The state of mma today

[Buka]

Do I notice a prejudice against the UFC from certain areas of the world?

Nah!

 

[Danny T]

The UFC is but a part of MMA...it is the most visible but is still only a part of MMA. Because it is the most visible fighters do want to be a part of the UFC. Post UFC, the fighters make more money because they capitalize on being a UFC Veteran.

Overall, professional MMA fighters make more money today than in the early days and the pay, though still lower than it should be, is getting much better. The big money is in pay per view and endorsements.

 

[JP3]

The UFC is but a part of MMA...it is the most visible but is still only a part of MMA. Because it is the most visible fighters do want to be a part of the UFC. Post UFC, the fighters make more money because they capitalize on being a UFC Veteran.

Overall, professional MMA fighters make more money today than in the early days and the pay, though still lower than it should be, is getting much better. The big money is in pay per view and endorsements.

Do you see a change coming so that MMA/UFC in the US turns more towards the pro-boxing model, then?

There's two competing things here. First, the top guys want to get paid as Top Guys; but the other end, the hungry young guys just want to fight so that they can get up there to be one of the Top Guys.

Top Guys want to hold out for big bucks, but young & hungry guys will fight, literally for nothing in the beginning. There is some good TV in watching the undercard quite often.

 

[Danny T]

There are numerous MMA promotions which use more of the boxing model as for rankings however, there are no real standards. Promoters spend a lot less money on promoting...the model is to have the fighters do most of the tickets selling. Promoters send the fighter the tickets, the fighter sells the tickets, and turns the money in to the promoter and receives a portion of the sales. This adds to the fighter pay and greatly reduces promotion cost to the promoter. The fighters like the extra $$$ which sometimes is greater then the fight pay. At the lower levels a fighter can go to any promotion to get a fight 'if' he sells tickets. That fighter wins a couple of fights, sells a lot of tickets for the promotor/s, so they give him a title fight. Championship fights aren't by who is best fighter but by who sells.

At the top of the food chain is The UFC promotion which is the worse. Here is where a 7th ranked fighter can get a title fight by beating a 10th ranked fighter. ???

 

[Skullpunch]

As opposed to what? The good ole days of mma where the Yakuza controlled the world's biggest promotion and fighters wore "condom depot" logos across their *** in order to make enough sponsorship money to pay rent? The NFL, where rapists and dog fighters get fined pocket change and go right back onto the field and running over 2000 yards gets you a "get out of jail free" card for murdering your wife? Boxing and/or soccer, where.....holy fukk where do I even begin with those two?

If you don't like the UFC today then no big, but if what you describe is what makes it not deserve to exist for more than a few more years then I'd say most sports altogether need to disappear.

 

[drop bear]

As opposed to what? The good ole days of mma where the Yakuza controlled the world's biggest promotion and fighters wore "condom depot" logos across their *** in order to make enough sponsorship money to pay rent? The NFL, where rapists and dog fighters get fined pocket change and go right back onto the field and running over 2000 yards gets you a "get out of jail free" card for murdering your wife? Boxing and/or soccer, where.....holy fukk where do I even begin with those two?

If you don't like the UFC today then no big, but if what you describe is what makes it not deserve to exist for more than a few more years then I'd say most sports altogether need to disappear.

Pride freak fights.