True but even apart from that, Feldman just comes across as really genuine. You can tell he truly cares about this shit. The others feel more like business men looking to sell you the company
One thing I like about Feldman is that he isn’t talking about gates, he talks about attendance. It seems like he cares more about butts in seats rather then mostly focus on money in pocket. The former will come if the latter is present.
GFL boss on this show " I have a big announcement about a trade" mentions two fighters I have never heard of!! Even Ariel was unimpressed! GFL is doomed!
I would form a wide organization that is a retirement whatever fund and that it. It would be not a challenge to find fighters. all of them everywhere in the earth would come to you. The massive joy is that we wouldnt have to see them fight.
@@nickdelvecchio4197 and those PPV sales were in the UFC. UFC is a whole different beast. We have never seen a UFC fighter go out of UFC and have a successful PPV. Few fighters have tried, and it has always failed every single time.
Only because Ariel is hating so hard and some of you aren’t able to think with your own brain so you wait for Ariel to speak and copy and paste everything thought he has with combat sports
very little faith in GFL... how can they expect Fans to get behind a "team" when the teams are essentially fake, controlled by the GFL and they openly state they will trade fighters on the fly to suit their match making needs.
Geriatric Fight League is absolutely gonna be a complete failure. Strange going from Feldman who is very grounded in where BKFC’s position is, straight into this Owen’s fella who has absolutely no clue what he’s doing and thinks he’s gonna turn the likes of Dillon Danis and T Ferg into billion dollar teams. Doubt they make it to 3 events.
If they had a solid consistent in stone retirement income ,I doubt you would here this "I still have the urge to fight stuff". I think it's purely overwhelmingly financial with these guys . Who would want to get shin kicked punched in liver, head etc at 40 plus years old......nobody sane.
I’m excited to see the GFL do well. But the model seems like a scheme but I hope it’s in good faith and mma fans should support it instead of wanting the UFC to be the only promotion people want. I’m excited to see some of these fighters return who wouldn’t be champions in the UFC
These are promises to get investors excited by showing a lot of names people may know and then they move the money around, and in the end when nothing comes of it they can pretend they had good intentions and did all this in good faith to actually deliver. It's one of the oldest scams, just hasn't really been done in MMA to this level in the US recently.
Man it’s so hard to root for weidman. Man is complaining that they put him, a former champion, on the prelims and he has to fight no names. It’s like “yes Chris, you’ve been losing”
I think a very simple way to make the team aspect more intriguing is giving extra points for the type of fight. For example, your team gets points for a TKO, KO, submission, more than half the time control on top, etc. With this, there can be some strategy on who fights who. Also, no one knows who they're fighting until the actual match starts. several ways to make this interesting.
GFL saying yes to ppv is literally wild. I like that we can watch a ton of fight but please please get a streaming deal. Nobody knows who you are, what production is, how long these cards take etc so buying a ppv and having it not live up to expectations puts you DOA. Get a espn+ deal and if you have a sub you get access. Get a Netflix or Hulu deal (probs harder to get) and the eyes you get you are automatically in the game. If you out this on ppv each month sorry most will buy the ufc product over this and I want to see this work! The streaming is one of the biggest parts of making the GFL a thing so please make a choice that gets money but also eyes
Bellator ppv tanked and failed. I think they need tv like they had. Spike tv or a streaming platform. Unfortunately it can't be in some obscure places we're no one would watch it. Aew prowrestling has the best deal and or power slap as example. I think it's TBS or TNT cable (?)
Chris Weidman ,,,,The Man ,, The Legend ,,,,,,,My man had a Great career , I wish him all the best......Poor Anderson Syvia Still wakes up in a cold sweats after his fights with Chris ... I would have felt better to see my man Chris lay his gloves down on the canvas on a Main card ,,, but thats ok , All the Best to Chris Weidman ....
GFL it’s sad but it’s hilarious man how delusional is this guy? lol he was like “it’s a team that billionaires will buy, just like the nba or nfl, and we will just make on the fly trades to make a fight happen” forget the teams thing and just make fights ! lol it’s not a team sport that’s the thing!
