Scott Coker Responds to Dana White, Uncertain of Bellator's Future Amid Sale Rumors | Bellator 300
2023 ж. 6 Қаз.
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Bellator president Scott Coker spoke to MMA Junkie and other media after Bellator 300 on Saturday in San Diego.
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#Bellator #Bellator300 #ScottCoker
Thank you Scott Coker for all you have done for MMA. Years of service and commitment to MMA and fighters. He has put so many great fights on over the years and gave many fighters a home to fight. Got to respect this Man
I'm a UFC fan for over 20 years. But I'm rooting from my heart for Bellator to stay around and flourish.
Same I'll take bellator over pfl they even have better talent. ufc one champ and bellator my favorite MMA organizations so it's sad to see bellator go they put some banger cards once in while
And if they do roll up into the PFL, we will have another mega MMA organization.
Scott is the only man promoter who is honest about being second to the UFC. One and PFL always inflating their fighters and fanbase
Something that makes no money and isn't profitable.... isn't going to flourish. This is capitalism
@@jonde4445loool one championship so much bigger then Balator
@10:34 rooting for Scott to get the best result possible out of this whole process
17:38 is the Dana White part that is in the video title.
THANK YOU!!
Pure class from this man, I hope he continues to build the sport of mma for a while.
This guy so humble...I hope this company grows so much
Thank you Bellator and Scott! Event was so much fun in San Diego.
This is a good man
Guys, thanks a lot for promoting "no name" fighters and giving them a platform to show themselves against the best in the world! USMAN IS ONE OF THE BEST! VADIM IS ONE OF THE BEST! Guys, keep it going!
What a milestone for Bellator such a solid roster. Proud of their growth 👏 🎉
The cyborg win tonight was odd :/ not hatin' though
@@langtryvlogme cause it’s two 40+ year old women fighting homie 😂
@@Mojo_Jo_Jo_I don’t think cyborg 40 but I know zingano was
@@Mojo_Jo_Jo_ cingano shot for a TD and as she failed she fell super weird
Their roster is weak outside top 5 most divisons struggle that's why when fights get cancelled they have no replacements
UFC certialty did benefit from Strikeforce!!!
i'd bet my bank account he is continually seeing his stock go up and trying to renegotiate/ push the price point.
Dana White just can't stand the fact there are other MMA organizations. He bought out Pride, WEC, Strikeforce, and Cage Warriors. EliteXC, Affliction, Dream, and Eagle FC all collapsed. As if he doesn't have a monopoly over the sport. I miss all those organizations.
Dude literally said he doesn’t mind there being other organizations
@@user-bg5xu9ht1qAnd you believe him? 😂
@@user-bg5xu9ht1qand you believe anything Dana White says? You haven’t been around the sport long enough lol
@@user-bg5xu9ht1qDana smacks his wife around and covered it up. Treats his fighters like promotion tools instead of humans. Dana is a great business man but garbage as a human being. Dude let top fighters go to not pay them, cut dominant fighters because he didnt like their style etc. He kept khabib on a back burner as long as he could because we all know he doesnt like grapplers. Just look at how he avoided giving Nate diaz fights in the end, then gave him khazmat hoping to have him dominated to ruin his fighter image so no other promotion would take him on.
Thank You, Bellator!
Idk, a bellator and pfl merge could be good. No one's watching either of them much, at least compared to UFC. I might catch it on rerun but it's not a live event have to watch kinda thing. 🤷🏼♂️
cbs v!acom d1dnt try to promote 1t bellatorPFL would b stronger number 2 fox owns pfl old fox so they can promote lt on fs1 fox and tub1 streamng
Bellator! We love you guys, don't sell! we need these diversity of different fight promotions!!!
pfl merged w1th bellator bgger number 2 to ufc BellatorPFL could b logo
The last 2 seconds for me confirms bellator being sold or shut down. He said we'll talk about it when it happens and quickly added "if it happens" to cover up
No he didn't. He only said "if this thing happens or not".
1vs1 Bellator vs UFC every weight 10vs10 it would be close results .
If you mean the top 10 in each division, that would be a massacre. Bellator has some good fighters, but unfortunately they have nowhere near the depth of the UFC. The champions and top 1 or 2 contenders could probably be competitive, but after that it would not be very competitive at all.
lol
good one , it would be close fights.
