Dana White needs a Chael Sonnen

Chael replaces Dana in 5 years, I'm calling it. Dana even alluded to it a few years ago.

Boxing needs top talent to fight each other consistently and have a belt system the average fan can follow.

But the real question remains, just how good is Roger FeLderer?

Chael's a Master class conversationalist.

Roger "The Swiss Dragon" FeLderer

Fledher- er is my fav tennis player

I think "dictator" is better way to describe Dana White... better than "leader" lol

The Dana White haters will miss him when he’s gone.

LOL When did Phil Jackson's name turn to "Phil Knight"

Uncle Chael the type of guy who would call Phil Jackson, Phil Knight.

Loved when Phil Knight was coaching the Bulls

tony ferguson is the type of guy to call 911 to ask if they need help

Cheers to Chael loyalty to Dana but Teddy said Dictator because he meant it as it is because that's what Dana is. Negative connotations or not. Compliment or not.

Hey chael, may i offer you a new pair of glasses?

all dictators preferred the word "leader"

I don’t like Dana but it would be amazing as a fan used to organized leagues to have most/all of the boxers in a league like the ufc

I love this channel. Having a veteran fighter discuss recent news/topics is much needed for us as fans.

Uncle Chael the type of guy who would pretend he doesn't know who Roger Federer is.

I feel like in the long run mma will become like boxing mma promotions will start a bidding war and we won't get to see the best fight the best

Every sport needs a Dana otherwise it won’t last.

(4:17) The mystery man Chael is talking about... Bob Iger

Just explained this to my mom lol watching after commenting on this but I read it yesterday and was happy to see

All the different promotion company’s all competing stops the best fighting the best consistently. There all signed with different networks and their relationships between each other are poor so it’s impossible for them to put ego aside for the good of the fans and make a deal.

Chael the fighter Sonnen . I just gotta say that I really appreciate your imput . I watch you everyday because I really believe what you say is the truth . I look forward each day to your imput regarding today`s upcoming fights .

Boxing’s flaws always go back to the “perfect record” politics and the sport decays from all the bullshit that in one way or another goes back to that single thing.

I think big nog was the first interim champion

Enjoyed every second of this

I used to really dislike Teddy especially when he said Conner would never be able to hit Floyd. However after watching joe rogans podcast, he’s a good dude. Little crazy but good guy, if everyone was as passionate about boxing as Teddy is the sport would still be skyrocketing.

My biggest problem with boxing is that the belt system is too hard for a dude to start to follow, I always liked the sport but I can't name a single champion besides maybe Joshua and Wilder, and is very complex to understand all this promoter business(Like Fury won't fight Wilder because of his network deal), I don't think they need a Dana White, boxing just needs to make things simple for a average fan to turn into, I remember when I got into MMA and it was so simple to understand how the sport works, and I was way younger than now, I tried to get into boxing for a good time but I still always get confused with all that stuff boxing has

This man said the bulls coach Phil Knight. Lol

Chael is an amazing communicator. Listens to evidence of others opinions and unbiasly judges its merrits. He sometimes even adjust his opinion which some people are not even capable of...

I'm always scared that Teddy Atlas will fall into cardiac arrest when I listen to him commentate. This is one of only 2 fears of myn.

Chael always remembers the superfight belt a little different than I do. There was kind of a lineal belt, it was confusing because of draws, particularly in the first ever UFC superfight. My understanding of the heavyweight belt is that it was a unification between the at time current UFC tournament champion, and the super fight champion, both UFC belts became one. I'd have to double check, but I think we still have that lineal title and that it actually is in the hands of Daniel Cormier, and its unified with the lineage of the pride heavyweight title because of werdum having beaten fedor and falling in the lineage of the heavyweight belt

Great stuff Chael. 👏👏👏👍

Chael is such a talented speaker. He’s enjoyable to listen to even when I disagree

Love you Chael. I'm a huge fan from the mean streets of Oxford England. 😂

Boxing is out because mma is more dynamic. But the Dana White model is on its way out as well.

Just my opinion but I completely disagree with whoever the other guy is in this video. I don't think the UFC succeeds without Dana White running the company during its formative years. He is the perfect man to run that show. Doesnt run it perfectly, mind you, but hes the perfect guy to build that brand.

This was a really good conversation

Big fan of Chael's.

Interesting show. But PLEASE isolate the microphone from the table, and use a pop shield - doing those things will get rid of the booms when you hit the table and when you say words with plosives.

@4:42 'Wimbleton' lol

"Felderer? Is that a popular name right now?" You bastard.

Librarian chael is the goat

The question is “Just how good is Dana White?”

Boxing on the up.... Eddie Hearn is taking it to a new level!

Phil Knight?? Chael is something else with names 😂 It’s Phil Jackson!

I saw Paris, I saw sakura bloom in Japan and I saw Chael in glasses. I think I am done.

