Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:58 Fight Cards Are Too Late! 6:51 Content Creators & Fight Footage 11:42 New Reporters At Press Conferences 14:29 Fighter Walkouts 17:21 Get Rid Of TUF 19:08 Fighter Pay / Pros and Cons 23:39 More or New Matchmakers 26:45 Fixing Boring Divisions

@pz619

Ай бұрын

Real Time Stamps 0:00 Flukas starts yapping 28:38 Flukas finally shuts up

@alexha2884

Ай бұрын

@@pz619😂😂🤣😂

@paulfrancois7653

Ай бұрын

I need to know what it would mean for a fighter to win. Would they be happy?

@acc4465

Ай бұрын

the ufc is a big as it will ever be - it will always be a fringe sport. it’s violence and a lot of people will never like it.

@jonnies

Ай бұрын

I like the earlier time idea. Even here in Australia (main card starts either noon or 2pm, depending on daylight savings), I wouldn’t mind it starting 2-3 hours earlier

Lucas imposing his will on Dana!!

@pan_con_palta9872

Ай бұрын

FROM PILLAR TO POST

@burntouttoast3438

Ай бұрын

Dana is gonna have to bite down on the mouthpiece and survive them big meaty hooks

@allahalkareem8055

Ай бұрын

When it comes to oiling up Dana, Lucas Tracy swears by non-seed-based oils. In fact, it's in his cook book under the recipe 'The Great White".

Up next: different ways Flukas Glazy can improve his fight picks

@seanc7990

Ай бұрын

tip #1: Stop trying to be diff and pick more favorites

@himacri9334

Ай бұрын

Tip #2 flip a coin for picks

@std-turtle2740

Ай бұрын

Tip #3 watch bedtime mma

@Dogfromtf2

Ай бұрын

Tip#4 make 3 videos dedicated to the coin flip

@davidscebat8914

Ай бұрын

Tip #5: Pick the salty guys and the guys on sauce. If both fighters are, flip a coin.

ESPN should hire Flukas Glazy

@amadali4036

Ай бұрын

Eventually one YT guy will

@FindMe04

Ай бұрын

Obviously but Lucas wouldn't be dumb enough to sign with ESPN. He can make good money independently.

@Atlas92936

Ай бұрын

@@FindMe04he can still do both look at DC and Sonnen who have their own commentary channels but also work with espn

Lucas the type of lad to go into Dana White's office to give him his resume and a firm handshake

@TheBabyTort

Ай бұрын

Dana would throw a big meaty hook

@jedii6x252

Ай бұрын

imposing his will on danas big meaty paws

@Bbb-lv6fs

Ай бұрын

Hahahahahhahahahahah so funny

@rehobothbitege4560

Ай бұрын

@@jedii6x252😂😭

@laptv2144

Ай бұрын

Lucas the type of flucas to make a video on top 10 reasons he should be a match maker and show it to Dana

Lucas is better than Guru. Guru got too full of himself Lucas just keeps grinding and putting out creative videos.

@nunchuksteev9811

Ай бұрын

Guru has got an ego on em, gotta hear how he is a millionaire every show, but he is still the man and I love his show

@andrefilismissingtooth

Ай бұрын

Lucas is way more positive in his livestreams too. It’s a way better experience

@evilkhamzat

Ай бұрын

Because unlike Kyle Anthony Mee Lucas has a healthy relationship with the people around him and leaves his house 😂

@smartwater598

Ай бұрын

@@andrefilismissingtoothbecause lucas is actually in shape he lives better lifestyle fatties can never beat men in shape

@MoshJunkie426

Ай бұрын

Guru could legitimately be one of the most toxic mma fans I've ever come across. He's not trolling either the guy is just negative

This is one of the best ufc videos ever. This is every frustration I’ve had with the ufc. They really have gotten very complacent because the fan base has grown so much. They really do need to improve press conferences, improve the programming more than bringing some call of duty dlc shorts into the UFC❤

@lucastracymma8764

Ай бұрын

Feels like they need more soul in the promotion these days. It's becoming too sterile

@JulioEuropePharmaVendor

Ай бұрын

@@lucastracymma8764how much was your hourly wage for your Buisness improvising suggestions for the UFC ?

