Newly minted UFC welterweight kingpin Islam Makhachev believes the UFC just isn’t selling fights as a lot because the promotion as soon as did. Makhachev says that UFC CEO Dana White has quite a bit on his plate and is now lively in a whole lot of different ventures. In the end, although, the promotion has the facility to make any combat loud sufficient in the event that they so select.
Makhachev additionally added that whereas the UFC used to focus closely on promoting the fights and its athletes, it now seems to have “misplaced curiosity.” In a recent interview with Udar Kanal, he stated:
“Within the UFC, I believe, they began engaged on this much less [promoting fights]. Within the UFC earlier than, they’d make a star out of anybody. They did it themselves, promoted fighters, paid a whole lot of consideration to it. However now, by some means, the UFC itself has misplaced curiosity. Dana can also be already an enormous man. Different issues, he’s concerned in lots of different issues too, you realize. And if the UFC desires, they will make any combat loud. They in all probability have to need it.”
The P4P king then added:
“Dana wants, I don’t know, to return to his roots — how he began, how he created all this. Effectively, you realize, an individual additionally loses motivation. A lot time, he’s been on the high. And I do know that he’s already slowly discovering individuals who will change him.” [h/t: Home of Fight on X]
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Dana White doesn’t intend to retire anytime quickly
Earlier this month, Dana White spoke concerning the thought of retirement and the way it doesn’t enchantment to him in any respect. The UFC head honcho grew to become the president of the group in 2001 and has been main the UFC for over twenty years.
White, who’s now 56-years-old, nonetheless has no intentions to retire and solely desires to see the corporate develop. In an interview with Luke Elsman, he acknowledged:
“What the f**ok am I gonna do if I’m gonna retire? Once I was youthful, older folks used to say, ‘Once I retire, I’ll be ingesting Mai Tais on the seashore,’ and so forth. I’m going on nice holidays — after 10 days, I’m sick of ingesting, I’m sick of all this sh*t, and I’m able to get again to the grind… I’m all the time eager about how you can make the enterprise greater and greater each day.”
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