The landscape of the Ultimate Fighting Championship changed forever after the company was sold from ZUFFA to WME-IMG in the summer of 2016 for 4.2 billion dollars, one of the largest transactions in sports history to date. While some fight fans felt that this change would be for the best, it appears that they are now changing their tunes and are wondering what’s next for the promotion.
After cutting costs everywhere from offices in Canada all the way to a mainstay in Mike Goldberg from the broadcast booth next to the octagon, familiar faces of the ZUFFA-era of the UFC disappeared rather quickly.
Amongst the list of names to leave the promotion, former CEO Lorenzo Fertitta spent his last days in the UFC offices last August and has seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth for mixed martial arts fans… until now.
Just hours away from the premier of the twenty-fifth season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, former UFC owner Lorenzo Feritta and UFC President Dana White talk about the inception and original concept of The Ultimate Fighter. Check it out below:
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