DANA WHITE | THE UFC vs THE MEDIA - The Story of Fight Island
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- UFC President Dana White provides answers to critics who stated that he could not safely and successfully keep the company moving forward during the global pandemic.
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Lol this was the only way the UFC would ever include Ariel Helwani in one of their videos 😂
Ariel was so harsh towards the UFC and Dana when this happened but cries about fighter pay. Dana doing this got the fighters paid instead of sitting on the side lines for months. Ariel is snake
Didn’t Ariel continue working??
@@tolliSTFU he did cause he was able to crap on the UFC when they announced they came back
@@thenedsmmachannel8970 exactly, the ufc also kept Helwani (and every other media outlet) in work during the pandemic
He slates the ufc just about every opportunity he gets on the mma hour every week. Very bitter is Ariel
This is one of those moments in sports history that separated UFC above all. Thank you Dana. Remember being so excited about the work u were doing to put on fights for us the fans
aldo has no winning record at bantamweight he never had a chance against mcgregor keep crying
@@hellotron9118 what?
@@hellotron9118 do what lmfao
Well said
Be gone Disney shill
UFC helped me get through the pandemic and I'm so grateful that Dana found a way even though he was heavily criticized and hated for it. Thank you Dana and the UFC for not closing down.
He didn't do it for you, the fans or the fighters, he did it for the 750 million from espn, he needed 42 events on espn to get it and he got a nice percentage of it.
@@Traypeats Why are you so narrow minded filled with blindness that you can't see the whole picture? It's a business and ESPN has a contract with the UFC. It's the UFC job to meet the agreement of the contract. Dana was able to help his fighters and his people get paid while also doing what he agreed to do on the contract with Disney. It's a win win for both of them and for the fans who couldnt go outside because of the pandemic. Would it be better if no one wins and we all lose to the pandemic?
@@SuperUltraMomo you can't stop stupidity but clowning on them works better. This guy can't help to be the dumbest in the room. Most of these people have no clue what finances or economics is about. They are just broke jealous people that hate on others doing better. Somehow this makes them feel better about being a bottom feeder. I'll tell anyone to their face how stupid they look if they spout any post modern low standards in my direction or vicinity
Plandemic*
If you needed help through media lies and efforts from politicians that have the mental and physical capacity of grade schoolers then you're part of the problem and holding the rest of humanity back.
this goverment mandated pandemic is what made me start watching the UFC. as it turned out dana was right to keep pushing and fighting against the cowardly media.
You're just a maga zombie who learned about MMA a few weeks ago. Go back tk nascar
The sad thing about this is that this is largely just propaganda spewed by the UFC. It’s really no better than the media they are trying to take on. So much of this is taken out of context and is criticism of his “tachi palace” plan which he of course failed in completing. God I hate propaganda.
Dana White will go down in history for this shit 👏🏻💯🔥
For real. Nobody in the world did what he did.
💯 when everyone else was scared to try sports during covid Dana wasn't
I love so much this kind of shit!
This feels like it happened in an alternate timeline, where Masvidal actually had a chance to become the welterweight champion.
No it doesnt. What the fuck are you talking about
He had at least 2 chances. But he failed.
Tony vs Khabib could've happened 🥲
@@O_C293 in any timeline, I believe world war 3 would've happened first before that fight
There's an alternative timeline that covid didn't happened
Khabib won over tony
Conor wanted to fight Diego Sanchez😂 but won against someone else
Allegiant stadium show happened with Jon Jones making heavyweight debut
Izzy vs Costa was a banger fight.
Yea lots of butterfly effect
Round of applause for this man, nice work Dana
Got to give it to ufc. Only sport active during pandemic, and were able to pull off a great show every week
does not explain why olivera gets so much praise for losing 8 times to bums but khabib gets hate for never losing and get called a cherry picker but olivera lost to bums 8 times
@@hellotron9118 first of all thats unrelated. Second of all khabib fought 24 tin cans and no oliveira lost 8 times to legends of the sport.
@@hellotron9118 khabib is in,,br 3d that's why
UFC is not a sport
And WWE also was active
the UFC continuing during the pandemic is the 2nd best business decision the UFC has ever done behind starting The Ultimate Fighter. The UFC is now bigger than it ever was and is killing it.
