Chatri Sityodtong: Dana White 'Doesn’t Know' Mixed Martial Arts - MMA Fighting

Chatri Sityodtong talks about some big fights at his upcoming ONE X event, if he wants to fight UFC president Dana White, and much more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Wednesday.
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[@toocool986]

Out of everything he said, this is what makes the headline 😂 great Job Ariel

[@joaoalegria7578]

His bonus criteria is genius! And will create epic fights without fighters being too afraid of losing.

[@ericlaurendeau4816]

Get Dana on the show!

[@nivekmendez6376]

😂😂😂😂

[@HD6SOCCER]

Bruh

[@anarchy1090]

That would be amazing, I’ll pay to see that

[@Talkin_MMA]

Is someone gonna tell him? Lol

[@Rlouis367]

The nose vs the hairless

[@theguvnor3880]

I reckon if Chatri and Dana took a lie detector test, the lie detecting machine would blow up.

[@youssefrachad8201]

But unlike dana,chatari is not confident when he lies

[@nivekmendez6376]

@Andrew-~ one underpays fighters too ??

[@buckbreaker5185]

@Andrew-~ lmfao you don't decide what a fair wage is. Neither do journalist. You are just ignorantly virtue signalling for attention

[@buckbreaker5185]

@Andrew-~ it's obvious. The whole narrative about fighter pay was crafted by journalists like Ariel. Journalists who have never run a promotion and truly have no insight into what it takes to run a company. They do this as aself service. It generates clicks. Sheep like you hear something like "Fighter pay needs to be moar" and take it upon yourself to regurgitate that notion without ever doing research. You are a sheep kid. Sorry you found out from a KZbin comment with a frog pfp

[@buckbreaker5185]

@Andrew-~ loser.

[@cameronscott4440]

I feel like ONE is clean and crisp. bellator makes me think about mma vets on their way out doing backyard fights. ONE has a chance to be a competitor in 10 years or so

[@shootermcgavin6610]

Idk about clean you know they Juicy over there

[@ryannath85]

@@shootermcgavin6610 You're saying the UFC is different? lol. Jon Jones is allowed to fight while testing positive for a certain number of picograms of Tbol because of a "pulsing" effect lol (complete bs)..lol. I could go on....

[@buckbreaker5185]

@@WarBob56565 so is UFC. Are you slow?

[@ryannath85]

@@buckbreaker5185 He's bought into the UFC, Joe Rogan, Dana White, USADA propaganda. Btw, look at the size of McGregor now. Luckily for him apparently the UNITED STATES anti doping agency apparently has no jurisdiction in Ireland...lmao. It's just so vague...

[@OrcistCleaver]

Lets just ignore all the money laundering and scandals that one has, the empty arenas even though they have "1 billion viewers" stop theyre frauds

[@langtryvlogme]

Awesome! Hope we can have more ONE fights available for america as well on the regular basis

[@PathFinder1490]

Gotta give credit to Chatri and his team, ONE had a late start compared to the UFC, but they were able to catch up pretty close to their Western counterpart (the UFC doesn’t have as much events in the East like they used to). They did have a rough start with their US broadcast events but it doesn’t diminish the entertaining and fun events ONE has had in the past. ONE has alot to offer for combat sports fans apart from MMA, you have to be a blinded casual to not acknowledge that.

[@dritern]

best thing about one is schiavello

[@twuandixon8675]

"eVeRyBoDy tHaT dOeSnT aGrEe wItH mE aRe cAsUaLzzzzzzz" 🤡

[@nivekmendez6376]

@@twuandixon8675 Casual talk

[@SLSMe]

Fake News. All they do is recycle old highlights on their channel

[@jimmynesbit1803]

They just need to get rid of that big kabosh commentator he single handedly is the reason I only watch one highlights

[@jeremyjordan6786]

That it that's it right there no more debates. It's the fight to make Dana vs Chatri.

