* Dana White called boxing's establishment "rinky-dink" and "unsophisticated" in a fiery post-fight press conference * White revealed the IBF supervisor collected a $200 per diem and flew home after the sanctioning was pulled * The Zuffa Boxing president said he may do 44 boxing events in 2026 and predicted his takeover would happen "months" ahead of schedule Dana White was in rare form on Sunday night.

If baseball is America's pastime, and football is its obsession, then the Ultimate Fighting Championship might be its guilty pleasure.

Even Turki al-Sheikh's most severe critics acknowledge that, under his guidance, the Saudi interests that have dominated professional boxing in recent years have paid generous purses to fighters.