Dana White izjavio da UFC bi mogao da na svoje priredbe uvede boks borbe, na to je reagovao boks promoter Bob Arum i izjavio je da misli da je UFC očajan, jer im u poslednje vreme ne ide baš najbolje.

Izjava Aruma:




My thoughts are that UFC is desperate. Their numbers are way off, they have no marquee star. Look at their PPV numbers. They barely break 100,000 homes on their shows. They’re having trouble getting renewal on their contract with FOX. They have to do something. One of things they may try and fall back on and try and acquire a boxing presence. About a year ago, I was approached by someone repping UFC, they wanted to buy Top Rank.

Dok borci poptu Conor McGregora prodaju veliki broj PPV-a ali McGregor se nije borio u UFC-u već skoro godinu dana a poslednja PPV priredba im je bila rekordno loša. Možda i ima nešto u tome da UFC želi da poveća prodaju svojih PPV-a tako što će jednoga dana uvesti boks u njihove priredbe.