It’s how I started watching
In Canada the lockdowns were very strict, I remember UFC and the Michael Jordan documentary were the only things that I looked forward to during the early months of the pandemic. Thank you Dana White.
I won't soon forget having the Michael Jordan documentary to look forward.
After the pandemic started, I picked up my interest in MMA and the UFC in particular.
Right it was a full dictatorship
Canada and South Korea were the only two countries in OECD that followed the China model.
Me too!
you guys need to get your guns back, they are not to protect you from each-other, they are to protect you from your government!
Finally Ariel Helwani is in a piece of UFC Media
So proud to be a ufc fan!
Proud to be part of the UFC journey. People complain about Dana but without him the sport wouldn't be this huge global phenomenon.
Very true
Lmao that's not true at all. Dana didn't invent mma, he capitalized on it. Mma could have made it without Dana
Hes not the reason the sport exists. The sport existed already and somebody somewhere was going to take it. He just made sure to promote it better. Relax
@@tobysmith2081 Dana didn’t create mma,true statement. He created the UFC, the biggest and most well respected mma organization in the world, with undoubtedly the best fighters on the planet
@@BeNicePlease2345 if the UFC didn't have them some other organization would
The UFC is THE BEST out here in the sports world. No basketball, hockey or football games get me hype like a UFC event. The anxiety to the build ups. The pressers. They stayed alive when everyone else gave in. They have taken over the sports world 🌎
Absolute truth! There's no sport more exciting than MMA
aldo losing to merab shows the disrespect mcgregor gets he wasn't ever losing to aldo in a rematch it was embracing that mcgregor haters and aldo fan clowns were buying that aldo wouldn't last a round with mcgregor easy to win against 135ers and lose their many times as well aldo has no winning record at bantamweight he is done always has been since he fought elites
Facts.
@PunjabiPiccolo because is not a sport is a combat is a bout this no a competition about abilities is a fight they’re fighters anyomore that that
@@hellotron9118 who was talking about Jose Aldo?
Thanks Dana. You were a light in the darkness in 2020
aldo got dominated by merab does anyone think aldo ever had a chance against mcgregor like 13 seconds was enough now we know 135er like moraes yan merab and dominated aldo this is just embracing aldo cant beat mcgretor and aldo can never be measured up to khabib
@@hellotron9118 I'm curious what the stuff in the bottles under your sink tastes like, could you try it out and let me know?
Man before the pandemic started I was a fan of the UFC. But as it went on and Dana White continued working and putting on events I became a HUGE FAN OF THE UFC!! It was the only sport going for like 5-6 months and it was awesome!!
Same here. Dana mentioned putting on fights during the pandemic catapulted there fan base hugely.
This video brought to you by Dana White.
In all seriousness, the UFC got me through those brutal COVID times. Nothing but respect for Dana.
Is that you exposing something? This was literally released on the UFC's official RUclips channel. And Dana was 100% correct even if you disagree with him on other issues. The covid cult was so messed up.
aldo never came close to khabib mcgrefor or volk legacy aldo isnt greater then them not even close is safe to say aldo is really horrible been saying that but his last performance exposed him badly and no way to come back
No doubt
Man looking back 2 years ago, the lockdown was brutal for everyone around the world
The combination of clips from people criticizing the UFC after the Brasilia card in March which had zero covid protocol, then combining it with images of all the protections the UFC brought in months later, after they were justifiably criticized makes this video really dishonest. Very weird and insecure piece of propaganda for a company to produce about itself.
Keep crying
I will never forget watching Tony vs Justin during the pandemic, with everything surrounding it truely a piece of history
I’m so thankful that Dana did this when we had nothing else ufc was there.
aged poorly for the covid doomsayers who thought anybody getting sick was a death sentence… now we just move along and the fact the UFC were the only ones to keep moving is amazing
It was about being cautious for the public good, not about being right. Caring about the well being of your fellow human will always be the correct choice.
@@oceandrop7666 the ufc was extremely cautious… quarantine, testing, masks, vaccination requirements and STILL got flak. It wasnt about public good it was about what side you were on.
Those specific doomsayers saying it was a death sentence yes, but it's always easy to look back after the fact and say it was all for nothing. Preparedness paradox is what most people will get out of the pandemic. Disregarding the fact that we slowed the spread and had mass vaccinations within one year is what isn't going to age well. UFC didn't move ahead disregarding safety they became the safest company in the world to work for.
