Charles Oliveira vs Max Holloway 2 modified how MMA’s strongest man thinks about fights.
Dana White was sure the lightweight contenders would deliver a fight to recollect once they battled for the BMF belt at UFC 326 in Las Vegas last weekend.
In the long run, Charles Oliveira wrestled his method to a lopsided unanimous decision win that was branded ‘boring’ by Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, who were backed up by booing fans contained in the T-Mobile Arena.
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Dana White thought the UFC 326 major event could be epic
Dana White has been making UFC fights ever since he took control of the corporate in 2001.
During his 25-year run with the promotion, he’s developed a powerful sense of what matchups will deliver.
The UFC CEO was happy with his ability to smell out good fights until he was completely fallacious about Charles Oliveira’s and Max Holloway‘s rematch.
“I used to all the time have a guarantee,” White told UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping on Thursday.
“There have been certain fights you saw that you just’re like, ‘It’s not possible for this to not be good.’
“After which the BMF title [fight] happened last week.”
Dana White initially defended the newest BMF title fight
Dana White refused to publicly criticize Charles Oliveira or Max Holloway immediately after UFC 326.
The 56-year-old responded to criticism of the wrestling-heavy BMF clash during a post-fight press conference.
“I assumed there could be rather a lot more get up, and I assumed Max would do a greater job of defending the takedown, and if he got taken down, he’d pop back up,” White admitted.
“The goal at the tip of the day in every fight is to win. [Oliveira] did exactly what he needed to do to win, and I feel probably, you’d must ask Max, but in training camp, they were probably expecting that.
“When you see Charles fight, he’s not afraid to go toe to toe within the get up, they usually obviously really believed that in the event that they took him all the way down to the bottom, tonight would occur.”