Watching UFC from Moscow. I had to stay up until 8 a.m. to watch most cards

@mikaadw3065

Ай бұрын

Бля тоже самое

@adamburgess7890

Ай бұрын

Should wake up at 8am dude and don’t look at any of the results online before

@ripoll6156

Ай бұрын

@@adamburgess7890i do that, i go to sleep and wake up at 10 am and watch t full card without entering on insta or yt

Flukas "heads or tails pick rate" glazy

@pan_con_palta9872

Ай бұрын

flukas "worse than blindly guessing" glazy

@nathanjudd6419

Ай бұрын

He guesses the whole card. Easier to pick right when you have more tape and bigger skill gaps

Nobody likes staying up until midnight for a fight night. I don't mind the late PPV's though

@pravinrajar8410

Ай бұрын

Bro I am from Europe, I watch all the fights. Sleep? Is for the weak, I need UFC 😤

@juegobuenoyomalo9501

Ай бұрын

@@pravinrajar8410 Good for you. I got early job and I workout and I study so getting not enough sleep every week would fuck with my muscle recovery, my memory, and just my daily life. So I just don't get to watch fight nights sadly.

@JW65

Ай бұрын

@@juegobuenoyomalo9501exactly I’m a big fan but if i ruined my sleep for every fight night it would actually take years off my lifespan

@H_whit99

Ай бұрын

Does uk do ppv? If they don’t then that’s why they will not get UK time for anything ppv

@H_whit99

Ай бұрын

Bc they make more money off USA fans

1:10 ngl, when i saw Jairzinho and The Blob up there i lost it, this shit so funny for no reason 😂😂😂

@meanmrbean8641

Ай бұрын

Shamil should embrace the Blob label at this point.

@JulioEuropePharmaVendor

Ай бұрын

Shamil “The meal“ Gaziev

Legalize knees to grounded opponents and 12-6 elbows. 165 lb division atom weight for women's MMA.

@felipearaujo9673

Ай бұрын

There's zero need for a 165lb division. Let me guess: you will say that it's a perfect division for Charles, Islam, Dustin, Justin, Hooker, BSD, Jalin Turner, RDA, etc? Well, that's the entire 155lb division, we don't need another one just to add Colby Covington, Ian Garry and Gilbert Burns

@JW65

Ай бұрын

please no 165

@joeswanson5486

Ай бұрын

@@felipearaujo9673we get that division than we’ll have so many Double champs

@Nonamegoodsir4332

Ай бұрын

@@joeswanson5486and double champs are cool and all, but they ruin the sport in a way. hold up the divisions because they only fight twice a year. One defense in each division. i almost want to make the argument that they shouldn’t allow champs of a weight division to fight for the belt in a different weight class. it literally ruins the sport

@GengoSenmon

Ай бұрын

If anything they need to get rid of Flyweight and add the Super Heavyweight division. Fans want to see striking and finishes. Not puny weaklings.

Im sure Lucas read all the lighthearted roasting comments with a big ass smile, easily one of the most hilarious youtube communities

In Australia the prelims usually start at 11am Sunday morning, main event finishes around 4pm . 😁. 💪🇦🇺💨

@LeSunshineee

Ай бұрын

Wish i was in the southern hemisphere 😢

@gooberthorpos8195

Ай бұрын

So elite mate

@j.7485

Ай бұрын

That’s not how time zones work bro

@kingt0295

Ай бұрын

@@j.7485obviously depends on the state in Australia; here in WA 300 started at 6am and ended like 2pm

@danielgonzalez-yp7hi

Ай бұрын

@@kingt0295 I’m in Sydney NSW 💪🇦🇺💨

Look at Lucas actually nailing it for once... The idea of watching the main event at 1pm or later every night is the biggest barrier to entry for the sport

@Tatemoney2024

Ай бұрын

Fax bro especially in south africa to watch dricus I had to stay up untill 7 am when the card ended so from like 1 am to 7 am I'm watching fights so I don't miss the main event like bro these fight times are ridiculous they shoudk put some consideration for other countries

@Northwest425

Ай бұрын

​@@Tatemoney2024majority of their customers are in the USA

@EverlastingEgo

Ай бұрын

Fr I don't watch half the time I have to wake up at 5 or 6

@GengoSenmon

Ай бұрын

You demonstrate that you don't understand business or the UFC at all. Dana has even admitted in interviews that even though 10% of the total UFC audience is in the US, the US fans comprise of 90% of total revenue. If any demographic contributes 90% towards your total revenue, you cater to them above all others. Business 101.

