Strategies to revive the UFC

[brody_in_ga]

The general consensus seems to be that the UFC has fallen on hard times lately. We all know it... The UFC knows it... So what, in your opinion, would the UFC need to do to reverse course? Here are my suggestions:

- Leave ESPN

The app is terrible. The UFC should pursue other avenues like Amazon or Netflix.

- Limit WMMA

The UFC should start another league exclusively for WMMA. The ladies just dont enough talent to put 2-3 fights on every card.

- Better time management

UFC events are way too long. Trimming some of the excess fat would result in a better product.

Your suggestions?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

- Fire the following people:

• Dana White
• Hunter Campbell
• Sean Shelby
• Mick Maynard
• Joe Rogan
• Daniel Cormier
• Michael Bisping
• Paul Felder

- Dissolve TKO Holdings

- Cut 60% of the roster

- Reduce PPV prices by 65%

- Have 2 events per month

- Allow all PEDs

 

[Luthien]

Have the ring girls participate in an oil wrestling match inside the cage between fights

 

[VinceArch]

Get rid of Dana and let him fuck off to power slap where they both will die slow deaths.

 

[aerius]

Trim the roster and make all the fighters fight at least 3-4 times a year. No more sitting out and trying to cherry-pick matchups.

Get rid of the 10 billion ads and gambling plugs on every event, people get pissed when a PPV has more ad time than fight time and the fight night cards are even worse.

Bring back Mike Goldberg and Mario Yamasaki.

Instruct the refs to let fighters be warriors, the fight ain't over till someone taps or stops moving.

Thunderdome matches will be available for fighters who have a grudge against each other, there are no rules and they get to beat each other until they're happy.

 

[CasualBot]

Dana's wife vs Gina Carano

Duh.

 

[Mickey Mick]

Brocktober 2025. Jones vs Lesnar baby!

 

[Mickey Mick]

I would like to see the ufc lean more into like a mortal kombat type thing where there’s a sense of evil and brutality, not this fox sports/espn Disney like wholesome nonsense.

 

[Fedorgasm]

They don't have to do any of that.

1. They're already allowing PED's by getting rid of usada. They just can't publicly admit it. They have to be like the NFL where they put on a good show pretending to fight ped usage.

I actually think this is fair, because both fighters could juice, instead of one person getting an advantage because he hides under the cage or has picos or whatever.


2. They need to give up on the ppv model and just take the pain that comes with it. The ppv model was already dead anyway, and the ESPN deal just allowed them to pretend it was still alive for a few extra years.

Then they can sign with Netflix. This will give them the exposure they need, and many people already have Netflix or may buy it rather than illegally stream fights, since Netflix has a lot of other stuff worth watching too.

3. Then do the damn pride-style entrances. We've been saying this for years, but it makes the product so much more exciting.

4. Then develop a consistent rule around when a fighter gets stripped of a title. I mean Germain de Randomie got stripped right away and Jones will apparently still have the title when he's 80 years old. It cheapens your product and makes it look like your sport is kinda "fixed"

 

[Davey Grant]

Tournament style would be nice to mix things up. Maybe not all the time but make the pay incentive high enough to get serious interest....

 

[sdpdude9]

Cut the roster and number of cards in half so every card can be filled with mostly meaningful fights people actually care about.

Matchmaking with a purpose and stop chasing short term cash grabs. Build up your contenders.

Eliminate ppvs, I know it’s easy to find them online but you’re just making it less accessible. I’d much rather just open up an app on my Roku.

 

[Elvis.]

Get rid of the uniform deal , looks like shit
Get rid of Dana he’s a complete embarrassment

I do t think we need 5-6 hour cards anymore, the building is empty until the main card starts , people’s attention span isnt that long , have a few cards during the week the same style as dwcs instead of. People watch hockey or basketball for 3 hours a few nights a week , no reason to think they wouldnt watch 2 hirs of mma

 

[don't ask]

Treat it more like real sport, based on merit and not privilege. Stop trying to manufacture champions -- when you're doing your best to rig fights, you've gone way too far. Strip Jon and don't ever let this bullshit happen again. Fire Dana out of a cannon.

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

They should have entrances similar to WWE.

Each PPV should have a championship fight.

1 fight night + 1 ppv per month would make the cards more stacked.

Allow fans to vote online who the champion fights next. UFC doesn’t follow their own rankings that well anyways.

Take 1 pt for the first eyepoke, groin kick, etc.

Invoke the PrideFC yellow card rule.

Strip any champion with 1 year of inactivity.

Have a 4 fighter tournament for any vacated belt, with 2 fights on 1 ppv, 3 months later have the winners fight, losers can be back up fighters.

 

[treelo]

bring back one night tournaments

 

[Megatronlee]

The general consensus seems to be that the UFC has fallen on hard times lately. We all know it... The UFC knows it... So what, in your opinion, would the UFC need to do to reverse course? Here are my suggestions:

- Leave ESPN

The app is terrible. The UFC should pursue other avenues like Amazon or Netflix.

- Limit WMMA

The UFC should start another league exclusively for WMMA. The ladies just dont enough talent to put 2-3 fights on every card.

- Better time management

UFC events are way too long. Trimming some of the excess fat would result in a better product.

Your suggestions?

Keep the wmma on ESPN.
Young fighters.
Lower tier guys who aren’t exciting


And move the ufc to YOUTUBE. Make all the ufc library available on YOUTUBE FOR FREE.

Bring back outside Mma events in the middle of the day.

We need a Woodstock Version of UFC. A giant outside festival with multiple cages goin on and fights happening all over .

Imagine it.


Fight festival 26! Book it now guys .


We can do it in Vegas or Florida .

 

[JakePaulMMA]

UFC has the new BMF Belt, but that "title" has no consistency.... Now that pro-wrestling and MMA have fully merged, UFC needs a HaRdKoRe TITLE! Any weight class, any where, any time, no time limit, no rules other than win by pin fall tko or submission.

The challenger is responsible for making sure an official referee is there to render the verdict.

 

[DamnSevern]

bring back Corn Nuts, the official corn snack of the UFC

 

[Norcim]

We can do it in Vegas or Florida .

Outdoors in Florida with no cover over the octagon. Let's see how the "best fighters on the planet" deal with the afternoon thunderstorms.

 

[Megatronlee]

Outdoors in Florida with no cover over the octagon. Let's see how the "best fighters on the planet" deal with the afternoon thunderstorms.

I mean we can go to time square .