Jake Paul’s co-founder Nakisa Bidarian has confirmed that MVP wants to remain in the mixed martial arts space after their debut event.
As we know, Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian’s MVP MMA event proved to be a big success on Netflix. It was so successful, in fact, that it has left many questioning whether or not they will continue to produce events like this in the future, perhaps minus the star power they had for their debut.
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Jake Paul is all about making noise and Bidarian is certainly along with him for the ride in that sense. The pair have done a great job of promoting in both MMA and boxing up to this point, but mixed martial arts is far more of a monopoly as a result of UFC’s dominance.
In a recent interview, Bidarian had the following to say about what he and Paul want to do next.
Paul and Bidarian want to stay in MMA
“One hundred percent, MVP is in the MMA business,” Bidarian told Uncrowned. “There is a clear opportunity to create an alternative avenue for fighters that truly represents the best of the sport and is fighters first. Our hope is that’s with our partners at Netflix. We’ve been very fortunate with the outreach we’ve gotten around what we did and what we accomplished and what we delivered.”
“Boxing is more difficult to own than MMA,” Bidarian said. “I say own — UFC is obviously the reference brand. They’re going to be that for many years to come. But there’s no true No. 2 player.
“Boxing, there’s six or seven of us putting on premium big events every single week. So, do I think we can come and take a real share within the MMA sphere? Yes. Do I believe we can convince Netflix to do it on a more regular basis than they’ve shown to do so with boxing? If we have the product and we show them the path of how this can work and set expectations appropriately, and ask for the right amount of rights fees that are appropriate for that, my hope is that the answer is yes.
“But I will say that there’s Amazon, Fox, ESPN. There’s definitely other outlets that, once we present them this whole package, will have interest in what we’re doing.”
Quotes via Yahoo Sports
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