@Northwest425

Ай бұрын

@@GengoSenmon facts 💯

At press conferences: QUESTION OF THE NIGHT BONUS

incentives for the media members that ask good questions actually sounds fun 😂

Lucas is just SLAMMING those Big Meaty Hooks to the body as the UFC covers up against the cage.10-7 for sure.

Dude improving fighter pay would solve like 90% of the problems lol..its gonna bring a better talent pool because money attracts talent, its gonna make fighters train regularly since they won't have to do side jobs to make a living. The quality of fights will increase tenfold and in turn will bring in more fans and revenue to the company. Besides in increasing fighter pay, UFC just has to be less greedy lol. They're paying 15% of the revenue to its athletes while other major sporting organization and even other MMA organizations like one and PFL pay their athletes 50%.

@hotelmoscow8665

Ай бұрын

only negative is fighters wouldn't have to fight as much and might act like boxers being divas picking fights like a picky 5 year old with her food

@okay1775

Ай бұрын

@@hotelmoscow8665 None of that's gotta do with money. I mean every boxer does that. Even the ones who get paid pennies. It's more to do with the structure of the sport. Boxers don't really have an obligation to fight the best to win belts. It's not just Tyson Fury and Joshua refusing to fight contenders. Fighters you've never heard of and barely make 10k a fight do that too.

@hotelmoscow8665

Ай бұрын

of course it's partly to do with money that's common sense who told you smaller fighters fight as infrequently as the top boxers that's bullshit old scholl guys would fight 30 times a year for pennies but back then we didn't know about CTE@@okay1775

@charliecharlie846

Ай бұрын

PFL have an unsustainable financial model. It’s like when China came into football and started paying far above market rate for older European players just to have some name value in their league. Ended up throwing away billions and the league fell apart anyway.

@johnmarkson1998

Ай бұрын

@@okay1775 and what about guys like khamzat, connor and masvidal lose their souls after becoming top stars? keep them poor and hungry.

i think they need a new pay model. i think that is holding ufc and mma as a whole back from being on the level of nba, nfl, nhl

@ultragear207

Ай бұрын

It might be holding it back but its nice that it allows many people to watch for free

@hellothere4431

Ай бұрын

@@ultragear207 i think the opposite. i think ppv is preventing the sport from reaching a larger audience and making the sport less accessible

@ultragear207

Ай бұрын

@@hellothere4431 thats what i said…. I agreed with you. I just said its nice to watch for free

@OldTonyFerguson

Ай бұрын

They don’t sell out arenas/stadiums multiple times a week all over the country. They will never reach that level, they can’t.

I would love to see the equivalent of a UFC Minor league system. Guys making their debut fight or 2/coming off DWCS having their own biweekly lower level cards in the Apex. By doing this, you effectively replace the Apex fight night cards and are able to consolidate the interesting fighters into 1 good stadium fight night per month in addition to having 1 ppv per month like normal.

@Tinky__Winky

Ай бұрын

The apex cards are like this already. They’re the minor leagues with an interesting fight at the top so people tune in. This is where the fighter pay talk gets interesting too. Do minor leagues get paid the same as the dudes at the pinnacle? No way

Completely agree especially with the second point, I have a channel that got over 30k views on a bkfc video very quickly and it got taken down bc I used a few 5 second clips in there, very frustrating

You made good points brother all what you said it true especially the timing of the fights africa and europe fans are suffering with those stinkers late timings, i live in europe and i used to be a causal fan but in the last couple of years i gradually became a hardcore fan and i do believe that this sport has the potential to be one of the most popular sports in the world

That 2nd point you made about letting them use some footage is a very good one because I became a more hardcore fan than I used to be because of MMA KZread, now I'm not out here scouting prospects and catching every fight night card but I have not missed a single PPV since O'malley vs Yan and I keep up with prospects and the like from channels like you, Chael Sonnen, and even MMA on Point (although the harder core of a fan I become the more I realize the only good stuff they make are their top 10 videos).

