UFC Executives Open Up About MMA Success

Dana White, UFC President, and Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC Chairman and CEO, speak with WSJ's Lee Hawkins about the business of mixed martial arts, growing a global brand, and the rich stories behind the brawlers.

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[Jónatas Nuno]

É triste as pessoas só quererem ver futebol, só futebol nas notícias e em todos os canais português, deviam passar mma também. Em Portugal só 5% é que deve saber o que é mma. nem pessoas que praticam uma arte marcial, judo entre outras, sabem o que é mma, é triste.

[sfsteve34]

Well, to me a bunch of grown men chasing a rubber ball around a field for 3 hours is pretty boring.

That fat Brazilian Ronaldo chump seems to prefer MMA to soccer these days.

[Bruno Mata]

UFC is still "unknown" in most countrys!

is mainly brasil and USA

im from portugal and i been following on what i can get on ufc for a long time...

but if ask people in my gym whats ufc or mma they will go like . What ?

so in a few years i bielive ufc will be bigger then soccer / football

[T1memaster]

lol

[maternalbanjo]

interviewer was kinda tight and bizarre but props to dana and lorenzo for sitting down and doing this. for selfish reasons, yeah, but it's still good to see them dicussing things together.

[dumbtardface]

looks like masterpiece theater except for dana lol

[tonysoprano0316]

Lol neck and neck with soccer? Dana White talks so much horse shit I'm surprised his mouth can keep up with his obviously retarded brain.

First of all, in most countries no one gives a fuck about UFC. yes the UFC have been all round the world, but in those countries respective mainstream the UFC is very much a niche sport. Even in Brazil soccer is FAR more popular than UFC, there is no comparison whatsoever.

MMA will NEVER be as popular as soccer.

[spartanlegit1]

Don't get mad that your sport is dying. Football,baseball and so on are dying out while mma is growing. The ufc actually puts money into growing the sport unlike the greedy and all players pay non reported so you guys can't say they don't get paid shit most of them drive bentleys and Ferraris!!!!

[Markus Welling]

Well here is a fact: I love MMA, second fact Soccer>MMA 4 ever = soccer will be and is a bigger sport then MMA 4 ever.

[richardflavor]

You're pulling it way out of context.

The context is GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL

not money or fans or anything else you fuckin' dweebs listed.

He said 'Big'

Big means plenty... not literally of course ya fuckin dips.