Will UFC ever allow Sponsored Gear again?

[MrPsychoticKane]

Ever since the Reebok/Venum Era, UFC is starting to look a bit depressing with their schoolboy uniforms. They can't keep going through with this, it's just getting boring plus they make a living out of sponsors, it's just ridiculous. Does anyone else agree?

 

[hogwash]

Bryce has Realtree patterned shorts for the upcoming event

 

[MrPsychoticKane]

Bryce has Realtree patterned shorts for the upcoming event

yea I heard, so I hope this takes a step into another era at least. to allow UFC fighters their own custom shorts.

 

[Question]

Sadly I don't think the UFC will ever allow sponsors on fight gear again.
Maybe custom shorts like Bryce Mitchell from time to time though.

 

[MrPsychoticKane]

Sadly I don't think the UFC will ever allow sponsors on fight gear again.
Maybe custom shorts like Bryce Mitchell from time to time though.

 

[Tito Tapped]

The answer is obviously that yes the UFC will continue, at it's discretion, to allow brand logo placement on a fighters gear. The NBA rolled this out over the last few years and makes millions, the UFC would be silly not to do the same thing.

But that's not what you're asking.

You're asking if they'll let the fighters sell their own advertising on the uniform that they wear in competition. No and there's 1000 reasons why they shouldn't but nobody wants to hear it.

 

[Black Paladin]

You're asking if they'll let the fighters sell their own advertising on the uniform that they wear in competition. No and there's 1000 reasons why they shouldn't but nobody wants to hear it.

Try me.

 

[Tito Tapped]

Try me.

1. Fighters would pick hideous neon colors and instead of strong brands it'll be goofy youtubers, twitch streamers, and social media handles all over the shorts.

 

[HHJ]

Fuck no.

They gonna ride this shit til they run out of apparell companies,and then start w Reebok again

 

[DaRivv20]

I hope so.

Admittedly unlike most people I actually like the streamlined clean look of the official fight kits. However having fighters be able to have sponsors is just too important and fighters making more money is always a good thing.

 

[HeDidn'tWantTheFight]

Not under the current status quo. This is the type of thing a fighters' union could demand.

Frankly, I don't particularly care for the shots covered in logos. They look bush league. In fact, I think it'd be kind of cool if Venum had specifically colored shorts for each country (I know some fighters stay true to this like the Poles and Brazilians), but if it was regimented with a flag patched onto the waistband, I'd dig it (keep the champions in black shorts though). HOWEVER, regarding the sponsos,if the UFC is going to muddy up the canvas by having logos splattered all over it, then yes, let the fighters market themselves too.

 

[Race Freelie]

Crypto.com committed to buy Dana snow for ten years. Fighters can find their own snow machine like he did

 

[Dave Poodle]

Try me.

An ESPN exec said it was a big deal to them. They wouldn't have broadcast UFC with all the random sponsors showing up, they much prefer a clean image.

 

[giantveggie]

Maybe the compromise will be they start a program where the UFC gets a cut and some approval/veto control. I could see them making more money like that with a hundred guys going out to make their own deals rather than relying on reebok... or venum? It's one thing when a brand gives you recognition, and another when you are introducing a brand.

 

[G10]

Sadly I don't think the UFC will ever allow sponsors on fight gear again.
Maybe custom shorts like Bryce Mitchell from time to time though.

This. Bryce is showing signs of being a potential star, plus he has the attitude of a company-man. I have a feeling that the brass will cut a break to guys like him from time to time. They're never going to allow every fighter have their own sponsors ever again, though.

 

[Ozze]

They could allow a little something for the fighters like a personal sponsor on their walkout shirt.

It would be a standard size, always in the same place (like the shoulder) and in black & white, for example.
It wouldn't look as bush league and fighters could add a little extra to their salaries.

And, of course, the UFC would cut a little bit for them as well. LOL.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Remember when they switched to Venum and people pretended they looked way better than the Reebok kits, despite looking identical in every single way?

 

[StonedLemur]

Sadly I don't think the UFC will ever allow sponsors on fight gear again.
Maybe custom shorts like Bryce Mitchell from time to time though.

The UFC have found every way possible to fuck the fighters out of money, it truly infuriates me to no end sir.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

The UFC permits sponsors on shorts now. The list is merely limited to the small ensemble of approved sponsors. I believe a better question would be whether they will ever again allow unsupervised sponsor advertisements on fight gear, to which the answer is no.

 

[Fight Professor]

Disney/ESPN would allow them if they pay for the ads upfront for a few million dollars a year. They make over $10 billion/year in ad revenue that way.