RUMOR: UFC has been sold; announcement soon

[Atto]

I hope Reeboks goes away with Fertitas too

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

I hope Reeboks goes away with Fertitas too

Unfortunately, buying a company requires you to also buy that company's contracts. I can basically only see the UFC not renewing the Reebok deal when it runs its course, but I am not a business expert so I am not sure of all of the legal aspects.

 

[LawFitz]

Seems like a stretch assuming that the buyers are smart if they are paying full boat for a company that is facing a huge potential game changer in the Ali Act legislation. We'll see what the final terms are, but if it really is $4B then the buyer is far from "smart."

Fucking Fertittas milked this cow dry then sold it diseased.

 

[Ryann Von Doom]

Its funny thinking back to when SEG sold it back in the day. I've posted numerous times about how refreshing Zuffa was at first. They had a plan and met and surpassed most expectations from a business standpoint. We weren't thinking in those terms, or atleast I wasn't. I could go on a gigantic FRAT about how this whole thing has gone from small, unknown, not even in TV, to where it is today...They are the new SEG. The UFC has grown stale in all ways except maybe the actual matches. It seems like the same thing over and over. Its time to shake things up. Get some people that are excited to deliver the best product available. Make this stuff exciting again.

We can never get the glory days back but man..for those that missed it, I would be freakin AMP'd for the next shows. I mean glued to the screen for every fight, having the chills, and jumping out of my seat all the time..and I didn't miss one broadcast. Maybe it was because I was so young, starved of fights, but the UFC was grand back then. Now..Its still good but it's like whatever.

I can't imagine people putting up BILLIONS of dollars would have the UFC or even MMA fail. That's a huge investment, and you better believe they will want to make it back and them some. Its just good buisness practice. So bring it in Chinese or whoever. Buy this fucker already!

No one is fucking Zuffa over like they did to SEG.

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

Seems like a stretch assuming that the buyers are smart if they are paying full boat for a company that is facing a huge potential game changer in the Ali Act legislation. We'll see what the final terms are, but if it really is $4B then the buyer is far from "smart."

Fucking Fertittas milked this cow dry then sold it diseased.

I'm sure whoever is offering 4 billion for the UFC did extensive financial research and has taking everything into account. You don't just throw 4 billion at something without being sure of your investment. You don't make 4 billion dollars without knowing what you're doing.

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

Dave Meltzer is reporting that the bidding window supposedly ends tomorrow, and the number is in fact around 4 billion dollars.

This shit is real. I'm getting anxious.

 

[Ryann Von Doom]

Dave Meltzer is reporting that the bidding window supposedly ends tomorrow, and the number is in fact around 4 billion dollars.

This shit is real. I'm getting anxious.

agreed.

 

[SongExotic2]

Dave Meltzer is reporting that the bidding window supposedly ends tomorrow, and the number is in fact around 4 billion dollars.

This shit is real. I'm getting anxious.

Im still on the fence. This rumor has ran a few times (admittedly never quite like this)



In fact they have shot it down in the past tho. Not what im seeing this time.


Hopefully elon musk buys them and makes all fighter make weight via solar power or some shit

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

Im still on the fence. This rumor has ran a few times (admittedly never quite like this)



In fact they have shot it down in the past tho. Not what im seeing this time.


Hopefully elon musk buys them and makes all fighter make weight via solar power or some shit

I feel like it has legs, especially with Helwani chiming in and more specifics coming out.

 

[Qat]

No one cares about Germany

I do.

And this is a forum where we exchange our thoughts about stuff, is it not? Bringing outside point of views into it is valuable. At least to everyone who really wants a conversation and isn't just an asshole who likes to hear himself talk above all else.

And you know, we are a much bigger marketplace than Canada, you are just in there as big as you are because you are neighbours to the US, and the sports-markets kinda overlap.

You are the easy friend of the top girl you wanna score, know I'm saying? Don't get any illusions.

 

[Disciplined Galt]

Q @Qat poetic description of Canada.

 

[Yossarian]

I do.

And this is a forum where we exchange our thoughts about stuff, is it not? Bringing outside point of views into it is valuable. At least to everyone who really wants a conversation and isn't just an asshole who likes to hear himself talk above all else.

