Ariel is just happy that he might be able to actually get a press pass at their events

@richardwagner9176

5 ай бұрын

ariel is realizing his personal vandetta against dana through ngannou pfl belator youtubers boxing and everything dana hates 😂

@JesterItz

5 ай бұрын

i think he can still get press passes at UFC he just decides not to

@rootiyriddle636

5 ай бұрын

@@JesterItz drink some more copium

Bellator champs are gonna murk PFL champs, there’s relatively no depth to PFL current roster

@humanbean1424

5 ай бұрын

PFL are full of roided up dudes. So obvious when you watch the heavy weights fight with such high input and barley gasses out lol.

@tobysmith2081

5 ай бұрын

You don't get the game. Clearly never been to a MMA gym.They're all relatively around the same skill level, including the UFC

@ep6305

5 ай бұрын

​@tobysmith2081 maybe bellator for some weight classes but PFLs trash. Isnt thiago santos who flamed out of the UFC their best lhw?

@craZduck19

5 ай бұрын

@@tobysmith2081 but PFL doesn’t even have middleweight and bantam weight, and the same 8 mediocre guys fight each other over and over. PFL desperately needed Bellator to more than double their roster. Bellator has dozens of real killers PFL has like 4

@tobysmith2081

5 ай бұрын

@@craZduck19 if those 8 guys are training right, they are elite

PFL looks great, but they have to work on their brand and entertainment not just in octagon but outside as well. Better branding and better shows. MMA fans seek good combination between entertainment and quality.

@user-bc1ho7dw6x

5 ай бұрын

this is why us die hard mma fans are happy ONE is making a lot of ground on ufc and one has suprassed in the online market by over 100mil views. and at least two of ONES champions can beat the ufcs champ. I.E mighty mouse vs omalley.

That's funny how no one could actually name someone for Francis to fight! 🤣

@iorilamia

5 ай бұрын

Wilder

@Da_Publick

5 ай бұрын

@@iorilamia I meant in PFL; but you brought up a good point. After Francis' performance against Fury, no one is going to care who he fights in PFL.

@ramb0lxmb

5 ай бұрын

Jason Momoa

@noedoublell

5 ай бұрын

Ryan Bader

@iSOBigD

5 ай бұрын

They sound like a very, very, very distant second. Personally I don't really understand it. If the other companies thought this was a money losing brand, not profitable or worth keeping, why would PFL think it's worth anything? All their fighters would have been free agents if the company folded, and none of them are popular or bring in lots of money for any business anyway, so I don't see the value of the company here.

You'd have to be absolutely insane to believe they'll be anywhere close to the UFC

@FightXScience-wh6kx

5 ай бұрын

Yes, but that doesn't mean they can't offer reasonable competition. Right now the UFC has cornered 90% of the market. That's a lot of territory to maintain and defend in the aftermath of the most important merger in MMA since Strikeforce was bought out by the UFC.

@jamesrowell9306

5 ай бұрын

@@FightXScience-wh6kx yes but if you're only fighting there because you're not good enough for the UFC, is it really competition? It's the AEW-WWE thing again.

@rumchata6569

5 ай бұрын

You’re not informed on how the business works. Whoever pays more wins

@jamesrowell9306

5 ай бұрын

@@rumchata6569 all those words to say absolutely nothing at all

The UFC could buy PFL, but doesn't want those contracts

@TroubleshootGamingMeds

5 ай бұрын

They're currently in a lawsuit that accuses them of being a monopoly. They wouldn't buy pfl not only because they're not interested, but even if they were, it would pretty much doom them in court.

@jgreen802

5 ай бұрын

No they couldn't, they're currently fighting anti trust cases as we speak.

One thing I liked about Bellator is that they let fighters wear different shorts while PFL sadly has the uniform rule, the promotion is just a dollar store version of UFC.

@Times397

5 ай бұрын

Yup! Bellator had its own identity and actually did fun things…legends fights, acquired free agents, co-promoted, developed home-grown talent, kickboxing and MMA together on the same night…sad to see Bellator go

@phnix6242

5 ай бұрын

If it cant stay afloat and doesnt have „itslian brothers“ to prop it up, theres noone to blame. I think being boight is better than goin bankrupt

@gamebredo8880

5 ай бұрын

That's exactly why bellator bankrupt lol..

