Dana White is one of the most influential and powerful personalities in the combat sports world. From taking the UFC to the pinnacle of the sport, White has gained massive respect and recognition from everywhere. Furthermore, he has also not taken a step away from answering questions raised by some controversial athletes in the sport. However, White also never backs out from any business opportunities that come his way.
White was seen in an interview where he described what he thought of Jake Paul and his fight being promoted during the UFC event. Furthermore, the UFC President also took a jibe at Stephen Espinoza while bashing the 26-year-old and his PPV numbers.
Dana White takes sides with Stephen Espinoza
UFC President Dana White has picked his Showtime Sports counterpart’s side. White had an issue with Espinoza and Paul not revealing accurate pay-per-view numbers of the YouTuber-turned-Boxer’s fights.
The UFC President said, “Let me tell you what. If Espinosa, the weasel, if the weasel, would let him go, after investing the money that he did in his earlier fights, that tells you something.” White spoke of the nature of the business that Espinoza and he were involved in. Moreover, White also spoke about what Espinoza would do with ‘The Problem Child’.
Dana White revealed that there was no chance that Espinoza would let go of Paul if they weren’t having a good business partnership. The UFC President said, “There is no f*cking way that guy would let him go if he was able to make money with him.”
The UFC President was relentless in his words for the YouTuber-turned-Boxer and Espinoza. However, his analysis was shrewd, as he made his reasoning clear in the scenario.
Dana White had called Jake Paul a PPV ‘Turd’
Following a series of back-and-forth comments, the UFC President lashed out at Jake Paul. The 53-year-old said in an interview, “He’s a pay-per-view turd”. Furthermore, he claimed that he is in a different fight business than the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
White continued, “That’s not the business I’m in. I’m in a different business than that. I’m in the tough fight business.”
However, in this instance, Espinoza came to Paul‘s aid. After Paul alleged that UFC and White didn’t provide him with any Anderson Silva footage for the promotion.
Dana White is doing everything he can to hurt the Anderson Silva PPV promotion. The same Silva he said I would never fight. The same Silva he has kept out of UFC Hall of Fame. Just shows how much he fears what I’m doing. Trust me change is coming & we are getting organized.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 21, 2022
Espinoza said, “Here, we didn’t get that. It didn’t affect our promotion. It would have been nice to be able use some of his old fight footage. I’m sure Anderson would have appreciated being able to get access to his old fights… made it very clear that they’re hoping that this does not succeed.”
What do you think of the debacle between Dana White, Jake Paul, and Stephan Espinoza? Let us know in the comments.
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