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ha great job... midway through had to stop DANA WHITE Chairman Xi of this company. No wonder it is unbeatable in the sport of MMA.. come and make a promotion and how will you run it better ? copy them ? who would sign with copycatUFC ? 0 future UFC champions ? heavy fav -10000 or so.. give or take a heap of zeroes
@@dtac_10_29 hes right though the ufc had no competition the only thing that was stopping them was if the product was too violent or not enough rules enforced unlike wwe which had so much competition
That's what non-fans know it as. This video isn't for fans-we already know all of this-it's here to explain the scene to outsiders. Hopefully they know it as MMA after watching.
@@zeebay003 Is football called ball kicking? Because they kick the ball? Why isnt Boxing called "punching" They are fighting in a cage and its called MMA, why do you act like a sport cant be given a name?
@@zeebay003 UFC is a corporation, MMA, which is Mixed Martial Arts, is a sport. Every sport has its name, so I dont really get why are you saying that MMA is a made up name and its actually CageFighting, that makes no sense.
Very true, when champions are from a niche with a lot of people it seems like ufc markets them more and for longer. Like connor and the irish.. adesanya and usman with the nigerians.. covington with maga etc
@@poodymeiner3125 Oh yes he is the best billionaire, I love him so much I wish he controlled me like he controls the sport. Pathetic man are u 9 years old
Yeah i don't know what you people have been smoking. There are hundreds of fighters, they can all be replaced and some of them are more interesting than others but none of them "made" the UFC. Dana made it. I remember watching the ultimate fighting tv show season 1 and that had some super funny and interesting fighters. Yet they didn't matter in the end, the fights were what mattered. The sport would grow no matter who is fighting.
@Thierry Parte Khabib?? Really ?? That guy became popular after fighting Conor and he couldn't sell even $1Milliom PPV buys !! Conor single handedly put UFC on certain parts of the world including Asian Countries
Introducing: The GFA. The Global Fighting Association. Time for it to be an Olympic sport. There’s wrestlers in Dagestan that are no names. Boxers Italy with no platform. Jiu-Jitsu specialists in Brazil with no representation. Time for the world of MMA to become as open as baseball or soccer.
Yeah most UFC fans including the fighters even don't understand business and knock Dana for not paying them like MLB or other major sports, meanwhile not doing MLB numbers, but they want MLB numbers
@@holeindanssock156 what? UFC worth billions but the talent barely break even due to the restrictive contracts. Fighters cant even have their own sponsors. The UFC business is great for the owners and investors but not that attractive for athletes.
If by football you mean soccer then you may be right. American football on the other hand is only really cared about in America.... ufc has way more potential
@@forrest7126 yeah soccer is almost impossible to get overthrown nor is it in interest to get overthrown because it is literally mass scale money loundering, and players are like sheeps for it
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) .. Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ .... But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
@@bukkuk5949 you have no clue what you’re talking about. I’m decent at basketball and boxed my entire childhood. Fighting takes much more hand-eye coordination, repetition and IQ than basketball
@@Avogadros_number actually anyone can fight by definition but not everyone can play basketball gsp said that he could take the most non violent person and make them fight for their life if they had to
Who still refers to MMA as UFC and I like how Bloomberg can spend 20 mintues on a video saying nothing important only to spend 3 mintues on the current and 2nd anti trust... which is big news and not challenge Dana (didn't have to challenge him in person he'd probably eat them haha... but there's more to be said).
@@heheheha9094 ikr, I thought we stopped calling it that in the late 90s/early 2000s lol. They've taken such a casual approach to reporting on the sport. Soon, when MMA blows up, even the casuals will cringe at such things 🤞
mma is literally everywhere. no one is trying to censor you. Some of us see the agenda to normalize voilence yet again. Humanity cant just grow their own food and raise families yall need to be voilent and enjoy you bread & circus dog and pony show.
@@davidthomas6949 "Agenda to normalize violence". Like Boxing didn't exist for hundreds of years and has way more people dying per year. The difference is, that MMA incorporates many different combat sports around the world, many countries have already existing sports that transfer very well into it. Nothing about MMA is new, its just different martial arts combined
@@meisterproper8304 Its still the new trend, and any man who cant fight is now considered a loser, in so many peoples eyes. Women especially. We arent living in ancient egypt or rome or wherever else youre picturing a NEED for fighting to survive... We dont need to fight to survive as humans we should know this by now. Im sick of everyone training in fighting when I see myself never having an interest in it, idk i dont want to be at that kind of disadvantage... I also have two messed up hands and punching isnt excalty an option for me.
