Lorenzo Fertitta Expects Spike TV to Remain in MMA Business

[JamilELBarbir]

3:00 "I don't wanna speculate"

Thats why he risked 40'000'000$ ^^

[Alpinex105]

ufc-the only corp i actually like

[TheRaizeX]

Dana and Lorenzo are just the same! They talk the same and how they move.

[smdbch1]

@TheRaizeX haha damn your right man they do act the same.

[Tgrizant]

Liddel's mohawk in the background lol..i feel like UFC will take over all mma programs that get big then become president

[sinaloco925]

Lorenzo should fire Dana and take over all of his duties

[rfc2031]

i luv the ufc but its never going to be bigger than soccer,yes theres corruption in fifa but that isn't going to stop people supporting and watching there teams, plus alot of older ppl will watch soccer and grew up on it and will not want to watch mma

[gspsucks]

i wonder if lorenzo is on trt

[lordslayer22]

dude is smart and rich

[TheMysticPeak]

lol yeah, I wonder what they talkin about. chuck the entertainer.

[lilsm555]

Look at chuck in the background lol

[BailaProductions]

I have to agree i loved this conversation

[XxPropheticxX]

@BailaProductions Yeah you're right, I enjoyed it very much aswell

[YoungV408]

This lorenzo guy is a good talker....he doesnt keep sayin you know you know...like a lot of people...he doesnt keep saying ..umm umm umm...uhh uhh uhh...very good talker and good voice....

[YoungV408]

Chuck in da background ..looks ready to fiiiight haha

[squaresphere]

man Lorenzo needs to do more public announcements, sounds so professional

[Ubergeekpie]

SHOW ME YOUR MASSIVE ARMS LORENZO!!!

[nkyryry]

@airforce7385 agree. ESPN would try to tone down the aggressive nature of it. Yes MMA is a legitimate sport and isn't really thought of as barbaric anymore. But people still tune in to see a vicious ass beating lol. & I don't think ESPN knows how to handle that

[smazz104]

Ariel, its "Lorenzo Fertitta, capo di tutti capi,"

Get it right next time ;)

[algamini]

Ariel is head and shoulders above any MMA reporter,

his interviews are right on point...

[johnnythesexdonkey]

I would tongue-fuck Lorenzo's asshole deep... Real deep.

[airforce7385]

im glad they didnt sign with espn, they wouldve destroyed mma

[unab84]

Pssss Ariel is instigating again (3:00)... ''We talked to Dana and he said this, what do you think?'' (lol)

[johnblaster]

Love how Chuck is in the background presumably talking about facepunching.

[johnblaster]

Wow what a solid interview.

[06livefast]

guarunteed, in about 5 years.. there will be fights in the UFC aired every weekend. There will be sister companies to the UFC, to air enough events, and there will be events in every country in the world, including MMA in the Olympics. Personally I think Brazil vs Japan in the olympics for mma, is like Canada vs. US in hockey.. best of the best. The future of this sport is only looking up.

[Mr90sGamer]

Lorenzo I am getting married at the end of the year and I want you to be my best man. Message me big guy!! I am serious

[piratebri]

@Mr90sGamer your best man is supposed to be your best friend.. don't you have one? or do you just wish lorenzo was your best friend?

[Mr90sGamer]

@piratebri i want a ride in one of his planes. No his a great guy!! Come on Lorenzo you gotta come by!! :)

[Sektor14g]

Hopefully some of the money trickles down and pads the fighters pockets, like it should. I don't want to see cases of guys like Lesnar facing off against guys like Carwin or Mir, who granted both lost but one gave him a legitimate run and the other already beat him, with payoffs hundreds of thousands of dollars apart. PPV sales and everything else aside some of these guys do deserve more money.

[ciokoye]

You guys are looking at a billionaire who is in forbes

[latinjguzman]

glad fox is helping with the promotion and finally exposing it to millions more. i just hope fox doesnt try and buy the ufc in the end. bad feeling about this, i hope i'm wrong.

[TheMMAfightchannel]

@latinjguzman it wont buy the UFC because Zuffa and Dana white wont take any amount of money for the UFC, its beyong a buisness to them, its a long term investment and they are going to hold onto that :)

[DSlite11]

LIKE A BOSS!

[silverclaw4]

That was a great interview from both parties.

A pleasure to watch.

[ayeo0itsbes]

What does this mean? The cards are still gonna be on ppv all your gonna watch is the prilims and Fight Nights.. Sorry.

[piratebri]

@ayeo0itsbes You're information is wrong. There will be 4 events on Fox's main channel per year, 6 events on FX, and the new TUF Live on FX.. for the next 7 years at least

[ayeo0itsbes]

@piratebri thanks alot, cause i was wondering but what events are going to be on fox? like main cards?

[OUWATZAHLE08]

90 MILLION EACH YEAR THAT HOW MUTCH IT COST FOR ZUFFLA TO AIR IN FOX

[eric43085]

iceman in the background lol

[DestroyerAlexandros]

@eric43085 Hahaha yeah and he was showing something to frankie edgar

[cwalkin54]

Lorenzo Fertitta is one smart dude he knows exactly what hes doing....but im sorry as far as the usa the NFL will always be the biggest sport

[piratebri]

@cwalkin54 He didn't say the USA.. he said the world. Right now the biggest world sport is soccer, but as he mentioned.. the numerous corruption scandals at FIFA threaten to bring down the World Cup's legitmacy. The next biggest sport is MMA.. which is understood by every country in the world.. even 3rd world countries. Football is seen as irrelevant outside of the USA.. even Canada thinks it's a joke sport.

