Oscar De La Hoya Claims His MMA Event Is Why PPV Is Dead • MMA News

Oscar De La Hoya Claims His MMA Event Is Why PPV Is Dead • MMA News

Oscar De La Hoya has been at odds with the UFC’s Dana White for fairly a while now. A lot so, the truth is, that he even determined to enterprise into the enterprise of selling combined martial arts (MMA). This previous November, Golden Boy Promotions held their first-ever MMA occasion in California. It was headlined by a trilogy bout between Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. Ortiz gained through first-round knockout, a struggle that by no means ought to’ve occurred given Liddell’s capabilities, or lack thereof.

The struggle did very poor with regard to pay-per-view (PPV) numbers, promoting round 25-30,000 buys. Dana White just lately had some phrases for De La Hoya on the post-UFC 232 press convention (through MMA Mania):

”It began with him telling individuals to not watch Mayweather vs. McGregor,” White stated. “Who does that? Then he got here out and principally lied about what guys had been paid, what we had been paying fighters, what Chuck Liddell made, what Tito [Ortiz] made. He’s a liar. And I known as him out for being a bit of sh-t and a liar.

”See what we do that yr. Wait til you see what occurs with Oscar De La Hoya within the subsequent three years. You guys know me, a few of you’ve got recognized me for a very long time. You wanna battle? I’m your man. I’m your man. Let’s do it.”

De La Hoya responded by ripping Jon Jones’ $500,000 payday for UFC 232. He then stated that the PPV mannequin is useless:

“500ok For Jones, Actually?! @danawhite and also you say you wanna battle. Wait until the followers understand that PPV is useless.”

500ok For Jones, Actually?! @danawhite and also you say you wanna battle. Wait until the followers understand that PPV is useless.

— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) December 30, 2018

Responding to a fan, De La Hoya then oddly prompt that the explanation PPV is useless is due to his personal MMA occasion:

And that’s why it’s useless you dumb ass! https://t.co/lRWpOKJv1N

— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) December 31, 2018

The explanation De La Hoya is probably going bashing PPV is because of the current deal his high fighter, Canelo Alvarez, signed with the DAZN streaming service. After his take care of HBO wrapped up, Canelo signed a record-breaking take care of DAZN for the rights to air his fights.

What do you concentrate on De La Hoya’s feedback?

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