@GengoSenmon

Ай бұрын

Extremely greedy and short-sighted of the UFC to not take the free promotion of great content creators using their footage. The sport could be way more popular than it is if they allowed that. I think they will realize that soon and acquiesce.

never seen a video with "no views" before. wild.

You are totally right about the Fight times, its Like a slap in the Face for europeans having finally a PPV in Europe where you could be watching it live for once without fucking Up your sleep but then the Guy decides its better having the Fight at 3AM nonetheless, why even come to Europe then

The times starting is definitely a huge issue. I've been in Germany a few years and can't wait to go back to the US soon. I only watch the better cards because there's just no way I'm gonna stay up all night every weekend smh

I live in uk and work Saturday and Sunday. I watch the ppv and either sleep for 3 to 4 hours before work on Sunday or just go to a friend from works house and pull an all nighter before our Sunday shift

I think once you’re in the top 10 of a division you should get custom fight shorts, it would be a little bonus for being on top of a division and it would be easy for casual fans to easily identify that the matchup they’re watching is of more significance

@Nonamegoodsir4332

Ай бұрын

What’s it hurt anyways right? It’d just look cooler if anything to see different print designs rather than the same ones. Oh no! It might cost Reebok a couple extra dollars lol

Living on the West side is definitely clutch when it comes to fight times

I also happen to fall asleep during huge fights but that’s not the UFC’s fault it’s because I have a opioid and Xanax problem

@nathan2683

Ай бұрын

Based

Based. They should show walkouts and corner cam for the PPV on demand. They don’t even have to get rid of the ads they can just show both. Why not?

Imo start contracts should be 30/30 with a decent bonus for fighting at least 2 or 3 times a year or at least 25/25. Second contract should be 50/50. Won't hurt UFC's pockets at all. The current pay split is like 20-80 for fighters when the other big sports it's 50/50. These proposed changes lets new fighters train full time instead of working shifts at the local night club to pay for baby formula, which makes them higher level and further elevates the bottom-mid levels of the UFC, and even the higher levels of the UFC due to more athletes being inclined towards MMA due to the better pay. Edit: these changes also would help bring American fighters back in the mix. We see Russians and Brazilians dominating because 10/10 is dog shit in America where everything is so expensive. And Dana def wants more Americans, given how hard they're pushing Bo who just had an embarrassing showing against a can

@okay1775

Ай бұрын

It's less than 20-80 lol. More like 15-85.

@kingt0295

Ай бұрын

@@okay1775yeah the split is 13-87 apparently. Their investors brag how little the costs are

@Georges-yu8sh

Ай бұрын

@@okay1775 the figure was like 17-83 actually. But I think I saw a more recent estimate that was 20-80 or 21-79.

Being from the uk I’m absolutely fuming at the ufc Manchester card start time. Main card starts at 3am here. That means the main event won’t be until 6/6.30am uk time. That’s practically the next day people will be getting up at that time. A lot of the British fighters will not be happy at all with this I can promise you. It’s just weird. Uk main events usually go ahead at 10/11pm. Stupid decision

Lucas Trying to get me 10 - 7d by Dana Next 🤣 Good video brother

@lucastracymma8764

Ай бұрын

😂 But fr if they gave you more leeway you’d be in the millions of subscribers by now

moving to the west coast for better ufc card times is amazing

I live in Poland and for example, UFC 300 started at midnight and finished at around 7:30 a.m.

Pyfer and Curtis took Dana to the dark room already. He is not listening to you lil bro.

@mauriciohiure2192

Ай бұрын

"hey Dana, you don't understand, my career will be OVEEEEER if i keep fighting this late. not postponed, OVEEEEEEER."

@Dogfromtf2

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Heavily agree on the matchmaking section. To me it feels like there’s so many interesting or stylistic matchups in certain divisions that other people acknowledge as well that just aren’t even thought of like we’d rather watch the same people/styles fight over and over.