@@davidthomas6949 ufc has created Lots of Good memories and fun times for me And dana white is the man behind ufc, not mma, but The UFC and the ufc helped Make mma really popular to break it down for a Lower IQ individual as yourself now carry on Negative BuxxWipe
You won't see many low tier fighters in other combat sports getting paid like low tier UFC fighters and the UFC currently has hundreds of fighters under contract. Fighting promotions just can't work like leagues.
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) .. Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ .... But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) .. Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ .... But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
But it has a potential in the future. Football has been played like centuries ago and UFC just began in 1992 and growing fast like any other sport.., And one thing U cannot compare UFC and football, ufc is an organization like BPL, la liga, Bundesliga,..,, and MMA is a sport like Football
@@ZanMartel they have been saying that since George St Pierre was fighting in the UFC years ago, has UFC surpassed boxing in popularity yes but boxing has a very long history and isn't going anywhere soon
The statement and accompanying graphics circa 3:45 claiming that UFC/MMA was only legal in 2 states is entirely incorrect... being that UFC events had previously been held in Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New York, Michigan, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Iowa, and New Jersey between 1993 - 2000.
30k a year puts you in the top 1% in earth. The truth is the guys that get paid that much don't generate that much revenue. If anyone is getting ripped off it's the stars who generate all the money.
My only hope is that the UFC doesn`t get bad owners after Dana and don`t turn into boxing where big fights get rarely made, there`s 37 belts and promoters dictate what fighters do.
The crazy thing is the sport will just keep getting better- just imagine when India,China and Africa are developed for fighting! So much untapped talent in the world- whole lotta killers.
It would be interesting to see a graph showing highest to lowest wages across the major sports, including percentage of players in each respective sport at each pay level. What sports have the greatest pay equity.
Of course it will it's a phenomenal sport. People one day maybe the average men will be masculine again because of this. This sport teaches you confidence, discipline, respect and to be a hard worker under any situation.
Am an African fan of MMA. I never miss an Adesanya, Nganou or Kamaru Usman fight. I also love Brazilian, British and Eastern European Fighters. Niche does play a huge role to bring in and retain new fans. Everyone wants to see how their fighting styles and martial arts techniques perform on a global arena where all MMA styles from allover the world can be applied. In one card, you can see Karate, Tae Kwondo, Dambe, Laamb, Jiu Jitsu, Krav Marga, Western Boxing, Dutch Kickboxing, Capoiera, Muai Thai, Dagestani Sambo and more at work.
It's funny that Dana wore a suit when the UFC was seen as illegitimate or even illegal and now that it's a multi billion dollar company, Dana wears jeans and a t shirt
It is a great time to be a fan of MMA, and the UFC in general. Dana White is running the show and it’s reaching its pinnacle. The stepping stones and legends have been made in the early 2000s. As of late 2021, we’re coming to the twilight of McGregor’s career, Usman is in a dominant welterweight reign, along with Adesanya’s reign. There are exciting up and coming fighters like Islam Makhachev, Chimaev (and noisy boys like Sean O’Malley).
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) .. Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ .... But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
@@stn7172 The growth will stagnate if the pay is not high enough it won't attract athletes that possess the athleticism and star power to thrive that would help the UFC further thrive.
Pit fighting was our favorite sport as a species in the beginning…it’ll be our favorite sport at the end (of every great civilization at least). Rome is I would say the most recent example
Dana as sole/primary decision maker represents a strategy risk for the UFC.. should consider some kind of contingent plan for anything that could happen
Ufc must grow.. It should focus in middle East, Africa and in South East Asia.. Bring local tournament here.. N built training centers in these areas.. U will see gladiators popping out..
At the 8min mark it states the first match mcgregor lost the first match to a gruesome leg injury . It was actually the 2nd match and he lost via KO. The 3rd match which had yet to happen at that point in the story ended via TKO doctors stoppage
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) .. Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ .... But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
@@bukkuk5949 Yeah mate cause the NBA players so some of the smartest athletes going around. Combat sports are not everyone's cup of tea but you sound ignorant as fk when you say its brain dead. Boxing for example is one of the most technical & complex sports you will ever come across.
