Oscar De La Hoya praised UFC 306 but still had time to attack Dana White and Canelo Alvarez verbally. The Golden Boy promoter ruffled a few feathers when he stated that he would be attending UFC 306. De La Hoya and White have not had the best relationship, having exchanged verbals for years.

The tension started when De La Hoya opposed Floyd Mayweather’s boxing Conor McGregor . But Oscar then revealed that he would love to see Canelo take on McGregor, which riled up White. During this period, White spoke on De La Hoya’s prior substance abuse issues.

Meanwhile, De La Hoya has also commented publicly about Dana White’s infamous incident where he slapped his wife at a New Year’s Eve party. De La Hoya’s reasoning for attending UFC 306 was that he was dissatisfied with Canelo boxing bout with Edgar Berlanga . He was critical about the $89.

99 PPV price for the event. He went on to call the bout a snoozefest, as his attention turned towards The Sphere. De La Hoya On White Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili headlined the UFC 306 card.

Merab won the bout by a unanimous decision to become the new UFC Bantamweight Champion. The event cost $20 million and set a new UFC live gate record of $22 million. Based on what he had seen, De La Hoya had nothing but praise for the production.

However, he still took some time out to fire verbal shots at Dana, stating that the CEO of the UFC was merely an errand boy who was not the brains behind the production. “UFC Noche. I was true to .