Matt Mitrione looking to test free agency after final fight on contract

I wasn't implying that single sponsors were paying 100K.

They are worth what they are worth because they appear on nationally broadcasted television. UFC appeals to a key demographic that advertisers love to sell to. The fighters really have little worth individually as evidence of the payouts sponsors make to fighters on fight pass events, which in most cases is less than what Reebok offers even at the bottom tier.

So what? Why should the UFC care what sponsors the fighters getting for themselves whether they're overvalued or not? Especially since they were already taxing them, or banning the individual ones they didn't like. The UFC claims they make make no money of the Reebok deal, so if they aren't getting any profit out of this, why screw over so many of their fighters who were happy with the old system? The sponsor clutter isn't a good argument because the events are still littered with ads in the ring, commercials on the ppv events, mentions from goldie, etc... The reebok deal only only created new problems for the fighters and brings the UFC and reebok bad PR from all directions.
 
Mitrione would do some damage to those Bellator heavies.
 
Who do you guys think he gets for his final fight, if they even give him one now that his intentions are clear? Hunt/Bigfoot 2 winner? Miocic if he loses to Rothwell? Travis Browne?
 
You really think a guy who calls himself "Meathead" was smart enough to include that in his contract?

Clearly you've never heard him talk about anything.

I think you might be surprised.
 
They can't not offer him a fight, eventually within a certain period of time, as long as he's not suspended, they'll have to offer him one.

Yep, but now they are going to use that entire period of time. Should have kept his mouth shut, but I imagine they are pretty hardball in general about getting people to sign extensions before giving them their last fight.
 
So what? Why should the UFC care what sponsors the fighters getting for themselves whether they're overvalued or not? Especially since they were already taxing them, or banning the individual ones they didn't like. The UFC claims they make make no money of the Reebok deal, so if they aren't getting any profit out of this, why screw over so many of their fighters who were happy with the old system? The sponsor clutter isn't a good argument because the events are still littered with ads in the ring, commercials on the ppv events, mentions from goldie, etc... The reebok deal only only created new problems for the fighters and brings the UFC and reebok bad PR from all directions.


It is their broadcast and their advertising real estate that fighters are selling.

They have every right to control it just as every single television broadcaster in the world has the right to control theirs.

This is very basic advertising stuff here.

The events are littered with the UFC's sponsors and they have every right in the world as the broadcaster to do so because it's their show.
 
Who do you guys think he gets for his final fight, if they even give him one now that his intentions are clear? Hunt/Bigfoot 2 winner? Miocic if he loses to Rothwell? Travis Browne?

Someone completely irrelevant in a dark match.
 
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