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Dana White says the UFC White House card is costing the UFC $60 million and it sounds like he wants you to feel bad for them… Let me show you why that’s hilarious😂 TKO converted 73% of its operating profit into free cash flow in 2025. For every dollar they made, 73 cents became real, spendable cash. That is an absurd number‼️ How does that compare? 📺 Netflix: ~33% 🎬 Media companies: ~45% 📈 S&P 500 average: ~52% 🏆 TKO: 73% Very few companies on the planet get anywhere close to that. Most Fortune 500 CFOs would kill for numbers like this. $1.585 billion in operating profit ⬇️ $1.159 billion in actual cash 💰 Cash. Machine. So how does a sports company outperform nearly every major corporation in America? Swipe to graphic 2. UFC fighters receive roughly 13 to 18% of revenue. In the NFL, NBA, and NHL where athletes have unions? About 50% of revenue. UFC revenue in 2025: $1.502 billion Fighter pay: ~$225 million If the UFC operated like the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc., fighter pay would be $751 million. That gap? ~$525 million 🚨 That gap is doing a LOT of heavy lifting in that 73% number. UFC fighters have none of this: ❌ No union ❌ No guaranteed contracts ❌ No health insurance ❌ No pension ❌ No 401(k) ❌ No off-season pay And TKO’s 2026 projections? 📊 Operating profit: $2.24 to $2.29 billion 💸 $1 billion in share buybacks authorized 💸 $600 million per year in dividends That’s potentially $1.6 to $1.7 billion flowing to shareholders. $225 million to the fighters who actually step into the cage. It’s hard not to respect the business they’ve built. But the gap between the value these athletes create and what they receive is impossible to ignore. So no…I’m not losing sleep over the apparent $60 million White House card spend. They’ll probably make that back before Topuria and Gaethje even leave the cage. (Source: TKO Q4 2025 earnings, SEC filings)

Brendan Schaub got paid in the first antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa 💵 He could potentially get paid again from the two ongoing antitrust lawsuits against Zuffa ⚖️ But somehow…he’s confused as to why fellow fighters (the plaintiffs) are seeking Dana White’s cell phone, texts, and emails, and why the court is ordering that discovery 🧐 On his podcast, he says: “So what’s the goal with all this? Like you guys want to do this discovery and get his cell phone records and the emails and…so what’s the point of all this?” “Is the end goal to take Dana out of the… like, you want to cancel Dana out of the UFC?” “So let’s say they discovered some horrible stuff, like Dana being mean to a fighter, saying, ‘you ain’t sh*t’…and he talked shit to your favorite fighter. I’m just curious. You guys just want to know, and then what are you gonna do with it?” Then he adds: “Y’all should be grateful that the UFC is thriving…what the f**k are all you YouTubers and podcasts gonna talk about (if the UFC went out of business)?” C’mon now Bubba… This discovery isn’t about fans, media, “mean texts”, or wanting to “cancel” Dana and bring down the UFC. It’s about whether internal communications inside the UFC show: 📩 how business and negotiations were actually handled 🤝 leverage with contracts and fighters and their managers 🎯 how matchmaking was used as pressure 💰 practices that restricted fighter movement and suppressed pay In plain English: ⚠️ possible market control ⚠️ possible wage suppression ⚠️ possible collusion Nothing about cancel culture. Dana’s texts & emails aren’t just like some content for podcasts 😂 It’s about whether the UFC illegally controlled the fighter labor market…specifically while Brendan was in the UFC. And just to be clear, I actually like Brendan. I’ve listened to him for a long time and even went to some of his fights. This isn’t a personal shot. But if this is how other fighters are also thinking about this case, that’s kind of crazy. And I also believe that when you’ve got a big platform, you’ve got to at least do a little homework rather than confidently throwing takes out there that are essentially arguing against your own case. (🎥: The Schaub Show on YouTube )