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Dana White Reveals UFC Financial Records to Dispute Claims from Oscar De La Hoya

Dana White escalated his ongoing feud with Oscar De La Hoya by revealing financial records for Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz to refute claims made by the Golden Boy Promotions CEO. The war of words between promoters started months ago when De La Hoya ri…

Dana White escalated his ongoing feud with Oscar De La Hoya by revealing financial records for Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz to refute claims made by the Golden Boy Promotions CEO. The war of words between promoters started months ago when De La Hoya ripped the boxing match between former UFC champion Conor McGregor and […]

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Oscar De La Hoya Reveals Reason He’ll Keep Promoting MMA

Despite what many may assume, Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t plan on stopping promoting mixed martial arts (MMA) events anytime soon. Last month Golden Boy Promotions decided to get into the MMA business. Their inaugural event was focused around a trilogy bout between two former UFC champions. Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell headlined the event […]

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Despite what many may assume, Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t plan on stopping promoting mixed martial arts (MMA) events anytime soon.

Last month Golden Boy Promotions decided to get into the MMA business. Their inaugural event was focused around a trilogy bout between two former UFC champions. Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell headlined the event form The Forum in Inglewood, California. Ortiz picked up the first-round knockout victory over Liddell, who looked absolutely terrible from the opening bell.

The event received a lot of criticism, especially for the fact that Liddell was allowed to compete. UFC President Dana White came out against the fight, blasting Oscar De La Hoya for promoting the event. Reports then began to surface indicating that the PPV’s numbers weren’t doing too hot. It was suggested the PPV didn’t even make 50,000 buys, and numbers were as low as between 25,000 to 30,000.

Speaking to TSN recently, De La Hoya responded to White’s recent criticisms, and denied reports that his PPV buys were that low (via Bloody Elbow):

“I mean look, first of all the LA Times is wrong. And second of all, they didn’t count our digital buys, which far exceeded the linear buys that we did. So, those reports are false.

“If Dana White wants to criticize the fact that I put a show together for Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. It’s because they wanted to get paid. They wanted to make money. If Dana White is going to keep criticizing me, then pay your fighters so they won’t have to be fighting when they’re 49-years-old. It’s as easy as that.

“And so, as long as Dana White’s not paying his fighters, I’m going to continue promoting MMA.”

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Oscar De La Hoya Says He’ll Continue To Promote MMA

Oscar De La Hoya isn’t done with promoting mixed martial arts. Last month, Golden Boy Promotions made its MMA debut. Headlining the card was a bout between two Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famers with a well-known rivalry. Ortiz f…

Oscar De La Hoya isn’t done with promoting mixed martial arts. Last month, Golden Boy Promotions made its MMA debut. Headlining the card was a bout between two Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famers with a well-known rivalry. Ortiz finally got on the board against Liddell, scoring a first-round knockout victory. “The Iceman” hadn’t […]

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Oscar De La Hoya Fires Back At Dana White Over Liddell vs. Ortiz 3 Criticism

Oscar De La Hoya fires back at the recent comments made by Dana White over the third fight between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.

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Oscar De La Hoya fires back at UFC President Dana White over his recent criticism over the third fight between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. White went on record during a recent interview by calling De La Hoya a “f*cking cokehead.”

Ortiz was able to score a first round knockout victory over the former UFC light heavyweight champion this past weekend inside The Forum in Inglewood, California on pay-per-view.

It wasn’t the greatest performance by Liddell, who had not fought in eight years coming into this fight. Many people including White didn’t think that Liddell should be able to fight while he closes in on being 50 years old. De La Hoya sent out a statement in response (via MMAFighting.com) regarding the latest comments made by the UFC President.

“Dana is so small and threatened by our success with [streaming service DAZN] and now in MMA that he is bringing up news from a decade ago to try to stay relevant. Boxing has entirely rejected him. And MMA fighters are now realizing they don’t have to risk their lives just so he can get rich. Golden Boy and I are moving forward and are bigger than ever. Dana should shut the f*ck up and try to figure out how to save his own company.”

It will be interesting to see if Golden Boy Promotions continues to pursue their spot in the MMA landscape. Ortiz recently told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that he will be having a meeting with De La Hoya later this week.

In order to find out what’s the next step for the promotion. He believes that De La Hoya is in the MMA business to stay. Time will tell whether that turns out to be true.

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Oscar De La Hoya: Dana White Should Shut The F*ck Up

Oscar De La Hoya isn’t fond of Dana White’s recent comments. De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions recently held their first mixed martial arts event. This past Saturday night (Nov. 24), Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell did battle for a thir…

Oscar De La Hoya isn’t fond of Dana White’s recent comments. De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions recently held their first mixed martial arts event. This past Saturday night (Nov. 24), Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell did battle for a third time to headline the event. Ortiz won the bout via first-round knockout. Liddell is […]

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