I had to check if I had the video on 1.5. Chael talks so freaking fast.

Thank you Teddy Atlas. It’s great to have an honest voice.

Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to say that boxing is just a grown up version of patty cake

I like the 5 round SuperFight idea, would be an opportunity to make big what-if catchweight fights.

And the day now begins after Chael P Sonnen speaks. Incredibly interesting podcast always! 💯81-92💯

Uncle Chael with glasses is the best one

Teddy is the only one in the boxing world with a brain.

Personally I prefer "furher"

one of the biggest challenges in boxing, is language barrier, if you can't understand your favorite fighter how are you supposed to be a fan

Interim titles are there also for incentive for the fighters. Yes, might seem confusing. Yes, might seem unfair towards the champ from the fans‘ point of view. But it just means more money for the interim champ from the title unification fight as they also get money from the PPV. Please, fix your audio/mic issues :).

Chael "Eric 'The Catman' Singer" Sonnen! KISS

love the mustache

I agree with teddy atlas' statements, teddy should come on this podcast with chael

Hi cheal why are you not talk about jds vs derrick

Teddy is an amazing man , inspirational and very wise.

Chael I like super fight belts. I'm from northern California and I follow fcff on Facebook I see you do super fights on your cards and I am not mad at it. I think it would work in the UFC. You're a smart man. I am not a fan of an interm champ like fergerson not getting a chance at the belt and getting passed over. Love the podcast even though you gave me the stink eye at an fcff event when my buddy DJ linderman fought I understand. Your promoters view it spot on.

Chael had it spot on from the jump

Is Felderer a popular player now? He's just the most successful player in tennis history, but don't worry Chael ;)

posted the teddy atlas video if anyone wants to see it

It would be SO much better if Boxing was all under one major organisation and there was one heavyweight belt which held real weight. There would be so much more riding on the title fights, and more people would likely be following the fights, and particularly tuning in to the title fights, especially.

It does..... Eddie Hearn.

yep, such a bummer that probably we ll not get Wilder x Fury 2

Chael Said Phil Knight instead of Phil Jackson Lol right before it also sounded like he said the Bowls instead of the Bulls... I thought he was talking about College Football until he mentioned Pippen n Jordan & Phil “Knight” Lol & Rodman

Chael I want to see you sit and talk with Anderson Silva. Please, give us what we need!

Randy Couture won an interim title against Chuck at UFC 43 when Tito was holding out for more money. Then it was Champion vs Champion UFC 44 when he fought Tito.

Chael in glasses haha!

Auntie Chael with the appearance 👓

Dana gets a lot of shit from the fans, but he has done an amazing job with the UFC. The sport keeps growing and growing under his watch. When he first came up with the concept of a "bubble" for sporting events, the media trashed him for it. Then other sports like the NBA stole Dana's idea, and the media applauded them. It just shows how unfairly Dana is treated.

Does this problem transcend into soccer? I don't think it does but Chael as always makes me think x

Great stuff. The faceless guy is so much better than the big boy from Vegas. Good stuff.

Every Territory gets their champion and then they fight to become champion of the world!!!

Still true 3 years later.

Not really they just need Roman

You can't replace the word dictator with anything else, because it's relevant that Dana (and only Dana) is the one calling the shots, like a dictator. Teddy said it right when he said that SOMETIMES it IS good to have a dictator, when that dictator is extremely competent and has the right intentions. It's the age old conundrum of supreme rule. An incompetent or evil dictator is a curse, while a benevolent, intelligent dictator can be a blessing. But that doesn't answer the question of where Tony Ferguson fits into all this.

I think Chael should replace Dana as the mouthpiece of the UFC when he's done.

5 rounds is more damage. Only for title fights. Make the title fights special. Strip inactive champions.

The NBA and NFL saw ratings dips, just because key players were being rested, and then they forced the teams to play those players regardless? That's insane... If a player needs resting then they need resting, that's the point of a squad.

