Bavafa Sports

a sports, media and talent advisory and investment firm, founded by nakisa bidarian. nakisa has been an operator, investor, financial advisor and management consultant and has executed over $32 billion in m&a transactions. in 2020 he executive produced “triller presents tyson vs. jones”, the 8th largest pay-per-view buy event in history. prior to founding bavafa, nakisa co-founded and was ceo of fertitta capital, an investment firm focused on media, entertainment and consumer verticals. previously, he served as the cso and cfo of ultimate fighting championship (ufc) where he led ufc’s sale. nakisa has also held positions with accenture, citi, morgan stanley, and the mubadala investment company. .