@Times397

5 ай бұрын

PFL is not lasting either @@gamebredo8880

@Da_Publick

5 ай бұрын

​@@Times397There weren't enough people watching, so apparently none of those things mattered to people.

The tournament setting and the weight divisions are going to be a challenge for this new pfl. But they got money backing them

I feel like keeping the Bellator brand is a bad idea. PFL is fresh and exciting, should of been the sole name.

@gtrriffs

5 ай бұрын

💯

@user-ks3mk9kq4l

5 ай бұрын

strongly agree

@Richmondthefish

5 ай бұрын

agreed PFL = Paul Fight League does appeal to Zoomers more

@Disconnect350

5 ай бұрын

PFL fresh and exciting?? what are you smoking?

@stevec5034

5 ай бұрын

​@@Disconnect350 If a fighting promotion who has recently signed (arguably) the best fighter in the world and acquired a large amount of fighters through a merger is not "fresh and exciting", I'm not sure what can be 😅

Ariel really pushing this Francis Ngaunnou mega star thing

@user-og9dm7nv3k

5 ай бұрын

🥜 riding

i disagree how big Pride and UFC merge was. UFC received Shogun, Minotauros Brothers, Anderson Silva, Rampage Jackson and etc from that deal. Crocop and Wanderlei helped UFC create other big names from his name.

26.00 - There is still risk for PFL with a PFL v Bellator fights scenario - if they eventually plan to wind the Bellator brand down in the future.

Cedric doumbe needs to be pushed more by pfl and not only in pfl europe

I swear he must of got a stake in PFL. PFL should work on their product before expanding…. Their shows are very tough to watch and have way too much dead air

@Times397

5 ай бұрын

Yea I don’t want to hate but it’s a horrible product

@MikeySkywalker

5 ай бұрын

It’s weird how you want so badly for it to fail. Ariel wants competition. Everyone should want it. The fact that you don’t is actually weird but it also says a lot about you.

@snackz843

5 ай бұрын

I think he genuinely just doesn't like PFL which he's allowed to have that opinion.

@nickh4676

5 ай бұрын

@@MikeySkywalkeryou’re a weirdo for making negative assumptions about people when they have any reasoning.

I gave Bellator a shot but honestly outside strike force, no other non UFC mma org has drawn an audience. Even one fc, the Muay Thai fights are fun to watch, can’t stand the mma. Tough for PFL to expand, maybe Francis can change that

@megamanxhunter

5 ай бұрын

U forget Pride FC.

@derekbk9093

5 ай бұрын

@@megamanxhunterwe are talking about in the ufc era. Pride was popular before it collapsed and ufc took over

Strikeforce had to do “freak show” fights but that became an amazing org. PFL can have cards with Jake Paul and Ngannu boxing at the top. Then below that you build your champions and elite fighters till they become draws themselves

I find it odd that people like to root for the already dominant promotion and hate on the up and comer. Why is that? Ask yourself why you always go with the dominant company as opposed to the up and comer. It says a lot about those people.

@FuntClaps101

5 ай бұрын

Agreed, lot of capitalist corporate boot lickers…however, I think the fact that the ufc is the best vs best is why. It’s easy to support that in comparison to the B and C leagues merging.

@Matt-cr4vv

3 күн бұрын

I want the up and coming promotions to do well because it makes things better for people who work in the sport which is a good thing but the negative view of lower level promotions is that they can’t truly build a roster to be competitive to the UFC roster but will often land an elite fighter here and there that we don’t get to see compete against the best of the best. By the time the elite fighter finally makes a move over to get to see some of the fights people were hoping for they’re often no longer in their prime and results in a major letdown of what people thought it would or could be. People want to see the best of the best fight each other and multiple lower level companies is best for fighters but doesn’t lead to most entertaining product to follow so it’s not a surprise for fans to not be rooting for companies to spread top level guys out and take away some compelling fights people may want to see. It’s great for Francis to get the deal he did from PFL but closed the door for the fight with Jones while there isn’t a matchup with PFL that comes anywhere close to the excitement of fights he would have had with the UFC and it’s amazing for him personally that stinks to not get that fight and that his future MMA fights won’t be very compelling unless they can steal a huge name from the UFC. What’s best for fighters isn’t always aligned with producing the top product fans want to see.