I literally agree with almost every point ,great video

I like the ideas Lucas. Nice vid

SO TRUE! I live in Europe and I will frequently miss ppv events that have less interesting cards like ufc 301. I think the reason they ignore Europe is because they have TV deals here instead of PPV. They probably earn less on a per capita basis in Europe than in America but would definitely bring in a larger crowd if they started earlier, the only Europeans that watch ufc are hardcore fans because of how late it starts

@GengoSenmon

Ай бұрын

That's exactly right. Dana has even admitted in interviews that even though 10% of the total UFC audience is in the US, the US fans comprise of 90% of total revenue. If any demographic contributes 90% towards your total revenue, you cater to them above all others. Business 101.

I’m from England and even though most of my friends like MMA and would like to watch, they just can’t be arsed staying up till 6am to watch it. Staying up is such a struggle. I remember I fell asleep just before Whittaker vs du plessis and missed that fight and Volk vs Yair. Won’t become really popular in the UK unless they start the events earlier

Tracy Lucas Aspergers going full blown giving financial advice to the UFC lol 😅

@SonsOfDeForest

Ай бұрын

"hey spend all this money for marginal if any return, it'll work trust me"

@Nonamegoodsir4332

Ай бұрын

@@SonsOfDeForest😂 ikr he kinda wildin on a lil bit of the money stuff he was discussing

Love your takes! Very ingenuitive and thoughtful

I live in Italy and I fell asleep during sterling vs kattar. But my brain knew that it had to wake up so I woke up when max Holloway fight was starting. But yeah the time is crazy . Most of the times I skip the prelim and wake up when the main card starts ( 4 am)

Earlier start times is a fucking top tier take 🙌 i haven't ever agreed with you more. I still remember falling asleep during the Yair Rodriguez vs TKZ card a few years ago. I fell asleep during the cowboy fight and missed the spectacular finish. I was livid. Still haven't got over it...

UFC ppv main events should be starting no later than midnight!

@kyleelpel9402

Ай бұрын

I stopped watching UFC when I moved to the east coast, and I started watching again when I moved back to Cali

The UFC should do what the NBA does for content creators like Flight reacts. The NBA will whitelist your channel (Allow use of clips while still monetized) if you regularly make content around their sport.

I personally love early fight nights! Like when they start at noon i fucking love that! Great video Flukas! Seriously great points

U r right bro,..we here in the uk have to stay up till 6 in the morning to see the main event

The nba allows their fans to use their content freely and it has allowed them to dominate social media. UFC needs to take note!

Great video!!

If the ufc had like a scouting system where they have scouts recruiting young fightere from all over the world and pay them better it would improve the sport tremendously, for example a fighter like ilia topuria can single handedly get a whole country like spain hooked to ufc People like to see fighters from their country fight and im sure their is a lot of underdog great young fighters all over the world and the ufc need to put more effort to scout and recruit them Great fighters from different countries will promote the sport all over the world

Banger Video Mr Glazy

First point is awesome thanks for mentioning it as an american lucas because we europeans get absolutely fucked over by those cardtimes

I've always thought it would be pretty cool if the UFC used artwork of fighters as picture advertisements for the next fight events.

Should cover a segment on the best fighters in the UFC when they enter that “flow state”

I don’t understand why the cards start so late. 1) Potential fans aren’t gonna give it a chance if they have to gamble their night for something they might not enjoy. 2) Casuals who are on the fence about buying the PPV might not because it goes on too late. 3) Most people I know don’t even watch the prelims, so I don’t get why those are on at prime time. 4) I know this doesn’t apply to most people, but I go to church in the morning and I hate only getting three hours of sleep. That could go for anybody who has Sunday morning plans.

love the videos Lucas

Dana needs to hire this guy

you say that,us in south africa have the prelims start at 1 am and the main card start 5 am every card

Really good video idea

I completely agree about the cards being to late. It's so annoying and no one talks about it lol. Like u said we've made a habit of doing it every week but the casual fan will just watch the next morning.

One of the best videos I have ever seen. @UFC please listen to Tracy's suggestions. Or you know what, move the fu..ing fights 2 hours earlier, I sleep at 8 am for PPV.