The Sport was legal in Vegas because of fertitta Brothers sat our commission that regulated sports and made it illegal. Then waited till the UFC crumbled and bought it for pennies on the dollar.
MMA as a sport was blossoming all over the world when Zuffa bought it. They've obviously done a great job at building the sport but the idea that they saved it is such revisionist history. PRIDE was selling out stadiums, gyms were popping up all over the world and there were MMA shows in many different parts of the world. MMA would have taken a different path without them but it would have been fine.
Yup. You are right. We will be watching roid out fighters instead of clean fighters. Different path indeed. But without the UFC lobbying the lawmakers, the sports pretty much the same in US tho.
This issue of fighter pay is most often compared to major sports leagues that have been around longer than most of us have been alive... They've had decades to amass enough of a fortune to pay the payers millions every year while the ufc has only been running stable for a couple decades. Like Dana said, the party checks have been steadily going up every year since they started and will continue to go up. A football player today might sign a contract 5 year contract for however many $million but the same player would have only got a small fraction of that check when the NFL was first organized.
Khabib vs Conor did 2.3 million PPVs. The actual number of viewers which include viewers on cable tv is way more than that. For example khabib vs gaethje did 600k PPVs only but it was tuned in by 15 million Russians alone on cable TV. Football is definitely more popular but MMA is in its evolving phase.
MMA will never be the worlds most popular sport. There are too many other sports where the people are far too passionate about them to ever be supplanted. MMA has taken the place of boxing on the world stage and I can see it growing a lot in the future. Also, I don't think Dana is the best source with regard to fighter compensation. Its in his own personal best interests to keep it as low as possible. Personally I hope the anti-trust suit goes in the favor of the fighters.
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The Ali Expansion Act Needs To Be Legislated into MMA.
The UFC is a company/promotion; the sport is called MMA...
Its already beem the biggest sport scrub
Well fighting is 100 mental after all. No not 90.. 100
ha great job... midway through had to stop
DANA WHITE
Chairman Xi of this company.
No wonder it is unbeatable in the sport of MMA.. come and make a promotion and how will you run it better ? copy them ? who would sign with copycatUFC ?
0 future UFC champions ?
heavy fav -10000 or so.. give or take a heap of zeroes
Non-MMA fans refer to the sports as UFC, that shows how successful Uncle Dana has been. Love or hate him, he is the godfather of MMA.
I mean how hard could it be, what was the competition? It was a new product with alot of money thrown at it.
@@thehorsecockexpress1068 Lol says the one who gave himself a imaginary doctorate on TH-cam
@@thehorsecockexpress1068 Their were and still many MMA companies. UFC is the most famous and successful.
@@dtac_10_29 hes right though the ufc had no competition the only thing that was stopping them was if the product was too violent or not enough rules enforced unlike wwe which had so much competition
hate him....bye then
It's MMA, man. Cage fighting sounds like people die in the cage regularly.
Does it though? If you ever try it. They literally lock you in a cage. So thats what it is.
@@ivanbarreras9445 Yes, but the focus on mixing martial arts and not on how you are locked in a cage.
They're just different names for the same thing ffs
@@ivanbarreras9445 nobody has ever died in a ufc fight
@@ivanbarreras9445 do you call boxing ring fighting???
Cage Fighting! Yeah, we're back to 2003.
who’s gonna tell vladimir?
@Vladimir Peter Big fan eh Vlad 😂
@Vladimir Peter What?
Says the person who pays no attention yet has an opinion anyways
@Vladimir Peter what drugs are you on???
If you’re trying to legitimize and help the sport grow, start by called it “mixed martial arts” or it’s acronym “mma”
Yeah that was the best move I think they ever did
They already did that and its called ufc.
@@yours2313 the ufc is an organization not a sport, bunghole
@@UserName-ii1ce It's called trolling boomer.
@@yours2313 a troll never exposes himself as a troll, you're just trying to redeem yourself
You lose all credibility when you title it "Cagefighting"
That's what non-fans know it as. This video isn't for fans-we already know all of this-it's here to explain the scene to outsiders. Hopefully they know it as MMA after watching.
@@ethanrogers9627 more likely they'll know it as UFC.
wow, so what is it, UFC? MMA? These are just made up names for CageFighting.