1,Ufc🐐 2,One championship🔥 The only two global Mma organization...

"There's now one less spot in MMA for fighters to negotiate for." Yeah, kinda like most other major league sports - NBA, NHL, NFL, etc.

@runawayuniverse

5 ай бұрын

Only it's not like other sports. Just taking the NBA, if a player loses their spot on the Golden State Warriors, they still have 29 other teams they can potentially sign with. If you lose your spot in the UFC, you now have one less company to sign with now that Bellator is no more.

@TroubleshootGamingMeds

5 ай бұрын

​@@runawayuniversenot to mention basketball leagues all over the world, where you can also make millions.

Isn't the pfl deal with ESPN gonna be over? Thought they werent continuing there contract with espn...

0 + 0 = 0 😂😂😂😂😂

never was hyped by watching bellator to be honest

@agi2160

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the much needed input, Prefontaine 👍

@luisalmodovar6548

5 ай бұрын

Bros never heard of Aaron pico

A fun trip down receipt memory lane

This is about as exciting as if the WNBA announced a merger with a women's college Basketball team.

PFL needs to do something different, something about their show is not exciting to me. Love that they have Dan hardy and Kenny Florian. I think if they could find room for Jimmy smith it would make a lot of sense.. but as far as the show it just doesn’t pull me to it.

pfl need to get rid of tournaments and go to a traditional system maybe have side tournaments like Bellator did .They can still do a big black friday card new years eve card.

Hope this will lead to fighters earning more

@user-oo1rz6es3z

5 ай бұрын

How about we start with the low PFL and Bellator pay 😂😂

You know Ariel is gonna cheerlead this move bc he wants to see UFC knocked off its pedestal

@Michael-og7js

5 ай бұрын

A lot of people want fair pay for fighters

@nutmegriot209

5 ай бұрын

don't see anything wrong with that

@MikeySkywalker

5 ай бұрын

It’s weird how you want so badly for it to fail. Ariel wants competition. Everyone should want it. The fact that you don’t is actually weird but it also says a lot about you.

@rconn4501

5 ай бұрын

Ppl talk but UFC pays the most!

@zachspigelmeyer40

5 ай бұрын

​@Michael-og7js what's "fair"?

UFC hasn’t always had the best fighters in the world. But it does always have the best content

PFL buying Bellator doesn’t form a global powerhouse nor is it now equal in stature to the UFC in my opinion. Honestly, something like BKFC is on track to be more of a competitor to the UFC than anything else out there honestly. UFC isn’t gonna have much close competition for a very long time. If it ever even does…

I think I've seen every fight from all of those organizations who merged with UFC. I've been watching since 93 when the UFC started along with TUF and DWCS, And Dana's Lookin for a fight. I try to keep up with Bellator and PFL and ONE but they fall by the wayside because there's just not enough time

@Richmondthefish

5 ай бұрын

"because there's just not enough time" = they don't have the roster to keep you interested.

@kjws0809

5 ай бұрын

Belllator and pfl r literally where ufc rejects and retirees go, so it will never be good as ufc

@funkspinna

5 ай бұрын

@@kjws0809 Correct. It has some interesting fights, but it simply is a subpar product.

@stevedv629

5 ай бұрын

Remember the good ol days when there was ufc, pride, wec, strike force, taichi palace fights…. That was the golden era of mma before ufc bought them all and immediately shut them down, making the weird ufc monopoly landscape we have today….

It's so surreal seeing old clips of Dana and Ariel getting along, having great interviews. It's a shame that will never happen again.

@MikeySkywalker

5 ай бұрын

Blame Dana. He’s the grown man who holds weird grudges like a third grade school girl.

