basically, what we want to do is we want to make this the super bowl of mixed martial arts. we want to make it more fan friendly, we want to get the crowd involved in it, and we want to bring back the best fighters in the world. the ufc was being marketed as a super violent sport, that you could watch somebody possibly get killed, um, they were gouging people, they were-- what do you call it? fish hooking people with their mouths and ripping their mouths open. charles gibson: each match will run until there is a designated winner by means of knock-out, surrender, doctor's intervention, or death. was that why it was failing? um, yeah, that was part of it. and the guys who were running it at that time were very combative. we came in and said, "this many people wanna watch a freak show. this many people wanna watch a real sport." so we ran toward regulation, turning it into a real sport, and the reality was, these fighters aren't killers, these guys are great guys. they're incredible athletes, um, most of them have families. most of 'em graduated from college. so the way it was

plans to host its next event on a private island, having considered the idea in order to stage mixed martial artsing the coronavirus outbreak. ufc 249 was due to take place next saturday, with the mixed martial arts organisations president dana white saying he was close to securing a island venue. however, he's now announced that broadcasters asked him not to go through with staging the contest. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. for me and the team, thanks for watching. thank you very much. i am still mourning all the tennis. thank you. more from him in the next hour. a very good afternoon for you. you are watching bbc news, and we are keeping you up—to—date with all the developments around coronavirus throughout this afternoon. every day, you probably know that we try to periodically answer as many of your questions and concerns about the pandemic as we possibly can, so let is just hear the pandemic as we possibly can, so let isjust hear again the pandemic as we possibly can, so let is just hear again from the session we ran this morni

having considered the idea in order to stage mixed martial arts bouts during the coronavirus outbreak due to take place next saturday, with the mixed martial arts organisations president saying he was close to securing a island venue. however, he's now announced that broadcasters asked him not to go through with staging the contest. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you. here on bbc news we have throughout this pandemic been trying to get through as many of your questions as we possibly can. every day, we run a section of our programming to answer as many of those as possible. let's see again at your questions answered from just at your questions answered from just a little earlier today, presented by joanna gosling. welcome both of you, thank you forjoining us. i will come to you first of all in oxford. the question from an anonymous questioner, with so many people isolating, why have infection rates not plummeted 7 well, the disease takes a little while, so without understanding the cause of the disease, people may b

story of the brash, loudmouth, fight promoter from boston, who's risky business venture turned mixed martial artsative and entertaining sports in the world. ( shouting ) defending 150 pound champion of the ufc! harvey: dana white grew up raising hell. i got arrested in vegas for fighting and up in maine, and massachusetts. ( chuckles ) i forgot about massachusetts. harvey: it took a chance encounter with one of america's most notorious underbosses for dana to finally pursue that dream.

regina mixed martial arts has you have seen now tennis might be getting an ultimate league of their own what's up with that people are just really hungry for sports and that's fair in this current climate because the a.t.p. end of e.t.a. have put all test related activities on hold at least until mid july however that isn't stopping one stars coach for proposing a tight new type of tournament to give tennis fans or fix certainly as coach patrick moore to callao is starting an independent tennis league to play professional matches without fans the name is the ultimate tennis showdown and more the glow said it would just start a few weeks in france the coach plans to live through 10 matches per week. and for 5 weekends in may and june with the 1st round on may 16th that magic featured 10th ranked david goffin of belgium a 3 time grand slam quarter finalist against 103rd ranked elect the pope and of australia the next grand slam on both the a.t.p. end of u.t.a. tours is the u.s. open in august and the french open in september. and baseball is another sport that is worse still waiting to ge

let's bring in paul nyun with mixed martial arts in decater. >> thank you. >> you wrote i cannot call you family if i put profits over your health and well being. are we really family? why is this the wrong time to reopen? >> i feel like based on numbers and stats we've been seeing, there's no real evidence, in my opinion, anyway, that it's responsible for -- you know, for businesses and even for gyms to open right now. so i just decided against it. >> i watched your video you posted online to members. you're aiming for may 11th, not definite but it's a goal. what would you need to see then to determine, let's go? >> so i decided to do like a phase one soft opening, obviously, that date isn't definite. but i need to see numbers that show that there is a steady decline. i think -- what was it, i think we need to see 14 days of decline or something like that? >> yeah. >> i think i read that. so i need to see that. i need to see that we're kind of beating this thing instead of trying to fan the flame. >> so you need to see that the state is actually in line with the cdc's guidelines that

story of the brash, loudmouth, fight promoter from boston, who's risky business venture turned mixed martial arts into one of the most lucrative and entertaining sports in the world. ( shouting ) defending 150 pound champion of the ufc! harvey: dana white grew up raising hell. i got arrested in vegas for fighting and up in maine, and massachusetts. ( chuckles ) i forgot about massachusetts. harvey: it took a chance encounter with one of america's most notorious underbosses

it's not exact with karate, it's called mixed martial arts, i will tell you about it one day, thank youwelcome to hannity. a lot of frustration percolating all over the country. madness, frankly blame lashing out, finger-pointing and, by the way, as usual, breathtaking lies, breathtaking hypocrisy. it's sad in the middle of a national emergency and a pandemic, but that is our reality unfortunately. some zirconia measures from some state governors are being met with protests nationwide. plus, rightful outrage over the chinese communist dictatorship. yeah, new reports showing that

