(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.
Meh, that just made him look like a fanboy freaking out. It was about him personally. The other photo was a UFC promo.
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? It's actually Dodson, and you didn't even get that right. That's Mighty Mouse, Demetrious Johnson. I can see why you already have dubs with ~300 posts.
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