@@oceandrop7666 but it is still about being right... that's why you had to put in an opinion siding with people that were wrong, for sentimental reasons. You will never move up if you don't encourage and enable a cycle of lies just to make people feel good. It is a joke that there are so many, so called adults, that role play their bs and call it factual. There is a right and wrong and a good and evil. Your compassion for weak minded and emotional people was looked at as a big flaw then. Probably will soon be too for we will probably learn a hard lesson and barely survive at all because people thinking rainbows and unicorns are going to come and save them if they hope enough. Go back to playing with you Tonka truck kid
@@oceandrop7666 or the media brainwashing agendas
This could be a documentary one day.. props to Dana and the UFC staff for keeping their events going. At a time we all needed that distraction and outlet with no other sports on. Glad they gained the following and results they did, it was well earned!
It really should be, considering that was the best year of the ufc yet, in the worst year covid, against everyone.
Already is. Espn+, the story of fight island.
I thought this was an ad for a documentary. I was kinda let down when I realized it wasn't. This needs to be done for sure. Make THIS A DOCUMENTARY.
In hindsight, even the UFC overreacted to the virus. The was no need to cancel events or have events with no crowd. Crazy we let the media do this and get away with it.
He won in the end. Not afraid when all were takes a lot of courage. I respect it.
adesanya cherry picked blachowicz like a coward yet still lost adesanya cant beat anyone his size he is done for remember when yall thought he would become heavyweight champ what a joke izzy fan clowns hiding because they know his time is up no more midgets hunting coward izzy fight someone your size and you get slept
i got cancer trying to read that
Your 5th grade english teacher had 0 courage.
Lot of mad sad folks here hahaha. U guys all mad ? Glad Dana stuck to his guts
@@robertsterling5535 🤣🤣🤣
Why am I not surprised that Ariel Helwani made the cut 😂
Dana got the last word and emerged victorious while they spent over a year hiding in their living rooms, complaining about him on Zoom...
Actually, they were able to create content because of the UFC still being active. The media most certainly benefited from this,just as much as the UFC.
Dana is the kind of Boss/Business person everyone should be... No govt.'s sh*t taken, found solution and became even more successful... He was 200% right when he said, "What have they accomplished"... OG
Dana’s idea to have Fight Island turned out to be a genius idea, the UFC *DOMINATED* the year 2020.
This is literally the most unintentionally hilarious video on the channel next Forrest Griffen’s Halloween jack o lantern video. Lmao love that they called out all the reporters by name WITH PICTURES of their faces as a double F you.
Calling out media members by name, highlighting their falsehoods, and putting their faces out there should become a norm. Just for starters.
@@SPACYtunes Most of these media members were complaining about the UFC event that was tried to be held on an American Indian reservation without any Covid guidelines. Nothing to do with fight island! The UFC were being reckless and were right to be called out, in the end Disney had to shut it down.
The UFC want to whip the media into submission so they never get asked about low fighter pay, paying lobbyists to maintain fighter's status as contractors, colluding with fighter's managers etc.
@@JohnFarrellDev Wait if that’s true that is actually so insane. UFC marketing team is ruthless. Doesn’t really surprise me but still kind of shocking. I’m going to look into that, thank for the heads up. I became a fan during the lock down, but didn’t really follow MMA media until the MMA hour came back to RUclips, have been watching every Monday and Wednesday since so I missed all of the press clips shown throughout the video in real time. I hope Helwani covers this at some point this week.
@@whoaalana4169 Worth checking out Morning Kombat, they slightly covered this in their latest video. Though Dana originally posted this video to Twitter in 2020 and then deleted it, they covered it in much more depth back then.
@@whoaalana4169 wow, someone with literally the same UFC journey as me LOL. definitely one of greatest hobbies to add
Ufc will not be the same without Dana White.. whenever he is gonna he will be missed hugely
by corporate
Nah
Hole he leaves so the fighters can get paid more
@@EJ-bq1nu you are so clueless man. I swear some people are so far behind they actually think they're in the lead.
@@mitcHELLOworld keep being a bootlicker for an abusive vengeful company
Dana. If you read this. I love you. You’re one of my heroes.
Show them. Show them all.
