The water is certainly not under the bridge yet.
Dana White and Eddie Hearn have been locked in a long-running war of words over the years.
But tensions reached a new level recently when White jokingly called out Hearn to settle their rivalry in the boxing ring.
While the UFC CEO’s comments were made in jest, Hearn has since shown he is more than willing to take the idea seriously.
What did Eddie Hearn say?
This weekend, Hearn’s fighter Ben Whittaker extended his unbeaten record in Liverpool.
Speaking to media post-fight, the Matchroom chairman was asked about his potential showdown with his bitter rival, White.
He said: “The only thing that can stop the fight happening is Dana White.
“So really, the truth of the matter is, he’s backing out of the fight that he called on. So who’s the p**** now?
“Where’s your balls gone, you p****? Something like that, I don’t know.
“I mean, you can’t keep calling me a p**** when you call me out for a fight, and I accept the fight, and then you go, ‘Oh, no, no, we’re bums, it would go on earlier in the night’.
“What the f*** is that? We would main event and sell out a massive stadium.
“And if it’s on DAZN – do you not agree with me? Do you not think we’d sell out The O2?
“Do you not think we’d do over a million buys globally? Don’t forget, he is a big name, right?
“I mean, some may say bigger than me. Well, I don’t know. But certainly in America.
“So we’ve got the American audience, we’ve got the UK audience.
“Can you imagine how the f*** I would sell this show? Oh, my God.
“Anyway, it’s all probably fantasy, but I do think about it on every run.
“In bed every night, I’ve picked my ring walk, I’ve actually designed my robe.
“But, like I said, it’ll probably just be fantasy because unfortunately, Dana White backed out of the fight.”
How did Dana White respond?
A few hours after Hearn made his latest quip at White, the American shared his own perspective on the situation.
He told assembled media in Winnipeg: “Eddie said that me and him are the biggest fight in boxing.
“Therein lies the problem with boxing.
“And the fact that a fight promoter who’s actually put on big fights and had a stable of good fighters would say something that f****** stupid is now starting to not be as shocking as it was in the beginning.
“You’re a f****** bum, I’m old, and we don’t even deserve to be on a card with a bunch of real fighters.”
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