Whoop-de-do another guy trying to make MMA into American football just like the PFL MMA is an international sport. We don’t care about American football but hey, at least some of our grandfathers trying to get paid 😂 grandfather league coming to you soon brought to you by the NFL 😂
I've never been so sure of a company that's going to fail than the GFL. They want to do 2 events on Sunday and one on Monday. What! They want teams, general managers a point system. This Darren Owen M0R0N doesn't understand the fight game whatsoever. He's trying to turn MMA into the NFL. Bro it's the fight game! It's an individual sport. We fall in love with individual fighter's for their fight style and personality. Not random made up teams. And he wants to compete with the NFL on Sunday? There's a reason Boxing and the UFC are always on Saturday evenings because they're not stupid enough to attempt to compete with the NFL and other established sports leagues because they share the same target audience. Is this Darren guy serious? Is this the most elaborate prank of all time? Their "draft" was the most cringe thing I've ever seen, you kidding me? The GFL was trending on Twitter because everyone was laughing at you not supporting you. Not to mention this Darren Owen's guy looks like a typical bet@ liberal. He's the most softest HR Karen looking and sounding guy personality wise I've ever seen. He has the worst personality and look to be the leader and promoter of a company. Plus he's just wearing a random black hoody in the most important interview he's had since the draft. Beyond unprofessional. Dana White and Dave Feldman always at least wear button down dress shirts. This Darren guy is a joke the GFL is a joke this is hilarious! I bet they don't make past this year.
Chris Weidman would still be washed no matter how he was packaged or gift wrapped .He complains that if he was main event instead of always now on preliminary , he would be more motivated to .....fight better.???? If he had a solid income consistent for life , he wouldn't be talking like this. I don't believe it . Will never believe other wise.
Ariel has to be trolling when he keeps saying how bad he feels for the GFL because they worked so hard on the show and wanted to keep the surprise back only for it to get leaked, right?!
Should these organisations not have any responsibility? They are signing all the fighters that was kinda forced to end their career (for their own good). Tony Ferguson, Frank Mir, when are they signing BJ Penn and Royce Gracie? It will probably be dead by the end of 2026.
The conversation in this show about the Paul brothers fighting each other or anybody else is always about the buildup and fake drama. It is never about the actual fight because they know the fights suck. They hype up the buildup so much and when the fights happen and people dogpile them, they say “oh, what did you expect. You guys are suckers”. Bro, I agree people should have known better but you’re the media characters who hyped it up.
Darren sounds sincere, but the things he's stating also sound too fantastical to believe. Maybe if there is oil money behind it, then I guess anything is possible.
You have to be on a ridiculous mega platform and friends in high places to lose money and not care Tony Khan aew - billionaire dad- soccer/NFL football teams etc ./ massive family generational wealth Fertitta brothers - Massive Casinos wealth / massive generational wealth and whatever else.
I've been watching MMA for 20 years and I'm really rooting for the GFL, the PFL and BKFC to grow immensely. I don't get why people keep putting GFL down, These are obviously people who have never set up a business and have no idea how hard it is to get things off the ground. STFU..Go watch WWE.
@@bananaclipper7692 A real draft would have resulted in some of the best fighters being on the same team and not fighting each other...I'd rather they set it up they way they did.
@@Johntheheadache he said they’re just going to trade fighters to whatever team anyways to make fights. why even have a draft? they could have just announced the teams
Talking with Feldman just feels different than the Donn Davis”s & Darren Owens of the world
Yeah because donn davies is an absolute buffoon
True but even apart from that, Feldman just comes across as really genuine. You can tell he truly cares about this shit. The others feel more like business men looking to sell you the company
@@josiericaro3347💯
It feels real
The boys jamming out to protect your neck GFL promo song is maybe the best clip to ever exist on the internet. It brings me such joy
One thing I like about Feldman is that he isn’t talking about gates, he talks about attendance. It seems like he cares more about butts in seats rather then mostly focus on money in pocket.
The former will come if the latter is present.
This guy gets it.
GFL founder looks like a crypto scammer 😂
This show length is ideal, 3-4 good guests per day with some interaction between ariel and the boys cant complain!
