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Dana White Explains the Purchase of the WWE
FACTZ
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9/13/2023
UFC President is now the CEO of UFC as they acquire the WWE - Dana White breaks it down for FACTZ.
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00:00
What's up legend? Congratulations. Big week. How does it feel?
00:03
I mean this is pretty insane. How does it feel? You're at Wall Street right now.
00:06
This is a... Did you see it coming?
00:08
Yeah! I mean this is the second time we've been here but it's good.
00:12
I mean we keep, you know, every year we get bigger, every year we get better.
00:16
This relationship is going to be interesting.
00:19
What does this mean for the UFC? How is it going to change things?
00:22
Are the viewers going to be seeing anything different? What's going to happen?
00:24
Yeah, it doesn't change anything. I'm going to still do what I do.
00:26
They're going to do what they do and Ari is going to do what he does.
00:30
And, you know, I'm sure it's going to work out just fine.
00:33
Do you still have a final say or have the majority say?
00:35
Yeah, you know, I'm the CEO of the UFC now.
00:38
So Ari has stepped down and Ari is the CEO of TKO.
00:42
And yeah, no, I still control everything.
00:44
Do you report to Ari?
00:46
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:47
Okay.
00:47
And these guys are going to do what they do and we're going to kick a bunch of asses like we always do.
00:54
Do you actually... Are you going to work alongside WWE?
00:56
Are you going to be promoting WWE shows on UFC?
00:58
Well, our teams are going to, you know, our teams are going to work together.
01:01
Basically, what Ari brings to the table for the WWE is he'll, you know, more sponsorship, licensing,
01:08
you know, new television contracts and the synergies between us and WWE.
01:13
There's some stuff with production that we can do to save costs for them
01:17
and make this thing incredibly successful.
01:20
Will you see any crossover between UFC stars going to WWE or UFC stars?
01:23
Well, we have. I mean, we have in the past.
01:25
Not unless... Not unless it fits or they, you know, like Ronda Rousey.
01:30
She always wanted to wrestle in the WWE.
01:33
So she did.
01:34
She was good enough to do it.
01:35
Brock Lesnar wanted to fight in the UFC.
01:37
He did because he was good enough to do it.
01:39
Those will be the scenarios.
01:41
So is this a good thing for UFC fighters where now they have the easier transition,
01:45
where they have that escape, they want to leave the UFC?
01:48
Yeah, I would say so.
01:49
Yeah.
01:50
And they probably get great tickets to the WWE.
01:52
So yeah, I mean, yeah.
01:54
It's not a bad thing.
01:56
Back to UFC, here's what I'll assign you.
01:58
What's next for him?
01:59
Obviously, this was a tough decision.
01:59
I'm literally flying back to Vegas right now to figure out what's next
02:03
and a co-main event for New York.
02:06
I'm going to get done today too.
02:07
You're going to get the co-main event.
02:08
So John Jones, obviously, but there's going to be another main event.
02:10
Yeah, there'll be a co-main.
02:11
Yeah, I'm going to work on that today as soon as I get back to Vegas.
02:14
Is there any... Can you give us any ideas?
02:16
I have no idea.
02:16
I'm going to go do it today.
02:18
How's Conor doing?
02:19
What's it looking like for him right now?
02:20
He's good.
02:21
He's good.
02:21
He's in a good place.
02:23
He wants to fight next year.
02:24
Next year?
02:26
So it's not going to happen...
02:27
He wants to fight this year, but I think it's going to happen next year.
02:29
Who do you think is the next breakout star on the UFC?
02:31
The one you think personally he's really going to take over?
02:33
Everyone should keep their eyes on.
02:35
I don't know, man.
02:36
There's some guys out there right now.
02:38
Dreykus De Plessis is in there.
02:40
Hamzat Shumayev is a huge star, but he could possibly fight for a world title here soon.
02:45
You've got Sugar Shown O'Malley, who just won Strickland.
02:49
Nobody gave a shit about Strickland a week ago.
02:51
Now he's hot as can be.
02:53
That's the thing with this sport.
02:54
First of all, in boxing, when a guy who's a 7-1 underdog is fighting, he loses every time.
03:01
The 7-1 dog loses every time.
03:03
Not in this sport.
03:04
Anything's possible in this sport.
03:06
Last week, Strickland, everybody was like, "Oh, this fight sucks.
03:10
This is bullshit."
03:11
Now everybody's swinging on him, you know what I mean?
03:13
And he's the man.
03:14
Lastly, Sugar, what's next for him?
03:16
Do you think he...
03:16
I saw that Aljamain said, "Hey, you want to fight next?"
03:18
But Sugar said no.
03:19
I don't know.
03:19
Yeah, we're still working on all that stuff.
03:21
I hear you.
03:22
Listen, congratulations.
03:23
I'm excited for you as a UFC fan for a long time.
03:25
I appreciate it.
03:26
Good to see you too.
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