Eddie Hearn has revealed he gave Dana White tips about hosting a stadium show when the pair met at UFC London last weekend.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn joined heavyweight fighters Anthony Joshua, Derek Chisora and Frazer Clarke as invited guests of White. And Hearn has admitted he advised White about a whole host of stadiums which might be suitable for an event in the UK, including Liverpool's Anfield home.
"It was quite interesting to learn about the sport and see it up close," Hearn said on the DAZN Boxing Show.
""No no business talk, It was more about that there was a huge amounts of Brits on the card and he was saying 'It is unbelievable all these Brits are winning, normally we come to the UK once a year but we may have to come back in the summer'.
"I was talking to him a bit about some stadiums that are here, obviously you had two scousers on the card so we were talking a bit about Anfield. He was educating me about the fighters and during the fight he was saying like 'look at the hold he has got there, he can't breathe' and it was an amazing experience to watch it up close. He's a legendary promoter Dana White so it was amazing to watch that whole machine in flow."
Hearn and White have spoken about their positive relationship in the past with the boxing promoter also expressing his admiration of the UFC's business model. White and Hearn could yet do business together with Kamaru Usman plotting a boxing clash with Canelo Alvarez in the latest attempt at a crossover bout.
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The event was sold-out with fans seeing six huge stoppage performances from British fighters including Tom Aspinall who submitted Alexander Volkov in the main event. Rising star Paddy Pimblett submitted Kazula Vargas to pick up his second win in the promotion.
His teammate Molly McCann also recorded an epic knockout victory. However White did admit after the event that he was considering moving the event to Abu Dhabi just two weeks before.
"We had some problems, I was considering pulling out of here two weeks ago. I was gonna refund everybody's tickets and go to Abu Dhabi," White said at the post-fight press conference.
"The world is just a nutty place right now and there's certain things that's not just easy to do. I said I'm not going to play games, I'm going to go to places where I'm able to go and run my business and do what I want to do."
