Jake Paul
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Today we're announcing our Series C funding: $355M at a $4.65B valuation, led by some great investors @generalcatalyst and @Redpoint. We've had insane growth in the last year, but we're still very early. So proud of the team and what we have built so far!
Scott Coker, the former head of Strikeforce and Bellator MMA, has secured $60 million for a new MMA venture, according to a press release Thursday. The new fight league will launch in 2027. spr.ly/6015B8Ek2Z
At today's JP Morgan global tech, media and communications conference, TKO's Mark Shapiro said the reason UFC passed on Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano was it "more of a stunt than a meaningful MMA event" and one he thought wasn't good for the sport after how it played out. "(Netflix) wants big spectacle events and they saw this as a big spectacle event. We're in the true MMA business on a meaningful, consistent basis. When we looked at this potential matchup, keep in mind there's a real art and skill to matchmaking....The answers (he & Ari Emanuel) got back (from Dana White & Hunter Campbell) were that fight will be over in 20 seconds. "I don't believe a fight like that, just the way it played out, is really good for MMA especially because it's Netflix and such an incredible global audience...that is going to sample, depending on what comes up on the front page, to go to that fight and think that's what MMA is, I don't believe is good for the sport long term. "We saw it that way and decided to pass on it," taking nothing away from Rousey, her win or the viewers the broadcast got.