Izzy “wow I love it I never heard you cuss” 😂😂
So the GFL “draft” was just this dude putting people on whatever team he felt like? 💀
GFL is cooked. How are you supposed to get behind a “team” if fighters are just being traded to make fights.
GFL boss on this show " I have a big announcement about a trade" mentions two fighters I have never heard of!! Even Ariel was unimpressed! GFL is doomed!
I would form a wide organization that is a retirement whatever fund and that it. It would be not a challenge to find fighters. all of them everywhere in the earth would come to you.
The massive joy is that we wouldnt have to see them fight.
The GFL is going to fail I hate to say it. ‘ we have proven PPV draws in our roster’ bruh 💀
I mean they have proven to be ppv draws, problem is that was a decade ago😭😭
@@nickdelvecchio4197 and those PPV sales were in the UFC. UFC is a whole different beast. We have never seen a UFC fighter go out of UFC and have a successful PPV. Few fighters have tried, and it has always failed every single time.
Only because Ariel is hating so hard and some of you aren’t able to think with your own brain so you wait for Ariel to speak and copy and paste everything thought he has with combat sports
very little faith in GFL... how can they expect Fans to get behind a "team" when the teams are essentially fake, controlled by the GFL and they openly state they will trade fighters on the fly to suit their match making needs.
and they want billionaires from each towns to buy the teams and i don’t think they’ve sold any
Shoutout to Gout Gout
Feldman is the man!!
Bkfc is clearly the next big thing
I love watching it so entertaining lol
It's a great middle ground for mma and boxing fans
@@JayTee713 very good point
Guess you’ve never watched Eagle FC
GFL did a FAKE draft. How can you ramble on about team sports and how great this format is and put on such a bogus media event? What a disgrace!
Great interview Ariel! I've been following you since the Fanhouse days!
Where do you send questions for the On The Nose segments?
Just go to his substack bro
AIPAC
@@deathbyastonishment5798 good one
1:24:38 “We want Dillon to be Dillon”
(Never fight, and troll.)
Geriatric Fight League is absolutely gonna be a complete failure. Strange going from Feldman who is very grounded in where BKFC’s position is, straight into this Owen’s fella who has absolutely no clue what he’s doing and thinks he’s gonna turn the likes of Dillon Danis and T Ferg into billion dollar teams. Doubt they make it to 3 events.
3 wow ur optimistic, i dont think it will ever happen
@ I like to think so. I’m really saying they might get 2. Definitely wouldn’t be shocked at all if you’re right though.
WOW. WHen the GFL guy first showed up last time I left a comment that Weidman was among those to join up soon, LOL.
You were wrong about Guida and Anthony Smith though.. 1 out of 3..
If they had a solid consistent in stone retirement income ,I doubt you would here this "I still have the urge to fight stuff".
I think it's purely overwhelmingly financial with these guys . Who would want to get shin kicked punched in liver, head etc at 40 plus years old......nobody sane.
@@kamrankhandevil give it a liitle more time! Smith not done with UFC yet
Thumbs up to Petsey getting promoted to Swiss Army Knife! What an honor
When Ariel pronounces Izzy’s last name it the same sound he makes when he receives him in his mouth
🗣️
I’m excited to see the GFL do well. But the model seems like a scheme but I hope it’s in good faith and mma fans should support it instead of wanting the UFC to be the only promotion people want. I’m excited to see some of these fighters return who wouldn’t be champions in the UFC
These are promises to get investors excited by showing a lot of names people may know and then they move the money around, and in the end when nothing comes of it they can pretend they had good intentions and did all this in good faith to actually deliver. It's one of the oldest scams, just hasn't really been done in MMA to this level in the US recently.
Man it’s so hard to root for weidman. Man is complaining that they put him, a former champion, on the prelims and he has to fight no names. It’s like “yes Chris, you’ve been losing”
I think he's being realistic and honest. I don't understand why he still think he needs to fight.
