UFC CEO Dana White worked closely with Showtime for the 2017 boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather but judging by comments he made on Tuesday, he is more than happy that he does not have any dealings with the network and its president, Stephen Espinoza.
Showtime Sports is, among several other things, the broadcast partner of Bellator who are currently rumoured to be on the market and seeking a sale in the coming weeks or months and speaking to the media in Las Vegas following the latest Contender Series card, White said that it wouldn’t be a good thing for Bellator to go out of business — and reserved some scorn for its broadcast partner.
“If Bellator continues to exist, it’s not a bad thing. It’s a good thing,” White said to The Mac Life and other media outlets. “If you look at all the sh*t that we take about a lot of things. They’re owned by f*cking Viacom. Do you know how much money these guys h
