UFC has to be the most ridiculously run professional sports organization in the world, right?

Fedor>Cain said:
That's not really the point. But...look at an NFL team...a single team lol.

Anyway, the point is that the UFC could be worth more regardless of what the Fertitta's stumbled into. A company can still grow while being horribly mismanaged. It is pretty common tbh

edit: A good example of what I'm talking about is the WWE. Look at how well it was doing 20 years ago compared to today. Vince stumbled into guys like Stone Cold and the Rock and the company reached higher highs than ever. Then, they walked away from wrestling and the WWE, while still being fine, has been mismanged by Vince and is no longer the juggernaut that it once was. The WWE crushed all of its competition during the late 90's and somehow they manage to turn people away from wrestling over time as opposed to attracting them.

The UFC is going to be walking that fine line if they keep up with the watering down and the bullshit management decisions.
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wwe stock is at all time highs.
 
ufc21 said:
wwe stock is at all time highs.
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Bad timing for your post
It fell over 7% since Thursday afternoon
But the reason stock went up is due to the hype of a new TV deal.
That happened before the last deal & then dropped from something like 27 to 11 when they did not get 1/3 the deal they expected.
It will most likely occur again.
 
Prex32 said:
yeah, but they have rankings.
it's a legitimate sports organisation where every fighter gets his fair share.
it's also the only sports organisation where you can keep your belt even if you switch sports and retire.
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Its a promotion not a sport.

Plenty of boxing *promotions* have their own rankings.
 
IIIIIIII said:
Not true. Basketball or football players aren't selected to be on a team or are given huge sums of money because people like watching them play. It's strictly about whether you help your team win. In the ufc, you can be absolutely terrible, and you'll still get a fight. Look at cm punk. Terrible fighter that got what, 500k to get taken down and beaten up for two minutes? That shit won't fly in legitimate sports.
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OH REALLY?
The highest paid athlete in the world when he was signed to LA Galaxy while not being close to the best.

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As for the UFC Boxing/MMA events are structured in a way that the talent level is tiered from undercard to the main card to the main event.

A UFC MMA event will have semi pros all the way to a champion on the same card. You can't compare it to other sports b/c it can not be done in another sport.
CM Punk is unusual in MMA much like David Beckham is unusual in football.
But to say it does not happen in other sports is a lie. All pro sports are entertainment and what ever brings the business money will be done. They all have shareholders to answer to at the end of the day.
 
That distinction goes to FIFA.

Bribes, extortionist business model, corruption, etc.

The UFC is waaaay too fringe and lacks the cultural/global relevance to even compare.
 
rantajuoppo said:
The unprofessionalism with how they run a multi-billion dollar organization is absurd. Dana White is the perfect embodiment of that.
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eh

bellator did kimbo vs dada 5000, shamrock vs gracie 3 as main and co-main
 
We are comparing a fresh sport to utterly established brands that have gatekeepers.

Also you can't say the UFC is crooked/insane when you can look at boxing that has a thousand times more fans but is in shambles due to people who make Dana White look like the Pope.
 
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