{"id":722324,"date":"2026-06-08T04:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/722324\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:10:11","slug":"dana-white-responds-to-eddie-hearns-comments-about-tom-aspinall-you-sound-stupid-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/722324\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White responds to Eddie Hearn\u2019s comments about Tom Aspinall: \u2018You sound stupid again\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dana White and Eddie Hearn keep bickering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For most of 2026, one of the premier stories in combat sports has been the feud between UFC CEO Dana White and Matchroom Boxing boss Eddie Hearn, with the two even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/boxing\/475004\/dana-white-down-for-a-boxing-match-against-eddie-hearn-if-eddie-wants-to-box-we-can-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talking about fighting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/483648\/eddie-hearn-thinks-dana-white-fight-would-sell-over-a-million-ppv-buys-white-responds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one another in a boxing match<\/a> (though White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/latest-news\/482722\/eddie-hearn-blasts-dana-white-for-walking-back-fight-comments-calls-it-biggest-fight-out-there-right-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quickly ended that talk<\/a>). But the latest beef between Hearn and White has centered around UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, who Hearn represents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe said that he wanted him released, right?\u201d White said. \u201cYou release Bam Rodriguez then. Sounds pretty stupid, doesn\u2019t it? Congratulations again, Eddy. You sound stupid again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">White also addressed Hearn\u2019s recent comments that he would not allow Aspinall to fight under his current UFC contract, suggesting that the promotion is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/latest-news\/492545\/eddie-hearn-doesnt-want-tom-aspinall-fighting-on-current-ufc-contract-fck-that-i-wont-let-him-do-it\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not paying Aspinall anything close to a fair deal<\/a>. White had a simple answer to that, too, referencing the genesis of their entire feud, White signing longtime Matchroom fighter Conor Benn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dIf Eddie\u2019s not going to let his fighter fight, what are you going to do?\u201d White said. \u201cYou can\u2019t make anybody fight. You can\u2019t force anybody to fight. You have to want to fight. So, we\u2019ll see how it plays out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cEddie\u2014who apparently, Benn was his best friend\u2014He\u2019s been crying, literally crying, for weeks. \u2018Oh, you\u2019re my best friend!\u2019 He didn\u2019t even want to pay him, but he wants to pay my guy. Could\u2019ve paid his best friend, and they could\u2019ve remained best friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cEddie\u2019s full of a lot of shit. You know. I know it, you know it, we all know it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Aspinall is currently still sitting out while recovering from an eye injury that has required multiple surgeries. In his absence, the UFC will crown an interim heavyweight champion at UFC White House, when Alex Pereira fights Ciryl Gane in the co-main event, with Aspinall ostensibly taking on the winner sometime later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White and Eddie Hearn keep bickering. 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