[@langtryvlogme]

Just imagine MMA on both Friday and Saturday ONE+ UFC

[@arthurseye]

Bellator is on Fridays

[@langtryvlogme]

@@arthurseye I'm talking about ONE Championship.

[@69urmomyes71]

I just need more fights in my life

[@Nikolebichon]

Check out KOTS

[@JJj-xratedgt]

This man is a CHAMPION!

[@dougsmith5920]

I’m gonna clear my ENTIRE BUSY SCHEDULE to watch One X

[@berimbolo010]

@Andrew-~ only 2 days !!!

[@haitianxu]

The most amazing thing about Chatri Sityodtong is that he makes Dana White look like a really honest person.

[@twuandixon8675]

@@justinava1675 the worse thing is people blindly believing the pay narrative without looking up the freely available fighter salaries.

[@twuandixon8675]

@@justinava1675 you can literally go online and look up the salaries right now. I dare ya lol then you will understand that this is a narrative, everyone has to sound nice in the media nowdays regardless of truth. Just look them up.

[@twuandixon8675]

@@justinava1675 look up salaries from a Recent card and if you know enough about MMA the salaries are pretty justified. And if you watch them over time people's pay increases are substantial as long as they are winning.

[@twuandixon8675]

@@justinava1675 ok I think it's very clear I'm referencing bad pay as that's what people are always referencing lol. Since ya needed it spelt out. This was a normal discussion til ya got all pointlessly angry lol.

[@rileynewman6507]

@@justinava1675 I like Dana but don’t think he is “a good guy” lmao

[@arthur.phoenix]

*Like #6* Great interview, insightful. Good Work Ariel, your thoughts, effort and time shows. Continue forward.

[@frankiecal3186]

Sityodtong vs White wouldn't be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 but I'd watch.

[@Jack-yq6ui]

is that one of the bobby lee's if we were in that jet li the one flick?

[@stevenmurray8297]

Also loved the story about his dad-thats the real shizzle

[@Will-ge7ri]

That’s like saying Santa doesn’t know Christmas. Just cause he doesn’t pay his elves doesn’t mean he’s not an expert in the field.

[@thefourfourfour9512]

My comment got deleted that mentioned that the elves aren't independent contractors Lololol why would it be deleted

[@twuandixon8675]

You ever looked up salaries?

[@nivekmendez6376]

No what he meant dummies

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@twuandixon8675 Not that good, so what?

[@thefourfourfour9512]

One striking >>>>>>>>>>>>> ufc striking

[@thefourfourfour9512]

@@jman360co it has mma and grappling

[@thefourfourfour9512]

@@lookherelooklisten3078 one fc striking is years and years ahead of ufc... One is getting some decent grapples on their roster.. .. It's fairly even there

[@nivekmendez6376]

@@thefourfourfour9512 well the best striking is on their side of the hemisphere with Dutch and Thai kickboxing

[@M.R.4.2.0]

Good interview 👍

[@cameronscott4440]

I might check ONE out

[@gabagoolovahere5869]

they air their fights on youtube, live every event lol and always high level fiights

[@Rlouis367]

@@gabagoolovahere5869 yes, its free and KZbin is very very easy to access, not even membership or any BS required

[@Brandnewshoes]

Yes to getting Chatri on.

[@kcx94]

Where’s the 1 billion views ? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@thefourfourfour9512]

2.7 billion views

[@rileynewman6507]

@@thefourfourfour9512 lmao

[@Amzyy]

Guys out of his mind Dana White is the best promoter in the entire world and it ain’t even close.

[@asmarino8057]

Did u even watch the whole thing or u just responding based of the headline ?

[@GrowingDownUnder]

maybe in terms of promotion, but One fc technically is bigger company than ufc. Only bigger sport companies were NBA and WWE

[@danielsanchezaldana7255]

@@GrowingDownUnder yes the best promoter in terms of promotion. Whatever that means.

