UFC CEO Dana White loved a profitable night time of enterprise for the promotion at UFC 306 however wasn’t thrilled with the 2 prime fights on the cardboard.
Dana White
White organized an unprecedented dwell sporting occasion on the Sphere in Las Vegas this weekend. UFC 306 featured a little bit of every little thing; together with dwell leisure that includes state-of-the-art visuals and graphics.
UFC 306
UFC 306 included many thrilling fights, together with the light-weight brawl between Esteban Ribovics and Daniel Zellhuber. White awarded each fighters with the ‘Combat of the Night time’ post-fight bonus.
Whereas the leadup was very good, the 2 title fights didn’t dwell as much as the immense pre-event hype. Merab Dvalishvili and Valentina Shevchenko earned the belts however didn’t carry out excitingly when it comes to quantity and high-octane motion.
White, a routine clamorer for jaw-dropping brawls, didn’t really feel the UFC 306 title fights did an excellent job of introducing new followers to the game.
Dana White isn’t proud of UFC 306 title fights
In the course of the UFC 306 post-fight press convention, White gave a less-than-glowing evaluate of the 2 title fights on the cardboard.
“You possibly can placed on $20 million value of manufacturing, however you may’t management the fights. They’re going to be what they’re,” White stated. “So I can not let that drive me loopy… Our fanbase grew 69% throughout COVID. Some folks most likely tuned in for the primary time, hopefully they turned off earlier than the co-main occasion.” (h/t SportsKeeda)
Valentina Shevchenko And Merab Dvalishvili
Shevchenko and Dvalishvili each earned unanimous choice victories. White didn’t award post-fight efficiency bonuses to both title winner.
Shevchenko reclaimed the UFC flyweight title after back-to-back winless outings in opposition to Grasso. Dvalishvili ended O’Malley’s title reign by shutting down his placing and using a wrestling-heavy strategy.
UFC 306 made many recollections on the Sphere. However, if White has any detrimental factors, the 2 title fights didn’t dwell as much as his lofty expectations.
