether they are vaccinated or not, the UFC president said.

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“If you’re vaccinated and you want to come to the event, you can come to the event in New York,” White said. “If you’re not, we’re gonna be putting on 44 events around the country, you can go to one of those shows.”

White says he is tired of the craziness and restrictions associated with the pandemic, adding that Tuesday’s election in Virginia is a sign people around the country feel the same way, Fox News reported.

“I think you see the tide starting to turn now,” White said. “I even see some people on the crazy liberal side now saying, ‘Whoa, what are we doing here?’ … I think people just want some normalcy again. You’re seeing it in Virginia.”

The UFC grew exponentially in the past year despite the pandemic because it invests in its workers and doesn’t bow down to restrictions, White said.

“Every event we’ve done has been a sellout,” White said. “Going through the pandemic the way that we did, finding solutions to problems instead of hiding, was the best thing that we’ve ever done.”

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The UFC did not cut salaries or lay off employees, and all fighters retained their contracts, White said.

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