On Wednesday, UFC president Dana White teased a big announcement would come at 8 p.m PT. Fans began to run wild with speculation assuming it might be the first official UFC 300 fight announcement, a Conor McGregor announcemtn or perhaps another change to UFC 296.
It was none of those things. Instead he announced he was giving away one of Elon Musk's Cybertrucks and MMA Twitter was pissed.
.@TravisPastrana's @Nitrocross_ this Saturday and Sunday LIVE and FREE on Rumble. I’m giving away a FREE @Tesla Cybertruck!!!!! @elonmusk
— danawhite (@danawhite) December 7, 2023
Enter to win: https://t.co/xWjcbcM811 pic.twitter.com/G4C8ylGhMJ
And here's how they took it.
dana white making his big announcement pic.twitter.com/r8Uyhrc3b4
— Conner Burks (@connerburks) December 7, 2023
MMA Fans: Could we finally be getting UFC 300 news?!
— MacMally 🍀 (@MacMallyMMA) December 7, 2023
Dana White: pic.twitter.com/nCWZr85ews
Dana White really teased “BIG NEWS” only to hit us with a Cyber truck give away. Where I come from that constitutes an ass whooping
— MMA Joey (@MMAJOEYC) December 7, 2023
dana white’s BIG announcement: a base model tesla cyber truck giveaway pic.twitter.com/sM2gMPopAk
— Demi Hear Me🗣Roar (@demihearmeroar) December 7, 2023
Dana white giving another cyber truck away next Christmas after the public outrage he caused with tonight’s announcement pic.twitter.com/UbtjHIPNT7
— —————— (@yeeeeesirski) December 7, 2023
Dana white with the Cybertruck he’s giving away. pic.twitter.com/i9Qqwksmto
— Jen (@cheesesharkie) December 7, 2023
MMA fans right now: pic.twitter.com/X6yF9eNiGz
— MacMally 🍀 (@MacMallyMMA) December 7, 2023
“What was Dana White’s cybertruck giveaway announcement like?”
— Knuckles 👊 (@knuckles_stan) December 7, 2023
Me: pic.twitter.com/tqAh349xXb
@danawhite IT WAS JUST A TESLA CYBERTRUCK ANNOUNCEMENT?!!?!? pic.twitter.com/tFDIOY5p9u
— Jiri SZN (@HonestJiri) December 7, 2023
To be fair, getting a free Cybertruck would be pretty cool. But overall, the truck hasn't gotten the best press. One outlet pointed out the insane insurance costs and repair issues while Forbes predicts it could "dunk Tesla stock." Yahoo! Finance reported that a new survey found that 67 percent of people wouldn't buy one.
“We had an incredibly robust response to our survey. It was interesting to hear that two-thirds didn't want it and, frankly, that was a lot better than we expected,” Canaccord analyst George Gianarikas said in an interview with Yahoo Finance. “Based on the discussions I've had individually, which have been in the hundreds, it's the look of the vehicle that gets people excited or revolts people.”
The new car officially rolled out on Nov. 30, and starts at about $60,990 which was 50 percent more than the original sticker price estimate, according to Reuters.
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