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...martial arts entertainment powerhouse....
...It is also a shareholder in sports merchandising company Fanatics and in Endeavor, the New York-listed owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship, the mixed martial arts series....
...in business development in the mixed-martial arts industry....
...But when Emanuel acquired Ultimate Fighting Championship for $4bn in 2016, Raine represented the mixed martial arts series....
...UFC, the world’s leading mixed martial arts series, traditionally has strong ties to Abu Dhabi, where it regularly hosts events....
...This week, Emanuel sealed a deal to acquire the WWE from McMahon and combine it with the mixed martial arts business UFC to create a $21bn combat-entertainment juggernaut....
...When Emanuel’s Endeavor Group first bought into UFC in 2016, the mixed martial arts series had an enterprise value, including debt, of $4.1bn....
...Endeavor, which also owns talent agencies as well as the martial arts franchise, cancelled plans to go public two years ago because of limited investor appetite....
...It acquired a $500m stake in the parent company of English Premier League football club Manchester City in 2019 and is an investor in Ultimate Fighting Championship, the mixed martial arts competition....
...Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s biggest mixed martial arts league, will hold its first fight in mainland China, as it seeks a larger slice of the country’s vast sports market....
...The company will use the new funds to buy out some minority partners in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the mixed martial arts league it acquired for $4bn last year, and allow some senior management...
...October 2017: licensing agreement with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) promoting mixed martial arts. Lives Shenley, Hertfordshire, with wife Caroline....
...Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed-martial-arts organisation, was acquired for $4bn in August by William Morris Endeavor, a Beverly Hills-based talent agency, in a deal that was backed by KKR and Silver...
...It has also weathered a number of scandals regarding drug-taking in the sport. The state of New York banned professional mixed martial arts bouts until last year....
...Dr Dre’s interest in arts and technology recently led to a $70m gift from him and Mr Iovine to the University of Southern California to establish a degree programme....
...Arthur Waldron, a China historian, sees Hu as the ultimate product of an increasingly professionalised and calcified ruling party....
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