@ fighters man, it’s an addiction to the thrill we’ll never know
Dang!! I only just now watching the replay I could have ffwd over the lottery 😢
1:35:11 fist bump sync is unreal
I think a very simple way to make the team aspect more intriguing is giving extra points for the type of fight. For example, your team gets points for a TKO, KO, submission, more than half the time control on top, etc. With this, there can be some strategy on who fights who. Also, no one knows who they're fighting until the actual match starts. several ways to make this interesting.
its 4 points for a finish, 3 for a decision win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a decision loss and zero for a defeat via finish
Opened the app just to say I laughed out loud at that Froch comment 😂
The Elsa callback was 10/10
Great show today. The draft was great. Woodleys draft stock all time high
Izzy on the show!
GFL saying yes to ppv is literally wild. I like that we can watch a ton of fight but please please get a streaming deal. Nobody knows who you are, what production is, how long these cards take etc so buying a ppv and having it not live up to expectations puts you DOA. Get a espn+ deal and if you have a sub you get access. Get a Netflix or Hulu deal (probs harder to get) and the eyes you get you are automatically in the game. If you out this on ppv each month sorry most will buy the ufc product over this and I want to see this work! The streaming is one of the biggest parts of making the GFL a thing so please make a choice that gets money but also eyes
Bellator ppv tanked and failed. I think they need tv like they had. Spike tv or a streaming platform.
Unfortunately it can't be in some obscure places we're no one would watch it.
Aew prowrestling has the best deal and or power slap as example. I think it's TBS or TNT cable (?)
Im interested in GFL I really hope they make it!!!!!!!!!!!
UFC still giving desk/analyst booking after this GFL fiasco, is cool man.
1:52:15 betting odds for scripted wwe??!! 😂😂
I don't see how BKFC even makes a profit but I'm glad they are around.
sounds like they haven't yet.. Feldman said he hopes to finally make a profit this year.
Turning the corner via ticket sales, sponsorships and broadcast partners. Looking forward to watching them grow.
They have a streaming deal with dazn so that should definitely help
Congrats Frank having Jey Uso with #20 and Ariel with on winning Charlotte Flair with #27
Chris Weidman ,,,,The Man ,, The Legend ,,,,,,,My man had a Great career , I wish him all the best......Poor Anderson Syvia Still wakes up in a cold sweats after his fights with Chris ...
I would have felt better to see my man Chris lay his gloves down on the canvas on a Main card ,,, but thats ok , All the Best to Chris Weidman ....
Pro wrestling is not a combat sport
Chris Weidman has the Norm Macdonald smile
He's also deeply closeted
Sometimes on Y@utube i binge watch Norm Macdonald ,, he was sooooo underated
@@millieatr That's because you're a Man of esteem
the timestamp is messed up for david feldman
GFL it’s sad but it’s hilarious man how delusional is this guy? lol he was like “it’s a team that billionaires will buy, just like the nba or nfl, and we will just make on the fly trades to make a fight happen” forget the teams thing and just make fights ! lol it’s not a team sport that’s the thing!
Whoop-de-do another guy trying to make MMA into American football just like the PFL MMA is an international sport. We don’t care about American football but hey, at least some of our grandfathers trying to get paid 😂 grandfather league coming to you soon brought to you by the NFL 😂
The GFL Commissioner held a "draft" and then proceeded to draft all the fighters himself?!?!?!?!
That 9 months joke by izzy 😂😂😂
I've never been so sure of a company that's going to fail than the GFL. They want to do 2 events on Sunday and one on Monday. What! They want teams, general managers a point system. This Darren Owen M0R0N doesn't understand the fight game whatsoever. He's trying to turn MMA into the NFL. Bro it's the fight game! It's an individual sport. We fall in love with individual fighter's for their fight style and personality. Not random made up teams.
And he wants to compete with the NFL on Sunday? There's a reason Boxing and the UFC are always on Saturday evenings because they're not stupid enough to attempt to compete with the NFL and other established sports leagues because they share the same target audience. Is this Darren guy serious? Is this the most elaborate prank of all time? Their "draft" was the most cringe thing I've ever seen, you kidding me? The GFL was trending on Twitter because everyone was laughing at you not supporting you.
Not to mention this Darren Owen's guy looks like a typical bet@ liberal. He's the most softest HR Karen looking and sounding guy personality wise I've ever seen. He has the worst personality and look to be the leader and promoter of a company. Plus he's just wearing a random black hoody in the most important interview he's had since the draft. Beyond unprofessional. Dana White and Dave Feldman always at least wear button down dress shirts. This Darren guy is a joke the GFL is a joke this is hilarious! I bet they don't make past this year.
