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Could UFC’s Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell one day succeed Dana White as the company’s CEO? After watching Roku’s docuseries “Fight Inc.’, many fans believe Campbell is capable of being the head man himself.
In the documentary, Campbell constantly made moves and tried to make the biggest fights happen.
In one of the episodes, Campbell could be seen attempting to book a massive fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev for UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden after Jon Jones pulled out.
Hunter Campbell tried to book Islam Makhachev vs. Charles Oliveira 2 instead of Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich at #UFC295 on 17 days notice 😳
🎥 Fight Inc: Inside the UFC (Ep. 3)
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) June 9, 2024
Campbell also took the lead while trying to keep Aljamain Sterling from pulling out of his fight against Sean O’Malley at.
Behind the scenes footage shows Hunter Campbell convincing Aljamain Sterling not to pull out of the Sean O’Malley fight
Dana White was not happy with Aljamain’s hesitance to take the fight 😬#UFC #MMA
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) June 8, 2024
Campbell also broke the news to Jones about how long he had to sit out with his injury.
BTS when Dana White and Hunter Campbell told Jon Jones he was gonna be out 6 months to a year.pic.twitter.com/rEkTsXWH9I
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) June 8, 2024
Fans were so impressed with Campbell and how he handled problems with fighters behind the scenes that they believe he could one day succeed White as the UFC’s next CEO.
A couple years ago Dana said there was a guy who could run the UFC when he’s gone.
It’s become very clear that guy is Hunter Campbell.
I really need to watch this show. https://t.co/ulYH4oWLmY
— Alec Keezer (@AlecKeezer) June 9, 2024
if there’s one thing that these UFC clips have taught me, it’s that i know who is actually the boss behind the scenes now 😂 https://t.co/B68SHJiFvV
— OOC MMA (@oocmma) June 9, 2024
It seems like White will stay on as UFC CEO for a bit longer, but Campbell does seem like an adequate backup plan if White chooses to retire.