[@jamesfranko1568]

@@GrowingDownUnder TECHNICALL UFC is significantly bigger than ONE in terms of OFFICIALLY contracted numbers of fighters and revenue + employee size.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@jamesfranko1568 Nope, one fc is bigger than ufc...because one FC is all around asia and they actually do more than mma they do muay thai/kickboxing as well. And ufc hasn't really even got big in asia yet, that's where most the demand for martial arts is over in asia and especially thailand they love their muay thai over there it's the world capital for muay thai and ufc ain't even popular in asia barely anyone in asia would even know what ufc is lol

[@semlapa9864]

Why didn't Ariel invite boss man Dana White on the show, it's been a while we've seen pissed of Dana White aka Dana Pink 😎

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Dana is a bigger pxssy than Ariel

[@Yeahitsme101]

@@thefourfourfour9512 facts

[@Quesoe]

Stamp Fairtex should be in the UFC if she beats Angela Lee

[@gd5830]

Oh look, it's Ariel Weas-Helwani!

[@zoltantolgyesi3891]

Guy sounds exactly like John Kavanagh

[@jameswoods6900]

This guy is a brilliant man who graduated from Tufts University (BA); Harvard Business School (MBA) and worth 350 million, thanks for the interview! Great Guy!

[@marshan1226]

Can someone pinpoint where he said this pls

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

34:21

[@Yeahitsme101]

@@marshan1226 lol ...

[@marshan1226]

SPACE COWBOY old

[@alcorraalb6029]

This “Emotional damage” guy is everywhere! Good for him👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@saltybrackishfresh]

😂😂😂😂

[@User-54631]

From a money standpoint one is valued at about 375 million vs UFC’s 4 billion. The 9% of Dana share alone was worth about the same as ONEs entire company so there’s that.

[@Rlouis367]

You're comparing UFC which was started in 1993 with ONE that started 2011, that's 18yrs difference man, wow..lol

[@pragyamanral]

Unfair comparison

[@sumob3133]

Where is the timeline?

[@ryufight7987]

Hahaah chatri really wants that. UFC vs One event . But that's never going to happen Dana would never do that for obvious reasons

[@DonMIFC]

Damn ONE X is going to be crazy. DJ vs Rodtang Stamp vs Lee Moraes vs Wakamatsu Northcut vs ??? Aoki vs ??? The Underground King vs ???

[@barbells_and_guitars]

ONE has a better all around product imo. Mid to lower level MMA, high level grappling, and world class level kickboxing/Muay Thai. It's the kickboxing that really sets it apart.

[@SLSMe]

I agree on the Kickboxing part

[@barbells_and_guitars]

@@SLSMe they've even done a pro boxing match. And they use the ring and the cage. The fact that they put no limitations on their product is why I think they edge the UFC. From a purely MMA stand point tho, the UFC is in a completely different universe.

[@ryufight7987]

@@barbells_and_guitars one MMA light divisions are elite sw fw lw BW ..guys like bibi Adriano are elite level . I agree do in general overall the UFC has deeper MMA divisions . As far as kickboxing and muaytthai goes ..one rules it they have by far the best muaythai and kickbox athletes .

[@kalanikiaaina7636]

So by this logic is one a better mma organization or a mix up of sports because mui Thai isn't mma

[@jamesfranko1568]

@@ryufight7987 it doesn't matter wether they have good kickboxing or muay thai tho cuz the most popular combat sports is MMA then boxing and nobody watches muay thai outside southeast asia

[@91untilinfinity91]

Dana fanboys going hard in these comments lol.