Chris Weidman boxing match. Ohhh YEAHHHHH. Gimme a fkn break. 👎🏼
Chris Weidman would still be washed no matter how he was packaged or gift wrapped .He complains that if he was main event instead of always now on preliminary , he would be more motivated to .....fight better.????
If he had a solid income consistent for life , he wouldn't be talking like this. I don't believe it . Will never believe other wise.
Grandpa's Fight League.
WRESTLING WOOOOOOOOOO LOVE IT
🙂🔫
The highlight clips have gotten worse, please refer back to the original method
1:35:08
NYR and MF doing crazy work. 😅🤣
Ariel I wish you would of asked Darren Owen what everyone is asking, why try the team model when it has not worked so many times in the past
I have asked him this in previous interviews
But have you asked him about deez?
@@street12345😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ArielHelwani Ty I remember
What happened to Izzy's eyebrows. 😂
Ariel has to be trolling when he keeps saying how bad he feels for the GFL because they worked so hard on the show and wanted to keep the surprise back only for it to get leaked, right?!
Time stamps are off! Wanted to skip weidman cause who cares and missed most of David’s interview! Get it right GC!!!
😢 THAT’S MY BOY!
They are always off. Monkeys working the time stamps.
Oh no, how dare you have to use your finger to rewind it and take 2 seconds
What you typing out exclamation points?!?! 😭 calm down
Rewind it you snowflake
GFL gotta be paying for this pub
GFL guy just set a like the biggest hack imaginable
1:35:07
1:33:24
1:35:02
Rothwell vs. Hunt Superheavyweight Super Fight.
Should these organisations not have any responsibility? They are signing all the fighters that was kinda forced to end their career (for their own good). Tony Ferguson, Frank Mir, when are they signing BJ Penn and Royce Gracie? It will probably be dead by the end of 2026.
The conversation in this show about the Paul brothers fighting each other or anybody else is always about the buildup and fake drama. It is never about the actual fight because they know the fights suck. They hype up the buildup so much and when the fights happen and people dogpile them, they say “oh, what did you expect. You guys are suckers”. Bro, I agree people should have known better but you’re the media characters who hyped it up.
Darren sounds sincere, but the things he's stating also sound too fantastical to believe. Maybe if there is oil money behind it, then I guess anything is possible.
Pretty sure “Darren Owens” is AI generated
GFL is a waste of time
This GFL will tank BADLY! 😑
Dillon vs abubakar
The GFL guy is always so uncomfortable
GFL will be dead within 1 year of their first card. Unless they are willing to lose money for a long time. Doubtful.
You have to be on a ridiculous mega platform and friends in high places to lose money and not care
Tony Khan aew - billionaire dad- soccer/NFL football teams etc ./ massive family generational wealth
Fertitta brothers - Massive Casinos wealth / massive generational wealth and whatever else.
Hope this works. But seems like a scam of some sort.
Weidman thinks he’s going to get a fight w Jake Paul!!! Kid is delusional
Yeah I don't see that happening for him. I wish Weidman would just stick to commentary. He's got a unique voice.
I've been watching MMA for 20 years and I'm really rooting for the GFL, the PFL and BKFC to grow immensely. I don't get why people keep putting GFL down, These are obviously people who have never set up a business and have no idea how hard it is to get things off the ground. STFU..Go watch WWE.
i wanted to give them a shot because of the rev split but the GFL draft was completely fraudulent
@@bananaclipper7692 A real draft would have resulted in some of the best fighters being on the same team and not fighting each other...I'd rather they set it up they way they did.
@@Johntheheadache he said they’re just going to trade fighters to whatever team anyways to make fights. why even have a draft? they could have just announced the teams
the GFL is done lmao
According to who? You who never started a company this size? How do you know sir?
Listening to these guys all banter back and fourth is annoying asf!!!
Just stick with the interviews Ariel 👌
Ooooooo I can't wait to skip the royal rumble WWE bs🤗
There is no GFL LOL