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Oscar De La Hoya criticizes Dana White for Jon Jones’ UFC 232 pay, says pay-per-view is dead
Oscar De La Hoya apparently caught wind of Dana White’s final set of answers from Saturday’s UFC 232 post-fight news conference. The one where the UFC president recounted his history with the boxing legend, then sent a stern warning.
The rivalry between White and De La Hoya has flared up over the past month. De La Hoya promoted the inaugural Golden Boy MMA event, which featured a headlining bout between UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.
White made it clear that he didn’t like the fact his longtime friend Liddell was competing again after he pushed him toward retirement in 2010, and “The Iceman” suffering a brutal first-round knockout only added to his concerns. White hoped it would be a money-making endeavor, though, but once De La Hoya started to drag him into the picture, White ferociously fired back.
De La Hoya has been quiet since he challenged White to a boxing match earlier this month, and while that request is obviously unrealistic, White is happy to go head-to-head in terms of promotional success.
“First of all this all started with him telling people not to watch Mayweather vs. McGregor – Who does that?” White told reporters, including MMAjunkie, at the UFC 232 post-fight news conference. “Then he came out and said, he basically lied about what guys has been paid, what we were paying fighters, what Chuck Liddell made, what Tito (Ortiz) made. He’s a liar and I called him out for being a piece of (expletive) and a liar, basically.
“Wait till you see what we do this year. Wait till you see what happens with Oscar De La Hoya in the next three years. You guys know me. Some of you have known me for a long time. You want to battle? I’m your guy. I’m your guy. Let’s do it.”
Today, De La Hoya answered White. He took a shot at the disclosed purse for new UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (23-1 MMA, 17-1 UFC), who reclaimed the title with a TKO victory over Alexander Gustafsson (18-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at UFC 232.
He followed up with a crack at the UFC’s pay-per-view model, as well, which the company will continue to be committed too as De La Hoya’s boxing promotion goes all-streaming with DAZN (via Twitter):
For complete coverage of UFC 232, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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