UFC

0 statements across 0 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 19, 2025 by Ari Emanuel · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

Mentions by year

brought up most by Ari Emanuel (1)

tap a year for its mentions
0011112025episodesmentions
0112025episodes it came up in
000.50.5112025episodesmentions per episode

every mention, scene by scene, with the transcript →

Everything said about UFC, oldest first

Nov 19, 2025 positive
Opinion
Emanuel: Dana White's superpowers are fearlessness, loyalty, and work ethic
“One, he loves it. He loves it. I mean, he really does love combat sports. Two is, he's not scared... He is just like a unique individual that, you know, He's not partisan. He's loyal. He has a vision. He backs your play. If you back, you know, he's just that g…”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 31:35 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Emanuel: UFC hit 1 million pay-per-view buys during COVID lockdowns
“Oh, I mean, our pay-per-views were getting like a million views. I mean, it was insane.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 7:22 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025
Assertion Supported
Emanuel: WME acquired UFC at a 20x EBITDA valuation
“When we bought UFC on the current trajectory, it was 20 times. If I made the proper domestic deal, I could take, take the leverage down.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 4:32 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Emanuel: UFC media rights jumped from $15M to $150M
“They were making fifteen million dollars a year from spike. And I think the first deal I made at spike was I increased it to 75, something like that. And we made a video game deal, which they never had, you know, after 20 years, you know, it was, we moved it t…”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 2:46 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Emanuel: Comcast and WarnerMedia refused to bid on UFC rights
“Comcast didn't want it. Warners didn't want it. And Paramount had not decided what they were going to be.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 5:17 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Emanuel: John Skipper misled Endeavor about wanting UFC rights
“ESPN fires John Skipper, who was always shining me on that he wanted it. He never wanted it. Bob Iger and Kevin Mayer say we want it cause we're going to go direct.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 5:45 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025
Assertion Supported
Emanuel: Staked $4.2 billion to acquire the UFC
“Cause you know, I put all the chips in the middle for four, four, 4.2 billion dollars in the middle. Clients were investing my biggest investors investing.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 11:41 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Emanuel: TKO sent cease-and-desist to OpenAI over UFC data
“Well, we sent the bad letter to Sam. Like stop using the UFC and the WWE and so on.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 19:39 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Emanuel: Zuffa boxing league model will increase fighter pay
“And if we do that, I think fighters are going to make more money because right now you don't know any great fighters. It's not like you can't name one. We think we can do that. And then boxers will make more money.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 30:33 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Emanuel: Zuffa Boxing can eventually outgrow the UFC and WWE
“So if we do that now, I think it can be as big or bigger than the UFC and the WWE and they're big.”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 31:18 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Nov 19, 2025
Assertion Supported
Emanuel: VIP packages for Super Bowl and UFC reach $300,000
“In the Super Bowl, go to Tiffany's and get a blue football and have 10 people with you and get a lecture from Peyton Manning and walk on the field pregame and come out with the team and be on the stage for weigh-ins at the UFC and sit at the table with Dana Wh…”
Ari Emanuel Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 25:44 Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 60 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.