it's a mixed martial arts. welcome to "hannity." madness, frankly, blame, lashing out, finger pointing. and by the way, usual, breathtaking lies, breathtaking hypocrisy. it's sad in the middle of a national emergency and the pandemic but that's our reality unfortunately. some draconian measures by somei state governors are being met by protests nationwide. plus rightful outrage over the chinese communist dictatorship. new reports showing china may be actually profiteering off the virus thatpi they let spiral out of control. this after, of course, they stop all travel in and out of wuhan. but onl only two other parts of china they allow international flights in and out of wuhan province. have a report coming up tonight. first we witnessed more blatant, malicious deception, smears, lies, disparagement from the mob in the media. look at this article from "the new york times." it's titled, a bar owner's the bull about the virus then took a cruise. pretty much all but accused yours truly of murder. the story, future and a well like new y

it's not exact with karate, it's called mixed martial arts, i will tell you about it one day, thank you. welcome to hannity. a lot of frustration percolating all over the country. madness, frankly blame lashing out, finger-pointing and, by the way, as usual, breathtaking lies, breathtaking hypocrisy. it's sad in the middle of a national emergency and a pandemic, but that is our reality unfortunately. some zirconia measures from some state governors are being met with protests nationwide. plus, rightful outrage over the chinese communist dictatorship. yeah, new reports showing that china may be actually profiteering off the virus that they let spiral out of control. this after, of course, they stopped all travel in and out of wuhan, but only to other parts of china, they allowed international flights in and out of wuhan province. we will have a report coming up tonight. first, we just witnessed more blatant, malicious deception, smears, lies, besmirched men, from the mob and the media. look at this article in "the new york times." it is entitled "a beloved bar owner was skeptical about t

for assault almost certainly came from opponents in a series of encounters which would make a mixed martial arts artist look abashed. this is virginia boxing which has really no rules other than when they beg for mercy you should give it to them. that one is not always followed. these bouts left morgan scarred for the rest of his life. in his last years, his pastor was helping him in and out of bed. saw that there was a tow on his -- one of his fee that was folded back over the toe. how did that happen? i got that kicking bill davis over at battletown. he said, i never could get it to set straight. and yet, despite all that, despite drinking copious amounts of rum, we know that from the records of the store in which he patronized, despite having no fewer than three women charging credit to his account simultaneously, despite being the purchaser of what i would have to say only can say is an unreasonable number of socks, about 35 over one year. who has that many socks, even today? he seems to have been someone who is working very hard to be that classic southern stereotype, the man whose last wor

it's a mixed martial arts. welcome to "hannity." blame, lashing out, finger pointing. and by the way, usual, breathtaking lies, breathtaking hypocrisy. it's sad in the middle of a national emergency and the pandemic but that's our reality unfortunately. some draconian measures by somei state governors are being met by protests nationwide. plus rightful outrage over the chinese communist dictatorship. new reports showing china may be

the president of the ultimate fighting championship says he's come up with a way to keep his mixed martial arts. white says he plans to secure a private island to host upcoming fights secluded from the pandemic. his plan calls for fighters to meet in one place where they'll be tested for coronavirus before private planes would fly them to an undisclosed island. even the fighters won't know where they're headed. white says this could allow fans to watch fights online as soon as april 18th. >>> okay, so, thanks for your company. this has been the show. let's help our medical workers by staying at home and staying safe. have a wonderful day. i'm robyn curnow. "new day" is next. you're watching cnn. skin sin #17... too many after-parties. neutrogena® bright boost with dullness-fighting neoglucosamine. boosts cell turnover by 10 times for instantly brighter skin. bright boost neutrogena® for instantly brighter skin. at t-mobile, we know that connection is more important than ever. so we're making big moves to help those who need it most. introducing t-mobile connect. a prepaid plan to help keep amer

island i'm a star flying all in the private island international flights from there spoke to mixed martial arts a tennis tie and a camera who explained the why dana white is soaking it to get us back in action as soon as possible before being honest i think number one there's a lot of money at play i think that is probably 1st and foremost for a couple reasons right 1st of all that for the 1st money component i guess i would be talking about is the money that the u.f.c. still owes on their sale from a few years ago i was a $4000000000.00 sale there are people that still need to recoup some of that money they can only keep their fights off of t.v. for so long so i think there is an element of that at play if and when they do get back on television especially if they're looking at you getting back on t.v. later this april for u.f.c. $249.00 they're going to be the only show 'd in town right like it's not going to be baseball there's not going to be n.f.l. there's not going to be n.b.a. there's not going to be any international sports it will be the u.f.c. so if they can get back. on television on

the mixed martial arts event ufc 2a9 which was due to take place on a private island to allow bouts toe next saturday, with ufc president dana white saying he was close to securing a island venue, but last night he announced that broadcasters had asked him not to go through with staging the contest. today should have been day two of the masters out in augusta. while there is no golf, or any major sport, going on at the minute, some of the world's best golfers have come together to bring a video message to golf fans thanking them for staying at home. hey, everybody. hello, everyone. to our fans around the world. we know you're doing what's necessary right now. staying connected. some are even teaching your kids. maybe learning some new skills yourselves. we know some of you are working from the front lines and hospitals. and others working in stores to deliver what others need. we know you miss your families. your friends, enjoying the things you love most. what do i miss most? you. i miss all of you. that's what i miss. let's keep doing what's necessary now to get back into the swing o