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The UFC swung right as an organization because of Trump, to support Trump post Jan. 6, in large part, because Dana White and Trump go back a long while, and are actually friends, well insofar as Trump is capable of having friends.
Prior to that the fighters and fans may have skewed towards a right-leaning demographic, but it was not overtly political as a matter of company policy.
But yes, the UFC’s turn, post Jan 6, has pushed out a lot of left-leaning viewers because of how nakedly political and far-right it has become as an organization, and what remains is a primarily right-wing audience.
Here’s a video from a couple days ago that highlights that schism: Left-wing hosts of The Vanguard who stopped watching the UFC because of their right-wing turn, interviewing a prominent MMA media figure, and outpsoken leftist, Luke Thomas.
The UFC swung right as an organization because of Trump, to support Trump post Jan. 6, in large part, because Dana White and Trump go back a long while, and are actually friends, well insofar as Trump is capable of having friends.
Prior to that the fighters and fans may have skewed towards a right-leaning demographic, but it was not overtly political as a matter of company policy.
But yes, the UFC’s turn, post Jan 6, has pushed out a lot of left-leaning viewers because of how nakedly political and far-right it has become as an organization, and what remains is a primarily right-wing audience.
Here’s a video from a couple days ago that highlights that schism: Left-wing hosts of The Vanguard who stopped watching the UFC because of their right-wing turn, interviewing a prominent MMA media figure, and outpsoken leftist, Luke Thomas.