Thread by @ninaandtito

In honor of @SenJohnMcCain, today I'm going to write about the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and its ties to the MOB.
wait wut?
yep.
John McCain was a champion FOR boxers.
latimes.com/sports/boxing/…

As a champion of boxers, not just the sport of boxing, McCain fought for financial transparency from promoters- this was TO PROTECT BOXERS.
mccain.senate.gov/public/index.c…

In 2016, @RepMullin, a former MMA fighter, introduced a bill to expand the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act from 2000 to Mixed Martial Arts.
TO PROTECT FIGHTERS.
espn.com/mma/story/_/id…

In 1996, John McCain called MMA "human cockfighting."
His views on the sport evolved, as the safety rules in the sport evolved-in direct response to his sharp criticism of the LACK of safety focus in the sport. foxsports.com/ufc/haymaker/s…

In 2014, John McCain and Harry Reid joined together to promote traumatic brain injury research- the Cleveland Clinic's Professional Fighters Brain Health Study
foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-…

In 2016, McCain said he favored expanding the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to MMA - TO PROTECT FIGHTERS. mmafighting.com/2016/4/26/1151…

UFC and Viacom (owner of Bellator) have spent hundreds of thousands to lobby AGAINST expanding the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to MMA.

washingtonpost.com/business/econo…

I think of the bill as a workers' rights protection bill.
But there's too much money at stake for UFC et al to agree to protecting their fighters from being taken advantage of BY UFC ET AL.
They spent $2M to get the State of NY to legalize MMA.
foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-…

UFC doesn't want to share its pie with its workers/fighters.
And how big is that pie?
Pretty freaking huge: forbes.com/sites/trentrei…

It's a multi-billion dollar pie.
money.cnn.com/2016/07/11/new…

And what familiar name profits from UFC not providing financial transparency to their fighters?
Oh! Donald Trump's agent, Ari Emanuel!
Fancy.
That.
forbes.com/sites/mikeozan…

Who else joined in on the $4bn purchase of UFC?
Have a look-see:
foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-…

And now, let's look at the origins of UFC.
Because, of course, it's MOB AF. And we'll see longtime Trump and Manafort friend, Tom Barrack appear. (his dirty fingers are in nearly every mob pie)
UFC = The Fertitta Brothers.
forbes.com/sites/noahkirs…

Where does their money come from?
Casinos!
Their dad Frank Fertitta Jr. founded Station Casinos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_C…

Here's Frank Fertitta Jr.'s obituary reviewjournal.com/news/station-c…

Frank Fertitta Jr's obit gives the Fertitta family's wealth a nice origin story.
Except.
It leaves out the MOB parts.
The Maceo-Fertitta Organized Crime Family.
books.google.com/books?id=bil3C…

The @BleacherReport article screenshotted here is nowhere to be found on the Bleacher Report website anymore- but the rest of @xyiencesuckscom's articles are still up.
Odd, no?
archive.is/uQpy9

Enough with the mob origins cover-up; we can dig more on that later.
I did promise you some #FuckingTomBarrack, did I not?
I always deliver.
Colony Capital = Tom Barrack (WHO HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH MANAFORT FOR ~40 YEARS)
articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/27/bu…

Fun one:
7/2016: "Peter Thiel, Scott Baio and UFC president Dana White are among the star names who will speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention***, which gets underway Monday."
***did anything treasony happen at the RNC? i can't remember. 🤪
hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-bai…

Things get super fun because I'm a database nerd.
Let's #FollowThePR for UFC.
Hi Farragut Partners! I recognize you.

One of your clients, right, Farragut Partners?
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Hi Brownstein Hyatt!
Ah Access Industries = Len Blavatnik, yah?
Cool.

LOL
"Alliance for Investment Transparency"
But....lobbying against financial transparency which would benefit UFC/MMA Fighters?
Cool guys, cool.

Tee hee.
#ItsAllConnectedAllOfIt.
And with that, I'm off to spend time outside, enjoying some SUNLIGHT.
Love ya, non-mobsters, and KISS MY ASS, MOBSTERS!

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