Jon Ossoff

Donald Trump, it should be noted.

I have nothing but antipathy for the man, but it should be noted if you were to say true or false, is he a real fight fan?

The evidence is on the side that he is.

This is a guy in the 90s that did.

If you hear him talk about anything in the modern day, he's fallen off.

That's true.

I mean, his ability to hold coherent conversation is substantially challenged.

But the point I'm trying to make here is when the UFC first sold to the company or the ownership structure that took it over in 2001, that Dana White was a part of.

He was not a part of early UFCs.

He didn't take it over until 2001.

2001, the first two shows that they had as a consequence of that were at the Trump Taj Mahal.

And so a lot of folks sort of pinpoint those moments is like, oh, this is the date from when they were growing.

Because to understand something to be in 2001, to be in New Jersey actually is quite important because that commission is one of the more established ones, the state athletic commission.

regulatory board, and they were willing to sanction UFC within their system.

That was kind of a big deal.

But being a Trump Taj Mahal was not a big deal.

It didn't mean anything.

But the one I would like to make is that actually is not the place where they began to develop a fruitful relationship.

There is evidence to indicate in the late 2000s that they were actually kind of a little bit of friction between

between the parties, but somewhere they come back around together circa 2016.