When DavisвЂ™ song, вЂњJump Around,вЂќ hit the speakers, the entire arena reverberated as the crowd went wild.Д¬avallaro turned the WCF into a solid regional player as the sport exploded in popularity. вЂњI learned through Dana, being around the fights,вЂќ he said.Д¬avallaro remembers walking out to the octagon with Marcus Davis, a client, at UFC 72 in Belfast. He got his start in MMA as a cutman, flying to Las Vegas at WhiteвЂ™s invitation to work fights after the UFC was purchased by Zuffa LLC. вЂњWe were doing that before it was a business model,вЂќ Cavallaro, 57, told MMA Fighting.ДЄ longtime training partner of Rosenblatt, Cavallaro got an education on matchmaking from the boxerвЂ™s manager.

He now aims to do the same with a new generation of fighters. Former Bellator commentator Sean Wheelock will be on the call for the event.Д¬avallaro has helped send fighters such as Jon Jones and Calvin Kattar to the big show. On Friday, the World Championship Fighting founder returns to the business after a 10-year hiatus with Combat FC 1, which takes place at The Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, Mass., and airs on UFC Fight Pass. Both, however, provided an entree into the fight world that would send Cavallaro down the road of promoter. The latter would go on to become an executive in the worldвЂ™s biggest MMA promotion. Then there was Dana White, an 18-year-old bellhop who introduced himself when they worked at the Boston Harbor Hotel in 1987. There was Dana Rosenblatt, the 37-1-2 middleweight boxer who briefly held the WBC and IBA title.

Two Danas have had a huge impact on Joe CavallaroвЂ™s life.

Bellhop careers