{"id":89069,"date":"2014-03-10T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=89069"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:58:50","slug":"lorenzo-fertitta-we-took-and-used-the-wwes-business-model-for-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/lorenzo-fertitta-we-took-and-used-the-wwes-business-model-for-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Fertitta: &#8216;We took and used the WWE&#8217;s business model for the UFC&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y34elHVouys\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t about their product, it was about their business model, they had become very astute at selling their product and getting people to buy pay-per-views (PPV) by using free television. 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