Holy hell I love this. Man you can say a lot of things about Dana, but the man is the absolute GOAT of the fight business. It will be a shame the day he hangs it up and it will be a devastating loss to MMA
he is as good at promoting as he is at taking advantage of fighters. facts
"Negativity is their product... Anytime there's great success, it's surrounded by negativity"
Thank you Dana, the UFC staff, and all the talented, hardworking fighters for saving my sanity through the pandemic. Sincerely.
Now do a series called DANA WHITE | THE UFC vs FIGHTER PAY - The Story of Late Stage Exploitative Capitalism
this
*“You can’t make it totally safe”*
What an absolute tool. Name anything that is “totally” safe.
HHHHAAAAAAHAHAHAHA i love how this video was made to bury everyone that tried to make him look bad 😂😂😂
They deserve it
We don’t give Dana White enough credit, he pushed for UFC to continue through the lockdown that screwed us over 2 years ago
This really put UFC on the map, huge legacy for Dana.
They fucking pitched him a straight line and nigga knocked it out of the fuckin park. He deserves all the credit
UFC has been "on the map" since the late John McCain called it "human cockfighting" back in 1996, son. Same with the covid thing, the "bad publicity" only made the UFC bigger.
This "put ufc on the map"? So nothing else notable happened prior to the pandemic? Absolutely crazy that you think that.
On the map? Where have you been for the last few decades. lol
Epic content. Thank you Dana White for being a tried and true American
Merica fuck yeah 🍻
💯🇺🇸
Roger Goddell earns $75 million annually as commissioner of NFL. NFL laid people off during Covid. He didn’t take a pay cut to save jobs. UFC laid zero off. That’s leadership
Thank you Dana for saying it like it is and doing it like it should be done!
What Dana and the UFC did during the pandemic was historic and proved every single critic wrong.
The ego of not only putting this video out two years ago but a second time 😂😂😂
just gotta remind everyone what they did
@@Preso_ but why? Lol
@@eagles10eagles10 why the fuck not
I remember being like well, there's no other sports going on, maybe I'll try watching UFC. Two years later and I haven't missed an event since. Well done, UFC
True leader, he know's how to run things and his results always speaks for him.
THIS
He lies to all of you and cheats the fighters 😅
Just like Trump
@@EJ-bq1nu Dana made UFC, deal with it.
@@user-xw4qs2nl4q No, a group of crazy people willing to put on 4 Oz gloves and fight each other in cages until it became a sport made the UFC. Fuck Dana, pay the fighters and give them the leverage they deserve.
I LOVE how they just blasted all their faces from the media in this video
Tell me this video ain't the biggest flex you've seen in a while. Uncle Dana for the Win 👏👏
They used BC from morning kombat again, he's gonna love this lol
Haha love how this video serves as a way to call out the specific individuals and groups who attacked Dana
Why? The UFC are just trying to control all the media so nobody dares question them or their shady practices towards fighters.
Thank you Dana White and Thank You UFC staff! My favorite sport now in all of sports!!!
Dana White is the single greatest human being to have ever existed. Glory be to his name!
Respect Dana 🥊
I'm just here to say BC with the BDE had your back this whole time Dana. You should've atleast included Luke Thomas in this ;) Mk All Day Almost Everyday!
Respect to Deena for having the balls to take on media juggernaut Brian Campbell!
*Dana. Casual..
The BC slander just won't stop lol
Media soy boy Brian Campbell
Imagine calling someone a casual for misspelling a name on RUclips 🤦♂️😂 clowns in the replies
@@Jack-ur7mq u bum 🤡
The UFC saved my life through the pandemic when the entire world shut down. I’ll always support them
This is one of many reasons why UFC itself is better than all of boxing
Thank you Dana, for all you have done for us. We love the UFC !!!
Massive respect to Dana and the UFC for standing up to the media, as a hardcore MMA fan, the MMA media is an absolute disgrace, all they ever do is put the sport down and talk about fighter pay without accepting the fact that fighters make their own choices in life.
Watching UFC 251 made the world feel a little normal for a few hours. Salute to Dana and the UFC for moving forward.
Dana is a national treasure - called out of these media idiots and put on the show, gave his fighters fights and his e/ee's jobs in Covid times....
Thank you Dana! and all the staff and fighters at The UFC! The world is a better place because of you guys! Thank you!
I love how petty Dana is, calling out this media snakes with name and picture
That is the way you handle the media or any public figure when they pùsh a false narrative! You exposed them by name and face!
