um, the ufc was failing.a and i have known each other since high school and when we reconnected in, like, '95 we'd always said, let's do something together in the fight business, let's do something together. and i said, "the ufc's in trouble i just found out that these guys are going out of business and i think we can buy it and i think we should." but why did you think something that was failing could succeed? we were blown away by the fighters, how intelligent they were, how athletic they were. and we said, imagine if you market it this way and i just believed, could we be that off? could we be that wrong? i always felt like, not only could this thing be big, it could be big all over the world. and when you get into the culture of mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu, and fighting, it's very addictive, and it almost becomes a lifestyle for a lot of people, and, uh, i felt it, i knew it, and i just had something in my gut that said this thing's gonna work. harvey: and you had to convince the fertitta brothers an

ufc is not boxing. it's boxing with kicking. >> mixed martial arts is what we're talking about.ion about dividing public opinion very different scenario with president trump and he brlebrons but connor mcgregor divides public opinion he's back to ufc a chance of redemption for him in las vegas he's going to be coming up against a hugely tough competitor the most dangerous man in ufc arguably since connor mcgregor's absence. he's now the lightweight champion a title that connor mcgregor held he's back fighting again since we last saw him fighting in the ufc we have seen him take on a career as a boxer fighting floyd mayweather some of the preview material we just saw there last year he walked away with around about $100 million imagine what he would have got if he would have won. >> he made $100 million to lose the fight, just to show up there and mayweather made like $300 million. is there still a genuine incentive to win or is it about the money at this point? >> the incentive seems to be there. people question his mentality and whether or not he still fancies the challenge of

. >>> plus, ufc president dana white is the focus of tonight's episode of objectified at 8:00 p.m.rn here on fox news channel, discussing his journey from rough beginnings to running a multibillion dollars company. host harvey levin gives us a sneak preview next. >> when we started this thing, we were talking about all the negativity that went along with it. donald trump called and said would love to have you down here in atlantic city, and not only did he invite us down, not only did he cut us a great deal to come down there, showed up for the first fight of the night and stayed till the last fight. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. i wok(harmonica interrupts)ld... ...and told people about geico... (harmonica interrupts) how they could save 15% or more by... (harmonica interrupts) ...by just calling or going online to geico.com.

that's career reality for a ufc fighter.his is paige "12 gauge" vanzant, a professional fighter in the ufc, her nickname says it all. >> i like punching people in the face our body is our tool it's our weapon. >> reporter: at 5'4" 125 pounds, paige vanzant is about the size of the average ballerina but she's no sugar plum fairy. she'll take you down and get paid good money to do it after years of training as a hobby, she got an offer to turn pro, and she took it >> i was working as a bank teller, i got offered the pro fight. i asked for time off, they said i couldn't so i took time off and took the fight. then i was fired >> reporter: it was a career move that paid off paige is no a rising star and fan favorite in the brutal ultimate fighting championship >> a lot of people are frized when they find out i'm a fighter. i don't look like a fighter. i think girls can do anything they want to it shouldn't be a stigma that you have to be manly to be a fighter. >> reporter: paige does get paid for all the blood, sweat and, well, m

. >> sorprendiÓ a al mundo con su victoria y ahora lo recibimos en casa, el campeÓn de la ufc.za luego de tener intimidad con tu pareja? es mÁs comÚn de lo que pensamos, conoceremos el motivo. >> y se sabe el sexo de los bebÉs que espera jackie bracamontes. >> y este viernes tiene sabor a bachata porque llega a casa andy andy aquÍ en un nuevo dia mÁs cerca de ti. ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >> ya llegÓ el viernes. >> ya llegÓ el viernes. >> llegÓ el viernes, mi gente linda y estamos muy felices de darle los buenos dÍas en este diez de agosto de 2018, bienvenidos todos, quÉ rico que nos acompaÑen en este dÍa, paulina quÉ bueno que estas con nosotros. >> un placer, cuando comenzamos la maÑana y te unes con nosotros, pero lamentablemente es por un tema que nos preocupa, salen estadÍsticas de los niÑos que aÚn no son reunidos con sus padres. >> es un tema que realmente duele y que vamos a informar a fondo en el segmento de noticias, pero tienes razÓn, son mÁs de a 550 menores que no han sido reunificados con sus familias y mÁs de 300 sus papas y

