UFC's Scroll of Good Deeds and Bad Deeds

(This is intended to be a long-term collaborative project to gauge the perception of the UFC from the hardcore fanbase; feel free to add your own entries below)



GOOD DEEDS​

2005: High-Risk Investment

• Reward: dumping tens of millions of dollars on "The Ultimate Fighter" and bringing top stars like Ken Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, and Royce Gracie back to revitalize MMA ended up being a huge success and led to the boom period in the mid-late '00s, resulting in dozens of fighters becoming big stars and making good money, IE: Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, etc.
• Consequence: increased market capitalization of the mixed martial arts industry gave Zuffa enough money/power to achieve a virtual monopoly (see below).

2011: Health Insurance

• Reward: healthier fighters + less financial stress.
• Consequence: endless chain of bout cancellations due to injury: creating frustration with fanbase and possibly causing irreparable damage with fan loyalty.

2015: PED / Weight-Cutting Crackdown

• Reward: good publicity from the UFC's proactive approach to reduce PED usage + weight-cutting.
• Reward: possibly healthier fighters + less brain injuries.
• Reward: possibly normalized performances between fighters in the same weight class.
• Consequence: possibly massive PED failures + bout cancellations.
• Consequence: possibly large wave of bad publicity for the UFC when fighters get popped.

BAD DEEDS​

2007: Virtual Monopoly

• Reward: all top fighters housed under one promotion + easier to book fights between top fighters.
• Consequence: purchase of PRIDE FC, WFA, WEC, Strikeforce, etc. limited the free market for mixed martial artists; gave Zuffa absolute power for things like restrictive contracts and forced sponsorships (see below).
• Consequence: UFC currently being sued by numerous ex-fighters due to antitrust allegations.
• Consequence: UFC currently being investigated by the FTC due to virtual monopoly and business practices.

2008: Restrictive Contracts

• Consequence: (exposed by AKA dispute) fired Jon Fitch, Josh Koscheck, Vain Velasquez, and all AKA fighters due to their refusal to sign over their names/likeness for the UFC to profit off of in perpetuity.

2015: Forced Sponsorship Exclusivity (The Reebok Deal)

• Reward: cleaner presentation + professionalism.
• Consequence: forced exclusivity: fighters unable to wear other sponsors during fight week.
• Consequence: poor compensation: fighters receving a pittance in exchange for exclusivity.
• Consequence: massive backlash: poor fighter treatment and high price of fight kit merchandise has antagonized the promotion in the eyes of their fanbase.
• Consequence: bad publicity: Stitch Duran firing due to mild comments about the Reebok deal caused a wave of bad publicity for the UFC; Reebok forced to make statement.

​

 

Under bad deeds should be that one photo of Dana in a leather jacket with several champs and other fighters. That shit set MMA back several years.
Edit: Hahahaha, thank you TS.

 

in fo show!

 

Or Dana dancing like a fool behind Snoop Dogg

 

Meh, that just made him look like a fanboy freaking out. It was about him personally. The other photo was a UFC promo.

 

I'll give ya that. But quite dorky, IMO. But yes, the UFC promo didn't need him in it.

 

LOL; you're welcome!

 

Good Deeds...

- Lobbying for MMA legalization in various states and countries.
- Fighter Conduct Policies, even though they're used inconsistently.

Bad Deeds...

- DFW drinking his own pee.

You Decide if Good or Bad...

- Cutting highly ranked boring fighters as a matter of practice.

 

Dodsen has to face away so people can read who he is:icon_lol:​

 

He's the lowest selling champion, by far, it's a fact that he's the least known champion with the exception of maybe Joanna

The amount of posts a user has is irrelevant to there MMA knowledge, but way to get booty blasted trying to defend Demetrios Dodson

 

I really enjoy a MM fight, guess I'm in the minority.