The UFC has produced success story after success story over the last ten years, becoming the fast growing sport in the world and now ranking itself as the world's most valuable sports franchise. Not bad when you consider the Fertitta brothers and Dana White snapped the company up for a paltry $2million in 2001. How much does White think it's worth today? A massive $3.5 billion. That just goes to show what a promotional genius the UFC President truly is, all he and the Fertitta's got in 2001 was pretty much the UFC brand name and an old cage. They've turned that into a global monopoly which hosts over 250 events a year, overtaking boxing and WWE as the most consistent performer on pay per view box office. The UFC became popular because they created star fighters and heated rivalries, this was backed up by an ever growing level of athleticism in the sport, fights nowadays require elite and versatile skills. As a result we have seen some extraordinary fights over the years, whether it's knockouts, five round wars, submissions, there's so many thrills in UFC to keep you entertained. There's also been plenty of crazy points in the growth of the MMA world too. There's some facts about this company which defy belief, crazy circumstances which have ran concurrently with the sport's evolution. It has been a success story like no other, full of astonishing twists which are as shocking as some of the in-cage dramas. Here we look at the 10 crazy facts about UFC you just have to know about!
