The Olympics are in full swing proper now…. however Dana White thinks they’ll do higher
At present, there are 5 martial arts disciplines included within the Olympic Video games: Judo, Taekwondo, Karate, Wrestling (which incorporates each Freestyle and Greco-Roman types), and Boxing.
Blended martial arts followers have lengthy been asking for MMA to be included within the worldwide multi-sport occasion which dates again to 1896 in Athens, Greece.
UFC CEO Dana White was lately requested about MMA being included within the Olympics when he mentioned, “I feel it must be an Olympic sport already.”
Whereas the UFC frontman want to see MMA included, he added, “It’s not my job. It’s not what I’m trying to do. I’m not pushing to show this factor into an Olympic sport. [But] I agree with whoever mentioned that, sure [I’d like to see it added].”
The UFC model particularly on the subject of MMA is the large cash maker and the group that attracts in essentially the most scores. White believes including combined martial arts may benefit the Olympics so far as viewership goes.
“And to not point out the truth that one of many large issues the Olympics is having proper now, is viewership… You need viewers? Put MMA within the Olympics,” he mentioned.
The scores for the 2024 Olympics appear to be enhancing because the earlier video games nonetheless.
By means of the primary 5 days of the Paris Video games, a span which incorporates Friday’s Opening Ceremony, NBCU is averaging roughly 33.8 million viewers throughout all TV and streaming platforms, which marks an enchancment of 79% in comparison with this stage of the 2021 Summer time Olympics in Tokyo. Earlier this week, NBC reported that the opening Saturday of Paris 2024 was watched by greater than 32 million viewers throughout its linear and streaming platforms, marking an 83 per cent improve on the primary day of competitors at Tokyo, which was held behind closed doorways due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
