Big John and Josh are joined by Chatri, CEO of ONE FC as they talk bringing ONE to the USA, Francis Ngannou’s comments in a recent interview after signing with PFL, honoring Victoria Lee and more.
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And Now 0:00
Bringing ONE to the USA 00:57
Rewarding Finishes in Fights 8:58
Growing the Brand 14:50
Rule Set/Drug Testing 26:48
Responding to Francis Comments 34:31
ONE FC Financial Questions 51:26
Honoring Victoria Lee 58:59
31 Comments
At the end of the day this was the most annoying person ever
F you guys man. No one wants to hear from chatri rn.
35:53 Francis saying numbers wasn't discussed is asserting a fact and not a perspective. I for one do think Francis is lying.
I wish I could understand why they would bid 20 million for this guy. One title defense and boring at that. No personality. I just don't see they hype about him. If this was McGregor making crazy demands like Francis then that would make sense to me.
Dudes full of shit
I think all these promoters were dunking on Francis to get free promotion. When there was this perception by the fans that Francis fumbled the bag and Dana was taking hits at Francis and his character. Now that his deal is revealed and everybody saw the deal and he started doing interviews detailing the process it backfired on them. Plus I won't be surprised if this Chatri ends up being the head of some Ponzi, dude says he didn't see Francis's interview yet and goes on the interview quoting what he said…
45:05 I'd tell Josh it's not a concern. DeShaun Watson in the NFL got that crazy 250 million fully guaranteed contract and the talk was this would upend the NFL as other players would demand that. Never happened. Francis is an anomaly like Watson. The PFL and The Browns are two organizations that make really bad business decisions. The other organizations/teams aren't foolish and desperate like them.
Was Josh on the phone looking at dirty pics of Mr. and Mrs. VanZant on Only Fans?🤔
Leave the interviews to Big John. Josh glued to his phone the whole time. disrespectful lol never wanna hear Josh comment on Big Johns phone going off during future podcast episodes.
hes right why give wrestlers and jiu jitsu specialists a crutch. if somebody wants to roll around on the ground and try to rip my knee apart i should be able to knee in the face
I actually enjoy watching ONE FC events, people can hate on Chatri all they want
Francis holding a L
Josh thanks for the steven a smith roast ,it made my week.
Tough to watch when Josh is on his phone. Embarrassing.
One > Bellator
At this juncture in time I watch ONE in preference to UFC.. Better fighters and better presentation.. UFC now = WWE which is BS.. Hopefully they will continue to grow and take over the genre..
If a fighter is dehydrated they have a better chance of getting koed then says we have the highest finishing rate about double the ufc/bellator 🤔
Josh is the most unlikeable person I have ever seen on the internet next to Brenda Schaub.
Dude shut up.. u tried to play Francis..but Ur plans backfired..
Did Bobby Lee cut his hair and grow a beard?
Your thumbnails need to improve. The “Podcast #363” is written in such a lame font and background as though a kid cooked it up in 2 mins. I really want you guys to do well and it blows my mind how the thumbnail is not on point.
Great interview. Chatri a class act.
Chatri is the definition of a hypocrite.
The mistake I made was talking to the media – while still talking to the damn media smh. Francis did not say you didn't talk numbers, he just said you were talking to yourself becos he was already decided.
Dammit Chatri I did indeed flyer in from Indiana lmao
According to Francis, every fight promotion besides pfl is two faced. Lol. He was always signing with the pfl. This whole thing was a publicity stunt. He's got Jake as his puppet master and Jake loves publicity stunts. It was always about the money too lol. All this virtue signaling people were doing about it's not about the money was funny.
If big John had another co host or his own show it would probably be the most popular show in mma
Big John and Josh… We all come here for John😅😅
All these promoters did not even have to say anything. Because negotiating and deals are always private. They never talked about other fighters that they were not able to sign. Which means most of them never offered a deal. They were just trying to use francis's name to bring eyes to their events they were putting on. Cause if Francis signed with bellator. He would not have had chatri on. Josh is trying to act like he is the person in the room who was negotiating with Francis. I do not even know of one time John and Josh has ever invited bellator fighters onto the show, or talked to Scott on their show to promote bellator fights.
One of the main reasons I subscribe to Amazon prime is for one championship
Not surprised Francis is living in his fantasy world and plays victim