@@zeebay003 Is football called ball kicking? Because they kick the ball? Why isnt Boxing called "punching"
They are fighting in a cage and its called MMA, why do you act like a sport cant be given a name?
@@zeebay003 UFC is a corporation, MMA, which is Mixed Martial Arts, is a sport. Every sport has its name, so I dont really get why are you saying that MMA is a made up name and its actually CageFighting, that makes no sense.
You know they're already thinking of UFC in space.
I bought front row seats btw.
Actually an italian film director is doing that
I'm waiting for MMA on ice
@@Doorito_ methheads fighting? YOURE A GENIUS
@@dimitrisolejak26 Jon jones at the helm hahaha
The ufc having a diverse ethnic amount of fighters will make it one of the biggest sports ever next to soccer
eww soccer
Mostly black, white and latino
Very true, when champions are from a niche with a lot of people it seems like ufc markets them more and for longer. Like connor and the irish.. adesanya and usman with the nigerians.. covington with maga etc
@@brandonlee4858 more than just that
@@adis.g6569 true, the sport that requires the highest amount of skill is just unwatchable.
It's "MMA" not "Cage Fighting" and it s***ts on every other sport (no disrespect)
Dana White is my favorite fighter and person on earth
You can make more money playing football and it's safer you can get brain damage or get paralyzed from MMA not a bad sport but not the best
@@poodymeiner3125 Oh yes he is the best billionaire, I love him so much I wish he controlled me like he controls the sport. Pathetic man are u 9 years old
@@frosty1865 same goes with football lol
Football absolutely destroys everyone, the world cup final had 4 BILLION viewers
Connor vs khabib got me into MMA and I haven’t looked back since
Nice. This may be 3 years too late but as an older fan, welcome.
Agreed
Same here, wish I was here earlier but it seems like its golden days of UFC right now so I can't complain!
@@kingXrayz absolutely definitely a golden era right now
me too. still remember the date 6 oktober HAHA
Two words. Dana White. Businessman, sports visionary of the decade (longer, really). He is the biggest star of the UFC.
joe rogan played huge part in the popularity of ufc
I suppose Conor mcgregor did nothing
@@anonymousbankaccounthacker5561 rogan and dana and eddie made it happen made it cool, without them thered be no conor
Yeah i don't know what you people have been smoking. There are hundreds of fighters, they can all be replaced and some of them are more interesting than others but none of them "made" the UFC. Dana made it. I remember watching the ultimate fighting tv show season 1 and that had some super funny and interesting fighters. Yet they didn't matter in the end, the fights were what mattered. The sport would grow no matter who is fighting.
@Thierry Parte Khabib?? Really ?? That guy became popular after fighting Conor and he couldn't sell even $1Milliom PPV buys !! Conor single handedly put UFC on certain parts of the world including Asian Countries
@@anonymousbankaccounthacker5561 you do know ufc was popular before McGregor I been watching since 2007
Introducing: The GFA. The Global Fighting Association. Time for it to be an Olympic sport. There’s wrestlers in Dagestan that are no names. Boxers Italy with no platform. Jiu-Jitsu specialists in Brazil with no representation. Time for the world of MMA to become as open as baseball or soccer.
Definitely should be national leagues
Yup agree
not in the olympics. the olympics ruin martial arts.
@@haggsy fax
The olympics are like a month long fighters need much more rest in between fights unless you want the fights to be like 1 or 2 rounds long
Dana has been miss labelled and harassed by media for a long time, I’m glad that Bloomberg had an unbiased and informative take on him
Yeah most UFC fans including the fighters even don't understand business and knock Dana for not paying them like MLB or other major sports, meanwhile not doing MLB numbers, but they want MLB numbers
@@holeindanssock156 what? UFC worth billions but the talent barely break even due to the restrictive contracts. Fighters cant even have their own sponsors. The UFC business is great for the owners and investors but not that attractive for athletes.
@@holeindanssock156 Do you understand what a percentage is?
@@MrDdub619 it's a business
Depends on your definition. Compared to football, no chance but I can see it overtaking boxing very quickly.
If by football you mean soccer then you may be right. American football on the other hand is only really cared about in America.... ufc has way more potential
fairly certain for my generation (college and fresh out of college) UFC already has.
