Why MMA will be in serious trouble in 5 yrs or less

[Weaponxufc]

ANNND HEERREE WEEE GOO!! -MIKE GOLDBERG

 

[zephid]

1. Money

Who wants to come to a sport where if you don't make it to the top, you'll be a 35k/35k guy. Guys who don't even get into a basketball for the whole season get paid more. Not many 10 yr olds are out there saying they wanna slam like Khabib. Only time you'll here a young person say they wanna do MMA for a living is when they come home and say, "I didn't make the team".

2. Age/Fading stars

About 80% percent of the big names on the roster are 30 and up. MW is mostly a pool of almost 40 yr olds. Only big names under 30 are:

Aldo- Gonna be 30 this yr
Tate- ^^^
Barao- ^^^
Holloway- 24
McGregor- 27
MacDonald- 26
Khabib- 27
Jon Jones- 27
Ronda- 28 (maybe headed to Hollywood)
JJ- 28

Can you really build on this?

Fighters usually don't retire until they are in their mid-to-late thirties, so there is still plenty of time for new stars to emerge before the old ones retire.

 

[Gamer2k4]

The sport is still relatively young. The NFL is the biggest sports league in the world go look how little pro football players made when the sport was 23 years old.

Heck, back in the day people worked their jobs, then went out to play football with their team. That was all there was to it.

 

[moreorless87]

1. Money

Who wants to come to a sport where if you don't make it to the top, you'll be a 35k/35k guy. Guys who don't even get into a basketball for the whole season get paid more. Not many 10 yr olds are out there saying they wanna slam like Khabib. Only time you'll here a young person say they wanna do MMA for a living is when they come home and say, "I didn't make the team".

2. Age/Fading stars

About 80% percent of the big names on the roster are 30 and up. MW is mostly a pool of almost 40 yr olds. Only big names under 30 are:

Aldo- Gonna be 30 this yr
Tate- ^^^
Barao- ^^^
Holloway- 24
McGregor- 27
MacDonald- 26
Khabib- 27
Jon Jones- 27
Ronda- 28 (maybe headed to Hollywood)
JJ- 28

Can you really build on this?

Even a lot of those younger names are quite old in fight years.

I'v said it before, the UFC post TUF have never run MMA as a long term concern they've always run it as a cash cow, nowhere near enough investment in the future and a dependence on buying out and talent stripping other orgs.

 

[Dogo1]

1. Money

Who wants to come to a sport where if you don't make it to the top, you'll be a 35k/35k guy. Guys who don't even get into a basketball for the whole season get paid more. Not many 10 yr olds are out there saying they wanna slam like Khabib. Only time you'll here a young person say they wanna do MMA for a living is when they come home and say, "I didn't make the team".

2. Age/Fading stars

About 80% percent of the big names on the roster are 30 and up. MW is mostly a pool of almost 40 yr olds. Only big names under 30 are:

Aldo- Gonna be 30 this yr
Tate- ^^^
Barao- ^^^
Holloway- 24
McGregor- 27
MacDonald- 26
Khabib- 27
Jon Jones- 27
Ronda- 28 (maybe headed to Hollywood)
JJ- 28

Can you really build on this?

The same type of guys that got into the sport 5 years ago just like the guys getting into mma today will be the same in 5 years. MMA isn't going anywhere in 5 years.

 

[Evangelion]

Even a lot of those younger names are quite old in fight years.

I'v said it before, the UFC post TUF have never run MMA as a long term concern they've always run it as a cash cow, nowhere near enough investment in the future and a dependence on buying out and talent stripping other orgs.

Yet the Ufc gets bigger and more profitable every year.

Lol at being completely wrong but coming I'm this thread to confirm your opinion with another bozo.

 

[Croo67]

Every MMA gym I go to seems to be mobbed with youngsters.

It's only on the up, I reckon.

 

[MCS]

That goes mostly for HW/LHW, which don't have highly promising prospects coming up. LHW is fine now, but in 5 years without legit new talent it's shit. HW's shit now, but the good thing's the old HW's tend to be fun to watch.

 

[Me]

If anything kills MMA, it will be the insane way in which they train.

"In today's news, Jon Jones pulled out of his fight with Sage Northcutt because he was literally killed by a training partner."

 

[nanika]

We've said this after every generation of top guys fade. Without Ronda wmma would be dead, and she has the personality of a retarded fish, so I guess there's always someone out there the ufc can market.

i hear she also smells like a dead fish.

 

[Cake4Breakfast]

Age won't be a problem. There will be new starts. Called "changing the guard".

Slow change, not a lot of stars that were not around 8-10 years ago.