Donn Davis Takes Shot at UFC, Talks PFL vs. Bellator Fight Card | The MMA Hour

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  • čas přidán 16. 01. 2024
  • Donn Davis discusses the upcoming PFL vs. Bellator fight card next month, how the fans received the card, the UFC’s Saudi Arabia card, why Cris Cyborg vs. Kayla Harrison didn’t happen, the offer on the table for Harrison, Patchy Mix, Brendan Loughnane, how PFL vs. Bellator will be an annual event, the future of Bellator, Francis Ngannou’s future, and more.
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Komentáře • 73

  • @savagecabbage553
    @savagecabbage553 Před 4 měsíci +27

    Cant wait for the fight card. Ive been trying to get into Bellator and PFL. This is a great way for MMA fans to get introduced to the org.

  • @iceKOId
    @iceKOId Před 4 měsíci +13

    I like this guy. Transparency is needed in MMA

  • @gods_of_war
    @gods_of_war Před 4 měsíci +6

    I love this guy's attitude it's so refreshing and positive

  • @thepohCv
    @thepohCv Před 4 měsíci +13

    Great interviews with this gent, every time. Looking forward to having more MMA readily available!

  • @patatrick2519
    @patatrick2519 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Love that guy lol he bring a différent vibes to mma

  • @MarklarMay
    @MarklarMay Před 4 měsíci +6

    My immersion broke everytime he said Ariels name

  • @anthonyb.7340
    @anthonyb.7340 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Many new MMA fans forget that ufc didnt reach golden era until they merged with two top other promotions, PRIDE and Strikeforce. It brought and the greatest heavy weight era ever for mma. I cannot wait to see how much this does for pfl. Bellator already had a few champions better than their ufc weight counter parts, and the greatest mma fighter currently on the planet Usman Nurmagomedov. Now pfl has not the greatest in talent from what ive watched, maybe a handful in top tier, but this merger will push the talent requirement to the next level.

  • @iceKOId
    @iceKOId Před 4 měsíci +7

    I already miss Bellator

  • @nutmegriot209
    @nutmegriot209 Před 4 měsíci +4

    this card is really good. anyone who says its a B league is casual. the ufc is already being watered down.. and i’m tired of their rich man politics. i love what Pfl did for Francis. rooting for them

  • @greyman003
    @greyman003 Před 4 měsíci +14

    The UFC fumbled the bag with the Saudi card, the PFL smashed them with quality. I hope the PFL can sustain this quality.

    • @mr.brenman2132
      @mr.brenman2132 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Lol yeah. It must be fun in fantasy land.

    • @greyman003
      @greyman003 Před 4 měsíci

      @@mr.brenman2132 What does Dana's juice taste like?

    • @mr.brenman2132
      @mr.brenman2132 Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@greyman003 Ask your mother. PFL is a B league.

    • @greyman003
      @greyman003 Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@mr.brenman2132 So original well done. Do your fingers stick to the keyboard with everything Dana gives you?

    • @thenedsmmachannel8970
      @thenedsmmachannel8970 Před 4 měsíci +2

      They didn't fumble anything lol Islam headlining alone blows this card out of the water lol

  • @markaholicsanonymous677
    @markaholicsanonymous677 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Take
    My
    Money.

  • @SpiderS4TO
    @SpiderS4TO Před 4 měsíci +2

    If it was on the UFC it would take 5 years to Champion vs Champion fight each other

  • @hollowpoint8261
    @hollowpoint8261 Před 4 měsíci +16

    I really think the Saudi money that is letting PFL buy Bellator is a game changer. I think they'll be real competitors as the best MMA promotion in the coming years

    • @thenedsmmachannel8970
      @thenedsmmachannel8970 Před 4 měsíci +2

      No they won't, but it will be nice for the hard-core fans

    • @iceKOId
      @iceKOId Před 4 měsíci +3

      UFC has no pressure that’s why they sell $90 PPV with 2 solid fights, and most of the time those fall off too

