Dana White vs. Stephen Espinoza is a long time rivalry, and the two gave us their latest installment on social media on Wednesday.
During his post-fight press conference following week 8 of this season of Dana White’s Contender Series the UFC CEO was asked about a rumor that Showtime Boxing would not continue past 2023.
“That’s incredibly unfortunate. Production of that show is fantastic, the guy who runs Showtime boxing is a great human being. It’s unfortunate to hear this,” White said with an obvious bit of sarcasm.
“F*ck Espinoza, and it’s about time that sh*tty product is off the air.”
That led to Espinoza responding during fight week for Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo.
“No disrespect to anyone but there are levels to this. What we’re doing here is the highest level of the sport. This is special. This is different. The event on Saturday night will generate a gate of over $20 million,” Espinoza said.
“That’s a rare feat in combat sports. It’s rare in concerts or events of any kind but this will be the third time in the last six months that we’ve done a gate of $20 million. Again, our this $20 million gate in the last six months.”
This is when Espinoza took aim at the UFC, and without naming White specifically, took aim at the longtime UFC leader.
“To put that in perspective, the UFC has never done a gate of $20 million in it’s entire history. We’ve done it three times since April. Like I said, this is special,” he said.
White is known for not sitting back and letting others have their way in how they speak about him or the UFC, but specially when it’s Espinoza. He took to Instagram to post a response.
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“That’s exactly the type of response I would expect from that weasel Espinoza. That scumbag has absolutely nothing to do with the success of Canelo (Alvarez), Ryan Garcia, and Terrence Crawford. Those guys are mega stars and they are the ones responsible for driving the gates in their fights. For him to even try and take credit at all shows you what an arrogant, delusional POS (piece of sh*t) that guy is.
For this clown to talk about “levels” is hilarious. The production of the fights on Showtime is an embarrassment and I have been saying that FOREVER. He is a little guy with a BIG yap, and is a complete phony. I’m not at all surprised this is the end for them. It should have come way sooner.
Sorry to see you go Weasel, enjoy your retirement. – Dana White”
Whether or not Showtime Boxing actually comes to an end we’ll find out soon enough, but it’s clear to see that the beef between White and Espinoza is unlikely to ever end.