[cwalkin54]

@piratebri lol a joke sport? anyone who thinks the NFL is a joke are a joke themselfs it pulls in the biggest ratings on the biggest networks and makes the most money...and i didnt say the world like he did i said the USA

[Antifaith29]

@cwalkin54 No denying that its a huge sport in the US. The other guys point still stands though, believe me, no one out side of the US gives a shit about NFL

Rugby is a bigger sport than NFL world wide.

Hell Cricket is a bigger sport.

[cwalkin54]

@Antifaith29 lol again i didnt say the world i said USA and as far as the USA the NFL will always be the biggest sport with baseball second mma wont ever be bigger then those 2 sports as far as the USA is concerned not the world

[kagolko]

For some reason I don't trust this guy. He looks and sounds so sneaky..

[DestroyerAlexandros]

@kagolko Well so does Dana White. They're businessmen bro.

[TheNoobj]

I have a bad feeling that FOX is gonna fuk over Zuffa

[AngelJasonPeralta]

i like ariel shaking hands with people now.

[Jizzle76]

Competition is great - when you're winning.

[Hrel88]

Wow, I've never seen Lorenzo before. Just Dana. Kinda glad to see him out and about. Viacom is evil, I'm glad UFC is getting out of there. Of all the companies I want totally destroyed, Viacom is one of them. The BIG one!

[xpradaGx]

Please ban all of the lay n pray wrestlers from fox broadcasting if you want this sport to grow.

[conner1ize]

How in the HELL is Bellator going to compete with the UFC? .....yeah..NO

[kswizzy99]

why isn't anyone correcting Lorenzo when he says "RSN". He means "FSN". He even said that a couple of times during the press conference. LOL

[sumdude852]

@kswizzy99 he doesnt mean "fsn". "rsn" means regional sports networks. they're not all the same fsn's. each region has they're own fsn. so he is correct

[kswizzy99]

@sumdude852 oops, my bad.

[piratebri]

@kswizzy99 He is using the general term.. in each area, there is an "SN"... for example, in Detroit, it's FSDetroit or FSD. It changes with every major city. He's using the term that describes ALL of the regional networks. That's why no one corrected him. He isn't making a mistake. You are.

[kswizzy99]

@piratebri yes, someone already corrected me yesterday.

[StaringAtFate]

Lmao Lorenzo is a fucking boss rich as hell living fight event to fight event in reality if it wasn't for him the UFC wouldnt be were it is.

[JACKOTACO]

Lorenzo is BOSS, unlike the douche Dana.

[JCGCINC]

@JACKOTACO Hey with out that Douche there would be no MMA Moron.

[JACKOTACO]

@JCGCINC

Wrong, without Lorenzo and his brothers Frank's deep pockets MMA would not be where it's at today.

But Pride was the elite company 7-8 years back, and the UFC were trying to catch up to them, until Pride folded.

Dana is nothing but a promoter aka Frank/Lorenzo's puppet.

[JCGCINC]

@JACKOTACO Had Dana not approached and pitched purchasing the UFC there would no no UFC today.

[layyah0905]

Impressed by Lorenzos awareness of a non-U.S sport like cricket and its corruption issues-shows how serious the UFC guys are and the vision they have for their business.

[coolioisafoolio]

@layyah0905 Well said.

[bukofezra]

that's one rich motherfucker....

[SandmanJAAE]

what about strikeforce?

[Unlimited035]

@SandmanJAAE still gonna be on NBC

[SandmanJAAE]

"we're gonna treat you exactly like we treat the NFL, the MLB..." in other words, SUCK IT BILL O'REILLY!!

[harr77]

Bellator to Spike now a better cable channel please......

[lucky44124]

UFC learned from the WWE at what NOT to do... Vince McMahon ruined Pro Wrestling with his ego when he killed that business when he bought WCW. The whole wrestling audience dropped 50%... UFC is smart to embrace other MMA leagues to compete! Smart move!

[lucky44124]

MMA is going to kill all sports in 10 years! You know if Boxing didnt have greedy promotors 35 years ago... Boxing could have been HUGE! Look at the Heavyweights - Ali, Holmes, Tyson, Holyfield & Lewis and Boxing is dead? They had their shot and to be honest the UFC learned what NOT to do from Boxing.

[chadley6916]

Fox is your fav channel?!  Sure Lorenzo...fox is a fuckin joke...

[itsthemoonandrew]

Damn Lorenzo is the fucking man. What a boss, we need more interviews with this dude!

[exxagerator]

dana is just a whore working for the fertitas

a man slave if you like

[Lerakon2]

@exxagerator Yea he went from being a nobody to being a huge name in the entertainment industry + he's rich now, all because the Fertittas decided to invest in him. I'm sure he's crying himself to sleep about being such a slave :).

[tillman40]

you know you are a BOSS when your primary plane breaks and u reach for the backup plane...

[MsMarc1234]

You idiots, you knoe who, make Ariel look bad. Dont write a comment if you have nothing to say. Btw. Great to see Helwani videos back on youtube!

[locolocsta]

Lorenzo Fertitta, like a BOSS!

[tdubbcdman]

i love pussy, but never the bitch that it's attached to

[MrEggbuv]

Classy guy...

[dankfrank10]

7th comment not bad...love the ufc!!!!!!!!!

[comiclander]

this fertitta guy its awesome

[ASDFGHJKL5452]

his so got so much class compare to dana.

[tsarmiento1]

First!!!