  • @Jizzlepapi_OVO
    @Jizzlepapi_OVO Před 4 měsíci +4

    I really like Donn

  • @bonesdaily1354
    @bonesdaily1354 Před 4 měsíci +3

    " ONLY IN AMERICA "
    DON KING VOICE 😂
    LET'S GO BELLATOR

  • @FightFan02
    @FightFan02 Před 4 měsíci +6

    When he mentions partners and past Bellator champions, I think he's talking about Rizin and featuring Kyoji Horiguchi for a flyweight championship
    or maybe Patchy Mix vs Kai Asakura for the bantamweight title

    • @ezzio8611
      @ezzio8611 Před 4 měsíci

      Horighuchi is going back to the UFC

  • @AN-hv1vm
    @AN-hv1vm Před 4 měsíci +3

    Dana Carvey joins the show

  • @nativerain4146
    @nativerain4146 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Ariel I know you see this lemme get a like I watch your videos almost all the time your the og of mma journalists much love

  • @gamebredo8880
    @gamebredo8880 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Hey Btw where is Eagle FC??? Tf happened to them😂😂

  • @CrushDontRush
    @CrushDontRush Před 4 měsíci +4

    Kayla signed with UFC .. yikes. FIRST THEY LET MVP SLIP AND NOW KAYLA AND FRANCIS SAYS HE HAS 0 intentions of fighting MMA anytime soon he wants Wilder and Tyson Fury after AJ. Francis said “ everyone wanted me to be mma champ I want to be boxer .. “. So sounds like mma is ✅ unless they get Jones or Something wild ~

  • @mikeross2998
    @mikeross2998 Před 4 měsíci +2

    They will be competitive till they run outa money

  • @gninomis
    @gninomis Před 4 měsíci +2

    Bjorn Rebney needs to come back

  • @darrylbrookes2780
    @darrylbrookes2780 Před 4 měsíci +3

    just seen the card and the time in the uk im loving these saudis no more wait till 3am to have the prelims start and 6am for the main event

  • @applepie7911
    @applepie7911 Před 4 měsíci

    Can’t help but root for Don. Fans win in the end!

  • @R4RB
    @R4RB Před 4 měsíci +5

    The Dana White antidote, imagine this guy ran the UFC, I fkn wish

  • @greyman003
    @greyman003 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I will be watching.

  • @georgeg6372
    @georgeg6372 Před 4 měsíci

    watching the full card for the first time PFL

  • @drew586
    @drew586 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Respect

  • @SpiderS4TO
    @SpiderS4TO Před 4 měsíci +1

    Ariel is The Best MMA Reporter

  • @billbailey6297
    @billbailey6297 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I’ll buy

  • @fbombwilk
    @fbombwilk Před 4 měsíci

    I’m really looking forward to this. If you are a die hard MMA fan, I don’t see how you can’t be excited. These are the kinda fights that us as fans kinda joke about and basically fantasize about to be honest. It’s rare you actually get to see these type fights actually materialize. I dig what these guys are doing

  • @SpiderS4TO
    @SpiderS4TO Před 4 měsíci +1

    Donn Davis is totally different from Dana.

  • @ElCyberWizard
    @ElCyberWizard Před 4 měsíci +1

    Until there is a law change not allowing ufc to hold these ufc fighters hostage, nothing is going to changed.

  • @mikeross2998
    @mikeross2998 Před 4 měsíci +6

    2 ppvs a year lol 😂

  • @dougpurser600
    @dougpurser600 Před 4 měsíci

    I really like Donn and what the PFL is all about, and having Dan Hardy on board for me is gold. I will say that it's hard to get into other promotions coming from the UFC, they do a great job of that promotional wrap around events, building up with video countdowns, embedded, lots of media interviews.
    They are a drag for the fighters, but they really help attaching personality and stories to the fighters and fights. The UFC can feel like a circus at times, but stories is still a part of it.
    I do want rankings to mean something, and I don't think it's right when a fighter talks themselves into a fight they don't deserve, but as a fan I want (as part of that hype building to the event) for the PFL to educate me on these fighters and why the event will be so great.

