Anyone Notice UFC rarely can make stars ?

[overeem chin]

All there stars are stars from other orgs. Funny how Dana will crap on other orgs talent and when he buys them they are headliners, main eventers automatically when they enter the UFC

Only thing they can do well is have TUF seasons to get some of the characters a following

Off the top
OSP - Is Main Event for the Aug fight night
Rousey Main or CO main every show
Miesha tate Main event vs Zigano , co main on FOX
Terric Saffiede Main event fight night
T woods co main and main
Overeem Main events
Lombard Main event
Benson Hendersons champ, Pettis Champ
Big foot main events
Nick Diaz, needle mover
Melendez Main event
Comier Main Events
Luke Rockhold Main events
Mousasi Main Events


Every PRIDE Fighter

etc


UFC needs to buy another org so that can stop putting together these cards with no names constantly

 

[Krimzon]

that's what it seems like

former strikeforce / pride/ wec fighters are headlining everything

and i always thought guys like rockhold/cerrone/ben henderson/pettis wouldn't be able to hack it in the ufc

 

[PaulRFC53]

Every fighter has to start somewhere.

 

[MMAFanatic86]

So are fighters expected to skip their minor league or small org career and go straight into the ufc and become stars? Everyone has to start somewhere. PaulRFC beat me to it.

 

[ThatBJJGuy]

Every fighter has to start somewhere.

what he's saying is they were names coming into the UFC when zuffa bought their org

 

[TapoutforSprawl]

I suppose you're right except for the fact that you're wrong.

 

[tmurfin]

Because the UFC sucks ass at promoting. Seriously, I remember seeing Strikeforce and elitexc, etc, ads all over television back in the day. They need to start selling their fighters, not their brand. Take hockey for example, the nhl literally shoves Sidney Crosby down everyone's throats, the athletes are what we pay to see!

 

[Mexican Zombie]

The UFC doesn't know how to make stars? More like, the fighters who could be stars lose. WWE could make stars cause they control who wins, UFC doesn't. How many stars are in boxing? Mayweather...and he's undefeated.

Edit: one more thing, 99% of the fighters in the UFC came from another origination...so your absoulutey right, the UFC can't make stars, they steal/buy stars.

 

[Redannihilation]

Stars make themselves, nobody in this day and age starts their MMA career in the UFC if they put in the effort to make themselves stars then the UFC will pick them up which in turn makes them UFC stars.

 

[SocraticMethod]

Cain made his name in the UFC.
JDS made his name in the UFC.
Browne made his name in the UFC.
Jones made his name in the UFC.
Gus made his name in the UFC.
Weidman made his name in the UFC.
Machida made his name in the UFC.
Evans made his name in the UFC.
Nate Diaz made his name in the UFC.
Conor McGregor made his name in the UFC.
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.

 

[peralez**]

stars make themselves

 

[7437]

Stars make themselves, nobody in this day and age starts their MMA career in the UFC if they put in the effort to make themselves stars then the UFC will pick them up which in turn makes them UFC stars.

sonnen said this in an interview. he brought up how a post fight speech is the biggest missed opportunity for most guys to promote themselves.

 

[MMAFanatic86]

Because the UFC sucks ass at promoting. Seriously, I remember seeing Strikeforce and elitexc, etc, ads all over television back in the day. They need to start selling their fighters, not their brand. Take hockey for example, the nhl literally shoves Sidney Crosby down everyone's throats, the athletes are what we pay to see!

Those orgs are not established. Of course they have to market their fighters. That's all they have as a selling point. It's a risk to UFC as a brand to market fighters like those smaller orgs do. If that fighter had a falling out the brand remains strong. Just look at all the orgs that banked too highly on Fedor. They all crumbled one after the other.

 

[accolyte1022]

All there stars are stars from other orgs. Funny how Dana will crap on other orgs talent and when he buys them they are headliners, main eventers automatically when they enter the UFC

Only thing they can do well is have TUF seasons to get some of the characters a following

Off the top
OSP - Is Main Event for the Aug fight night
Rousey Main or CO main every show
Miesha tate Main event vs Zigano , co main on FOX
Terric Saffiede Main event fight night
T woods co main and main
Overeem Main events
Lombard Main event
Benson Hendersons champ, Pettis Champ
Big foot main events
Nick Diaz, needle mover
Melendez Main event
Comier Main Events
Luke Rockhold Main events
Mousasi Main Events


Every PRIDE Fighter

etc


UFC needs to buy another org so that can stop putting together these cards with no names constantly

Your post is as bad as this guys chin:

 

[Alpinestar]

This thread is completely illogical.

Does TS expect everyone to start their MMA in the UFC? Whether you like it or not, the UFC is the biggest MMA promotion in the world. Before a fighter turns pro, he needs to make his name as an amateur. Then he slowly moves up in the ranking in the regional circuit. Not everyone can be LeBron James or Kobe Bryant when becoming an professional athlete. Do you think Fedor, Anderson, and St-Pierre started their MMA career in a major MMA organization?

What a dumb thread.

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

true

 

[sauser]

UFC turns them into stars once they come over, get it straight.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Cain made his name in the UFC.
JDS made his name in the UFC.
Browne made his name in the UFC.
Jones made his name in the UFC.
Gus made his name in the UFC.
Weidman made his name in the UFC.
Machida made his name in the UFC.
Evans made his name in the UFC.
Nate Diaz made his name in the UFC.
Conor McGregor made his name in the UFC.
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.

Matt Hughes
GSP
Forest
Chuck
Tito
Gracie
Tank
Kimo
Shamrock
Bas
Wanderlei started in UFC before Pride
Coleman
Severn
Frye
Couture

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

kimbo, lesnar

 

[extreme123]

Cain made his name in the UFC.
JDS made his name in the UFC.
Browne made his name in the UFC.
Jones made his name in the UFC.
Gus made his name in the UFC.
Weidman made his name in the UFC.
Machida made his name in the UFC.
Evans made his name in the UFC.
Nate Diaz made his name in the UFC.
Conor McGregor made his name in the UFC.
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.

There... That should shut them up.

Probably not... Ufc haters always going to find something to bitch about. But they keep on watching it.