Conan owns a piece of WME|IMG's UFC. Wild.

[FadeToBlack]

 

[Wild]

That's pretty cool. Bunch of celebs bought in, so expect to see them cageside at a lot of events.

 

[wiz]

Tom Brady, Ben Affleck and other celebrities buy ownership stake in the UFC

"After the UFC deal was announced, WME — William Morris Endeavor — gave some of their clients an opportunity to purchase a small ownership stake in the UFC. I'm excited to announce that I was one of those clients," O'Brien announced on his show.

"I said yes and so now I technically own a piece of the UFC. I am now part of a group of investors that includes Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, Mark Wahlberg, Adam Levine, Cam Newton, LL Cool J, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Sylvester Stallone, just to name a very few."



illuminati confirmed.

 

[jason73]

 

[ConorMcGregor NutHugger]

Wonder if any fighters were offered that?

 

[jason73]

Wonder if any fighters were offered that?

would that be a conflict of interest?

 

[kneeblock]

Ugh. The UFC owned by the likes of Adam Levine and Maria Sharapova while fighters are an injury away from public assistance. I wish there had been an association to buy a stake. I wonder if Viacom bought into the action.

 

[dacofty]

Its gonna be a fucking side show..... btw it should be alot easier to form a fighters union now since the investors are part of the screen actors guild aka union, I am sure they will not have a problem with the fighters forming..

 

[ConorMcGregor NutHugger]

would that be a conflict of interest?

Independent contractors, not part of company, right? Also thought workers could buy shares of the company they work for.

 

[Stillmatic]

I like this.

 

[mysticmac]

So appearances on Conan and Kimmel will be a regular part of the media circuit for fighters.

 

[mysticmac]

Guy Fieri owns a piece of the UFC. God dammit.

 

[Wintermute]

Give me the NHB dark ages again.

 

[mysticmac]

Really, there is no surprise regarding Conan. He's been training for years.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdKtWnFXFo&t=427

 

[FadeToBlack]

I like it. Blow the sport up and make it a global event. Raise the fight purses.

Next stop is to get a unified ranking system and stick to it on some level. I don't mind superfights, but have some protocol for defending your belt too. Watching arguably a top 3 fighter ever ask for his release is not a good trend.

 

[tang]

Batman too!