@OwynDavies

5 ай бұрын

Why does it matter?

@SaveUsMarku

5 ай бұрын

@@OwynDavies 😂

@SaveUsMarku

5 ай бұрын

@MikeySkywalker Is Rey Skywalker your favourite Skywalker bro?

@Pekabooboxingnation

5 ай бұрын

@@MikeySkywalkerTo be fair… a reporter who goes to all UFC events then leaks news like Brock Lesnar coming to the UFC. I would be mad asl too. I don’t blame him as Ariel never even apologized. He says stuff like he would never leak news like that but then goes on to contradict himself . Seems like a good guy though and that was some time ago

Scott Coker is a genius. First Strikeforce, now Bellator.

@BigPercNowitzki

5 ай бұрын

2 failed fight promotions lmao

@ajc2189

5 ай бұрын

@@BigPercNowitzkinow this don guy is going to carry on the tradition

@nickh4676

5 ай бұрын

@@ajc2189and when he fails, PFL will bring in Scott Coker

@FightXScience-wh6kx

5 ай бұрын

​@@BigPercNowitzkiSo failed that the UFC and PFL spent over half a billion buying them

@BigPercNowitzki

5 ай бұрын

@@FightXScience-wh6kx not worth even half of that price, just goes to show how braindead They are to purchase a combined less than 100k ppvs on multiple events per year when they themselves can’t sell more than 10k

I’m going Friday to the PFL finals and am pretty damn excited.

Equal to Ufc?? Idk bout that

The whole PFL naming thing is way to confusing. Why not just have everything under one banner? One brand they can market to the world?

Now every fighter goes to one fc 🤷

Looks like you leaked information out before Dana could get out the word about strikeforce 😅😅😅😅

Man that guy is delusional to think this makes them even with the Ufc. They are still a distant 2nd. Maybe even third behind One

@MikeySkywalker

5 ай бұрын

He didn’t say it makes them even. That isn’t what he said. So, I don’t know what you’re talking about.

@SonOftheBattleCry

5 ай бұрын

ONE is the best promotion for all of martial arts UFC is best MMA. Promotion

Regardless of the merger it doesn’t hold a candle to the UFC Ariel remeber if the ufc goes under so do you!!!!!

Dude you can literally call any fighter Top25 world ranked if it’s your own company 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Why does Ariel constantly bring up wrestling? It has nothing to do with real sports. I question any man who watches dudes who shave their chests, grease their hair and fake fight in speedos.

There is no big news without the real champ. Shelton Graves will acquire the Heavyweight Championship, sign him today and enjoy the show.

Pfellator, the P is silent.

I Hate this for bellator fighters. I pray they have the option to go where'd they like. Fighters didn't sign a contract with pfl. I hope the ufc takes on a bunch of guy's & use them to make they're product a weekly thing where they can afford to go every weekend

@FightXScience-wh6kx

5 ай бұрын

The UFC product is already a "weekly thing." And when a company is bought out, the contracts come with them. When the company you work for is bought out, you now work for the new owners. That's part of the contract.

Whatever Ric says, do the opposite and you’ll have a monster company on your hands …

The UFC is Coca-Cola. And there will never be a Pepsi.

🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩

I used to like this show.

Lol. Just haaaad to throw the WWF comparison 🤦‍♂️. It’s new. It’s great. It’s exciting for the sport. Anything that advances our sport is great. Especially with yet another organization on espn. Of course not ufc. But there’s plenty of talent outside the ufc

Look at the fighters bellator has and look at the fighters the PFL has bellator should have bought the PFL.🇯🇲🇺🇸🇮🇹🇨🇦

Next to go is One Championship.

the saltiest person in life.... Ariel Hellwani

Francis ngannou changed the game forever

Without even listening to this let me guess; Ariel loves this merger and thinks it was brilliant and will lead to PFL unseating the UFC as MMA's premier promotion....😂

that's exciting. they have the money, now they need the power and then the.... 😂

Pale stine isn't free yet, LET THE PEOPLE OF GA ZA BE FREE AND PROSPER.