I was there last night, honestly the fights were okay, the best two, that got the crowd amped were Cyborg vs. Cat and Leah vs. Sara. The coolest thing about being there is being on the floor. You have to get there so you can walk around freely. Because I got pictures and autographs with Alejandra Lara, Nemkov, AJ McKee, Royce Gracie, Frank Shamrock, Dan Henderson, Ryan Bader, Josh Thompson, and the great Chael Sonnen. Cain Velasquez didn't take pictures with anyone. He was all business as a cornering. And lastly, Usman Nurmagamedov is huge, could definitely be solid 170lbr.
If you don’t mind sharing with us how much was the ticket?
@esiba9044 The ticket was $350 total but I was in the section right where the seats start to rise in the 4th row. But since I'm in the middle of the arena, my seats were closer to the cage than most on the floor. Those same seats would be $1500 or more if it was a UFC PPV. Anyway security blocking steps to floor was so cool and he let us go back and forth to the section where all the fighters were sitting. If he was a hard ass security guy, my whole experience could have been different. God bless that dude. He let everyone go by to meet the fighters.
@@ha3zim ❤️
@@darbycrash726This makes me really wanna go to a live event
@aShamelessHigh You have to go once, you feed off the energy of the crowd and its so much fun. Yes, the UFC is king, but if you can't make it, then there's Bellator, which has great production and a solid roster. The prelims always deliver and the tickets are so much cheaper. Again, you'll be paying anywhere from $500 to $700 for the worst seats in the house at a UFC event. $300 and my seat last Saturday at Bellator was about the 10th row.
Veterans are good to keep finding talent.
I’m rooting for Bellator. If for some reason they get sold, I hope fighter’s pay goes up and no one is let go. 🙏🏽
cbs v1acom def1netly selln they wanted to sell showt1me but d1dnt get offer enough same w1th bet vh1 but real1ty ls bellator makes them no money so makes sense get 1 b1llon for lt and let lt go
Scott’s the man in all honesty. Hope to see him stick around the sport awhile longer
Wondering if there is a way to get the Title payouts up to $2-2.5M. I am sure that investors can be sold on this, future stars still in their prime start looking at PFL as a top-tier option vs the UFC early enough in their career, just a thought.
No.
r u retooooortddd
@@rickallen9099 hes retorrrrrtdddd
My favorite fight you guys put on was nick diaz vs Framk Shamrock strikeforce san Jose california wow😊😊😊
San Jose’s finest!
solid dude id fight for him
Cocker vs White for UFC 300 would be insane with mario yamasaki as a ref
Mr.cooker is a good promoter and person.he keeps it 💯 and that means allot to people .whatever happens i see scott doing something great.
Thank you bellator
You need to promote the brand more to make it bigger, Scott Coker. I get that you want to promote the fighters, but you guys need to do a better job of that, too.
Problem is the name which IS the brand absolutely sucks. Like what the fffk is a “Bellator” 🤦🏻♂️ worst name for a fight organization of all time. It should have been something flashy, iconic and vividly memorable. Bellator literally sounds like it means B-League
blame cbs v1acom showtme they have boxn they need to sell ths
If pfl buy bellator...the first event should be bellator fighters vs pfl fighters
Bellator fighters would bury pfl fighters. Bellator literally has elite fighters that have beaten former and current ufc champs
goofy but l l1key lt
Man, Bellator really is just like 8-10 dudes with a bunch of scrubs for them to beat. Sucks if it does go under though.
Please Bellator stay 😢
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In many ways Scotty better than Dana
lolol
I’d for the all three major US promotions to come together and all be under one banner and be open to cross champion bouts with One but i’ll stay dreaming until i’m 60 (i’m 25)
Save Bellator!!!
bellatorPFL merged ls better lt be1n sold
I like Coker but dude stop eating during a press conference….
great as always
Love ya Scott, but Nunes is the GOAT.
dana better at business. end discussion
What a legend Scott is
Scott should restart StrikeForce. It would definitely be successful!
Scott can't restart StrikeForce lol UFC bought it. They own it now. 😂😂😂
@@bgizzle7545And 4 people liked the comment! lmfao
r u retorrrtttttd that content brand name old stuff on ufc pass
@@bgizzle7545 hes retoooorrrrrtddddd
Cyborg is still the #2 GOAT. Sorry, Cat Zingano is 41 years old, lost to Julianna Pena and Ronda Rousey. Her real only claim is that she bested Nunes before she became the Lioness with cardio. Cris is still gonna be well known one day.
Cyborg is arguably number 1 and so is nunes. Cyborg has been champ in 4 organizations, has a better record, fought a longer list of elite fighters overall. Cyborg vs nunes 2 would be competitive. The same mistake won't repeat itself. Also Cat Zingano beat a prime miesha tate too.
tate 2
Stop chewing gum while being interviewed.
