Media Dana revealed his plans to eventually get rid of all media access to UFC events and replace them with influencers

[joy2day]

Yeah Biden was a tough fascist cookie

Yep, his followers are dickweeds just like those that go around defending Trump.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Yep, his followers are dickweeds just like those that go around defending Trump.

Two cheeks of the same ass, as my Uncle Martin used to say.

 

[Killhippies]

Why even have a "presser" event at that point? If the people attending are all bought and paid for, just put that money in advertising and sponsoring "influencer" content. Everything will be UFC from top to bottom so no point in wasting money.

It is no different then when WWE does fake press events, does Dana think that we will forget that all the performers are clowns when we go see the circus?

Real media events are for real sports, Dana can just stop pretending and people will roll with it, they just don't like being bullshitted.

 

[Killhippies]

You can't cite "legacy media is dying" either, influencers explicitly make their money from sponsored content and will say anything the dollar tells them.

Journalists are held to a higher standard, they can still be biased but taking money directly from the organization they are covering is the definition of idiocy, they might as well just be called advertisers.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

It isn't like the average MMA "journalist" is far above the average influencer. Same shit, less followers.

I'm not exactly a fan of most media sources, but I'm less a fan of the conflict of interest involved in hiring people (bc, they're not doing this for free, no matter what Dana says) to do the "reporting." Iole has less people reading his newsletter than Sophie Rain has watching her tits jiggle (which I do admittedly enjoy, a LOT), but Iole has at least been around since the beginning, understands the game, isn't on the payroll, and will report his genuine perspective. I respect that.

I went on like a 20 paragraph rant after the last one, but ultimately decided you and everyone else wouldn't wanna take the time. But you facilitated a lot for me to think about, and I appreciate it. Suffice to say that the UFC is in the business of selling smoke and mirrors games, and has little integrity. Most of us probably already knew that, so wasn't really a point in harping on it.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

You must not follow politics at all. Ignorance is bliss

There isn't a point. I had a top secret clearance, I know, infallibly, that they're full of shit

 

[Siver!]

Dana and the UFC have bullied and pulled credentials from anybody who was even slightly adversarial or dared to report negative news about the promotion.

The remaining media are either too scared to ask real questions or are morons who don't know anything about the sport at all, but that's still too oppressive for Dana.

Straight up fascist mentality, and the sad part is that there are a bunch of clueless normies and casual fans who buy into all of his "free speech" bullshit.

Hopefully influencer culture dies down a little before Dana can get his grubby paws on them.

Doubt it, but hopefully.

 

[AmonTobin]

Influencers. Let that sink in. Nice to see UFC doing their best to legitimize the sport.

 

[surgeyou1]

Just going to be the Nelk boys asking fighters about their body counts

 

[NoStoneUnturned]

Is there any serious money to be made as a professional MMA journalist? If the answer is yes then will that money be available in five years? How many journalists can make decent money? I think it is quite possible that regardless of what Dana wants, or is perhaps predicting, all that will be left for MMA are influencers.

 

[funksoulbrother]

Dana's best friend is a politician, so isn't it a conflict of interest?

I am aware that Trump doesn't like playing ball with the media, so no need to explain anything. But these people with highly viewed social media accounts aren't taking time to advertise for the UFC for free, or just for tickets to events, as Dana claims. And Dana probably isn't wanting to go that route so they can go back and get millions of views for them to say the event was trash, either. It's common sense.

Dana is only the face right now Ari makes all the decisions

 

[Oscar Madison]

What self-respecting "Jounalist" would cover a Circus?

It's difficult finding "Journalists" for serious newsworthy topics. Most want to be Influencers looking for followers to build their brand -- or are Corporate Media mouthpieces.

Journalist might as well be presenting Clown Rankings.

Dana gonna stack the deck in his favor so he can Direct the Narratives that enhance UFC's bottom-line.

Anyway, Isn't @Kowboy a journalist? How long would he last if he joined the UFC Machine?

 

[italiamusica]

Yeah this is beyond fucking stupid, of course he wants to pay people to say only good things about him and the company.

Last I checked, journalists and a lot of media people actually go to school for that, and try and "hone" their craft. They actually learn and practice and put in work. Putting a camera in a privileged rich kids face and having them blab about whatever is not even close to the same.

