As the UFC is set to go head-to-head with HBO’s Mayweather vs. Cotto card this weekend, UFC president Dana White recently sat down with Fox Sports columnist and “Barfly” host Mark Kriegel to discuss current events in mixed martial arts, including his relationship with current boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Both White and Mayweather have not been known to be the best of friends in recent years, but they have also maintained a civil and respectable relationship with each other.
Obviously, boxing and MMA are two entirely different sports, but both continue to generate respective successes.
White spoke about his past with Mayweather and said his most recent encounter with the WBC welterweight champion was far from what he expected.
“Me and Floyd have been going at each other in the media quite a bit, recently when he made the Jeremy Lin comments and I called him a racist,” White said.
“The other night I’m playing cards at the Palms and [someone] taps me on the back, I turn around, it’s Floyd. He says ‘I just wanted to tell you, what you’re doing with the UFC is awesome, man. I’m happy for you, really happy everything’s going well.’ I said ‘Well, thank you.’
“Now don’t I feel like the biggest (expletive) in the world? I’m out there smashing him and he’s killing me with kindness,” he concluded.
Despite the constant debate revolving around the superiority of boxing and MMA, it’s evident that both UFC fighters and boxers have shown to be more appreciative of either sport.
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