Former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva used to have a favorite Star Trek analogy to describe how the chain of command worked in the world’s largest fight promotion.
“[UFC president] Dana's [White] Captain Kirk, and we’re Scotty,” Silva told me and fellow UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby in 2013. “Dana’s always asking for crazy, impossible stuff, and we’re going, ‘Captain, we can’t go any faster!’ He’s the one saying, ‘Dammit Scotty, make it happen!’”
Silva’s gone from the company now, retiring shortly after the initial UFC sale in 2016. But White? He’s still Captain Kirk around here.