UFC is a monopsony. Hopefully PFL + Bellator and ONE are able to actually turn a profit sometime soon. The latter has been hemorrhaging capital like it’s going out of styleI think its more to do with the UFC not wanting to seem like they're buying everyone up.
Just a theory though sir.
So you are saying they singed the second highest paid person after passing up on the first highest paid fighter and an active champ of their own, compromising the integrity of their own HW division doesn’t sound like cost cutting?
When you buy a mule instead of the rolls Royce it usually is considered cost cutting.
If a guys market value is 20 million and you offer him 8 million without agreeing to any of his non financial terms in a very controlling and exclusive contract, is it considered a deal or trying to get a steal?They didn't pass up on Ngannou in the sense you were implying in your original post. They made him an offer which Ngannou did not accept and they could not come to terms for an agreement so he was released.
UFC has been able to negotiate deals with vast majority of really major fighters that I can think of in the past 20 years....the biggest outliers are Fedor and now Ngannou. In both cases it's not just a money thing. Fedor's thing was complicated and Ngannou's as well. One thing we know is the UFC does not like to be leveraged on by a fighter meaning if they are negotiating for things that is outside of what is usual for a contract then there are decent chances things can fall apart. Arlovski was another one in 2007 though smaller news story. UFC brass really liked him and wanted him to resign but Arlovski wanted to box was a huge sticking point for them.
I don't want to get into the Ngannou debate again but it's a bad faith argument to say there was no attempt to sign Ngannou because of money.
View attachment 1026117
really bro? 2005 account and you're pulling out this old trope?Is ufc dying
I troll out school style.really bro? 2005 account and you're pulling out this old trope?
If a guys market value is 20 million and you offer him 8 million without agreeing to any of his non financial terms in a very controlling and exclusive contract, is it considered a deal or trying to get a steal?
My entire rant is about how ufc used to be the yanks of old but are now more like the As of money ball era. Locking up mid tier talent to favourable long term deals and leveraging their own brand to build them up as assets. Instead of going out for the very best available.
Their rankings and title shots were always meritless but most of us still appreciated the effort they made to compile the best rosters. UFC isn’t even trying to do that anymore.