our next guest is a former ufc champion, current with. we superstar.welcome ronda rousey. [ applause ] ronda, good to see you. >> thank you. >> nice to have you. >> same here. [ applause ] >> whoo. >> hello. >> good to be here. >> great to have you here. not like you have enough going on. >> oh, yeah. >> what is this about the browsy farm. >> browsy acres. >> that's -- me and my husband are trying to make our property self-sustaining and it's an ongoing process so right now we got five goat, 11 chickens. four turkey, eight ducks, a steer, that's coby and he likes going out in the evening. >> so you're just a farmer at heart with everything you have going on you're just a farmer at heart. >> you could call it farming. i feel like it's zombie apocalypse doomsday prepping. it sounds a little bore. i want to go green and i want to try going domestic a little more excitement. zombie, same situation so i need to learn how to garden. [ applause ] >> let's talk about "mile 22." you and mark wahlberg super secret cia team. >> yeah, black ones. >> as black as it

i love ufc. i'm a big ufc fan. i don't do it.belt. willie: when i was a kid, growing up reading comic books, reading about judo and jujitsu and all those things that-- charles atlas bodybuilding and all that, so i grew up thinking physical activity, and i did a lot of sports and a lot of boxing in school, and it was just kind of natural that i moved into martial arts. everybody told me, "do not ask him to demonstrate anything because willie nelson can kick your ass." they told me to watch out for you, willie. do you still do it? i mean, you practice it? oh, yeah. i've got a bag in the back, and i punch it a lot, and i got some kicking bags in and around over the country. you haven't slowed down at all. have you? i try not to, you know? how do you feel? pretty good. pretty good. uh, getting ready to be 85. - gosh. - and, uh, might as well take me over to the sausage factory, i guess. thank you very much. ( crowd cheering ) thank you. i know you have a show to do, and i am deeply honored that you spent some time with me. thank you

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stuart: dane white -- dana white, the president of ufc ultimate fighting.hip. >> stuart: he says ufc is worth $7 billion, where does the number come from? ashley: good question, how do you back that up? is it accurate, could be. they signed a deal worth 1 and a half billion dollars with espn that begins in january. it's interesting, i mean, this is a sport that continues to grow and grow and grow. with espn exposure you really could. this is a big money stuff and without exposure from espn it could be a 7 billion-dollar company, endeavor is the company that purchased ufc back in august of 2016, so two years ago based on the ratings have been okay, not great, but the growth potential, i think, is certainly there. >> i interviewed dana white in hong kong when he had fights in macaw, he's a great salesman, but think of it in xarston nfl, they get paid $20 billion a year for broadcast rights, so that is far below. stuart: that's true, they are coming on strong and they appear to have replaced boxing. seems like it. ashley: boxing isn't where it used to be that'

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he'll fight in the ufc after a two-year layoff in which he switched to boxing and fought floyd mayweathernurgomadev. he is a local product training at american kickboxing academy in san jose. and on the diamond, the giants and d'backs are underway in arizona. you could watch that on the nbc sports bay area and the a's are hosting the tigers, first pitch is at 7:05 on nbc sports california. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> that will do it for us. thank you very much. one last word from jeff ranieri and his appearance with the storm changer. >> yes. i would say what am i doing now. >> pretending to drive storm ranger. >> check it out. me and chris will be out there and see storm ranger in person so hopefully you come by. i'll be there in the afternoon. look at 92 on saturday and breezy and red flag fire warning in the fire zones to the north. cooler there on sunday and 89. >> jeff, thank you very much. and thanks for joining us. we're back at 11:00, have a great friday evening. we hope to see you at 11:00. bye-bye. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through

