Indo Sport podcast: Netflix, Trump, Dana White, boxing, WWE, Entourage, Saudi Arabia, and the monopoly of combat sports | Ariel Helwani

UFC boss Dana White with Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock and Elon Musk at a UFC event in November. Photo: Chris Unger

Combat sports have never been solely about what happens between the ropes. From sleight of hand negotiations to billion-dollar networks, the real battles have often been fought behind the scenes.

In this episode, acclaimed combat sports journalist Ariel Helwani is on hand to chart the evolution of that power struggle, from boxing’s turbulent past, through to the origin of UFC and WWE as most unlikely business partners. In just a couple of years, their parent company TKO Inc has evolved from a merger to a media empire, with UFC brokering bi

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