Question/Advice Guide : The Elite Manager, Managing an MMA career, Purses, Contracts, Sponsors, & Visa Issues

[Ara tech]

The Elite Manager : Complete Guide To Managing an MMA Career​

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Since I never found any resources about managing an MMA career, I decided to share this, I have the pleasure to share with you a free small book written by my friend Andy, with the purpose to provide clear insights of often a neglected part of the game, management. To who is taking the path of becoming a professional fighter, management is needed, to set trajectory and direction for his career.

There are two possibilities, the first would be self-management, when the fighter, is managing his own career for himself alone, or to outsource the job to someone else, to a manager, in exchange of giving him a share of money for every bouts attended. Relevancy will be found in this book for fighters as well, and not only managers, since their careers must be well managed, either by themselves, or by their manager.

Self-management is of course, up-front, a gain of money, why would someone give a share of 10% or more to someone else for a task that he could do himself, yet self-management is not recommanded, most fighters are isolated without networking, often cannot speak fluent enough english, are not familiar with the paperworks, struggle with visa-issues, and not educated in contracts, laws, and regulations, not used to draw and provide sponsors to themselves, taxes are also to be taken in the equation.

If self-management is a gain of money, relying on a capable manager will be a gain of time, and in business, time is money. Many fighters were ripped-off by their managers, as they say in business, you may outsource the activity but you can't outsource the risk. There is indeed a risk factor when giving control of your finances at the hands of someone else.

Lessons were made from studying hundreds of managers, from Boxing to Kickboxing, from Muay-Thai to MMA. It is always more convenient to learn from the pain of others than from your own. Hoping this will help.

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Table of contents :


1. The Art of the Trade

2. Know your Place

3. Control your Pawns

4. Know the Game

5. Risks and Value

6. Sense of Priority

7. An Eye for Talent

8. Visa Issues, The main obstacle

9. Inactivity is a Disease

10. While Negotiating, Always Seek Alternatives

11. Quality over Quantity

12. Know How to Value a Fighter

13. Contracts lenght

14. Hybrid Player, Promoter & Manager

15. Mapping the World

16. The Importance Of Neutrality


Overview

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[Ara tech]

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[B.Goetz]

A 27 page career guide that reads like it was written by Tito Ortiz.

"they could self-manage themselves"
"There is no friendships in business"
"Who get attached to people, is most likely to be disappointed by them"

That was just in the page-and-a-half that I read to see if the fighters were indeed the "pawns" referred to in the table of contents. The whole thing seems to be like that.

Fighters may or may not need managers, but writers definitely need editors.

 

[Ara tech]

A 27 page career guide that reads like it was written by Tito Ortiz.

"they could self-manage themselves"
"There is no friendships in business"
"Who get attached to people, is most likely to be disappointed by them"

That was just in the page-and-a-half that I read to see if the fighters were indeed the "pawns" referred to in the table of contents. The whole thing seems to be like that.

Fighters may or may not need managers, but writers definitely need editors.

You just make no-sense.There may be resources about management in sports in general but none about management in combat sports.

Why read a 500 pages book, when a 27 pages book is enough to cover all the most important details.

There is no resources about management of an MMA career by a fighter or by a manager. This will come in handy to the layman and to the beginner at least, but also a clear reminder of the big picture.

it was written by a guy named Andy, who wrote that, ask any real managers related to MMA and he would tell you that it is the bible. Small, clear, and efficient. You won't find better.

History is full of thieves, who stole their fighters, yet no-one really gave a warning about this, and not just in the US but also in Europe.



Fuck the commodification and format of books, books are about knowledge not about image, especially when a book is free and is not about money. Some books will explain in 300 pages what could have been explained in 100 just to fit some format, making them an outer waste of time.

I dare you to find a better resource that this "Tito Ortiz" book, because you won't.

 

[SandisLL]

A 27 page career guide that reads like it was written by Tito Ortiz.

"they could self-manage themselves"
"There is no friendships in business"
"Who get attached to people, is most likely to be disappointed by them"

That was just in the page-and-a-half that I read to see if the fighters were indeed the "pawns" referred to in the table of contents. The whole thing seems to be like that.

Fighters may or may not need managers, but writers definitely need editors.

Writers definitely need someone to pay for their laziness in order to sustain lifestyle.

I might advise to establish normal relationships with some events promoter and pay for legal and accountancy advisors.
Still nothing is warranted and if you aren't some am superstar ....then for first bouts maybe will invest more than you will earn.


Commission and event promoter decides will be your bout on card or no.

 

[Khaosan]

Thanks for the share Andy!