Very valid points

I think they need to make PPV's feel more special overall...you know the difference in level of production when watching a WWE PPV compared to a non PPV event...but in the UFC it tends to feel the same...

Very interesting and thoughtful ideas Lucas. Thought I was the only one who felt like these cards always start way too damn late. No shot i'm staying up for the whole card if they have female's fighting in the co-main or feature fight. Hope Dana is paying attention!

I think the fighter pay thing is valid but I feel like the best way to do that is to allow fighters to have sponsors. That way the fighters know their worth and will get paid what they bring in.

Best MMA content creator in the game!

Flukas saying he was exhausted at 11pm while us europeans wathcing pereira at 8 am after no sleeping all night

Ufc undervalues content creators and the value they add I agree. I think their plight against ariel helwani is the best example.

All good ideas Lucas.

Honestly when I clicked on this I was gonna clown you but your actually right

Link in bio ah thumbnail🔥

As a European i never watch cards live and never will unless they fix these times.

@ahmedunal5629

Ай бұрын

I only watch the european,arab,asian cards live. Other cards i just rewatch the full fight

In Australia we are so lucky, we get to watch the fights Sunday afternoon between 12pm-5pm. The Abu Dhabi cards are on at like 4am though

Here in brisbane australia our ppvs start usually around 10 am for prelims and then main card goes till 3 or 4pm

Lucas is un-ironically crazy smart. UFC should hire him no cap

In melbourne, australia the prelims usually start at 8am and main event starts at 12pm. Im always chilling, no complaints here 😂

I wanna see Dana’s rebuttals to every point. Curious to hear the big boss man give his side in his red faced matter-of-fact style. Either way I agree with just about everything Lucas said

Agree on the late start time..hate that the fights are wayyyy too late

If Lucas ran the UFC he would immediately invent the BMH Belt (Big Meaty Hooks Belt)

They should work with or cut a deal with some of these content creators like mixed martial academics. These guys who are making 2 hour documentaries on their fighters are doing a better job at promoting their fighters. Also until they pay their fighers more heavyweight, lightheavyweight, and women's bantamweight will always be garbage. The most atheltic women are in gymnastics. If you want to save these divisions you gotta incentivize better athletes to choose your sport over any other.

UFC fans missed Jiri's walkout but the wrestling community got to enjoy Bo Nickal's 😤

I think for fighter pay, make an automatic finish bonus. It’s a win win.Fighters get more pay and UFC gets more exciting fights.

Lucas always bringing back them good old 90's memories, when my teacher used the first PowerPoint ever invented

As a UK fan US starting times is crazy, we don’t get cards here often and even though now we have one I still need to stay up until 3am, WTF man

Add a new clothing brand as well. I know they signed with Venum not to long ago but on their website paying 70-80 dollars without tax is ridiculous. Not sure how the payout would be and nice to finally get custom shorts as well, but imagine Nike, Adidas or even Puma giving fighters deals.

I do 100 percent agree on time when I went to ufc in Atlantic City I think prelims started around 6, me and my gf were there from 6 to like 11 I think we were so tired we couldn’t stay to watch the co main or main with us having to drive home 2 hours, if it started a hour or 2 earlier I feel it would be so much better like 4-11 with Main event would be great almost 2am is to fucking late

Totally agree about how the reports should ask better questions 💯💯

I agree with every single thing you said in this video. Damn, that's boring. ;-) Great ideas, L.

The earlier fight card start is valid because I slept through Haney Garcia

The thumbnail made me chuckle 🤣

I live in Brazil and here the main event start 10/9am, i watch all the prelims and then will sleep kkk on the other day i don’t see nothing in the news to finish the main event.

nice one

Uk fan here, stayed up for UFC 300, first time staying up for an entire card. Staying up from 11pm to 6:30 in the morning was absolutely soul-sucking, me n my cousin ended up sleep through zhang vs yan and nearly missed the main event. This 304 timing is BS!

I moved from Georgia to Alabama and the time difference is definitely a lot better. Especially when you go to church the next morning.

I mean real talk I love MMA but I just don't care to stay up for a 10PM start time. Preach brothern

😂 bros a goat tier yapper ong bro keep me locked in