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Lorenzo fertitta said himself that UFC was based off of the WWE business model. Inoki was a legendary japanese pro-wrestler and also a pioneer of MMA.
Pride and Pancrase were basically shoot style pro wrestlingmatches, which became what we know today as mma.
Lets compare WWE and UFC
Promos: From "ausitn 3;16" to "Do you smellalalallaowww what the rock is cookin" WWE needs good mic work and promos along with heated rivalries to build up matches. In ufc, we've had Mcgregors antics, diaz antics, "Are you there pussy?" "and plenty of other examples of the UFC fighters using promos just like in UFC, whether they are real or not isnt the point, the ufc still relies on these promos to sell a fight.
building stars: the WWE had "tough enough" where wannabes competed to see who could get a contract in the wwe. UFC has TUF, where wannabes compete to see who could get a contract in the UFC.
"Pushing": Pushing is a term in PW that means how a fighter is promoted, given big wins, and so on in order to give them a title or make them a star. an example would be goldberg in WCW, who was given an undefeated streak which eventually led to a WCW championship. In UFC, we have the same thing. Sage Northcutt, Page van zant, uriah hall, uriah faber, etc. These fighters are given certain roads to the title and more overall exposure than other fighters.
predetermined outcome vs predetermined favoritism: The former is what WWE uses, the latter is what UFC uses. While the ufc can't write out who they want to win like WWE, they can use predetermined favoritism to sway the teeter-totter one way. For example, in a close decision, the fighter being pushed will always win. Look at the recent volkov vs johnson fight. Another example is fight stoppages. Have you ever noticed that certain fighters are able to take a lot of damage, but the referee lets them continue....however, other fighters have the fight stopped somewhat quickly with not much comparable damage. Remember the lesnar vs carwin fight? Do you think carwin would have been given the same amount of time to recover as brock? Also, consider the recent Fedor vs Maldanodo fight. Do you think Maldanado would have been given the same amount of time to recover they gave fedor?
I laugh when people try to say the ufc is nothing like pro wrestling, That is a contemporary and overall historical lie.
Pride and Pancrase were basically shoot style pro wrestlingmatches, which became what we know today as mma.
Lets compare WWE and UFC
Promos: From "ausitn 3;16" to "Do you smellalalallaowww what the rock is cookin" WWE needs good mic work and promos along with heated rivalries to build up matches. In ufc, we've had Mcgregors antics, diaz antics, "Are you there pussy?" "and plenty of other examples of the UFC fighters using promos just like in UFC, whether they are real or not isnt the point, the ufc still relies on these promos to sell a fight.
building stars: the WWE had "tough enough" where wannabes competed to see who could get a contract in the wwe. UFC has TUF, where wannabes compete to see who could get a contract in the UFC.
"Pushing": Pushing is a term in PW that means how a fighter is promoted, given big wins, and so on in order to give them a title or make them a star. an example would be goldberg in WCW, who was given an undefeated streak which eventually led to a WCW championship. In UFC, we have the same thing. Sage Northcutt, Page van zant, uriah hall, uriah faber, etc. These fighters are given certain roads to the title and more overall exposure than other fighters.
predetermined outcome vs predetermined favoritism: The former is what WWE uses, the latter is what UFC uses. While the ufc can't write out who they want to win like WWE, they can use predetermined favoritism to sway the teeter-totter one way. For example, in a close decision, the fighter being pushed will always win. Look at the recent volkov vs johnson fight. Another example is fight stoppages. Have you ever noticed that certain fighters are able to take a lot of damage, but the referee lets them continue....however, other fighters have the fight stopped somewhat quickly with not much comparable damage. Remember the lesnar vs carwin fight? Do you think carwin would have been given the same amount of time to recover as brock? Also, consider the recent Fedor vs Maldanodo fight. Do you think Maldanado would have been given the same amount of time to recover they gave fedor?
I laugh when people try to say the ufc is nothing like pro wrestling, That is a contemporary and overall historical lie.