[@nivekmendez6376]

Fr

[@sagarpuri7838]

One championship don't have trash talk,bad blood , scandal like UFC

[@simonlee498]

Dana White could sell 2 pac the movie starring Tom hanks

[@nivekmendez6376]

Lol

[@mattreyes4803]

Now you're being crazy, dana couldn't get ufc 250 to sell 100k ppvs cause he had amanda nunes headlining

[@lambsauce9544]

🤣

[@exodusdiva2295]

Angela vs Stamp will be the best event on that card. Those ladies are boss 🥊

[@AT-qu2bz]

..said no one ever

[@petergarrett3481]

Love stamp

[@jamesfranko1568]

put them up against rose or weili and they'd get destroyed severely even andrade will destroy stamp and angela

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

You're right. Dana doesn't know fighting. He knows about business though.

[@nivekmendez6376]

That's what he said lol

[@mattreyes4803]

Dana knows boxing and promoting and thats the one aspect of mma he needs, Dana knows how most fighters think believe it or not, he trained in boxing before becoming a manager for fighters like tito.

[@havefaithanddontworry5098]

Only Dana knows is Conor vs everyone

[@joshuaknight311]

Chatri smarter than dana white

[@rentfree007_]

​@@havefaithanddontworry5098 that was years ago get over it

[@seansean7653]

Of course lol

[@tobias3581]

With Danas recent Powerslap support I think it's true he doesn't know martial arts

[@twuandixon8675]

One championship pays FAAAAAR less than UFC by the way lol. You think $12000/$12000 for a first fight is bad wait until you see $1500/$1500 lol

[@MegaZack61]

@Andrew-~ From what I read his purse did keep increasing after every win.

[@aquaticlibrary]

Demetrious Johnson got paid $10,000 for his first UFC Fight. He gets paid a base of $750,000 in ONE. Francis Ngannou didn’t even get paid that much for his title fight.

[@JohnDoe-vv5ve]

Chatri is a legit MMA guy but Dana is a much more savvy businessman.. $4.2billion baby

[@andrewcano5111]

To say Dana doesn’t know mma is funny

[@bongoking5850]

The apprentice: one championship edition.... Really says it all right? Lol

[@arthurfleck8777]

Dana knows about business and he loves watching fights.

[@RompYa]

40 trillion viewers.

[@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT]

This dude knows 1/10 of what he says.

[@nivekmendez6376]

He runs the Biggest promotion in the Eastern Hemisphere of the planet. I think your talking about yourself

[@ryufight7987]

@@nivekmendez6376 plus had a Harvard degree ..

[@Rlouis367]

Think before you speak ..lol

[@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT]

@@Rlouis367 Forgot more about this sport since the Pride days, than you know about yourself.....

[@2GENDERS_MAN_WOMEN_CRY_ABOUTIT]

@@nivekmendez6376 Biggest promotion? The only fight league, and its not a large promotion. It is barely a profitable one.... Forgotten more than you know squeaks. Cheers!

[@xFeijonesx]

Wot

[@jordankaniona1356]

Neither does the One FC judges after the super girl vs barbie decision ..ridiculous ruling ..

[@firasproductions]

Honestly regardless what ppl say, I think Dana is a beast and I respect many of his moves, business owners entrepreneurs should definitely take note

[@shah5524]

Dana is a simp on steroids. Chatri is actually a real man

[@richmond2284nz]

ARIEL D INSTIGATOR BWHAHAHHA

[@DraziwLestat]

Dana will watch what he says about this man along with his little stooge Joe “Bias” Rogan. His bluff has been called out by someone with status and experience in the real fight game! I love it!

[@shaunkeating9288]

Rogan isn't "bias".......the Alpha brain won't allow it.

[@Quesoe]

homie talks about how he's a promoter/fighter and doesn't disrespects fighters, yet disses Istela Nunes for calling out his BS...

[@user-kq8dg9op7f]

Who’s instela nunes

[@nivekmendez6376]

Fr huh

[@americab1462]

Dana is the man that’s why he got so many haters!

[@twuandixon8675]

"bUt fIgHtEr SaLaRiEzzzzz" meanwhile you can look up their salaries and I guarantee most people would be surprised.

[@nivekmendez6376]

@@twuandixon8675 their estimates

[@MrAfusensi]

@@twuandixon8675 you can't look up their salaries because they don't get salaries.