I'm one of those statistics. I started watching MMA fights during Covid because the UFC fights kept showing on my feed and I felt in love with the sport. I can happily say that I've paid for a few PPV events and am a UFC fightpass subscriber. 🙌
I still remember Dana White proudly saying something like during this difficult situation many companies went out of business but, UFC worked it's way out of it and be in profit and most importantly, they didn't lay off not one person during the entire pandemic. that sir is what you call a boss that do anything to protect his employees. Ariel is shit btw.
When the rest of the sports world cowered in fear to the BIG VIRUS with an incredibly low kill rate...Dana White was the man to stand up. Good job Dana
Oh boy... :D
It's actually much much lower than 1 %.. 1 % is fucking huge lol, are you nuts???
@@sam93931 99.98% survival rate or something, ma bad
@@sam93931 The vast majority of people had literally no effects to mild effects.
@@marcianusvalerius1992 thats what I said
Thank you Dana!! You kept us entertained through 2 years of hell!!
That time in America was so annoying like it seemed like people were rooting for the worst instead of trying to find solutions
This made me love the UFC even more than I already did and i've been watching since the GSP days he pushed through when no else would and didn't let this plandemic stop him running his business and keeping his employees employed
I will always stand with the UFC and never the CDC
The legacy of Dana. Trailblazer and leader of the sports world.
Thank you Dana white you are a trailblazer a legend a brilliant leader you helped me forget about mY depression every time you threw a UFC’ event during the pandemic I was so depressed I couldn’t go to the gym it was closed I got laid off from work ALSO went to four funerals as well but every Saturday-in 2020 I always had the ufc to keep me going thank you UFC AND DANA WHITE.
Probably the most underrated piece of content made by the UFC.
Glad you guys put this video out!! Ufc was the release we all needed during that pandemic
Dana White gets pissed when journalists does his job
The real definition of LEADERSHIP & ULTIMATE FIGHTER is DANA WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😇😇😇😇😇
Fair play Dana white you made lockdown in the UK fun by providing entertainment. And well history will tell the story and so will the facts.
Dana is the MAN. Best leader in all of sports easily.
Not only the fighters but even Dana as the CEO realises that working for the *UFC is not a career, it’s an opportunity* lol
Dana's level of success during a time when half the world wanted us all to stay indoors and be afraid, is the greatest "F U" to all the haters. I love it.
"Why should anyone listen to the media? What makes them experts? What have they accomplished?" -Dana
say what you want about Dana but dudes a different breed... LEGEND
score cards shows UFC/Dana dominated their opponents with this clip.
UFC is on fire right now! Depth and breadth of content is just amazing!
No joke... I'm listening to this each morning for the past week
Kudos to Dana White. His leadership is what makes the UFC the leading organization of MMA.
Isn’t he fucking awesome?
cringe
The fact that Dana and the UFC took on the media and the pandemic and came out on top speaks volumes
Because of Covid and some friends, I found out about UFC, and I’ve been a avid fan ever since and forever will be 👊🏽
I feel very satisfied whatching this now THANK YOU DANA WHITE
Yeah Dana rocked the shit outa the fight game.. brought it straight to us when no one else could.. there were followers but Dana was the trailblazer .. thank you bro!
The media needs SLAPPED
Rick Storm eating his words when it comes to sports makes my day
You are a great fighter too , you fight for the company for the fighters and for us (fan) nothing but respect boss I really admire what you did for this sport.
The Ufc wont be the same without Dana.
When the first event happened in Jacksonville it was such a tremendous ray of light in such a dark time. It truly gave hope to me and my friends and it meant the world. The critics of the UFC should be ashamed of themselves.
"Like a flower of light in a field of darkness" ---- Johnny Cash
i wish he would've said we have essential worker and this is an essential sport
THIS is why the UFC is above every other sport.
Nothing great was ever easy to achieve. I love that you went against the grain and proved all the naysayer’s wrong Dana! Bravo - oh and btw, hit records across the board. Way to maximize a down market. 👏👊
Bunch of sheep in mma media
They said he couldn’t do it and he did it
The UFC helped so many during the lockdown, it literally helped with cabin fever and mental depression. All sports except them, were shutdown. Thank you Dana!!! The whole organization & UFC fighters as individuals.