Episode 545: Reactions to UFC/WWE super-happy-fun merger

The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

Chad Dundas

Sports, Leisure

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

There we all were, just minding our own business, tying to enjoy our weekends when suddenly Endeavor just casually drops that, oh yeah, they're going to buy WWE and roll it into a single, publicly traded company with the UFC. Say what now? As you might imagine, this rather mind-blowing news quickly put to rest any notion of us talking about PFL, Bellator or GameBread Boxing 4 on Monday's episode of the Proper. So, here are our initial reactions to Vince McMahon and Dana White becoming co-workers and (we're just guessing here) best friends. Plus, there actually is a lot to say in advance of Saturday's UFC 287, where Israel Adesyana faces what is almost certainly his last chance to defeat Alex Pereira in literally anything. This episode is brought to you in part by NordVPN. Get your Exclusive NordVPN deal by going to nordvpn.com/comain or use the code comain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.8	You're listening to the co-main event podcast.
1:11.1	And now your hosts, Benks and Chad Dundas.
1:18.0	That's right.
1:19.3	You're listening to another episode of the co-main event mixed martial arts podcast.
1:24.9	I'm Chad Dundas.
1:26.1	That's Ben Fulks.
1:27.3	We're both longtime MMA journalists, and for
1:29.9	nearly the last 11 years, we've been meeting here every week to break down all the action
1:35.1	in the wild, weird, and occasionally wonderful world of mixed martial arts. You know what, Ben,
1:48.1	as of Saturday morning, I'd already started to think about this podcast. I started wondering, how are we going to structure the show this week?
1:54.4	How much time should we spend talking about last weekends, somewhat low profile, MMA and and combat sports action and how much time should we budget to look ahead to UFC
2:08.3	287 and the rematch between Alex Pereira and Israel-Ata-Sanya.
2:14.0	And then that decision was made for us, man.
2:17.3	After rumors started to percolate online Saturday evening that the UFC's parent company
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