News UFC Implementing "Fan-Voted" Bonuses

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

As per ESPN:

The UFC will be debuting new "fan-voted" bonuses at UFC 273. Reportedly, fans will be asked to vote for their "favorite fighter", and the top three fighters will receive bonuses paid in Bitcoin.

The winner of the fan vote will receive a $30,000 bonus paid in Bitcoin

second place will receive a $20,000 bonus paid in Bitcoin

and third place will receive a $10,000 bonus paid in Bitcoin

These bonuses will only be handed out at numbered events (UFC 273, UFC 274 etc)

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/33689220/ufc-implement-fan-voted-bonuses-paid-bitcoin

Now UFC fighters will be forced to humiliate themselves by begging "fans" to vote for them in their post fight interviews. Instead of fighters thanking their training partners and coaches in post-fight interviews they now have to tell fans to go to Crypto.com and vote for them so they can take their kid to the dentist.

Shameful.

 

[RiseAboveHat]

Mike Perry punching the air rn

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

As per ESPN:

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/33689220/ufc-implement-fan-voted-bonuses-paid-bitcoin

Dana White should feel ashamed that supposed "professional athletes" in the organization he oversees now will be forced to beg fans to vote so they can buy groceries.

Shame

I hope that fans use this properly and don’t just vote for their favorite fighters

 

[Fraz]

Fans should also vote on the losers getting dunked into pools of slime

 

[jx820]

I don't think you understand the concept of "bonus". No one is forced to do anything. This is purely supplementary.

 

[Fatback96]

Just a different way to incentivize fighters to go for the finish and be exciting. Unfortunately this will backfire and it will end up just being a popularity contest.

 

[Luthien]

Nice way to encourage
some Just Bleed

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

So wait fighters are getting paid more but people are mad about this???

This seems like a small step in the right direction

If this earns good publicity. It’s possible that it could cox the company to give out more bonuses like this

This should be something we get behind

 

[Bubzeh]

Dana sure knows how to treat his fighters. Brilliant news.

 

[BigGucciSosa]

They tried that once with the gsp vs kos ppv. Didn't go well.

 

[Dingaling]

This is how Andrew Wiggins made the all star game

 

[NikLuk]

This:

I don't think you understand the concept of "bonus". No one is forced to do anything. This is purely supplementary.

And this:

Just a different way to incentivize fighters to go for the finish and be exciting. Unfortunately this will backfire and it will end up just being a popularity contest.

 

[svmr_db]

Nice way to encourage
some Just Bleed

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

I hope that fans use this properly and don’t just vote for their favorite fighters

This absolutely will happen. I would be shocked if it doesn't.

I personally will be voting for my favorite fighters haha.

 

[storeybuckle]

I hope that fans use this properly and don’t just vote for their favorite fighters

They won’t use it properly

 

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

So wait fighters are getting paid more but people are mad about this???

This seems like a small step in the right direction

If this earns good publicity. It’s possible that it could cox the company to give out more bonuses like this

This should be something we get behind

The UFC is making fighters humiliate themselves by begging fans to vote for them as if they are on a reality television show instead of the company just paying fighters a bonus for a finish.

This is shameful.

 

[Luthien]

 

[jx820]

Just a different way to incentivize fighters to go for the finish and be exciting. Unfortunately this will backfire and it will end up just being a popularity contest.

I'm not sure it's a bad idea to incentivize guys to be popular with fans. Guys who want a performance bonus for how they fight can get that. Guys who do shoeys or have a WWE gimmick can get a different bonus. Some guys might get both.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

This has Pitbull performing in Alaska or Zaza Pauchlia being voted into the all-star game written all over it.

 

[SuperFightFreaks]

They tried that once with the gsp vs kos ppv. Didn't go well.

Really? I dont remember that at all, elaborate.