UFC president watched Canelo fight in the middle of his event and won a lot of money

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The victory of the Mexican boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez continues to give what to talk about and giving credit to characters who bet on the KO of the boxer against Caleb Plant the night last Saturday at Madison Square Garden.

Although the UFC event 268 was the competition of the event held in New York, the president of the organization of mixed martial arts Dana White was very aware of the fight of the Mexican , as seen in a photograph at the foot of the ring: watched the Canelo fight through a monitor .

The UFC boss confessed at a press conference that I was very aware of the fight to boxing , while Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili fought for the rematch of the women’s strawweight championship. He also revealed how much he bet and won by KO

“I like Canelo, I saw the fight. I bet on him, that’s why I saw the fight. I bet $ 148. 00 0 to which he won by KO ”, Dana White confessed with a laugh.

In total there were about $ 40. 07 0 additional pocketed White when in the 11 th round the Aztec left Plant on the canvas .

While the earnings of the protagonists of the show were also quite high. By just getting on the ting and then getting knocked out, Caleb Plant won between $ 10 and $ 13 millions, while the winner of the night Canelo Álvarez added to his coffers an amount above the $ 40 millions.

These figures do not include the income they received from Pay Per View (PPV) from televising since they are not contemplated in the aforementioned.

It was a historic night for the Guadalajara native who became the first Latin American to unify four belts: WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF, the latter in possession of Plant until Saturday .

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At the same press conference, to Dana White was asked his opinion on a possible fight between Nigerian mixed martial arts fighter Kamaru Usman and Canelo , to which the UFC president replied and did not hold his tongue, which is his style.

“You don’t want to fight Canelo, you don’t want to fight him. Come on, man, let’s stop this shit. If Canelo wants to come here (UFC), let’s do it, but you definitely don’t want to box with Canelo ”, White responded to the question raised by the journalist.

With 31 years old, with his victory over Plant the Mexican left his record at 57 – 1-2, with 39 knockouts . For his part, in mixed martial arts Usman has a record of 20 fights won and only one loss.

Dana White was seen watching Canelo’s fight in full UFC performance 268 to one side of the Octagon. UFC president says he bet 100, 07 0 dollars that Canelo was going to win by KO… congratulations Dana. pic.twitter.com/320CO00 UHI – Eduard Cauich (@ecauich) November 7, 2021