It's already bigger than boxing
@@forrest7126 yeah soccer is almost impossible to get overthrown nor is it in interest to get overthrown because it is literally mass scale money loundering, and players are like sheeps for it
@@forrest7126 the NFL is growing big too I don't think ufc is ever going to catch up
Dana is great, but I think it’s time to devise a fairer way for fighters to get paid a little better.
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) ..
Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ ....
But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
@@bukkuk5949 you have no clue what you’re talking about. I’m decent at basketball and boxed my entire childhood. Fighting takes much more hand-eye coordination, repetition and IQ than basketball
@@Avogadros_number actually anyone can fight by definition but not everyone can play basketball gsp said that he could take the most non violent person and make them fight for their life if they had to
a lot better*
He is not great, if he was he would pay the fighters when he got them tv deals , he is a Snake Businessman.
maaan I cant fuckin wait for that Usman fight in November
Yes another usman win 🏆 by the goat 🐐
@@greenerick Colby gonna slap him up
@@AB-gu9ui his punches are slaps I agree
I read this in danas voice 😂
5 more days
Who still refers to MMA as UFC and I like how Bloomberg can spend 20 mintues on a video saying nothing important only to spend 3 mintues on the current and 2nd anti trust... which is big news and not challenge Dana (didn't have to challenge him in person he'd probably eat them haha... but there's more to be said).
And also the title of the video.. cage fighting. C'mon
@@heheheha9094 ikr, I thought we stopped calling it that in the late 90s/early 2000s lol. They've taken such a casual approach to reporting on the sport. Soon, when MMA blows up, even the casuals will cringe at such things 🤞
They made a video a bit ago on the lawsuit
This seems like a fluff job
About time MMA makes it on here.
mma is literally everywhere. no one is trying to censor you. Some of us see the agenda to normalize voilence yet again. Humanity cant just grow their own food and raise families yall need to be voilent and enjoy you bread & circus dog and pony show.
@@davidthomas6949 "Agenda to normalize violence". Like Boxing didn't exist for hundreds of years and has way more people dying per year. The difference is, that MMA incorporates many different combat sports around the world, many countries have already existing sports that transfer very well into it. Nothing about MMA is new, its just different martial arts combined
@@meisterproper8304 Its still the new trend, and any man who cant fight is now considered a loser, in so many peoples eyes. Women especially. We arent living in ancient egypt or rome or wherever else youre picturing a NEED for fighting to survive... We dont need to fight to survive as humans we should know this by now.
Im sick of everyone training in fighting when I see myself never having an interest in it, idk i dont want to be at that kind of disadvantage... I also have two messed up hands and punching isnt excalty an option for me.
@@davidthomas6949 ok, u wuss
@@davidthomas6949 bjj might be an option
I can honestly say I watched the very first UFC fights!
Dana put together a solid squad.. That's why he's so successful!
Its also his huge balls and shiny head
@@PT-tv9my and TRT
Dan white is a smart business man.
No shit, genius.
@@ShredCo 😂 so true 👍 and ice is cold 🥶
Yeah a genius just happened to have billionaire buddies in high school how convenient.
He’s not smart at all he’s just the entertainer of the ufc
The sport just keeps growing with big stars each year..👏👏 can't wait to see
Dana White is incredible I hope he never retires, Thank you soon much for the UFC.
Cmon man... being thankful fr a sport... really.
@@davidthomas6949 ufc has created Lots of Good memories and fun times for me And dana white is the man behind ufc, not mma, but The UFC and the ufc helped Make mma really popular to break it down for a Lower IQ individual as yourself now carry on Negative BuxxWipe
@@davidthomas6949 people think of ufc as a sport. Ufc is bigger than mma
Yeah if it weren't for them I wouldn't be into any sports 😂
@@davidthomas6949 It's being thankful for the UFC, which helped promote a new sport massively
what makes us easier to manage is that my fighters dont have a union or any bargaining power
You won't see many low tier fighters in other combat sports getting paid like low tier UFC fighters and the UFC currently has hundreds of fighters under contract.
Fighting promotions just can't work like leagues.
😄😄
@@calamorta you wont see lower tier combat sports being sold for 5 or 7 BILLION.
Ffs call it MMA. No rule states that MMA matches HAVE to take place in a cage.
dana is a red egg that had two rich friends, the end
Well not really friends but financial backers.
Bankster$ ...
@@bobsmith962 nah they were his buddies, the Fertittas. they formed Zuffa, bought UFC from SEG & handed him the job.
