UFC legend wants Dana White to snub exclusivity for exposure as UFC reportedly gets courted by $24 billion sporting giant for broadcast rights 

British UFC legend, Michael Bisping, weighed in on his wish of wanting Dana White to shed off exclusivity for "exposure." The former middleweight champion clarified that White and Hunter Campbell operate on their own, however, he wished that he would prefer multiple platforms for broadcast for the UFC. A $24 billion sporting giant is eyeing to secure partial or complete broadcasting rights of the UFC.

The UFC's deal with ESPN is set to expire at the end of 2025. TKO Group, the owner of the MMA promotion is said to have indicated dividing its rights into multiple parties. Streaming giant Amazon Prime Video is speculated to seek broadcasting rights of the UFC in direct competition with Netflix.

In an interview with MMA Fighting, on being asked about UFC's exclusive broadcasting rights, Bisping opined:

"I literally have no idea, it would be nice to be on multiple platforms I guess because it's more composure but its business as well at the end of the day. I mean who knows if somebody wants to come in and write a gigantic cheque, then maybe that's what happens but honestly I have no idea."

Check out Michael Bisping's comments below (15:47):

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When Dana White praised Jon Jones after his first heavyweight title defense and named his potential upcoming opponent

Jon Jones won the vacant UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 285 by beating Ciryl Gane last year. He returned to the octagon at UFC 309 to take on the former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. He finished the fight in the third round with the help of a spinning heel kick via TKO.

The UFC CEO was full of praise for the reigning champion for his dominant title defense. White has often trashed the p4p rankings and favored Jones heavily as the "greatest" p4p fighter. While briefing the press after the pay-per-view event, the UFC CEO said:

"And let me tell you, this thing had upset written all over it, too. All the talk about Jon Jones, Stipe seemed pissed, focused, and he came here to win. He looked good, he was physically in great shape, and the list goes on. Jon picked him apart … He looked incredible. I just don’t know how any of you guys don’t see how he’s the greatest fighter in the history of f*cking people fighting."

Opening on the upcoming fight with Jones, White further added:

"I got Tom waiting outside for me right now. You let Jon do Jon. Jon is going to disappear. Not only won’t you hear about him, and neither will I, but then he’ll resurface, he’ll call, and we’ll get it done."

Check out Dana White's interview below (1:16):