News Bellator sale talks heating up

skylolow said:
That was basically what Mark Cuban was going to do the HDNET FIGHTS back in like 2007ish. Held two events and decided that it was cheaper and better way to make money by getting the media rights to establish orgs(ie: Dream, MFC, K-1, etc) to show on his HDNET channel. He had a media outlet for the his org, arena, production company, billions, and his name alone will open any door in the business world. Plus this was at a time you could argue a true competitor could have emerged and rained on the UFC's parade to some level that actually matters. Cuban could've easily bought out PRIDE to bolster his roster. Pick up the scraps of Bodog. Maybe worked with buying out WEC in 2006. Might even combined or bought out Strikeforce even. Really make you wonder what could've of been if Cuban went all in at that time.

Today, easily 10 times harder to do anything in the MMA world that matters on a large scale.
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The market is bigger now than before though and there is more infrastructure as well as it is better regulated and fully legal (both domestically and more or less internationally with France recently joining in). Demand for content is larger as well. I think it would be easier to make an MMA org now than before as the UFC has laid out much of the groundwork. Most 2nd competitors arrive long after the first big competitor cleared the way.

Of course it would still have the problem is that MMA companies do not make money, Bellator included. So there is no reason why anyone would drop a billion dollars to do that.
 
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Any company thats willing to actually promote and push Bellator is good with me.

I wouldn't mind a rebrand as well. Bellator has been through way too many unsuccessful eras. I hold on to the golden days of the tournament era, but for older casuals they remember the Shamrock/Kimbo/Dada 5000/Tito era and for newer casuals its the bad luck calls/fouls/outcomes.
 
MMALOPEZ said:
If it happens … my favorite pick is FOX … they already worked with mma before successfully… and they have different platforms available for the public … FS1 for prelims … bigger events on regular fox … Fox en español .. it would be cool imo
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Yeah, Fox would be the best option, IMO. I dont trust Disney to give Bellator a fair shot, not while the UFC is still with them. That Saudi blood money would do wonders for them, too.
 
Go Go Plata said:
Any company thats willing to actually promote and push Bellator is good with me.

I wouldn't mind a rebrand as well. Bellator has been through way too many unsuccessful eras. I hold on to the golden days of the tournament era, but for older casuals they remember the Shamrock/Kimbo/Dada 5000/Tito era and for newer casuals its the bad luck calls/fouls/outcomes.
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The more I think about it, the more im convinced that Bellator does need a re-brand. Especially if they want to project an image of success and legitimacy.
 
careto said:
The more I think about it, the more im convinced that Bellator does need a re-brand. Especially if they want to project an image of success and legitimacy.
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All the promotions seem to love three letter acronyms, what about about WFC, World Fighting Championships/
 
TorontoTO said:
All the promotions seem to love three letter acronyms, what about about WFC, World Fighting Championships/
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Complete rebrand, new belts, new platform, new vision. Get that Saudi blood money or Fox to invest in it.
 
No doubt it needs a rebranding of some sort.

I don't think I'd want FOX to own them. I'd think they could end up being in the same boat they are now. Though I'm sure FOX could do much better. If Viacom saw a way to make big money with Bellator they would invest more into it, but they seem to be on cruise control for years and have little interest in doing much with Bellator. The fight library basically sits dormant and could be used to create revenue and they don't do shit with it. Really doesn't get any simpler than that. FOX had the UFC and let's be honest they more or less just walked away from it for whatever reason. They weren't willing to pony up the big bucks. If Bellator doesn't perform they maybe quick to pull the plug or they may not even want anything to do with MMA.

I think Saudi's or one of these other groups running around trying to buy sport franchises might be the answer. Endeavor just blew up with the WWE deal and owning the UFC. Monkey see, monkey do world all to often. Bellator needs to be able to cash in on media deals around the world. Being with Viacom or if FOX buys them they get cockblocked to often on that side of the business and that is were these orgs are cashing in on right now more so than anything else.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Publicity wise I've always thought of it as a bad thing, but maybe people have stopped caring.
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In fact I was just looking at jobs for SNK (the Japanese video game company that makes Neo Geo, King of Fighters, Metal Slug etc) and I see they're now owned by Saudi as well. They're expanding a lot because of it.

People don't really look at companies owned by autocracies as bad anymore. There is too much variables in media that determine that.
 
Doctor Grudge said:
In fact I was just looking at jobs for SNK (the Japanese video game company that makes Neo Geo, King of Fighters, Metal Slug etc) and I see they're now owned by Saudi as well. People don't really look at companies like that anymore.
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Maybe it's just me who'd rather avoid it but most money is probably blood money on some level I guess.
 
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