As I noted before, I think so. I mean, the UFC's match making, poor fight promotion and postponing and cancelling fights due to this and TUF are slowly but surely killing paying customer's interest and it shows with the decreasing buy rates, which are going to drop even further with all these injuries.
MMA was supposed to give us the most capable fighters on the planet and supposed to be the pinnacle of martial arts combat. Instead, we are getting guys who, once they become champs or contenders, cannot even function at the level of MLB, NFL, NBA or NFL guys in terms of performing for the fans when they are called on to do it. The perception of the MMA fanbase at large is and will continue to be one of the following a. The success of the UFC has made the organization and its fighters soft and inept, even relative to football or basketball players b. The UFC cannot figure out how to keep its most important fighters healthy and motivated enough to fight more than once a year c. The fighters we admired for being the baddest men on the planet have showed they aren't worthy of it, especially guys like Cruz, Pettis and Cain who are likely to end up going this whole year without fighting at all d. MMA fighters cannot figure out how to train properly and so simply can't do what paying customers expect them to do e. The UFC is at best complacent and at worst complicit in these injuries.
MMA is probably the most ridiculously injury prone sport there is now and it can't work that way for a sport that is still struggling for mainstream success. Some MMA fans think the UFC will survive due to its power and leverage, but how, if they don't have any fans who will pay for their product at all? MMA has had so much bad PR over the years and these out of control cancellations are looking to be the final blow. I don't even think fans will be able to get behind any UFC fighters after this. I mean, what is going to be the point if it is understood that our favorite fighters, if they get the belt, are going to fight once a year at most and maybe even less often than that? It is now at the point where none of the UFC fighters are gonna be trustworthy in terms of being able and willing to perform for paying customers.
MMA had a better run than expected, but perhaps it is going to be less painful for all of is to just not buy any more PPVs or go to UFC events, which most of us were planning on doing anyway at this point, and just admit defeat and that MMA has come and gone.
MMA was supposed to give us the most capable fighters on the planet and supposed to be the pinnacle of martial arts combat. Instead, we are getting guys who, once they become champs or contenders, cannot even function at the level of MLB, NFL, NBA or NFL guys in terms of performing for the fans when they are called on to do it. The perception of the MMA fanbase at large is and will continue to be one of the following a. The success of the UFC has made the organization and its fighters soft and inept, even relative to football or basketball players b. The UFC cannot figure out how to keep its most important fighters healthy and motivated enough to fight more than once a year c. The fighters we admired for being the baddest men on the planet have showed they aren't worthy of it, especially guys like Cruz, Pettis and Cain who are likely to end up going this whole year without fighting at all d. MMA fighters cannot figure out how to train properly and so simply can't do what paying customers expect them to do e. The UFC is at best complacent and at worst complicit in these injuries.
MMA is probably the most ridiculously injury prone sport there is now and it can't work that way for a sport that is still struggling for mainstream success. Some MMA fans think the UFC will survive due to its power and leverage, but how, if they don't have any fans who will pay for their product at all? MMA has had so much bad PR over the years and these out of control cancellations are looking to be the final blow. I don't even think fans will be able to get behind any UFC fighters after this. I mean, what is going to be the point if it is understood that our favorite fighters, if they get the belt, are going to fight once a year at most and maybe even less often than that? It is now at the point where none of the UFC fighters are gonna be trustworthy in terms of being able and willing to perform for paying customers.
MMA had a better run than expected, but perhaps it is going to be less painful for all of is to just not buy any more PPVs or go to UFC events, which most of us were planning on doing anyway at this point, and just admit defeat and that MMA has come and gone.
