Dana White
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Joe Rogan is one of those guys. I saw that early on when Why would you go after the fear factor guy to be such a key component to not only the company but to the sport? I saw it in the fucking interview on Ivory Keenan Wayans.
Joe Rogan is one of those guys. I saw that early on when Why would you go after the fear factor guy to be such a key component to not only the company but to the sport? I saw it in the fucking interview on Ivory Keenan Wayans.
Anybody who is with me, has been with me, knows. When you're with me, you're with me. It's a two-way street. It's not a one-way street. I'm not one of these guys that is going to roll over. It's like going through COVID. I wasn't laying any of these people. Some of these people have been with me for 20 years. We're going to lay them off? Mm-mm. This motherfucker will burn.
Anybody who is with me, has been with me, knows. When you're with me, you're with me. It's a two-way street. It's not a one-way street. I'm not one of these guys that is going to roll over. It's like going through COVID. I wasn't laying any of these people. Some of these people have been with me for 20 years. We're going to lay them off? Mm-mm. This motherfucker will burn.
Anybody who is with me, has been with me, knows. When you're with me, you're with me. It's a two-way street. It's not a one-way street. I'm not one of these guys that is going to roll over. It's like going through COVID. I wasn't laying any of these people. Some of these people have been with me for 20 years. We're going to lay them off? Mm-mm. This motherfucker will burn.
burn yeah before i would do that to my people it's just it's just never that none of that type of stuff is ever going to happen while i'm here i can't say what's going to happen when i leave but when i'm here the people who are with me and have been with me they know exactly what's up and joe knows what's up and and and and it's and again it's a two-way street joe rogan has been very loyal to me and i am very loyal to joe rogan
burn yeah before i would do that to my people it's just it's just never that none of that type of stuff is ever going to happen while i'm here i can't say what's going to happen when i leave but when i'm here the people who are with me and have been with me they know exactly what's up and joe knows what's up and and and and it's and again it's a two-way street joe rogan has been very loyal to me and i am very loyal to joe rogan
burn yeah before i would do that to my people it's just it's just never that none of that type of stuff is ever going to happen while i'm here i can't say what's going to happen when i leave but when i'm here the people who are with me and have been with me they know exactly what's up and joe knows what's up and and and and it's and again it's a two-way street joe rogan has been very loyal to me and i am very loyal to joe rogan
How can you explain that? I love him. Lorenzo and I work really well together because we have two different personalities, right? I'm the guy that always, I'm going here. Lorenzo was always here, right? You could walk in a room and say, Lorenzo, you just lost $10 million. Lorenzo, you just won $10 million. it never changes. And I'm a guy that goes like this, right?
How can you explain that? I love him. Lorenzo and I work really well together because we have two different personalities, right? I'm the guy that always, I'm going here. Lorenzo was always here, right? You could walk in a room and say, Lorenzo, you just lost $10 million. Lorenzo, you just won $10 million. it never changes. And I'm a guy that goes like this, right?
How can you explain that? I love him. Lorenzo and I work really well together because we have two different personalities, right? I'm the guy that always, I'm going here. Lorenzo was always here, right? You could walk in a room and say, Lorenzo, you just lost $10 million. Lorenzo, you just won $10 million. it never changes. And I'm a guy that goes like this, right?
So we almost balance each other out. There's a lot of things that he's really fucking good at. And there's a lot of things that I'm really fucking good at. And they're both on the opposite sides of the spectrum.
So we almost balance each other out. There's a lot of things that he's really fucking good at. And there's a lot of things that I'm really fucking good at. And they're both on the opposite sides of the spectrum.
So we almost balance each other out. There's a lot of things that he's really fucking good at. And there's a lot of things that I'm really fucking good at. And they're both on the opposite sides of the spectrum.
Yeah. Those low points. A hundred percent. What's incredible when you think of this, the story of the UFC, um, At the time, the casino business was cranking, right? And Station Casinos was killing it. And Stations, their money from Stations is what was funding the UFC. Then in the 08-09 crash, The UFC was killing it in 08 and 09, and the casino businesses were hurting.
Yeah. Those low points. A hundred percent. What's incredible when you think of this, the story of the UFC, um, At the time, the casino business was cranking, right? And Station Casinos was killing it. And Stations, their money from Stations is what was funding the UFC. Then in the 08-09 crash, The UFC was killing it in 08 and 09, and the casino businesses were hurting.
Yeah. Those low points. A hundred percent. What's incredible when you think of this, the story of the UFC, um, At the time, the casino business was cranking, right? And Station Casinos was killing it. And Stations, their money from Stations is what was funding the UFC. Then in the 08-09 crash, The UFC was killing it in 08 and 09, and the casino businesses were hurting.
So timing on everything, the way that it all worked out, couldn't have worked out better for them and obviously for all of us. When you think about the UFC and how big it is and how far it reaches and how many people it touches, the Fertitta Brothers made a $2 million investment then put in like another 44 million and look at how many lives that investment has changed over the last 25 years.
So timing on everything, the way that it all worked out, couldn't have worked out better for them and obviously for all of us. When you think about the UFC and how big it is and how far it reaches and how many people it touches, the Fertitta Brothers made a $2 million investment then put in like another 44 million and look at how many lives that investment has changed over the last 25 years.
So timing on everything, the way that it all worked out, couldn't have worked out better for them and obviously for all of us. When you think about the UFC and how big it is and how far it reaches and how many people it touches, the Fertitta Brothers made a $2 million investment then put in like another 44 million and look at how many lives that investment has changed over the last 25 years.