I can see some fighters going to the UFC, Bellator under Bjorn was great!

@toochangz

5 ай бұрын

Hi Bjorn

We need AJ McKee vs Sean burgos

Dana White fumbled the bag on this one...🤣🤣🤣

@thenedsmmachannel8970

5 ай бұрын

I'm sure he's losing sleep over this. No. 3 and and no.4 just be no.3. One Championship is still superior to this new PFL

@mumblez22

5 ай бұрын

PFL, Bellator, and ONE have been chasing UFC for years. Dana is 100% ok with this lol.

@sideeggunnecessary

5 ай бұрын

​@@thenedsmmachannel8970I can't deny the validity of ONE broadcasting their Friday morning fights, they do good work. They get fans interested.

@jonkalv7808

5 ай бұрын

Dana is the only one that makes a profit lol

@Mikeymike301

5 ай бұрын

Dana is okay with this and not losing any sleep. UFC is still #1 but I guarantee the UFC will lose a few more really good well known fighters to PFL soon

ok but really. just how many Gina Carranos are there really?

90 percent of pfl and bellator lose to 90 percent of UFC fighters. 100 percent of PFL and Bellator top 10 lose to 100 percent of top 10 UFC fighters

@bazil6461

5 ай бұрын

Francis Ngannou is beating everyone in the UFC

@demond2134

5 ай бұрын

@@bazil6461Francis will probably never fight in PFL..There’s no exciting matchups and I can’t see there ever being any bcuz PFL hasn’t created 1 star their entire existence

UFC approves this purchase 😂😂😂 one step closer to the full monopoly.

Literally noone cares about pfl or bellator lol

Remember when Ariel was crying ? 😂😂

@MikeySkywalker

5 ай бұрын

What’s your point? It’s so weird and cringe the way you Ariel haters hate on the guy, but also seem to watch every single one of his vids. Very strange behavior.

Why pfl and bellator sucks is because they literally have just a handful of "stars" that just beat up cans, e.g. kayla harrison, venom page etc

@nutmegriot209

5 ай бұрын

those 2 fighters aren't even the champion of their divisions lol. you just think it sucks because your not watching

@kjws0809

5 ай бұрын

@@nutmegriot209 ive watched it and its boring, ufc is miles ahead

@nutmegriot209

5 ай бұрын

@@kjws0809 thats fair. i disagree though

Ariel is such a weasel

PFL is where UFC was 15 years ago. Loss making. Can they stay in business and make a profit like the UFC?

@user-ks3mk9kq4l

5 ай бұрын

The sport has skyrocketed, demand is there!

@Richmondthefish

5 ай бұрын

PFL now is no where near where the UFC was 15 years ago. You must be a new fan because I can tell you the UFC was HUGE 15 years ago printing money. Bars were pack everywhere with PPVs and people would have PPV parties all over the place. It was one of the best times to be a fan of MMA was during that period.

@funkspinna

5 ай бұрын

@@Richmondthefish Indeed. The Ultimate Fighter boom was underway, helping the sport to go more mainstream. PPV strength was established.

@Induna123

5 ай бұрын

​@@Richmondthefish Yeah, When Ultimate Fighter started the sport blew up and UFC was in aquisition mode. probably should have said early 2000's.

As per usual...

don and coker are not the men to try to get this ship out to sea in the current media landscape. by that time, ufc will be on the moon with all the big sponsors

ONE suprassed pfl and bellator globably youre tripping. they own asia. and the inernet 100mil over ufcs views

Pfl is so trash

Ariel did you shed a tear when you saw yourself over 10 years ago speaking to Dana I wish you guys made up and you were involved with the ufc I think you should try work things out and start to go to media days and so on You don’t have to be employed by them but I think it’s never too late I know it’s a long shot and there’s a huge chance it will never happen but why not make that your goal for next year It will be huge if you and Dana became civil

@sideeggunnecessary

5 ай бұрын

Uh, you must have missed the part where Dana white got rid of actual journalists and replaced them all with yes men

