UFC president Dana White was heavily criticised by a former UFC fighter for finding the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting scare 'awesome'.

Shortly after the incident,a relaxed and seemingly thrilled Whitespoke to reporters. Former UFC welterweight contender Matt Brown has delivered a blunt assessment of White's response to a recent security alert at the Washington Hilton.

Ina clip shared by MMA Fighting, Brown condemned the UFC chief's unusual reaction to the White House shooting scare.

Brown openly admitted he was caught off guard and evidently appalled by White's public comments. For 'The immortal', his former boss' dismissive and excited tone failed to account for the gravity of the situation.

Brown's criticism is rooted in his own harrowing history with gun violence. He was present during the 2004 Alrosa Villa nightclub shooting in Columbus, Ohio.

That tragedy claimed four lives and left three others wounded. The gunman, Nathan Gale, was eventually killed by responding officer James Niggemeyer.

.@iamtheimmortal, who survived a mass shooting, tells Dana White there is nothing "awesome" about witnessing it:"I’ve been there when there was a shooting going on, which most people probably haven’t. It is not awesome in any sense of the word."(🎥@DamonMartin)pic.twitter.com/HS4soqhSUg

'I'm absolutely flabbergasted, or blind, it took me completely blindsided when he come out, when I seen the short little clip of him saying that was awesome,' Brown exclaimed. 'And I think I have a little bit more justification in criticizing that, being that I've been in a mass shooting before. I guess you call it a mass shooting, three people died, I think. But I've been there like when there was a shooting going on, which most people probably haven't, right? It is not awesome in any sense of the word.'

'Like it is not f****** cool one bit, and for him to say that, like I did not appreciate that... there's people whose lives are at risk there,' he pointed out.

The security breach saw President Donald Trump, the First Lady, and several cabinet members swiftly evacuated by the Secret Service. Trump later confirmed that a police officer was shot at close range during the chaos. The officer was saved by a bulletproof vest and treated at a local hospital.

Source: International Business Times UK