  • @RABBIT-420
    @RABBIT-420 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Harrison said im out to the ufc peace. She aint fighting for you guys . ufc out bid you

  • @manx1569
    @manx1569 Před 4 měsíci +6

    The only good fight on there is Thiago Santos vs Yoel Romero, who are both too old for the UFC

  • @greyman003
    @greyman003 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I can see the Saudi's forcing the UFC to put on Francis vs Jones. Money talks.

    • @thenedsmmachannel8970
      @thenedsmmachannel8970 Před 4 měsíci

      They just won't go to Saudi Arabia lol plus Jones won't accept even if the oil princes give him 100 million

  • @anthonyhernandez-ii6op
    @anthonyhernandez-ii6op Před měsícem

    Bro tweakin

  • @Beeydb163
    @Beeydb163 Před 4 měsíci

    2 fights a year 😂 UFC in 2023 absolutely killed it with their ppv events. And I doubt 2024 will be in different for the UFC since it started so well Sean vs Dricus, O’Malley vs Chito, Volk vs Llia, Mexico City card. And Izzy’s return plus Islam vs Justin or Olivera. And then you got the heavy weight division that is stacked.

  • @hirotiki9578
    @hirotiki9578 Před 4 měsíci

    A ppv headlined by Ryan Bader? The card is stacked but this isn’t realistic

  • @RABBIT-420
    @RABBIT-420 Před 3 měsíci

    Kaylaz in the ufc

  • @Kaaashhhhhhh
    @Kaaashhhhhhh Před 4 měsíci

    Hey guys I do not understand PFL at all. So you claim this is a PPV and you want to see creativity, character, colour, and fighters will “go for broke”. If these are all good things, why will normal PFL events revert to boring, uniform shows? Or is there a “cost” of allowing this creative freedom (boring uniforms mean sponsorship rev?)

  • @SpiderS4TO
    @SpiderS4TO Před 4 měsíci +1

    PFL/Bellator > UFC

  • @shootermcgavin6610
    @shootermcgavin6610 Před 4 měsíci

    The Saudis are gonna throw a billion to the ufc and they're not gonna deny that.

  • @Beeydb163
    @Beeydb163 Před 4 měsíci

    Who’s Don Davis ?

  • @floraly88
    @floraly88 Před 4 měsíci

    Is Donn a robot?

  • @weedenhawf
    @weedenhawf Před 4 měsíci

    Shark tank would pass

  • @GodannarJunkie
    @GodannarJunkie Před 4 měsíci

    No 5 round title fights? Yeah not because of what he said. There’s too many title fights and regular fights on the main card, thus if you made the title fights 5 rounds it would be WAY too long. And by the way if the UFC only put on 2 ppv cards a year it would be stacked and WAY MORE stacked. Co promoter in mma? Stop it. This guy is a goofier looking Bjorn Rebney from the earlier Bellator days. Always sounds positive and speaking half truths. They shoulda made this card free to build the brand. THEN put on ppvs. This was a free product. Gotta ease in on ppv. Really build the stars. And to be honest they are going too many directions. Bellator deal. PFL deal. Multiple TV deals. Europe only divisions etc. And Ngannou was supposed to fight in the PFL this year! Now this guy is fine if it’s in 2025 if Ngannou will box a third time! He’s like a that dad or mom that wants to be your friend above parent. Last but not least no ppv price and the event is a month away? Anyways I’m done.

  • @dennis3224
    @dennis3224 Před 4 měsíci

    Am I the only one who just wants to see Francis fight mma? I’m so tired of boxing

  • @PBandy89
    @PBandy89 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Something about dude I just don’t like.. I love what they’re doing though, ufc keeps loading up with all this amateur level talent something crazy could happen

  • @tuffneggah
    @tuffneggah Před 4 měsíci +1

    dude is delusional. dana eats him for lunch

  • @goldeneyeforevercom
    @goldeneyeforevercom Před 4 měsíci

    Guns n Roses? Illusions? He doesn't know what he's talking about. Hint: don't talk about something when you have no clue. It puts into question your overall intelligence and trust level. If you think Illusions was the big GnR break out, then he is very self unaware. I'm sure he is smart but not as smart as he thinks. That can be dangerous.