@MrSachattack

5 ай бұрын

@@sideeggunnecessary haha I have witnessed all of it and I said it’s a long shot and something for him to work towards. Ariel never worked for Dana or the ufc, he was with fox sport and espn. Dana banned him for ufc events because of Ariel released info about Lesner before ufc did and Ariel spoke publicly about fighter pay. The journalists at the media days and press conferences aren’t employed by the ufc, I did not say Ariel should work for the ufc as he never has but he there’s always a way for him to be allowed to attend events and attend media events If you think about it their m long standing feud is over things that aren’t that serious and we have seen a lot worse things happen that sorted themselves out

@Richmondthefish

5 ай бұрын

@@sideeggunnecessary funny how ariel used to be one of the yes men

@sideeggunnecessary

5 ай бұрын

@@MrSachattack that isn't the truth. Dana white told Joe Rogan to share the info with Ariel, a journalist, and when Ariel did what journalists are supposed to do, he banned him. It was a setup from the start to purge actual journalists from the UFC. Now every UFC media event is staffed by yes men who only ask softball questions, anyone who dares to bring up a legitimate question about anything Dana white doesn't want to talk about he tries to publicly humiliate them and avoid the question. Embarrassing stuff by Dana white. Some of us actually know what's going on. 👀

@funkspinna

5 ай бұрын

Reminds me when Ariel was on the following MMA Hour in tears, talking about his recent UFC expulsion.

Ariel is the worst ..

One>>>>>pfl/bellator

Let me guess.... hell be gulping up in delight HOPING for ufc's demise...???....

@Bill-Shakespeare

5 ай бұрын

Yes he’s hoping for the demise of the org he lives off of… use yer head pal

@timshields8720

5 ай бұрын

@@Bill-Shakespeare that's what he does pal. His obvious never ending hatred for Dana runs the deepest.

Ariel is shady

I really want the ufc monopoly to not exist, for the betterment of the fighters, and for the fans….but they need a better name!! Pfl is not good enough, and bellator was a bad name too….make a new name after the merger for the love of god if you want to compete with ufc, it all starts with the name

@dmw081

5 ай бұрын

Tell em Steve Dave!

UFC only for me

@rich45davis

5 ай бұрын

you're missing out.

@JamesG12

5 ай бұрын

@rich45davis There are only so many free hours in a week, and I'll spend mine watching the best compete.

@rich45davis

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesG12 so you're sayig last weekends UFC was the best fighting, Bellators card was better.

So salty against ufc but what you don't realize is that in the end ufc will buyout pfl....mark my words. This is all I move by pfl to ultimately sell it in the end to the ufc. U can say whatever u want but I will be proven right in the end like usual.

@WOLF99556

5 ай бұрын

Go cry somewhere else kiddo

Bellator sucked, PFL sucks...so there's that

You need to stop treating Europe as a country - Cedric is big in France, not the whole of Europe

If Ariel was gone mma would never be the same.

@FOXqtr

5 ай бұрын

correct it will be more FUN no more weasel moves

I like MMA

Ariel needs to acquire a new nose

jewani the worst so called reporter in mma

What a waste of money

@Superpity07

5 ай бұрын

Not yours though

@SinghROAR

5 ай бұрын

How though? Bellator most likely didn't go for a lot of money. The brand value is at a low. Their tape library is more valuable than PFL and their roster has more world ranked fighters. Seems like it was a steal.

@callums3172

5 ай бұрын

@@SinghROAR buying a failed company that burned through millions and millions of dollars with ZERO stars and maybe (THATS A BIG MAYBE) a handful of world class fighters who don’t bring in any money isn’t good business 😂 if it was the ufc would of just taken it like they did pride and strikeforce

@sideeggunnecessary

5 ай бұрын

@@callums3172 he bought pride and kept Fedor out so he could pretend WWE star Brock Lesnar was an actual fighter 🤣🤣🤣

@callums3172

5 ай бұрын

@@sideeggunnecessary idiotic thing to say when brock went on to win the world title and they tried making brock vs fedor but fedor wanted to co promote but whatever makes you happy buddy