{"id":124770,"date":"2015-01-05T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=124770"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:05","slug":"wsof-vp-ali-abdel-aziz-talks-growing-business-reality-cross-promotional-fights-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/wsof-vp-ali-abdel-aziz-talks-growing-business-reality-cross-promotional-fights-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOF VP Ali Abdel-Aziz Talks Growing the Business and Reality of Cross-Promotional Fights- Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ali\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The World Series of Fighting has its seventeenth event coming up on Jan. 17 and the Vice President himself, Ali Abdel-Aziz, made time to talk about growing the business and other interesting topics on our very own BJPENN.COM Radio.<\/p>\n

Abdel-Aziz talked about WSOF’s beginning and how they have made it to seventeen shows. He also spoke a little about the idea of cross-promotional super fights, something that he has talked about in the past. Check out some of the highlights below, but be sure to listen to the full interview HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s some of what he had to say about getting from WSOF 1 to WSOF 17.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s hard work and dedication and here we go, we have 17 shows and it\u2019s a dream to come true. It\u2019s like a little baby growing in front of your eyes.”<\/p>\n

“Seventeen is going to be a great show and a very, very special show.”<\/p>\n

“Show number one was crazy. We were running circles around each other and now it\u2019s getting easier, shows are getting easier.”<\/p>\n

Then the VP talked about the importance of having new talent and how they develop those fighters into stars.<\/p>\n

“If you don\u2019t have new talent man, then you don\u2019t have a foundation. It\u2019s like a building with no foundation. If you don\u2019t have a good foundation of a building, the building is never going to stay up.”<\/p>\n

“We brought them on board and they become big names. They beat some big names and become big names. We understand the formula, how to build stars, and I think Marlon Moraes is the best 135 pounder in the world hands down and guys like Justin Gaethje, he\u2019s a beast, I think he can fight anybody in the world. He\u2019s just a beast.”<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the interview Abdel-Aziz talked about something that he’s been vocal about in the past, that being cross-promotional super fights. A while back he even laid down a challenge to Bellator to compete in a cross-promotional fight event. It never came to fruition and Abdel-Aziz understands why.<\/p>\n

“We want to compete with the big leagues. We don\u2019t want to compete with the smaller leagues; we want to see, you know, some of our guys I think will beat anybody in the world. The whole thing is I think everybody has their business model, they want to protect it. Somebody higher than me? I want to fight them. I don\u2019t want to fight someone below me. I don\u2019t want to fight any promotion on AXS Television or any of those promotions.”<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think anybody\u2019s going to do it, to be realistic. Everybody has their business, I wish everybody do well, but I don\u2019t think any body\u2019s going to risk their champion to fight our champion. I\u2019m just being realistic.”<\/p>\n

“If our champion beat their champion, then their champion has no value anymore.”<\/p>\n

Do you guys think anything like that will ever happen? Make sure to listen to the full interview to hear the rest of Ali Abdel-Aziz’s thoughts.<\/p>\n

By: Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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