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MMA Fighting

Reaction: The Shocking UFC-WWE Merger & What It Means For Both Companies

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

Sports, News, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The UFC and WWE will merge together in a new publicly traded company with combined revenue worth more than $21 billion, but what does this new partnership actually mean for the future of combat sports and professional wrestling? MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin and Alexander K. Lee react to the massive news after Endeavor closed a deal to buy a majority share in WWE that was officially announced on Monday. What does this deal do for the UFC? Will WWE performers suddenly start showing up on UFC programming? Is Conor McGregor destined to appear at WrestleMania? We’ll discuss all of that and so much more as it relates to the UFC and WWE becoming business partners under the Endeavor umbrella. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Bluey Robinson here, now all you dessert devotees will know there's nothing better than

0:04.6

tucking into a tub full of Ben and Jerry's. But what I didn't know until recently is that they've

0:08.8

only gone and taken it to the next level and created an ice cream sundae experience in a tub.

0:13.9

They've got some of the chunkiest, swirliest flavours, but the new sundae's range

0:17.8

has an awesome whipped ice cream topping that's covered in gooey sauce and chocolatey chunks.

0:22.1

Mmm, I'm really loving the new Dolcey Delicious Chocolate Cheesecake.

0:25.5

Mmm, mmm, oh man, you've got to try this.

0:28.4

Available now.

0:59.3

If that's the sound of breaking news, you are correct. I'm Damon Martin, he is Alexander Kaylee,

1:12.4

and today here on MMA fighting, we have gotten the news that there is a massive,

1:17.8

massive seismic shift in the sports and entertainment world as the UFC and WWE are now merging

1:24.4

under one ownership group at Endeavor and they will be a combined company worth revenue more

1:29.6

than $21 billion. That's a huge massive deal. Of course, everyone's been buzzing about it. You

1:35.7

can read the article that I wrote over on MMA fighting.com and myself and Alexander Kaylee have

1:41.8

been watching all this unfold over the last few hours actually. And so let's talk about this deal.

1:47.5

What does it mean for the future of the UFC? What does it mean for the future of WWE? What does it

1:51.3

mean for the future of sports and entertainment? AK, what a day we've had already.

1:55.9

Oh, I thought we were going to react two days later to Dale James, Mark knocking out Marcelo

2:01.0

Gullem in the main event of Bell Tower 293. I heard the music at the top. I was already to

2:05.6

talk about how that's shaking up the Bell Tower heavyweight title picture. But I guess we can talk

2:10.6

about this UFC, WWE tag team. I guess, again, we're seeing a lot of questions. What does this

2:20.4

exactly mean? Now that endeavor is putting them into the same umbrella and sounds like planning

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