Comments Thread For: Triller Exec: Dana White Blocked De La Hoya vs. St-Pierre PPV Fight

[Rapscallion]

Boxing is my favorite sport. I also enjoy the MMA. In regards to this topic, I'm with Dana. Why should he always be putting his fighters at a disadvantage in the ring? Let Oscar and the rest of the boxers who want to challenge MMA fighters, fight in the octagon. They can still make good money. Let Oscar use his superior boxing skills against GSP's superior fighting skills. If you call yourself a fighter, you should be able to handle any combat situation.

If Dana White hadn't been challenging/insulting boxers from the start of the UFC, you might have a point; however, up until fighters such as Terence Crawford (just last year) accepted that challenge (fight both MMA and boxing), Dana White repeatedly, emphatically declared that any UFC fighter beats any boxer. Since Crawford offered to accept that challenge, a year has past without Dana White accepting it. In addition, now we see that Dana White is upset when any MMA/UFC fighter gets into the ring with a boxer or boxer wanna be. Why? Because 99% of all MMA fighters can't box (yet stand up yields the greatest success in the UFC), and that's making the UFC look bad. It wasn't the boxers/boxing community that had challenged/insulted the MMA fighters again and again, so don't try twisting this into a situation where boxers must fight in the cage. Will Dana White take up Crawford's challenge or that of Dillian Whyte for a pair of fights (one MMA and the other boxing)? Don't hold your breath.

[Shadoww702]

What a scumbag.

Look at Oscar in that video hitting on kitchen utensils instead of that FINE ass Latina next to him.

[edpboxing]

Dana loves fcking his fighters, active or retired

[GBP4LIFE]

White on the roids.. Oscar catch him them needles won’t save white punk arse.. hope Oscar catches him in traffic.. St.Pierre and others need to call racism.. White allows Askren to get a career high payday but won’t allow St.Pierre to do the same huh.. what a joke

[MicChecka]

If Dana White hadn't been challenging/insulting boxers from the start of the UFC, you might have a point; however, up until fighters such as Terence Crawford (just last year) accepted that challenge (fight both MMA and boxing), Dana White repeatedly, emphatically declared that any UFC fighter beats any boxer. Since Crawford offered to accept that challenge, a year has past without Dana White accepting it. In addition, now we see that Dana White is upset when any MMA/UFC fighter gets into the ring with a boxer or boxer wanna be. Why? Because 99% of all MMA fighters can't box (yet stand up yields the greatest success in the UFC), and that's making the UFC look bad. It wasn't the boxers/boxing community that had challenged/insulted the MMA fighters again and again, so don't try twisting this into a situation where boxers must fight in the cage. Will Dana White take up Crawford's challenge or that of Dillian Whyte for a pair of fights (one MMA and the other boxing)? Don't hold your breath.

I'm not arguing the point that most MMA fighters can't box, that is obvious. I never saw Crawford say he wants to compete in MMA. That was his bum of a promoter, Bob Arum, talking garbage. There was no challenge from Terence Crawford. As a matter of fact, Crawford said he wouldn't fight in MMA because they don't paid enough for what they do. I'll post a link for you to see it straight from Bud's mouth. And again, why would or should Dana put his fighters at a disadvantage against a boxer? It's not good for his brand for his fighters to lose to boxers. I'm not twisting anything. Why is Oscar calling out an MMA fighter? He said he takes on the best, didn't he? Fight one of the Charlo brothers, then. What am I twisting? Boxers insult MMA fighters quite often. I remember Bernard Hopkins talking bad about MMA fighters.

Terence Crawford likes MMA, doesn’t want to compete in it | Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show - YouTube

[_Rexy_]

Boxing is my favorite sport. I also enjoy the MMA. In regards to this topic, I'm with Dana. Why should he always be putting his fighters at a disadvantage in the ring? Let Oscar and the rest of the boxers who want to challenge MMA fighters, fight in the octagon. They can still make good money. Let Oscar use his superior boxing skills against GSP's superior fighting skills. If you call yourself a fighter, you should be able to handle any combat situation.

^^^^^^

also “boxing is my favorite sport” account has two posts, both sticking up for Dana White

[_Rexy_]

Wasn't Dana going to fight Oscar? What happened to that? lmfao

[Albertocrn]

Damn... Dana still owning asses after retiring...

[Hatesrats]

Dana stays KEEPING Fighters hungry...
But in a sense kept St. Pierre for embarrassing himself Vs. ODLH.

Oskie would have humiliated George.

[Eff Pandas]

Dana White is being greedy as hell. He feels like only he can earn big bucks. He probably has a higher yearly salary than any UFC fighter. And this PPV vs DLH would have earned St Pierre his biggest payday.

To add to that, it’s highly unlikely St Pierre will fight in UFC again. So he’s blocking the fight just out of malice/greed. He is blocking a guy who gave UFC 15 years if fights and he helped bring fans into the sport. This is the thanks he gets.

With that said, idc about this fight, i’m complaining about the principle of the subject.

This.

I think it's pretty fooked up you can stop a guy from competing in a whole other sport in general regardless of what you've done or not done. I get it if he was trying to fight in Bellator or another MMA league. But he's trying to compete in a whole other sport. Idk that any contract should be able to stop someone from going to completely new professions.