The most populair sport in the world is soccer
Football ⚽
Not for long
@@parker5548 maybe not in the states but the rest of the world it will be nr1
@Sir. mixed martial arts
Man I love this sport
For real UFC Is better then NBA and NFL and NHL and MBL combined
The NHL is practically UFC... Lul
You crazy. Put down the blunt. Go look at the pay scale for talent.
The way Dana is cooking fights you would think this is WWE.
@@MrDdub619 🛑
Greatest CEO in combat sports
All of sport
I would say Vince McMahon is a more successful CEO and more visionary.
But having said that Dana is definitely second
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) ..
Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ ....
But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
@@avarmauk he said combat sports, not the entertainment industry
As long as there's Football/Soccer, the UFC will never be the biggest sport, period.
Don't be suprised if it does
And cricket
@@lukealadeen7836 no 😂
Considering how young UFC/MMA is, there is a huge chance to accomplish that.
@@chidiokoro934 how can you beat a sport that only need a ball to play? it is and will forever be the Worlds Sport
Oh Ok! I tough he was going to walk in into a G20 conference with his top UFC roster.
2001: $2mill
2016: $4bill
That's like 2000x return. Better return than Apple...damn.
They also lost a ton of money while trying to keep it afloat during the 2000's
its even higher return now.
@@minqwenopinyana2327 apple was unprofitable for a period as well
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) ..
Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ ....
But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
UFC will never beat football ⚽ I am sorry I love watching UFC but let's not say it going to be the most popular sport in the world
But it has a potential in the future. Football has been played like centuries ago and UFC just began in 1992 and growing fast like any other sport.., And one thing U cannot compare UFC and football, ufc is an organization like BPL, la liga, Bundesliga,..,, and MMA is a sport like Football
UFC only has two dudes brutally slamming their brains around in their skulls where the NFL has whole teams damaging themselves for entertainment!
UFC will replace boxing
@@ZanMartel they have been saying that since George St Pierre was fighting in the UFC years ago, has UFC surpassed boxing in popularity yes but boxing has a very long history and isn't going anywhere soon
@@axelfoley1812 by replace I meant popularity
MMA owes Dana White. His vision and his determination has brought to us the biggest sport of all. Much respect for him.
Lol biggest sport of all ?
The statement and accompanying graphics circa 3:45 claiming that UFC/MMA was only legal in 2 states is entirely incorrect... being that UFC events had previously been held in Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New York, Michigan, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Iowa, and New Jersey between 1993 - 2000.
The not-top guys are only making like 40k a fight and he calls that making a living.
40k In an hours time sounds like making a living to me….
@@su1eman282 You do realise it takes more than showing up for 15 minutes to be a ufc fighter?
Top notch? As in top 15?
30k a year puts you in the top 1% in earth. The truth is the guys that get paid that much don't generate that much revenue. If anyone is getting ripped off it's the stars who generate all the money.
Well if they fight twice a year that's 2 plumbers or 8 none stem graduates .
My only hope is that the UFC doesn`t get bad owners after Dana and don`t turn into boxing where big fights get rarely made, there`s 37 belts and promoters dictate what fighters do.
The crazy thing is the sport will just keep getting better- just imagine when India,China and Africa are developed for fighting!
So much untapped talent in the world- whole lotta killers.
It would be interesting to see a graph showing highest to lowest wages across the major sports, including percentage of players in each respective sport at each pay level. What sports have the greatest pay equity.
MMA has the lowest paid athletes. Even boxing journeymen make more than MMA prospects in the UFC.
It's funny watching old videos of Dana. He's voice has gotten noticeably deeper since taking steroids.
Of course it will it's a phenomenal sport. People one day maybe the average men will be masculine again because of this. This sport teaches you confidence, discipline, respect and to be a hard worker under any situation.
If your best sport requires years and years or brain damage, we are setting ourselves in the past
It's not cagefighting, it's mixed martial arts, c'mon Bloomberg
Casuals use that name
What's the difference
@@jacobnair6707 i bet you don’t call boxing ring fighting quit being purposely obtuse
10:16 is the Most Dana piece of art ive ever seen. Might as well just say his name 10x on the poster and it would have had the same effect.