Dana just showing how mentally fucked he is in the head, a weak crybaby bitch. Kind of in the same vein as Rogan always talking about how he'll post stupid shit on social media and never read the comments. They want to be free to say whatever dumb fuck nonsense they want, but then not be called out on it.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Dana is only the face right now Ari makes all the decisions

True, but not necessarily. Ari doesn't directly have a position with the UFC, he's chairman and CEO of a company who owns the UFC, and also CEO of the company who owns the company which owns the UFC, where Dana is CEO and president of the UFC. Can he veto something the people who run those smaller companies bring to him? Probably, but they generally don't do it, bc they trust those people in those positions who are actually making the decisions. It works basically the same way a military chain of command would work. As far as Dana goes, he isn't Dave Thomas, he does a degree of work, but you make a good point, he's probably mostly signing off on the moves the people directly under him are wanting to make.

 

[europe1]

What's hilarious about all this is that Dana will probably pay his Influencers more than he does his fighters.

 

[SuspectChin]

Just wait until Nina uses the hours of footage of fighters degrading her with sexually explicit comments and 'assaulting' her against the UFC.

Dana will be begging for the professionals to return.

Freedom of expression and speech.

 

[mv55588]

Ugh can't stand dana's Nelk bff who's half his age and has those annoying looking fuckin veneers...such a punchable face he's got...

 

[jooohnmatrix]

How does it benefit the UFC having journalists?

 

[MrShady]

I'm no fan of either side of the teams but it seems to me that Republicans are the biggest pussies out there. Not saying that Democrats aren't pussies as well, but Republicans really are the most insecure about being pussies.

Sounds like Dana needs his safe space lol

 

[Luffy]

Generally it seems in America they have it locked down, but in other countries, it doesnt seem like they can control the media there. I remember the one they did in London when Tom Aspinal fought last, the media asked Dana some tough questions and pressed him ( in a quite polite and reasonable way) and Dana did NOT LIKE IT.

Also the Russian media can be very antagonistic, but that is mostly against their own fighters in their own language.

Well, if the British media encompasses that annoying British bald reporter who said "I don't care JJ [politely] didn't want to do interview with me"... ~4 seconds later ~ — goes on a rant about "they need the unification, this is BS", throwing a tantrum almost crying JJ said he wouldn't do interviews with him. Fuck this guy. Maybe Dana wants to bring that MMA guru? At least that would be entertaining. That guy is also a clown influencer, an idiot, but he can be funny...

Btw, DDP is a dick many times, but he also is based many times. He spoke about JJ most recently saying : "I mean, Tom Aspinall is one of the best fighters in the world now. But people who say he will definitely defeat Jon Jones baffles me. Jon Jones was never defeated in 15 years, so how can someone say that? They said that Gane was quick, a natural heavyweight, that it'd be Jon Jones being likely pressed like he never was... Jon Jones went there and made it look like child's play. Does he need to fight Aspinall? Of course he does not. The guy has done everything already, has done what no one did, has fought monsters, defeated Gane and Stipe who made it further than Gane. There is a time Jon Jones needs to recognize that he doesn't need anything else and just hang the gloves, he has done things that no one could. The fact he is still going to fight a fight he didn't need to, and can still very plausibly win, how he has managed to draw more and more hype to the fight, shows the guy's mentality is just a different kind of animal, a legend. But he doesn't need to fight Aspinall. How many "Aspinalls" has he faced before? A lot and he succeeded in all of them. People can talk whatever BS they want, but he has done everything already. "

That's when a seemingly vicious fighter who acts in a villainous ways in press conferences shows to be more based than Aspinall, who acts like a good boy but can never be as based as this assessment from DDP. Jiri Prochazka said the same thing... That he think JJ will will, he said he's almost sure JJ will handle Aspinall, but that at the same time, it's a fight he isn't forced to take, that he has done more than enough, and that ppl who get hung up on Aspinall and Boo JJ are the problem of modern society with people who can't think in a logical way and, to him, reflect a saddening current train of thought that is ridiculous to anyone but them.

Yeah, DDP and Jiri basically shit on 90% of some sherdorks who can't think outside twitter / X level of content. Not all, some here are normal ppl, but many are just ppl who are soured up... Sorry.