Dana White provides detail on boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s presence at UFC London
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Dana White with Eddie Hearn
UFC President Dana White was accompanied by a special guest in the front row of UFC London. Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn sat in the front row to witness one of the greatest Fight Night events put together by the UFC.
It is not common that someone from the boxing world comes live to watch an “unethical” MMA fight. The folks in the “gentleman’s sport” rarely acknowledge the greatness there is in mixed martial arts. However, Dana White can proudly boast that he has the approval of legendary boxing promoter Eddie Hearn as the two meet each other at UFC Fight Night 204.
UFC London took place at the O2 Arena last weekend with 17,000 fans going mental over the insane fight card. In the front row, Eddie and his fighter, Anthony Joshua sat and enjoyed one of the greatest Fight Night events in the history of the promotion. In the post-fight press conference, Dana was asked about the meeting and the boss gave the media an insight.
“No, not just a guest. We are friends, and I like Eddie a lot and he finally got the opportunity,” said Dana in the press conference. Watch the full press conference of White at UFC Fight Night 204 below:
Anthony Joshua posts a picture with UFC boss Dana White on social media
The former heavyweight champ was absolutely enjoying himself sitting cageside at the O2 Arena. The boxing crew witnessed a whopping total of 9 finishes that night and took pictures with fellow boxer Derek Chisora. The former unified champ wrote in his Instagram caption, “We Live & Breathe The Fight Game,” with the UFC boss giving a fist bump in the comments.
At the press conference, Dana said that his friends from the boxing world were absolutely shocked after witnessing such a fight card. “They were all blown away. They were like, ‘This is our first MMA fight, this incredible.’ They had a blast,” said White about Eddie and Joshua watching the fights.
Would you say that UFC Fight Night 204 is arguably the greatest fight night event put together by the MMA promotion?
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