As Dana as it gets 💯
From Africa love UFC
Am an African fan of MMA. I never miss an Adesanya, Nganou or Kamaru Usman fight. I also love Brazilian, British and Eastern European Fighters. Niche does play a huge role to bring in and retain new fans. Everyone wants to see how their fighting styles and martial arts techniques perform on a global arena where all MMA styles from allover the world can be applied. In one card, you can see Karate, Tae Kwondo, Dambe, Laamb, Jiu Jitsu, Krav Marga, Western Boxing, Dutch Kickboxing, Capoiera, Muai Thai, Dagestani Sambo and more at work.
It's funny that Dana wore a suit when the UFC was seen as illegitimate or even illegal and now that it's a multi billion dollar company, Dana wears jeans and a t shirt
He is also fatter nowadays
@@rph8704 well he's 52 years old, most people gain weight in middle age...
It is a great time to be a fan of MMA, and the UFC in general. Dana White is running the show and it’s reaching its pinnacle. The stepping stones and legends have been made in the early 2000s.
As of late 2021, we’re coming to the twilight of McGregor’s career, Usman is in a dominant welterweight reign, along with Adesanya’s reign. There are exciting up and coming fighters like Islam Makhachev, Chimaev (and noisy boys like Sean O’Malley).
Thanks for making this one. I approve as a Crazy MMA/ufc fan💯🔥🔥
5:44 whatever you do DO NOT GIVE THIS DUDE A PRIVATE ISLAND😭
Funny how Bloomberg did a video 3 months ago pretty much slating UFC
"Dana White is the devil" -Dana White's actual Mom
Why did she say that
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) ..
Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ ....
But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
If the UFC has any hopes of being amongst the biggest sports in the world it HAS to pay their fighters equitably.
exactly, people are only going to risk everything to go to the UFC if its worth it.
Nah they'll continue to grow despite the pay raise
@@stn7172 The growth will stagnate if the pay is not high enough it won't attract athletes that possess the athleticism and star power to thrive that would help the UFC further thrive.
@@whodatboi2567 unfounded claim vs. Current formula that generate this massive growth for the ufc? Hmmm let me see, ill take the current path.
we shouldn't care as fans look what happened to boxing because of money greed.
The ufc going through the pandemic was a godsend to a lot of people and he should be proud of that. I'm very grateful
Pit fighting was our favorite sport as a species in the beginning…it’ll be our favorite sport at the end (of every great civilization at least).
Rome is I would say the most recent example
Mma is my favorite sport by far. Especially after covid. I’m die hard football guy but I’m watching ufc cards over my patriots all day
Dana as sole/primary decision maker represents a strategy risk for the UFC.. should consider some kind of contingent plan for anything that could happen
The UFC is worth billions I'm sure they have many contingency plans in place if anything happens
The UFC is worth billions I'm sure they have many contingency plans in place if anything happens
Daniel cormier
Ufc must grow..
It should focus in middle East, Africa and in South East Asia..
Bring local tournament here.. N built training centers in these areas.. U will see gladiators popping out..
Asia is already dominated by another promotion
@@Hahahaha10188 lol
The first "true" global sport? Relax my american dude, football's been here for a long time
Football will be hard to beat, it's massive
Soccer boring af the Africans saw MMA and they already jumping ship 🤣🤣
A vision can take from dirt to skies. it's all about the vision and commitment.
Should pay the fighters a decent fair amount and not rip them off.
He does for beginners
At the 8min mark it states the first match mcgregor lost the first match to a gruesome leg injury . It was actually the 2nd match and he lost via KO. The 3rd match which had yet to happen at that point in the story ended via TKO doctors stoppage
This is a puff piece at best
Mma fans when they hear there sport may become the largest sport in the world:☺️☺️☺️☺️
Other sports fans:in your wildest dreams
“Cage fighting”
It’s called MMA. It’s 2021, not 1991.
@18:19 notice how dana scratches his ear when he says fighter pay going up
So Dana is somewhat like how Bernie was to F1
Drivers got some money ...
And the reason behind is Conor McGregor
Casual
16:30 so this is why carla is having such a hard time getting her title fight. The UFC loves their Chinese champion/audience
fighting is in our DNA. i believe world-first sport was fighting.
People were fighting long before sports existed
Or running ?
Maybe when its the biggest sport in the world the fighters might actually get a decent pay check for once.
