UFC boss Dana White has given his ideas on how the primary ever Zuffa Boxing occasion performed out final evening.
It’s no secret that Dana White hasn’t been as targeted on the Final Preventing Championship these days. As a substitute, quite a lot of his vitality has gone into constructing Zuffa Boxing, which held its first occasion final evening on the UFC Apex.
Whereas some followers loved what they noticed, others had their fair proportion of complaints. Dana White has all the time been a man who’s going to voice his opinion if he appears like one thing hasn’t gone effectively, particularly given how lengthy he has waited to attempt to break into the boxing market.
In his post-fight press convention look, Dana White had the next to say about how the present went down.
Dana White on Zuffa Boxing’s first occasion
“We all know much more than we knew then. Am I completely thrilled with our first one? No. Now we have a whole lot of work to do that 12 months. Tonight was a stable evening. The fights had been nice, and watch what we do over the following 12 months. We’re simply going to get higher and higher and higher.”
“I’ve a complete checklist of stuff that we’ll undergo on Monday, that means me and the staff,” he informed The Mac Life’s Oscar Willis. “However, like I’ve been saying, it took 25 years to get the UFC the place it’s right this moment and it’s a very effectively oiled machine. We’ll do it in a lot much less time on the boxing facet.
“I used to be on the telephone greater than I’m normally on the telephone… Nothing actually unhealthy, but it surely’s simply, I’ve a sure [vision]. I do know the place I would like this to be, and I’m impatient. We’re constructing a complete new staff right here and lots of people have by no means accomplished this earlier than so it’s going to take a while.
“However one of many issues that we wished to do, and what we did an incredible job of, was should you watch this at dwelling on TV, they don’t really feel such as you had been within the Apex. You don’t see any UFC stuff. It’s all Zuffa Boxing, Paramount, you understand? We actually reworked the Apex into what appeared like a distinct area tonight.”
Quotes through Bloody Elbow