Lol I had to pause this just to answer the how could anyone say Cyborg is not the goat comment; anyone who saw her face first out cold and then say no to a rematch with said person says she’s not the goat because the woman who knocked her out became a 2 division champ and retired holding both belts. Now back to the rest
Cyborg vs nunes 2 would be more competitive. The same mistakes won't happen again. If you watch mma long enough you should know you can't judge it based on a quick finish. Look at Jose Aldo and Conor, people know that the same thing won't happen twice. Also Cyborg overall catalog is better than nunes, the record, the fact that Cyborg has been champ in 4 organizations, the longevity, etc. It's close and there is an argument for both
When nunes lost to julliana pena you weren't saying pena was better. Nunes came back and beat pena. Sh*t happens. Cyborg imo is the female G.O.A.T. Back to the video
Now PFL just bought out bellator smh. One FC should of merged with bellator. Pfl has nobody
He doesn't take credit because there isn't any to take. This guy is like an anti-promoter. No wonder Strikeforce was good, he owned it and thus cared, bellator isn't his so no wonder it's where it's at
Dude def cares but with mega corps you fall on deaf ears.
You must be new to MMA. If you had been around for Strikeforce and understood where Bellator was when Scott took over vs where it is now you would feel silly for saying this.
Think about it,he is given a specific amount $ to spend and with that make the promotion big. With the owners trying to sell,it tells you that they feel that the company has grown enought to sell and make $. In other words they dont give scott enough money to make it more competitive.
u retorrrrtd cbs v1acom owns lt they dont wont promote lt thelr fault not hls
@@cyborg-zl2mc cbs v1acom dont promote lt a1nt h1s fault
Scott talks a good game, and he seems like a competent guy, but who is going to want to buy something that doesn't make any money? Bellator isn't profitable. There was almost no hype for this 300 event. What a joke. Just let it die and the best guys can go to the UFC.
Nope. Let Bellator merge with pfl and the elite guys be in the new bellator pfl merger and put the pressure on the ufc. Bellator elite fighters can definitely compete against ufc elite fighters. Bellator and pfl together can shake up the mma landscape
The joke is ufc apex arena cards, charging 84.99 for pay-per-view, merging with wwe and screwing fighters over storylines. Ufc is a circus and more elite fighters are choosing to go to other organizations
pflbellator merger would b stronger 2 and bellator tape l1brary. cbs v1acom d1dnt promote bellator fox owns pfl old fox put on fox fs1 tub1 streamng lt w1ll grow
fyi coker Bellator is no strike force not even close,Bellator has alot of ufc rejects and alot of low level talent,Bellator is not worth close to 300 million,another company is better off letting Bellator dissolve then just pick up who they want,dont overpay for this company,strike force had real value,Bellator does not have real value,its to pieced together with over the hill guys and young low level guys with a few good ones
That’s tough to admit and sucks to acknowledge, but it’s probably accurate ! 😖
@@dogstar5927 it's true,he knows it or the company would have been sold a while ago,ufc bought strike force and there debts,Bellatrix is a hard sell,think about it what are you buying for 300 million lol lol
So much more class than Dana "I love myself' White.
Coker > Dana
Cyborg isn't the goat because she ran away from a rematch with Nunes who destroyed her, Nunes never ran from a rematch
Cris Cyborg would have competitive 2nd fight against nunes, just like rose vs Weiling Zhang. That's how it happens. Cyborg made mistakes. Also Cyborg wanted a rematch but Dana white and his antics got under her skin. Cat Zingano and Julliana pena beat Amanda nunes. Cyborg will never let that happen to her. Cyborg holds titles in 4 organizations and has a better overall record
Scotty Cokes
A little confused . Out of all the years mma has been around and the promotions that have come and gone. Bellator via Scott Coker that was already bought out by ufc The lackluster the promotion is able to build up hence older ufc fighters to kind of ride on for the big fights … I’m scratching my head thinking like huh … this doesn’t make sense. And then to have negative comments about Dana who has built that brand from the ground up doesn’t really make sense. Hats off to Coker to give it a fair shot but obviously something isn’t working out … The structure of the promotion The tournament style which hasn’t seemed to work .. like are we doing things backwards ? There’s something missing for sure and it has been for some time and that leads to continuous failure .. super well spoken guy but what’s really going on … At the end of the day this is a business like it or not it’s a business for promotion and the FIGHTERS, they put thier life on the line to make money this is their life So to not see what’s happening …what’s really going on The reason MMA is even still around to this degree is because of UFC and all of the men who sacrificed their lives to make this sport what it is today I think people need to look at the bigger picture at how things are being run
*sorry strikeforce that was bought out **
If Dana White had half the humility Coker has the UFC would be taken much more seriously by sports networks and sponsors. It’s still looked at as a sport for drunk guys at a bar because Dana feels the need to curse at reporters, talk down on the athletes, promote himself over the athletes, and make enemies with everyone and anyone who doesn’t kiss his ass.
espn d1d deal wth ufc not much bgger than that
I’m really going to miss Bellator, but the UFC has a much more superior product overall. It’s tough to admit and even tougher to acknowledge, but it’s probably accurate ! 😖
I'd say the ufc may have the best fighters but they are a shitty product. They are very lucky they got that huge head start. Company is bush league.