Pretty sure it's one or the other. 😂
Exploatation hunger games .. Idiocracy ... its not a sport .. -) ..
Look at NBA .. workers get a lot $ ....
But basket is for IQ people .. not some brain damaged speed ups -) .. btw what is Joe Rogan doing there ?!? -) ...
@@bukkuk5949 Yeah mate cause the NBA players so some of the smartest athletes going around. Combat sports are not everyone's cup of tea but you sound ignorant as fk when you say its brain dead. Boxing for example is one of the most technical & complex sports you will ever come across.
A shame they destroyed Pride. That was incredible.
The Japanese mafia destroyed Pride
They didn't destroy Pride. They bought it and everyone quit. The UFC got screwed in the deal. All they ended up with is the rights to the old fights.
PRIDE NEVER DIES
Pride is trash compared to the UFC, your just feeling nostalgic.
great video, UFC 264 was not the first PPV that the UFC hosted with a crowd though.
Dana is the GOAT.
Calling MMA "Cage fighting" is like calling Boxing "Ring punching" 😒
Square slapping
That thumbnail. 😂😂
The Sport was legal in Vegas because of fertitta Brothers sat our commission that regulated sports and made it illegal. Then waited till the UFC crumbled and bought it for pennies on the dollar.
Doubt it, a lot of people dont like it because of how violent it is
MMA as a sport was blossoming all over the world when Zuffa bought it. They've obviously done a great job at building the sport but the idea that they saved it is such revisionist history. PRIDE was selling out stadiums, gyms were popping up all over the world and there were MMA shows in many different parts of the world. MMA would have taken a different path without them but it would have been fine.
Yup. You are right. We will be watching roid out fighters instead of clean fighters. Different path indeed. But without the UFC lobbying the lawmakers, the sports pretty much the same in US tho.
Crazy how much the UFC company has grown
“Cage Fighting”? It’s not the 90’s or 00’s anymore 😆
Not many people out there can say they started a sport,crazy what dana has turned the ufc into
Dana didn't start MMA, and shockingly enough never even grew it.
I want to see Jon Jones vs Francis Ngannou!!!
Won't happen
Narrator: come here to Las Vegas to see what everybody is so exited about... its about one guy.
My mind: Conor ...
Narrator: Dana White!
You guys should really invest in high-quality thumbnails. I didn't exepct this level of quality when looking at it.
NEEDS a fighter's UNION-YESTERDAY!! Dana and the UFC need to pay fighters what they are worth. It's nowhere close now.
Dana scratching his ear and head when answering certain questions, looks like a tell
This issue of fighter pay is most often compared to major sports leagues that have been around longer than most of us have been alive... They've had decades to amass enough of a fortune to pay the payers millions every year while the ufc has only been running stable for a couple decades. Like Dana said, the party checks have been steadily going up every year since they started and will continue to go up. A football player today might sign a contract 5 year contract for however many $million but the same player would have only got a small fraction of that check when the NFL was first organized.
I feel like this video didn't have to be 23 minutes long
I am not taking Dana for granted while he is still involved with the UFC
FFS Just Pay your fighter 50% like NBA and the other major sports
🤣🤣
waaaaaaaaa
You can't do that or else people don't want to fight are you going to fight if you get paid $100 billion dollars or even 50 million no you Rich
being so active on youtube helped them a lot
Khabib vs connor- 3 million viewers at the same time.
Football World cup final- 3 billion people tuned in during the final.
Khabib vs Conor did 2.3 million PPVs. The actual number of viewers which include viewers on cable tv is way more than that. For example khabib vs gaethje did 600k PPVs only but it was tuned in by 15 million Russians alone on cable TV. Football is definitely more popular but MMA is in its evolving phase.
The success is largely due to exploited labor. Unsurprisingly not mentioned here.
MMA will never be the worlds most popular sport. There are too many other sports where the people are far too passionate about them to ever be supplanted. MMA has taken the place of boxing on the world stage and I can see it growing a lot in the future. Also, I don't think Dana is the best source with regard to fighter compensation. Its in his own personal best interests to keep it as low as possible. Personally I hope the anti-trust suit goes in the favor of the fighters.
Presented by the parent company. What a great example of native advertisement.
Not sure why people don’t like the term “cage fighting.” Thats literally what it is.
where’s the cage
one of the best newschannels on youtube
It’s amazing what has been achieved with Dana and the ufc