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Dana White, Fertittas Top List Of Most Powerful Figures In MMA

UFC President DANA WHITE, along with co-Owner, Chair & CEO LORENZO FERTITTA and co-Owner FRANK FERTITTA were tied at the top of MMAJunkie.com's inaugural list of the 25 Most Powerful People in MMA. Fox Sports co-Presidents & co-COOs ERIC SHANKS and RANDY FREER were tied for fourth on the list. Listed below are select execs who made the top 25 (MMA Junkie).

RANK
NAME(S) TITLE
1t
Dana White UFC President
1t
Lorenzo Fertitta UFC co-Owner, Chair & CEO
1t
Frank Fertitta UFC co-Owner
2t
Joe Silva UFC matchmaker
2t
Sean Shelby UFC matchmaker
4t
Eric Shanks Fox Sports co-President & co-COO
4t
Randy Freer Fox Sports co-President & co-COO
7
Bjorn Rebney Bellator Chair & CEO
8
Marc Ratner UFC VP/Regulatory Affairs
9t
Kevin Kay Spike President
9t
Jon Slusser Spike Senior VP/Sports & Multi-Platform Programming
11
Craig Piligian "The Ultimate Fighter" Exec Producer
13t
Mark Cuban AXS TV Chair, CEO & President
13t
Andrew Simon AXS TV Fights CEO
14
Keith Kizer Nevada State Athletic Commission Exec Dir
16t
Ike Lawrence Epstein UFC Exec VP & COO
16t
Michael Mersch UFC VP/Business & Legal Affairs
17
Ed Soares RFA President
18
Sam Caplan Bellator VP/Talent Relations
19
Shannon Knapp Invicta Fighting Championships Owner & President
21
Malki Kawa First Round Management President & CEO
22
Victor Cui ONE Fighting Championship Owner & CEO
23
Mike Mossholder UFC Senior VP/Global Marketing Partnerships

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