'I promise you' UFC's Fertitta brothers will own an NFL team, Dana White says

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Lorenzo, left, and Frank Fertitta

UFC majority owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta are looking to buy, not sell, UFC president Dana White says.

And they've got their eye on one very big purchase: an NFL team.

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"Here's the thing — as you know you can't own an NFL team if you're involved with casinos. So if they were really making a serious move at the Raiders, they'd be selling Station Casinos not the UFC," White said about his partners on "The Jim Rome Show" on Friday (via FoxSports.com). "But it is 100 percent a fact, they are hardcore football fans, and I promise you one day the Fertitta brothers will own an NFL team. No doubt about it."

In fact, White says it's not a question of if, but when the Fertitta brothers will finally pay what it takes to buy an NFL team.

They have deep ties to Las Vegas, one reason their names have been linked to talk of the Raiders moving to Nevada. For now, though, they're just interested observers, as is White, who says relocating an NFL team to the city is a guaranteed success.

"I think it's a home run," White said of an NFL team in a stadium on the Strip. "If the Raiders or any other NFL team came here, it would be huge."

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Bob Hille is a senior content consultant for The Sporting News.