“Don’t forget this, either, everybody talks about Bellator like they’re some poor little promotion. Viacom owns fucking Bellator. Viacom owns Bellator. Viacom runs that shit. Bellator like you used to know it is over. Viacom sits on five billion dollars in cash. Five billion in cash. Pay the kid. Pay the kid the exact monetary offer we gave him and you deserve the right to have him. You know what I mean? We’re not talking about some poor little promotion, oh poor little Bellator and the big bad UFC. Viacom! We’re not sitting on five billion in cash, they are. They can pay the kid. Pay him.”
During yesterday’s media scrum Dana White shined some reality on the Eddie Alvarez contract situation.
The UFC tentatively has reserved the Madison Square Garden on April 23rd for a highly anticipated Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier rematch at UFC 198 without knowing for certain whether or not New York will allow the UFC to host an event there.