thanks to a recent 1.5 billion television deal with espn ufc president dana white says company brand7 billion. georgia against texas down two. last out and look at this jan son hits game tieing home run but forget about him his dad is celebrating. we've all been there little league. and watch daddy go. [laughter] look at himming cheer leadser. so they tie the game . they're going extras they have to get ahold of it fantastic and then extra innings and sacrifice fly win it so georgia eliminates texas little the little league world series these guys are ranging between 10, 11, 12 years old. >> so good. watching it brings you back. i mean, immediately this morning i spoke with taylor craig or sports producer about sharing little league memories i remember this -- little league is fun. >> sharon thank you so much. catch sports reports fox's headlines 24/7 with the situation in turkey going from bad to worse will global will markets hit? ♪ how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is si

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. >>> and from the ufc to the wwe, now to the big screen, ronda rousey is here telling us about her new role, some new moves she's got in the big fight. dog is first, get your rescue on, the north shore animal league gave me this, because i rescued a dog in the past year. dogs who are been rescued today because if you adopt you don't know their birthday so let's make it today. >> okay. >> how does that sound? >> sounds good. >> yeah. >> we have dogs in the house. never know what's going to happen when you have live animals in the studio. you know, you've got a live animal sitting next to you. >> well. >> i deal with it every day. i give him treats during commercial break. >> it helps. i'm a good boy. >> i knew there was a trick. >> i know. >> very smart. >> sharing my secret. >> see you in a little bit. >>> okay a health alert for women who play soccer. why you might be more at risk for head injuries. >> heart-stopping video shows a bus almost hit you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands yo

. ♪ >> ufc fighter conor mcgregor will not go to jail after a guilty plea to a disorderly conduct violationrom when he threw a metal dolly -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's the worst moonwalk i've ever seen. [ applause ] in other dancing news, so do you know the am i feelings challenged. it's a viral deal where you post a video of you dancing to the song "in my feelings" and a lot of people have been doing the dance while jumping out of moving cars. the car's moving. it used to be called ghost riding the whip. but now it's -- in my -- whatever the hell it's called. anyway, this is a new take on that. this is from a gentleman in florida of course who took the car part of the challenge to an unprecedented level. ♪ [ laughter ] now -- i know. i know. believe it or not, he's fine. physically at least. his name is jalen norwood. and we tracked him down today. and that is jalen joining us on our big cisco screen from boynton beach. how are you doing, jalen? >> i'm pretty good, man. living life. living. >> jimmy: you seem like you're okay physically. yes? >> yes. absolutely. >> jimmy: is this how y

one of the biggest fights in ufc history is planned for october 6th.ight title. it's supposed to be one of the biggest money fights in the sport's history. ufc's president said they don't have time to fit in a world tour ahead of the bout in las vegas but still this is going to be a battle. the toronto blue jays visited the mariners. this fan tried to catch a baseball with a big bowl of poutine that didn't work out so well. he slammed into the field, spilling the dish everywhere. the ball hit his face. it's come on, dude, you had one job. catch the ball. and then of course there is this. ray lewis was inducted into the pro football hall of fame over the weekend. everyone is talking about how much his bronze bust looks nothing like him. so take a look at this. what do you guys think? does that look like ray lewis? not at all, right? dagen: it doesn't. >> this has happened a few times. dagen: is the sculptor anonymous? >> somebody thought it looked like one of the wayans brothers. you may remember chri cristiano ronaldo, that didn't look anything like hi

