With the UFC having its most successful year yet in 2024, Dana White has already started teasing “crazy” things for 2025.
Every year the UFC seems to be one step ahead of itself and in 2024 it had its most successful year in 31 years of existence by breaking records at events like UFC 303, UFC 306 and UFC 309.
With that, fans are already starting to wonder how the promotion will increase their success next year and how they will continue to improve their product.
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Brendan Schaub claims he knows what Dana White is working on
After UFC Tampa last Saturday, UFC CEO Dana White went backstage to speak to the media about the final event of the year, and to discuss the UFC's 2024.
With that, White teased that he's currently working on a “crazy fight that no one will see coming,” leaving fans wondering what it could be.
“Every year for the last 17 years I've said, 'How can next year be bigger than this year?' And some of the things we're working on are on multiple levels,” he explained at the UFC Tampa post-fight press conference.
“I expect a lot of big fights. I have something in the works right now, it's going to drive y'all fucking crazy. You'll all be running around (trying to figure it out). I have something in the works that you will never see coming before 2025 and that literally started coming together last night,” he continued.
Former UFC heavyweight contender Brendan Schaub believes he knows the fight White is working on will wow fans.
“July 4 or 3, Nate Diaz vs Jake Paul co-main event (of International Fight Week), that's the news, that's what it is because Jake can do it,” Schaub claimed in a video on his YouTube channel.
According to PFL boss Donn Davis, Jake Paul would make his MMA debut under the PFL banner in 2025.
Despite this, Nate Diaz likely won't fight in the PFL as he still has a solid relationship with the UFC.
“Nate is not going to fight in the PFL…Nate is a UFC guy. He's still in cahoots with the UFC, he was backstage throwing water bottles. Nate is not going to disparage his product and fight in the PFL,” Schaub said.
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Jake Paul's relationship with Dana White could be a problem
While Schaub thinks he's cracked the UFC code, there's one major stumbling block that could mean he's completely wrong.
White and Paul don't have a strong relationship at all. The two have been going back and forth in interviews for years, and the 27-year-old has made some pretty damning claims about the UFC boss.
There's no saying their relationship can't be put aside for a big fight in the UFC, and after Paul's recent big fight against Mike Tyson, White might want a piece of the pie.
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