[@MegaZack61]

@@twuandixon8675 And you be surprised after you find all the costs after they get that pay check. Look at Miesha when she came back and won she made 200k. Alot of money right? Yea untill you hear her speak and say after all the costs of that training camp taxes etc etc she came home with 10k. Or go on the YT channel of Myles Jury former UFC fighter who talks ib depth on how much hr got paid, sponsors, taxes etc etc It aint that much when you realize you fight once to twice a year. Educate yourself please.

[@shah5524]

ONE is superior the UFC. enough said

[@jamesfranko1568]

based on?

[@Jus1408]

Chatri trained under legendary Sityodtong and has a brown belt BJJ under Gracies. Dana's juice head will explode when Chatri headkicks him.

[@JamesG12]

More stupid slander. Dana is the reason we all are obsessed with the sport. He had the balls to take a sport that was frowned on and make it legitimate in our society. I will give him the props he deserves. Ariel is a weasel.

[@ryang9973]

Dana is the reason we are obsessed in the west Japan had MMA for years

[@rohs9464]

@@ryang9973 thank you for saying this, more people need to acknowledge this. Pride was way bigger than the ufc way back when and it was a Japanese promotion. Only reason pride didn’t stick around is because of the gang affiliations ties to it lol

[@ryufight7987]

@@rohs9464 and one is bigger then the UFC to .. People think becsuse UFC is better known in the west that it's also the biggest . But one is bigger ..their market is Asia the biggest continent in the world ..they broadcast and stream all over Asia 150 plus country's and the rest of the world 🌎

[@ashwinv89]

Chatri would never say anything bad about martial artists because he's part of the community, except for Istela Nunes who's a "bold faced liar and steroid cheat"

[@jmoo72]

#1 UFC, #2 BELLATOR #3 ONE FC

[@RAWFestival]

3 PFL 4 ONE

[@jmoo72]

@@RAWFestival forgot about PFL

[@aquaticlibrary]

One is definitely #2 right now

[@Lwwwio]

Ones ceo calling someone a steroid cheat what?😂😂😂😂 idm juicy guys but one a heavyweights are allllllll on the pharmacy

[@berimbolo010]

Bo they are not. Diffrence between waterwight and ufcs weight cut

[@MC-ss3qc]

One doesn’t even exist if it wasn’t for what Dana did with the UFC.

[@stevenmurray8297]

Love the story of how he slept on floor so his mum could sleep in his bed at his dorm

[@bentleynguyen8979]

Yeah Dana doesn’t know nothing about martial art but run the world biggest combat company. Come on dude

[@ryufight7987]

One is bigger ..what makes you think UFC is bigger ? UFC is more known in the westeren world but isn't bigger .. One broadcasts over all of Asia and the world . Asia is the biggest continent ...and that's ones market so no the UFC is not bigger .. Look up the stats

[@bentleynguyen8979]

@@ryufight7987 UFC is only for westerner? Bro you clearly don’t know how big UFC is. Of course One is bigger because Asia have more then half of the world peoples. But the brand no one is bigger then UFC. 1st. UFC have bigger star. 2nd. They’re a global company not only for western world. 3rd their net worth is about 10x bigger then one. 4th. They are known world wide while I never heard of One until recent. “ Until UFC star start going over there.”

[@zamrisyah472]

Chatri fight with bos efc .. Wkwkwk ..

[@ehsanahmed3589]

ONE is levels below UFC. And Chatri is levels below Dana White.

[@mattreyes4803]

I mean chatri sucks, but ones got some amazing fighters. Their kickboxing/muay thai divisions are alot better than their mma divisions, if those aspects of one get more marketing in the u.s. they'd gain alot of fans.

[@Yeahitsme101]

@@mattreyes4803 the only thing makes one special is their kickboxing/muaythai fights ... If UFC start gets into kickboxing they are done .