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pay-per-view is supposed to be reserved for boxing, for ufc, wwe, but now pga?. >> floyd mayweather has mcgregor on the ropes. >> reporter: for the first time a rumble in the fairway is coming to a pay-per-view channel for you with two of the biggest longtime adversaries, tiger odso head-to-head for a $9 million prize on november 23rd in las vegas. like any good prize fight the trash talk has started. woods announced the 18-hole battle with the phrase "it's on." mickelson quickly responded with "i bet you think this is the easiest 9 million you will ever make." >> for many years, he's gotten the better of me. >> reporter: heavy stuff, guys. it's become par for the course. over the years fierce competitors for the last two decades they have a combined 122 pga tour victories and 19 majors between them. 122 pga wins between the two of them. in the past five years they have exactly one pga win. this is not about two guys at the top of their game or at the top of golf. it's two guys inextricably linked in their careers. >> it's not a bet. >> it's not a bet but somebo

the ufc school of cinematic arts has suspended moonves from its board. >>> well, now to that major developmentrder mystery involving a prominent houston cardiologist gunned down biking to work. police say they have now identified a suspect and a possible motive. a decades-long vendetta. abc's marcus moore is in houston with the latest on that. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, amy, good morning to you. for nearly two weeks houston police have pinned their greatest hope on surveillance pictures, that those pictures would lead them to an alleged killer. this morning there is a major break in this case. police have named a 62-year-old suspect who lived at this house and say he may have been holding a grudge against a well-known doctor. police say this is the man who gunned down dr. mark hausknecht, the noted houston cardiologist who once treated former president george h.w. bush. according to authorities 62-year-old joseph pappas ambushed the doctor while he was riding his bike to work through the houston medical center. this morning police say the doctor's murder may have been motivated b

wller: i was part of the ufc before i retired. started working in a movie theater in 1960 making one dollars point five cents per hour. three years later i got my first union job and made $2.50 per hour and has been uphill since then. .he 80's was better it started coming down slightly, mostly because of the republicans, which i don't understand some of these union guys thinking the republicans are for you. they have always been against you. they take away holidays, they take away raises, they take away -- they fight the union all the way on everything. we lost half of the holidays where we kept our pension and kept our medical coverage. right now i am retired for almost 10 years and i get the same retirement as i do social security and i can do whatever i want. i still have a mortgage, so i don't have any problem paying that. i just have enough money to live on. hindsight, i probably would have gotten the 401(k) or some of that to enhance my money, but i'm doing just fine with the combination of social security and the retirement

because there's been -- i find that ufc promotion of the actual fighters leaves something to be desired good social media game, that's great. if not, it hurts the fighters and it hurts their ability to get decent matches. is there room for another league? you're a champion in two weight classes. >> as a fighter, i think the more we have the merrier. this format i like a lot as a fighter. doesn't matter how much you talk or run your head, you have to step in and fight. this is based on merit. have you to get to the post season, win to get to the championship match. dagen: this goes into how the new league is reaching out. you were a sergeant in the army and your devotion to veterans has been part of your life and also part of what you're doing with the new league. >> i wore the uniform for six years in the '80s. never had to put it on the line, thankfully, unlike a lot of our men and women today since 9/11 have been putting it on the line. we've done some tributes to our soldiers and certainly i've been pretty happy to be involved in that. dagen: final word to you, sir? >> hey, we're exc

fourth quarter, we have a lot more convention business, we have the triple g fight next month, we have ufce a much better fourth quarter. >> reporter: i only have 30 seconds, mgm has filed a lawsuit naming the victims of the october 1st shooting at mandalay bay as defendants. why? >> first, its a despicable act by the man. we don't want a nickel from anybody. what we're trying to do is consolidate cases. there are hundreds of cases and put them into federal court. that's what congress intended when they passed the safety act after 9/11 and if we can accomplish that, put these cases into federal court, these -- all these cases will be adjudicated, the victims and the families everybody affected will get their money quicker and that's all we want to do. i know the headlines were awful. it made me sick to look at them. it was never our intent to hurt anybody. our intent is to, for my own employees, including my cfo who was at the concert that night, we want everyone to be able to get their day in court as soon as possible. >> reporter: thank you so much for being candid with us. appreciate th