Newly minted UFC welterweight kingpin Islam Makhachev believes the UFC shouldn’t be selling fights as a lot because the promotion as soon as did. Makhachev says that UFC CEO Dana White has lots on his plate and is now lively in a variety of different ventures. In the end, although, the promotion has the facility to make any struggle 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 current interview with Udar Kanal, he mentioned:
“Within the UFC, I feel, they began engaged on this much less [promoting fights]. Within the UFC earlier than, they might make a star out of anybody. They did it themselves, promoted fighters, paid a variety of consideration to it. However now, by some means, the UFC itself has misplaced curiosity. Dana can be already a giant man. Different issues, he’s concerned in lots of different issues too, you already know. And if the UFC needs, they’ll make any struggle 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 already know, an individual additionally loses motivation. A lot time, he’s been on the prime. And I do know that he’s already slowly discovering individuals who will substitute 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 concept of retirement and the way it doesn’t attraction 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 20 years.
White, who’s now 56-years-old, nonetheless has no intentions to retire and solely needs to see the corporate increase. In an interview with Luke Elsman, he acknowledged:
“What the f**ok am I gonna do if I’m gonna retire? After I was youthful, older individuals used to say, ‘After I retire, I’ll be ingesting Mai Tais on the seashore,’ and many others. I am 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 interested by tips on how to make the enterprise larger and greater day by day.”
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