Dana White:I'm never saying anything bad about Trump. he gave us our start, nobody else talked to us

[basquebromance]

Trump gave UFC their start? really? does anyone know anything about this?

 

[Taz]

Probably let them fight at a Trump hotel.

 

[martybegan]

Probably let them fight at a Trump hotel.

He hosted UFC fights 20 years ago in AC when most promoters didn't want anything to do with it. It was while they were still codifying the rules, and trying to get it past the street brawl image it was getting.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Trump is always on the cutting edge of business opportunities, and that said now political leadership. He is willing to roll the dice and take a chance on something that could become bigger or better over time. Sometimes it works out.

 

[miketx]

Trump gave UFC their start? really? does anyone know anything about this?

This just popped in your head? Made it up? Wth are you talking about?

 

[basquebromance]

Trump gave UFC their start? really? does anyone know anything about this?

This just popped in your head? Made it up? Wth are you talking about?

Dana White was on FOX's Objectified show and said the statement.

 

[aaronleland]

Probably let them fight at a Trump hotel.

He hosted UFC fights 20 years ago in AC when most promoters didn't want anything to do with it. It was while they were still codifying the rules, and trying to get it past the street brawl image it was getting.

I know for awhile there they weren't allowed to hold fights in NYC venues, which of course could hold up a lot of business opportunities. It may have been some of Trump's clout in NYC politics that had something to do with them finally making their break in the city.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Every one of those stupid NFL players who left ‘college’ early in order to enter the NFL draft can thank trump for making that possible. Hershel Walker signed with Trump’s USFL NJ Generals in 1983 after his junior year and set the precedent.

 

[martybegan]

Probably let them fight at a Trump hotel.

He hosted UFC fights 20 years ago in AC when most promoters didn't want anything to do with it. It was while they were still codifying the rules, and trying to get it past the street brawl image it was getting.

I know for awhile there they weren't allowed to hold fights in NYC venues, which of course could hold up a lot of business opportunities. It may have been some of Trump's clout in NYC politics that had something to do with them finally making their break in the city.

It was actually Sheldon Silver getting his ass indicted that allowed MMA to be sanctioned in NY. Silver was against it and since he was in charge of the Assembly, what he said went.

 

[basquebromance]

Drill Goes Through UFC Fighter's Testicle, Rips Himself In Half - MMA Imports

 

[Godboy]

Probably let them fight at a Trump hotel.

He hosted UFC fights 20 years ago in AC when most promoters didn't want anything to do with it. It was while they were still codifying the rules, and trying to get it past the street brawl image it was getting.

I know for awhile there they weren't allowed to hold fights in NYC venues, which of course could hold up a lot of business opportunities. It may have been some of Trump's clout in NYC politics that had something to do with them finally making their break in the city.

No, it was the arrest of Sheldon Silver that finally got them in NY. He kept the UFC out of NY based on a contract dispute between the Culinary Union in Las Vegas and Station Casinos, which were owned by Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who also owned the UFC. Sheldon and the union were strong arming the Fertitta Brothers casinos in Vegas, by using Sheldons position in NY to prevent the UFC from holding MMA events in NY. It was super shady shit and the Fertittas refused to cave in to their strong arm tactics, so it took the arrest of Sheldon Silver to end the stand off. Once he was arrested, the guy that took over Sheldons position immediately cleared the way for the UFC (like literally that same week).