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Mayweather Vs. Ortiz Results: UFC Brass Dana White, Fertitta Tweet Mayweather, Merchant

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UFC President Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta took to Twitter to talk about the controversial ending of Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz.

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Last night's Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz boxing match was clearly the sports story of the weekend. So much so that UFC executives couldn't stop themselves from taking to Twitter to comment on it, only hours after their own UFC Fight Night 25 event wrapped up, largely undiscussed and forgotten.

Both UFC president Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta made free with their tweeting in the aftermath of the bout.

Dana White tweeted his disapproval of both fighters' behavior and especially the refereeing:

Was that NUTS or what!?!? Dirty from both fighters and the most HORRIBLE refereeing I have EVER seen in boxing or anywhere else!
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He also commented on the controversial post-fight interview Mayweather did with Larry Merchant of HBO:

Is this the craziest s**t you have ever seen!? Larry merchant LMFAO!
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White elaborated on the reffing: 

Ref never sent a fighter to a neutral corner to take a point. Especially after a intentional head butt! That's why u have a ref!!!!
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You can't blame the fighters. The ref is in there to stop that s**t from happening! That is the worst ref'n I have ever seen in boxing EVER
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White then pauses to defend Mayweather:

I'm no Floyd fan but Ortiz threw a great combo and then throws a nasty intentional head butt!!!
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Lorenzo Fertitta joins in, throwing a shot at Merchant and speaking up for Mayweather:

#mayweather was correct. Protect yourself at all times! Merchant is terrible and biased.
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And he can't resist a shot at the competition and a plug for his own pay-per-view, UFC 135, coming up next Saturday:

And you really paid 70 bucks for that?
Sep 18 via Twitter for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply

September 24th see a real fight jones vs rampage!!!!!!!!!!
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