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KhosVaziri said:
only the hungriest people who actually want to fight will show up

also being a good wrestler doesnt mean you will be a good mma fighter, its not for everyone.

nobody had to try to bribe the great D1 talent that naturally gravitated towards mma

fighters fight, this kid is better off in wwe, if he wanted to fight, he'd fight regardless

this isn't a career or opportunity, real mma fighters live it. this is their whole life.
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Brother professional athletes are that. Professional. As in getting paid. Floyd Mayweather was a great fighter who made more money than anybody in history. Canelo is doing the same. Everybody wants to make fucking money. It’s not complicated.

MMA
Boxing
Golf
Tennis
Football
Basketball

Whatever. Pay me
 
Dbreiden83080 said:
Brother professional athletes are that. Professional. As in getting paid. Floyd Mayweather was a great fighter who made more money than anybody in history. Canelo is doing the same. Everybody wants to make fucking money. It’s not complicated.

MMA
Boxing
Golf
Tennis
Football
Basketball

Whatever. Pay me
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yeah, in all those sports you play for free for a long period of time before being paid

in mma if you're coming from high level wrestling and are a talented fighter, it would be a short amateur career of a few fights or straight to the pros and fight regionally for 2-5 fights before the big leagues call

like I said, those that are interested in fighting, fight

other wrestlers have done it.

the ufc or bellator is much more money than a former d1 wrestler will make coaching wrestling, that's for sure and that's all that skill set provides. of course the entertainment industry of pro wrestling is a different story
 
KhosVaziri said:
yeah, in all those sports you play for free for a long period of time before being paid

in mma if you're coming from high level wrestling and are a talented fighter, it would be a short amateur career of a few fights or straight to the pros and fight regionally for 2-5 fights before the big leagues call

like I said, those that are interested in fighting, fight

other wrestlers have done it.

the ufc or bellator is much more money than a former d1 wrestler will make coaching wrestling, that's for sure and that's all that skill set provides. of course the entertainment industry of pro wrestling is a different story
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Boxing has tons of stories of fighters that came up with nothing, but once put in a position of prominence were all about big paydays. Everybody wants to make a lot of money. At the end the day the UFC simply doesn’t offer that. How many guys have actually gotten rich in the last 20 years fighting in the UFC? I mean seriously majorly rich? Let’s name them?

GSP
Conor
Khabib
Jones
Anderson
Chuck

That’s about it.

No incentive..

With no incentive you will not attract major athletes to the sport. Even if they really enjoy the competition. Even if martial arts is a passion. They want to get fucking paid.
 
Dbreiden83080 said:
Boxing has tons of stories of fighters that came up with nothing, but once put in a position of prominence were all about big paydays. Everybody wants to make a lot of money. At the end the day the UFC simply doesn’t offer that. How many guys have actually gotten rich in the last 20 years fighting in the UFC? I mean seriously majorly rich? Let’s name them?

GSP
Conor
Khabib
Jones
Anderson
Chuck

That’s about it.

No incentive..

With no incentive you will not attract major athletes to the sport. Even if they really enjoy the competition. Even if martial arts is a passion. They want to get fucking paid.
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how many guys do you think get majorly rich from boxing?

keep in mind the amount of professional boxers is much larger than mma

its the same shit, the pay days for top boxers are higher but very few ever even make millions
 
KhosVaziri said:
how many guys do you think get majorly rich from boxing?

keep in mind the amount of professional boxers is much larger than mma

its the same shit, the pay days for top boxers are higher but very few ever even make millions
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Agreed to an extent however the highest end of Boxing paydays, is easily 10 times that of MMA.. This is why so many top end UFC fighters call out boxers and want to fight on their turf..

Conor got his ass kicked for $100 million. Every single fighter in the UFC would sign up for that right now.

Dustin is a born fighter. I love him. But he’s also been very open and honest about his frustration over money. He would easily be boxing right now for larger paydays if he could.
 
Good, the kid needs to train MMA for at least 5 years before I would be willing to watch him.
You wouldn't watch a guy do a triathlon if he never swam or ran a day in his life and can only ride a bike and this guy certainly would not compete at the highest level.
 
Dbreiden83080 said:
Agreed to an extent however the highest end of Boxing paydays, is easily 10 times that of MMA.. This is why so many top end UFC fighters call out boxers and want to fight on their turf..

Conor got his ass kicked for $100 million. Every single fighter in the UFC would sign up for that right now.

Dustin is a born fighter. I love him. But he’s also been very open and honest about his frustration over money. He would easily be boxing right now for larger paydays if he could.
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yeah I agree there should be bigger paydays for the ufc guys, im not clear if the ufc brings in as much money as boxing events do, I know either way the ufc isnt paying these guys what they could be paying them

you mentioned an interesting point though. if they could, yeah I'm sure they'd prefer to be top boxers. they're not. they're not top kickboxers either and many say the pay there is not as good as the ufc except for a few of the top guys getting big fights. most guys in the ufc couldnt hang at the top level of kickboxing anyways.

again, if you're a talented D1 or olympic wrestler, you have no other options to use your skill to make big money besides mma.

I agree bigger pay days would attract more talent but theres many talented wrestlers showing up to fight regardless
 
Makes sense if we look beyond money top wrestling talents are treated the worst by the UFC unless they are named Brock Lesnar.
 
yall making wwe out to be some kind of dreamland but the truth is they squander talent just as much as anybody and they ain't afraid to make you look like a complete fucking clown on tv if you so much as look at one of the big suites the wrong way
 
D 1 Wrestler said:
AJ Ferrari is one hell of a personality, really good at selling himself and generating hype. Also crazy elite athleticism. I have a feeling with the new rules for athletes to make money off their names were going to continue to see less wrestlers going to MMA, especially those with big personalities. Eventually it will be like Russia where anyone worth their salt in wrestling continues to stay and make money off social media or WWE rather than join UFC

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That kid is a damn animal -- this makes me very sad, but I hope the kid gets some coin. He is still very young and has made some big statements -- he wants to go up in weight to take out Gable Steveson. I don't think this happens, but I'd love to see him prove me wrong. Hell, they're both going to pro wrestling, so maybe it can carry over there also.
 
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