Does UFC ownership remind anyone else of The Godfather?

[L.T.]

Both are rich, powerful Italian families in the Casino business trying to takeover Las Vegas. They run their businesses with their own rules, and if you openly defy them they will try to destroy you. According to Ariel It gets physical behind the scenes and threats are made. And what recourse do you have against their legal team along with the fact they've monopolized the industry. These guys are looking more and more like straight gangsters. Frank's the Don, Lorenzo's Michael, and Dana is Sonny and The Consigliere rolled into one. Thoughts?

 

[Goodfella86]

Ronda is Connie. Serra is Luca Brasi.

 

[trident]

Not even remotely

 

[mikehunt]

 

[JC ATOM]

shut up already.... i don't wanna be to go to sleep with fish like ariel hawani (or ariel the mermaid)

 

[Enigma87]

If someone offs Helwani I'd have to agree

 

[GAR]

lol stop watching movies, but yeah a lot of vegas is mafia controlled

 

[PubliusVentidius]

This is how it went down:




But yeah, the Fertitta brothers rub me the wrong way..

 

[DIABOLUS]

I don't think anyone has drawn this parallel before.

 

[CRuck1980]

God you guys are dramatic as fuck

 

[INoHespectChael]

God you guys are dramatic as fuck

Lorenzo owns a bunch of casinos. You don't think he has a bunch of goons that break people's legs that cheat or win too much?

 

[LogicalMMAFan]

that's fucking illegal you goof

 

[Me&MrJones]

Sad to hear Dana has cancer in his prick. Hope he'll have a succesfull recovery. Oh wait that was Lefty in Donnie Brasco movie, forget about it!

 

[yookfarb]

Lorenzo owns a bunch of casinos. You don't think he has a bunch of goons that break people's legs that cheat or win too much?

he knows the Fertittas has Mafia connections, ppl just don't care and think is normal

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

Ronda is Connie. Serra is Luca Brasi.

Ronda is Luca Brasi.

 

[Haliacmon]

Ronda is Connie. Serra is Luca Brasi.

much more Serra is Clemenza
Severn might be Don Fanucci

 

[CRuck1980]

Lorenzo owns a bunch of casinos. You don't think he has a bunch of goons that break people's legs that cheat or win too much?

Seriously, you guys are at 10 when you should be at 3, 4 at most

 

[Strange Shadows]

no, because the godfather is always good, homie

 

[Corleone187]

They're closer to the Simpsons Mafia cause the goof factor

 

[Carl Sonnen]

Yes, the Fertittas come from a 'connected' family. Here is a Time-Life article detailing the exploits of the Galveston Fertittas. I read that article before they put up a paywall and it details their origins.

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807579,00.html

"After LIFE Photographer Joe Scherschel and Reporter Hank Suydam took pictures (with a concealed camera) in one of Fertitta's gambling houses, the boss and two henchmen followed the LIFE men to their hotel. Photographer Scherschel took his film upstairs while Reporter Suydam encountered Fertitta and his two strong-arm..."