If you happen to have been hoping to get a ‘Darkish Aspect of the Cage‘ episode about Dana White and the meteoric rise of the UFC, I’m afraid we’ve obtained some dangerous information.
Earlier this month, VICE TV debuted its newest ‘Darkish Aspect’ sequence, this time specializing in the gritty world of blended martial arts. The sequence, appropriately titled Darkish Aspect of the Cage’ kicked off its 10-episode first season with the rise of yard brawler Kimbo Slice. This week, followers obtained an inside look into the profession of Diego Sanchez and his tumultuous relationship with self-described ‘guru’ Joshua Fabia.
Throughout an unique interview with Sportskeeda MMA, sequence producer Tim Healy supplied some perception into why they opted to not characteristic White or the story of the UFC.
“No, we all know sufficient in regards to the UFC and Dana to know to not waste our time, proper? Actually, again to certainly one of my authentic factors is, it’s not a sequence in regards to the UFC,” Healy stated. “There’s no avoiding the UFC, the UFC is the UFC, proper? They’re the pre-eminent promotion, and all of the fighters spent their time within the UFC and crossed paths with Dana White and the Fertittas… We didn’t attain out to Dana and we didn’t attain out to the Fertittas as a result of we weren’t telling the UFC’s story.”
One more reason Healy determined to exclude the MMA juggernaut from the sequence is that he’s already had the possibility to cowl the UFC’s emergence as a part of his ‘Darkish Aspect of the 90s’ mini-series which was additionally produced for VICE.
“My manufacturing firm, Railsplitter Footage, we produced ‘Darkish Aspect of the 90s’ for Vice, and after we have been brainstorming episodes, we got here up with let’s inform the story of the UFC,” Healy beforehand advised MMA Combating. “So we did a two-parter, we did 2 hours on the darkish facet of the UFC, and it did actually, rather well. It was obtained rather well.”
The success of his UFC two-parter is what in the end led Healy to develop ‘Darkish Aspect of the Cage.’
‘Darkish facet of the cage’ will take a better have a look at TUF
Whereas the UFC gained’t be explicitly lined this season, an episode targeted on the promotion’s long-running actuality TV sequence, The Final Fighter, is scheduled to air on January 29.
Take a look at the complete season one lineup of episodes under:
