Even from an outsider’s perspective, the stark differences between the Zuffa LLC era and the today’s WME-IMG-ran UFC is easy to point out. And through its almost two-year run, there have been more complaints than praises towards current management and how they operate.
During his recent guesting on the JRE MMA Show podcast, veteran referee turned Bellator commentator John McCarthy spoke with Joe Rogan about the differences between the two eras of management in the UFC. And as the man who has been there since the early days even before Zuffa and took over, “Big John” pointed to one man as the key figure in the UFC’s rise to mainstream recognition.