Was Dana more smart or lucky?

UltimateGround
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I’m not saying the man isn’t a hard worker and had a vision, but I also think he had some luck.

From what i understand he had some boxing class in Boston and some Micks wanted him dead, so he runs to Vegas and meets the Fretitta brother and convinces them to buy the UFC and pump 10s of millions into it.

UFC is losing money but he gambles on TUF and Forrest and Boner fight Leroy Jenkins style.

Frittata brother decide not to pull the plug and the UFC starts to make money. They then start getting major deals and it is an upward spiral.

I think it is 50/50 personally. He was at the right place at the right time. I do appreciate him though.

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Lucky to be smart, according to some

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the right amount of balls and arrogance, at the right time and place

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The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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Need both to be successful. Taking your shot when the opportunity presents itself is the part of being lucky.

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Whatever it is, my hat’s off to him for what he’s accomplished.

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Him getting TUF on spike took some effort but he was mostly lucky like they all are. It doesn’t matter, he didn’t win the lottery, he deserves it

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Being as hes a fat idiot, definitely lucky

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we needed an outspoken asshole who takes zero shit with billionaire buddies to get the sport off the ground

the sport is now cemented in culture much like boxing

now with kids born in the late 90’s early 2000’s who have trained most of their life we are about to enter another age of MMA

the only issue I see is if another generational talent pops up like GSP or Andy they will pick and choose fights like most boxers

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There’s probably only a handful of people that would have succeeded in that situation. I don’t know how much was Dana and how much was the fertittas but look at other fight promotions or even pro wrestling promotions and definitely is something unique there. I’m not necessarily talking about the product but about the business.

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Luck is an important ingredient when creating wealth from nothing. Every super rich person I’ve come across has had a generous portion of luck. Doesn’t mean they’re not skilled in their field, because usually they are, but they took a risk and while it could’ve just as well gone to hell, it didn’t and the rewards were greater than they could’ve imagined.

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So Dana just happened to go to school with two multimillionaires that he considered friends. While he was losing teeth while teaching boxing aerobics?

That’s crazy

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Both. Lucky to have known the Fertittas, smart to convince them to invest millions into the UFC. When the UFC was failing, his idea to turn a reality TV series (TUF) into marketing the promotion was smart, and doing it at the right time/place AND getting it on SPIKE involved a lot of luck.

He’s a bald, fat, degenerate fuck, but he played his cards right and ended up obscenely rich. I think he was always a better salesman than a businessman because his successes in business relied so heavily on financial backing from the people in his orbit.

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TBH, that’s the case for nearly every person with this type of success. Whether it’s their rich friends who invest, or strangers, they’re still investors.

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Lucky for sure… But you don’t achieve that kind of success in an industry many were trying for years to kill without being smart as hell too.

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Several other players with more money didn’t make.

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You create your own luck

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I think it’s more that ability/skill is what sets the edge and people with high ability have the edge in their favor

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100% lucky

Posted a video a while back of all his failures. Man oh man there were a lot that I had never heard of before.

Powerslap shows us who Dana really is.

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Here it is

Tons of failures. Only one ever success.

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