AS LONG AS IN BOXING THE BEST START FIGHTING THE BEST THEN.. No, i wouldn’t change their title structure cuz I like the 3-4 main Belts Whatever The WBC, WBO, IBF, & The WBA, cause then you have champions able to fight off many more contenders & it elevates the status of more fighters in the division thus giving more excitement and credibility to A Champ vs Champ fight, It Also allows for a champ to easily go up in WT to fight for that DIV Belt without it being a cluster fuck like the UFC Cuz multiple Champions keep the division running smooth(together as a group) so if u have 3 different champions n they each fight 3x a year, 9 Contenders Fights for the title instead of only having 3 for the year, So if the UFC/MMA would adopt that method, then When all the BS was happening at 155, Conor would have been a Champ & So would Tony & Khabib, Cuz prior to Khabib Winning Conor was the Undisputed Champ & Tony was the (IC)n then we would have seen many more fights for the belt n the division would have ran Smoothly, could have Had Conor Vs Nate3, Khabib vs Gaethje n Tony vs Dustin..then the winners in the Tony & Khabib Fights, Fight Eachother & The winner of Conor vs Nate, then fight Max, & that winner fights the other winner to unify the Titles, Giving us tons of Great fights over the next 1yr to 2yrs not even counting Contenders fighting Eachother. The UFC will never adopt those rules cuz they would give up all their power Cuz the sanctioning Bodies would be running it n the UFC would become the Golden Boy of MMA instead of the juggernaut it is as the UFC & I really like a champion getting promoted to super champion like a manny n Floyd did so if one guy unified all the belts then DEFENDS THEM a few times & holds them for a bit, then they get promoted so instead of interm-Belts like UFC, get regular champions & allow them to be able to become a super Champion, & so While that super Champ probably will only fight 1-2x a year n he can face the best contender or the best Champion & or be able to go up in Weight and challenge for the title in that division..which makes sure a division doesn’t get clogged up Cuz u still have a regular Champion & it gives more status to those fighters, for instance in MMA a lot of people look at interm Champions as not real champs or see it as a fake Belt or title, but in Boxing if u have a boxer has a main belt they are looked at as a legit Champion no ifs & ands or buts, n it’s harder to become the undisputed champion so when a fighter does unify all four titles it’s very special cause it doesn’t happen that often so it gives much more meaning to the undisputed Title, where as the UFC The title being Called undisputed means nothing because many times it isn’t undisputed, for example recently when Khabib Beat Al for the “undisputed” Belt, it wasn’t undisputed cuz Conor & Tony were both Champs & thus dispute the Belt, But prior to the IC fight with Tony n Kevin Lee Conor was the Undisputed Champ so When Khabib Beat Conor it’s pretty much undisputed besides Tony’s Claim as Champion due to his (IC) claim... also with the UFC Model many Lineal Champs aren’t because they have the 1 belt n strip guys who want to fight in the next wt Class n challenge for that title so the FW Champ Max isn’t the Lineal Champ Cuz Conor left that division as Champ n never lost in that Division in the UFC, & The WW & MW Title for example prior to this Interm Fight With Israel n Kelvin neither Champ Whittaker or Usman are the lineal Champs Cuz both wt classes GSP was still Champ when he left thus the new Champ never beat the/an Actually Champ n neither did any other fighter in the division..but if they had multiple Champs a fighter can regain that status by beating the other Champs in the division of 1 guy leaves the Div as the Lineal Champ... AND ALSO in GSP’s case if they would have promoted him to Super Champ at WW, then a another fighter can be Champ & Then if someone beats them theY beat an Actual Champ & GSP would still be the super Champ..., BUT THE UFC WILL Call Whittaker the undisputed Champ even when he fights Israel even though he is no longer the UNDISPUTED champ since Israel won the interm Title & Thus has a claim to the Championship thus making the title DISPUTED NOT UNDISPUTED..& FOR sure since the fighters don’t fight the Champs from other promotions then they are really not undisputed Cuz in Boxing anybody who is a pro at that weight can fight any other pro at that weight... so Rory & Gegard would be capable of fighting Woodley/Usman & Whittaker/ISRAEL..so besides the Disputes & Claims to the Titles within the UFC itself, u have the other promotion champions who have a claim to dispute the title also LOL... I wrote a book Like an asshole with run on sentences n mostly comma’s or .... haha Cuz it’s not an essay it’s casual Conversation which doesn’t follow those rules, BITCHES HAH

I like teddy's podcast. Pretty interesting stuff.

If chael was promoting egg throwing championships I'd tune in. He is the best salesman I've ever seen

We need to have a contract that makes the fighters want to fight more while paying them well. So what if we add a multiplier your first fight of the year you get paid 1X for your second you get 2X your third 3X.

All boxing needs is to make the fights fans want to see . And get rid of bought off judges

Btw askren predicted more belts/weight classes a few weeks ago

Felderer, the man who after he plays tennis commentates on the ufc panel.

Lmao 🤣 look at Chael Glass Reflection Moustache 0:40

Off camera guy is smart, good counter to Chael.

The fact that Fury will not fight Joshua is bad for everyone and this would never happen in the UFC. Even though he is not likable he books great fights.

football doesn't rest players chael they only got 16 games

8:01 "You've got HBO" .😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Yeah people complain about UFC but it's nothing compared to boxing. I really like boxing but it's all over the place. It's hard to even keep up with. Joshua should not be allowed to duck everybody. Why would I even want to watch him fight anyone than Fury or Wilder? Mikey Garcia should be fighting Lomo. Boxing fans won't admit but a lot of the smaller fights are exciting because people don't know what it means if they win.

Chael P. for President!!!!!!!