Las Vegas planned a WBO light heavyweight title fight between Canello Alvarez and Sergey Kobalev on the night UFC 244 was held in New York. UFC president Dana White thought that Golden Boy Promotions was a "ten fever" to fight the first "BMF" title fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz.
Broadcaster DAZN allowed UFC 244 headliners to finish before broadcasting their main event title fight. But as White said during the Presser, MGM Grand got in touch with him for a live broadcast of the Masvidal-Diaz fight.
“We sat there and MGM called and said. White told reporters in Scrum after the battle: “ You are now about half of the joint main event. "People are losing their minds here." 'Can you show me the Diaz fight on MGM?'
“I am holy! This is crazy! For a moment this thing is getting harder and harder! ”“ I woke up and dreamed that all this could happen, ”he said. “It was a nut. Of course we are.
It was a surreal moment for White, but it didn't stop Golden Boy promotions from shading rival promoter Oscar De La Hoya, who won the Celolo-Kovalev matchup.
"I don't show my major event on the card because someone won and someone lost." “It's a much bigger picture than that.
“And you know that I hate Oscar de la Hoya anyway. I hate this guy. He is rubbish and a snake. I told you not to go tonight. He did what he wanted to do.
"I respect Carello and I respect boxers and all other athletes who participate in boxing sports," he added. “And we solved yesterday where fans could watch two fights. It's crazy for me. ”
The headliner fight between Masvidal and Diaz was full of action and lived up to the hype. But when the doctor protested to stop the fight at the end of round 3 due to an injury on Diaz's right eye, it ended in a rebellious miracle.