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Glover lot already brought it up please be joined by Dana white the president of the ultimate fighting championship and there at. Mixed martial arts has really explode out of these sports scene last few years is this something you expected. Obviously we bought the company because we believe in this sport and the athletes and we thought he'd get to this point the question becomes an -- As the timing right is everything going to fall into place and things got a dead. A lot of MMA fight organizations don't make it why do you think the USC has been so successful. How -- because -- the original we're the ones that are you know this thing is still in the -- its infancy. The USC that we built has only been around for nine years and really we built the entire industry of mixed martial arts and -- I basically have the road map I know where we're going on what we're doing all these other guys -- jumping -- because they think there's money to be made here. That that honestly is not the reason we got into this we got into this because we believe in this sport we fell in love that. And most of the athletes and you know. We know we're going nobody else does. I thought about boxing it's lost much of its luster of America has been surpassed and popularity by MM day. If you -- all of a sudden put in charge of the sweet science. What would you do idiot box and back whose glory days of the big from a boxing is the guys are willing to invest money back into the sport. First to survive you know you just can't keep taking. Taking taking from something you have to invest so that's we've done we've invested you know. Hundreds of millions of dollars back into the sport and that's what you have to do it did make anything grow any business -- questioner -- in the USC heavyweight title last month. This is the biggest star USC right now. We we have a lot of stars -- Is without a doubt a huge star but we look when they were very fortunate as we have we have a ton of art when you just spoke to earlier -- and this is a huge star and USC we have a lot of them. Probably a fifteen top level guys that are huge stars if you could pick any two MMA fighters to square off what would be your dream match. Yeah I do it every month I mean that the next big this is obviously this car is a huge card for fans bomb that coming up soon I have. George Xavier versus BJ Penn and it's dream match for people do champions in two different weight classes are going to collide to see you know who the best fighter. You have uniting through your final event of the year and it's amazing car. What's funny you most excited to see me. God I'm excited for all and to be honest enough to be goofy and sound like a promoter but. They're all three credit fights on on the card the major three fights and are great fights and everybody's excited for all of them. I mean today we did the way and that that was over 5000 people here at the weigh -- And for all three fights everybody went crazy when everybody walked out believe me that's the big card all three flights are just as good and and I'm excited about all. Well there we appreciate you being -- to have fun Saturday night in Las Vegas thanks man I appreciate the support happy holidays and don't forget. For all your MMA means -- about a foxsports.com. I'm ready Sparage factual and.