NO RULES: THE BIRTH OF UFC
30 for 30 Podcasts
ESPN
4.5 • 9.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From ESPN films and ESPN audio, you're listening to 30 for 30 podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | Mixed The Marshall Arts is one of the fastest growing sports in North America, and the ultimate |
| 0:15.6 | fighting championship is the biggest organization in the game. |
| 0:19.5 | In 2016, the company was sold for a reported $4 billion. |
| 0:24.5 | But the UFC didn't even exist 25 years ago. |
| 0:28.4 | With fans assume it all started with Dana White, the promoter, and the face of the sport. |
| 0:33.4 | But the story begins way before Dana was involved. |
| 0:36.5 | This week we go back to November 12, 1993, when the UFC was born on a cold night in Denver, |
| 0:43.1 | Colorado. |
| 0:44.4 | Reporter Chris Baroube tells the story in No Rules, The Birth of the UFC. |
| 0:49.7 | This is the moment UFC fans have been waiting for five, five minute rounds. |
| 1:00.2 | Here we go. |
| 1:02.2 | One person walks out of that octagon. |
| 1:04.5 | The largest deal in the history of sports will officially be revealed to the world this |
| 1:08.0 | morning by the UFC. |
| 1:09.6 | Good for the guys that sold it for $400. |
| 1:12.6 | What is it? |
| 1:13.6 | $2 billion? |
| 1:14.6 | $4 billion. |
| 1:15.6 | $4 billion. |
| 1:16.6 | It's really clear who really took command of the octagon. |
| 1:24.0 | The ultimate fighting championship. |
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