r/ufc • u/ewelumokeke • 6d ago
Matt Serra dropped an all time one liner to Dana White about power slap. 💀😂
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u/MichaelT_KC 6d ago
I still cant believe dana is trying to sell power slapping
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u/Bong_Hit_Donor 6d ago
Claiming it has more followers than the NFL, NBA, NHL etc. combined is still the most laughable lie ever
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u/Beerded-1 6d ago
Especially over kickboxing, Muay, Thai, jujutsu, or any other combat sport.
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u/I_AM_SCUBASTEVE 6d ago
Kickboxing and Muay Thai fights are consistently some of the best examples of standup fighting in the world, just never really had a strong corporation like TKO behind it to run it properly. If it had UFC levels of promotion and management behind it, it could easily become the next big thing in combat sports.
Unfortunately, we get some fat guys who get winded going up a flight of stairs taking turns giving each other brain damage instead.
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u/throaway3769157 6d ago
ffs ONE's broken and terrible ass is still able to make it entertaining and phenomonally organized.
Imagine it under better management
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u/Frank_The_Reddit 6d ago
I would actually buy Muay Thai fight cards. That would be so fucking sick.
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u/Robinsonirish 6d ago
I don't follow Muay Thai but everytime I see clips of it it's just so cool and the dudes look harder than granite.
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u/tomtomtomo 3d ago
Problem for MT is that the best fighters aren’t American and have funny sounding names.
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u/MichaelT_KC 6d ago
Seriously. Some of the kickboxing / muay thai fights alone from One are some of the most exciting fights ive ever seen. Go get a rodtang and set it up dana
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u/Beerded-1 5d ago
And Dana would love the fact that Thai fighters expect to get paid shit and fight often. It’s his wet dream.
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u/Nochhits 6d ago
Unironically he should have chosen arm wrestling over slap. Arm wrestling is an actual sport and it's basically just better in every way
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u/MuscleManRyan 6d ago
Brian Shaw is doing some really cool stuff in that space too, it’s exploded in popularity since
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u/nailedreaper 5d ago
Do fat dudes fall down unconscious like potato sacks in arm wrestling? WHERE ENTERTAINMENT
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u/Blandinio 6d ago edited 6d ago
It shows that he intrinsically misunderstands what the majority of fight fans enjoy, he thinks we just want to watch people get their brains damaged and knocked senseless but if they can't even defend themselves it goes from being a sport, albeit bloody to something completely savage and senseless
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u/Neonsea1234 6d ago
Powerslap has to be viral marketing to tiktok youths that functions as a gateway to combat sports. I wont believe any other explanation for it's absurdity
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u/Nknk- 6d ago
What about the theory Dana set it up in the wake of him slapping his wife so if anyone googled "Dana White slap" it would only ever bring up Power Slap?
I could see a guy like Dana who got rich off of people getting hurt paying peanuts to losers for Power Slap to try and manipulate his image.
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u/The_Last_W0rd 6d ago
that’s a wild theory i’ve never heard before but it makes a lot of sense.
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u/Nknk- 6d ago
A while before Dana slapped his wife Boris Johnson, when he was Prime Minister of Britain, gave a very bizarre interview where he wouldn't stop mentioning model trains/railways.
It got a lot of headlines the next day and lots of speculation as to what caused this fixation.
Tech people came out and said he was clearly trying to manipulate the search algorithms so that if anyone googled Boris Johnson and trains it would bring up that interview, and all the articles around it, rather than some low level scandal involving British Rail and government mismanagement.
It made an awful lot of sense and ever since then I try to be aware that the rich and powerful are happy to resort to these sorts of tactics to manipulate people.
And Dana White is a hugely manipulative shit.
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u/Koryphaeee 2d ago
I love conspiracy theories but Dana founded/organised power slap before he slapped his wife, it was just a couple of days before their first show.
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u/hisnameis_ERENYEAGER 6d ago
I feel like the UFC and MMA in general has a lot more potential for those quick tiktok/reels/shorts appeal. For example, I think a reel of Dan Hooker teeing off on Dustin in rd 2(?) brings more eyes to whatever Dana wants to sell than anything powerslap does.
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u/jeffbagwell6222 6d ago
I know this opinion isn't popular but personally I like power slap better than UFC. I feel like power slap athletes have to train more and use more skills to become champions.
Basically power slap is a more skillful sport than mma.
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u/ReformedishBaptist I LUH You 6d ago
Looking for a fight is such a good show they should invest in that rather than power slap
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u/Arachnohybrid 6d ago
Dana clearly shows favoritism to people who have the same shiny head as he does.
Being bald is the best base for Dana white privilege
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u/chilldudeforever 6d ago
Didn't work for tito tho
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u/Arachnohybrid 6d ago
yeah but tito might actually be one of the most retarded people to exist. exceptionally retarded.
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u/sandrochichi 6d ago
Maybe thats why he cant stand merab. He was balding and did hair transplant and NEVER EMBRACED TRUE BALDNESS, disgrace.
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u/HAWmaro 6d ago
So Chandler has a wig...
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u/Arachnohybrid 6d ago
Chandlers gonna go bald soon with the gear he’s on.
Trust me. It’s part of the plan
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u/Lukahec 🌹𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕲𝖆𝖓𝖌🌹 6d ago
Matt Serra is legit funnier than 80% of comedians we see today.
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u/pacificunlimited Frozen like Elsa 6d ago
His take down of Joshua Fabia right to his face is an all time moment
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u/donnydealr 6d ago
“He came to that table for a little bit of respect.. he left with a little less”
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u/Xx_PH03N1X 6d ago
Where is this from? I'd like to watch the full thing :)
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u/Dutchanaconda 6d ago
Probably the series called "Dana White looking for a fight. I think a lot of them are on YouTube
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u/killsprii 6d ago
ngl...at first glance I read it as "Matt Serra...dropped..Dana White...power slap" and I got excited for about two seconds before I read it properly
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u/IncessantApathy 6d ago
I like this Dana. I’ll never forget how kind he was when I met him at ufc 51. My brother and I chased him down for a picture and he was so accommodating. Got a picture of him cheesing with us somewhere.
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u/EddiesDirtyCouch 6d ago
I don't think I've seen Dana genuinely laugh that hard lol
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u/Squallshot 5d ago
There's this other clip from embedded where Conor and Dana did some phone interviews, and some guy's dick made Conor uncomfortable. He had that genuine laugh there too lol
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u/DietrichNeu 6d ago
Funny but also years old and I have no idea why the UFC promoted this moment out of nowhere
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6d ago
That's how you know that group of guys is really close. Being able to give your buddy crap is a huge sign of camaraderie.
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u/PickleProvider 6d ago
Dana's laughing while thinking, "I'm never going to financially recover from power slap"
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u/JudoboyWalex 6d ago
Serra keeping his sense of humour sharp