[@aquaticlibrary]

@@Yeahitsme101 I’m surprised they haven’t bought and merged Glory Kickboxing

[@lightnang]

@@Yeahitsme101 the thing about that is.. A ONE kickboxing/muay Thai title would be far more prestigious than a UFC kickboxing/muay thai Title

[@jamesfranko1568]

@@lightnang exactly just like MMA titles but at the end, the only titles that truly matters are #1 UFC titles #2 unified boxing titles other than that nothing matters there's reasons new title holders from other combat sports never cry from winning titles except boxing and UFC.

[@JasonVictorEverett]

"ONE is bigger than the UFC, NFL, NBA, Olympics, and World Cup ... all COMBINED !!!"

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Facts

[@thefourfourfour9512]

@Nigalas Cage facts... 100% facts. Clown boy

[@PathFinder1490]

The guy’s a promoter. 😆 Pretty sure if it’s the other way around, casuals would eat it up like Thanksgiving dinner 😂

[@lambsauce9544]

You need a degree just to be able to pronounce half the names in One FC

[@Maartun]

This dude lies even more than Dana White

[@briantneary2248]

Lol.

[@youssefrachad8201]

The lack of confidence in chatri is astounding

[@lambsauce9544]

700000 trazillion viewers

[@Matt-ce7bq]

Who tf is that guy

[@nivekmendez6376]

CASUAL

[@JJj-xratedgt]

BOLDFACE LYER & A CHEAT! DAMB! THATS PUT TO REST!

[@mainstreammop2711]

One is Micky mouse promotions, many low paid great talents but the same guy who was begging a meeting with Dana, even trying to go through Floyd Mayweather is now trashing the guy. Bit Desperate?

[@chrisludford5347]

CAN'T STAND CASUAL FAKE MMA FANS

[@mrpolarbearrrrr]

Chatri’s trying so hard to stay relevant in the fight business. Let’s face it, ONE has never been a hit-go and making losses from the get-go.

[@Yeahitsme101]

True.. he's surrounded by wrong people

[@nathanleblanc6992]

First interview Wayyyy to long, boring

[@khorneschosen7561]

Neither does he.

[@jamiewalko8324]

He can't even tell us how we are going to watch this dude is a joke

[@haitianxu]

ONE events are watched by over 5 billion people on average you'd have to be living in a cave in the middle of nowhere if you don't know how dude.

[@thomasaungdint770]

98% of Dana's Fighters are Broke even before they retired. That's fact

[@danielsanchezaldana7255]

99 percent were broke before the ufc facts

[@trinaabrahams3328]

Ok i have to say this. What do you class as broke?

[@trinaabrahams3328]

Lets just take chyanne buys as an example. This girl has had 3 fights in the ufc, won 2 lost 1 and had 1 performance of the night. The first contract is a 4 fight deal on 10k to show and 10k to win. That means she make 100k last year in 3 fights.

[@trinaabrahams3328]

No one knows who chyanne buys is. She could get cut tomorrow and it dont effect the ufc at all. Im using her as an example to show you even the small names can make $100,000 in a year even if you lose a fight. *THAT IS NOT BROKE!* Compare her 100k to a small name boxer on canellos undercard making about $8000. Compare her 100k to normal people like me and you

[@thomasaungdint770]

@@trinaabrahams3328 No they are not making 10k at the end. Manager fees 20% and Training fees and so on...

[@gartholamu7916]

Muppet

[@justinjamesmccall]

This guy is a clown.

[@pauldavis5518]

Hes only ran the biggest organisation for years lol

[@houstontx6780]

Who the f*ck is that guy?

[@nivekmendez6376]

I love it when yall casuals give the opportunity to call yall casuals lol

[@nivekmendez6376]

CASUAL!!!

[@davestuddaman8127]

Your organization is small potatoes

[@ItNeverBeganBuddyBoyo]

At least dana doesnt eat 🐶 and 🐈.