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Looks on it's last legs to me.
They surely have a swimming pool full of gold coins hidden in a secure place somewhere.
Looks on it's last legs to me.
I'm not sure if your numbers are legit, or is it more of Meltzer's 'predictions' using Google search numbers, in order to sell news subscriptions... since UFC is a Private Company.
But, please include $4 BILLION paid out by WME-IMG in 2016 for UFC ownership
And last year during Covid lockdowns (2020), WME had to beg people for loans to keep the electricity running... after severe downsizing
They surely have a swimming pool full of gold coins hidden in a secure place somewhere.
Then why are you on Sherdog?There’s no way I could ever be all that excited to watch any kind of sporting event of any way shape or form ever.
Sports will never be anything more than background effect… like the muted TV at Chili’s or TGI fridays. It just makes the room more welcoming if it’s on but yur eyes will never actually stay fixated on it for more than a min before yur eyes start to drift into your phone.
YesDo you seriously believe this?
You are looking forward to the weekends to watch every UFC card?
You're also watching all the prelim fights, along with the main card?
This is why the Mafia Bros sold Zuffa.
They knew they had gotten away with their mob business in the UFC for enough time, and shit was about to catch up to them.
Theres a big antitrust lawsuit coming for them.
Their ratings peaked.
They overhyped Ronda and Conor and all to the stars and made it seem like this was the next big sport of the world.
Meanwhile in reality UFC couldn't even get a fair deal from FOX for contract extension. FOX opted to go with WWE instead.
ESPN isn't happy with UFC either, after they put on shitty cards to meet the quota last year, which says ESPN will pay a fixed sum regardless of number of viewers or ppv buys if UFC put on an X number of events in the fiscal year.
Ratings have gone way downhill, along with ppv buys.
Reebok couldn't wait to part ways with the UFC. No other big time players wants to come near them. They had to settle with Venom, LOL
Hell, even their top fighters are refusing to fight. Jones vacated. Conor sat out for most his prime. Khabib retired young. Cejudo retired young, Ronda retired young... Anderson Silva got released (fired) despite only 1 fight left on contract, after all the things he had done for them.
Liddell and Hughes were fired after Dana promised them lifetime jobs for what they did for the UFC. Hughes opted to park on the train tracks as a result...allegedly.
Meanwhile, Liddell is willing to fight anyone anywhere to get some of that coco money.
Yup UFC is Dying 2021
People are more excited to see Youtube Stars box, than to watch UFC fights. That too, former UFC fighters are being offered more money to Box for those guys, more than they ever made in the UFC.
So glad to see you keeping the torch burning for "UFC is Dying" threads.ESPN isn't happy with UFC either
Do you seriously believe this?
You are looking forward to the weekends to watch every UFC card?
You're also watching all the prelim fights, along with the main card?
A lot of people in this thread are confusing their own feelings for reality.
If you have lost interest, that says more about you than it does about the UFC.
Thanks for sharing that.These are reported numbers that were disclosed because the UFC is currently in a lawsuit revolving around pay versus revenue and WME is a traded stock so they divulge information. The UFC itself is the most profitable aspect of WME's portfolio since the start of the pandemic and by a long shot. It basically was all of WME's revenue.
Exactly.This anti-trust suit isn't a small joke like other cases in the past. And I've never seen fighter pay lead to headliners sitting out at this rate. Champions rather go to boxing or celeb boxing than defend their UFC belt.
The about 15 years I've been watching the UFC it's never had so many things going against them. The Casino movie methods don't apply well to 2021. Unless you're a politician.
This is why the Mafia Bros sold Zuffa.
They knew they had gotten away with their mob business in the UFC for enough time, and shit was about to catch up to them.
Theres a big antitrust lawsuit coming for them.
Their ratings peaked.
They overhyped Ronda and Conor and all to the stars and made it seem like this was the next big sport of the world.
Meanwhile in reality UFC couldn't even get a fair deal from FOX for contract extension. FOX opted to go with WWE instead.
ESPN isn't happy with UFC either, after they put on shitty cards to meet the quota last year, which says ESPN will pay a fixed sum regardless of number of viewers or ppv buys if UFC put on an X number of events in the fiscal year.
Ratings have gone way downhill, along with ppv buys.
Reebok couldn't wait to part ways with the UFC. No other big time players wants to come near them. They had to settle with Venom, LOL
Hell, even their top fighters are refusing to fight. Jones vacated. Conor sat out for most his prime. Khabib retired young. Cejudo retired young, Ronda retired young... Anderson Silva got released (fired) despite only 1 fight left on contract, after all the things he had done for them.
Liddell and Hughes were fired after Dana promised them lifetime jobs for what they did for the UFC. Hughes opted to park on the train tracks as a result...allegedly.
Meanwhile, Liddell is willing to fight anyone anywhere to get some of that coco money.
Yup UFC is Dying 2021
People are more excited to see Youtube Stars box, than to watch UFC fights. That too, former UFC fighters are being offered more money to Box for those guys, more than they ever made in the UFC.
Three Fiddy.Fuck English grammar.
it’s my second language anyway,
how many languages can you speak?????
A lot of people in this thread are confusing their own feelings for reality.
If you have lost interest, that says more about you than it does about the UFC.