Bellator has elite fighters too, ufc has a longer list. Bellator elite fighters can compete against ufc elite fighters.
@@omahkuribut true. And he's done his best to take whatever money from whatever sponsor to make it happen. He even has FIGHTERS as sponsors. That's how I knew that aljo took that dive against O'Malley. No concept of conflict of interest or anything like that. Dana may have been good at a time but now he's killing the sport.
@@omahkuribut dana was presdent then not ceo unt1l recent tko merger w1th wwe
I'm rooting for you Scott Coker and bellator. I always love an underdog story with the underdog wins
Went to a Bellator event and it was a great time. For true mma fans Bellator will be very very missed. Hoping they stick around 🙏
y l went to ufc bonez vs reyez was great but u bellator lol
Thank you Scott for everything you've done in help growing not just bellator but the sport of MMA. But most of all thank you for the Class and professionalism you did it all with. Unlike that piece of shit Dana, you actually care about this sport and it's fighters not just your bottom line . We love you and wish u the best.
He's chewing the hell outta that thing in his mouth 🤢
Another absolute slugger of a card 😂
I hope Elon Musk buys Bellator!
Congrats to Bellator. Cyborg is not the greatest female fighter. She got knocked out by Nunes and than ran away from the UFC and what would of been the biggest rematch in Women’s MMA history.
Didn't nunes get submitted by pena? Yet we weren't saying pena was better. Let cyborg and nunes rematch it will be competitive. That's how it tends to be. A quick 1st round finish doesn't determine who's better. Also cyborg has been a champ in 4 organizations, has a better overall record and longevity. Cat Zingano and pena beat Amanda nunes
@@hybrid.catastrophic.impact6071 yes and Cyborg has fought who in those other organizations? Nunes got beat, took the immediate rematch and DOMINATED the rematch. Cyborg got beat and ran away to face easier competition. Goats don’t run away from challenges. She didn’t want the rematch. She wants to be in a place where she can bully her competition. That’s why she has almost always fought in the B leagues. Why hasn’t she fought Kayla Harrison yet? Weird how every big fight for her gets held up or doesn’t happen since she got knocked out by Nunes. She got knocked out in the 1st round. Stop acting like it a was one shot super early that put her out. Nunes put it on her for the entirety of the first round and it wasn’t even close. Knocking her down several times and eating some of Cyborgs best shots.
Nunes is retired, Cyborg is the top women fighter
@@wildcard3907 oh really? Who is her best win? A 41 year old Cat Zingano? Stop
@@TheWayneleadoff06 Ufc 145 women's division is the D league. Lol. They have nobody. Leah McCourt from Bellator would destroy all of them.
Joke
They need to change their name and hire a new production team. It’s cringe 😬
Bellator.. The dumbest name in MMA.
such a blob
Will always have more respect fro Scott Coker than Dana White anyday
CYBORG THE GOAT? MORE LIKE THE JOKE. LOL You think just because you got a washed up ex ufc fighter is legit. Hahha
Does putting "LOL" and "Hahha" at the end and beginning of your statements make you more or less confident in what you've said?
Cyborgs real good. Idk what you talking about.
kids these days @@intellectic9155
Cyborg loses to a prime Nunes, once. Doesn’t get a rematch. Is now awful? Personally I believe Cyborg is the women’s GOAT because when Nunes was still losing on prelims Cyborg was mutitime champ. After their fight Nunes loses, Cyborg wins in MMA and boxing. Nunes is awesome, Cyborg is queen.
Amanda crushed her skull
Nobody cares about bellator. So small and meaningless compared to daddy ufc
You're kidding right? They're responsible for the best dynamic striker ever crossing over to ufc. ALL HAIL BEN ASKREN.
Has to be a dark illusion…is that what your ex said about you to her side piece or?
Bellator literally has elite fighters that have beaten former and current ufc champs.
Bellator elite fighters can compete against ufc elite fighters
U can't be a real mma fan. "daddy UFC" Gay!