And you know, we are a much bigger marketplace than Canada, you are just in there as big as you are because you are neighbours to the US, and the sports-markets kinda overlap.

You are the easy friend of the top girl you wanna score, know I'm saying? Don't get any illusions.

Canada and Germany after these words...

 

[MadFatChickKilla]

Hopefully people who deserve a title shot get it and not messed about because they need "one more fight" (with 9 straight wins already) or the egg doesn't like them.

Hopefully this sale leads to the sport elevating to the mainstream and all fighters can earn "cocky irish fighter money"

 

[Virtually Identical]

View: https://twitter.com/GrabakaHitman/status/743514546015444996

 

[Virtually Identical]

View: https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/743517643638980608

 

[Treadstone06]

View: https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/743517643638980608

Patriots owner getting in on this wow. Wouldn't have guessed that.

 

[jason73]

I do.

And this is a forum where we exchange our thoughts about stuff, is it not? Bringing outside point of views into it is valuable. At least to everyone who really wants a conversation and isn't just an asshole who likes to hear himself talk above all else.

And you know, we are a much bigger marketplace than Canada, you are just in there as big as you are because you are neighbours to the US, and the sports-markets kinda overlap.

You are the easy friend of the top girl you wanna score, know I'm saying? Don't get any illusions.

you guys didnt even have mma on tv in germany till 2015 because it was a violation of general morality and an undesirable influence on youth.

 

[FadeToBlack]

Man UFC ain't sold y'all niggaz cray

 

[1031]

I do.

And this is a forum where we exchange our thoughts about stuff, is it not? Bringing outside point of views into it is valuable. At least to everyone who really wants a conversation and isn't just an asshole who likes to hear himself talk above all else.

And you know, we are a much bigger marketplace than Canada, you are just in there as big as you are because you are neighbours to the US, and the sports-markets kinda overlap.

You are the easy friend of the top girl you wanna score, know I'm saying? Don't get any illusions.

In the context he was talking about, his point stands. Germany, for better or worse, doesn't offer American as profitable a market for their sports product. And not because of population numbers (obviously) but because of advertising. What are advertisers going to sell or promote in Germany that would require them to associate themselves with mma?

And pipe down about Canada. Look Gerry I'm in Poland and know what it's like to compete to eat over here. I can just as easily drive up to your flat in my Fiat 126, jersey ya, give yer block-shaped noggin a once over and then make sweaty love to...well okay, that's a bit ambitious and I probably wouldn't feel any strong emotional attachment to whoever.....and to be fair I wouldn't last long enough to work up a sweat but you see where I'm going with this so back off, eh!

 

[Disciplined Galt]

In the context he was talking about, his point stands. Germany, for better or worse, doesn't offer American as profitable a market for their sports product. And not because of population numbers (obviously) but because of advertising. What are advertisers going to sell or promote in Germany that would require them to associate themselves with mma?

And pipe down about Canada. Look Gerry I'm in Poland and know what it's like to compete to eat over here. I can just as easily drive up to your flat in my Fiat 126, jersey ya, give yer block-shaped noggin a once over and then make sweaty love to...well okay, that's a bit ambitious and I probably wouldn't feel any strong emotional attachment to whoever.....and to be fair I wouldn't last long enough to work up a sweat but you see where I'm going with this so back off, eh!

Canadians are all ghey?

 

[1031]

Canadians are all ghey?

If by "ghey" you mean enjoy giving and or receiving pleasure from a well-worn story around a campfire and pushing your neighbor out of a snow bank then going to have watered down, creamed up sugary coffee then yes sir.

 

[Qat]

you guys didnt even have mma on tv in germany till 2015 because it was a violation of general morality and an undesirable influence on youth.

That's not quite factual, but whatever.
As I said, we are a hard market for MMA. But it could be very different with some good work put in, after all, Boxing is doing pretty well here, on of the major markets definitely. Kickboxing can do as well in certain cases, meaning, certain fighters, there just isn't a big promotion keeping it up.
For MMA, it takes time and patience. The UFC had both of those and still came back after stupid politicians trying to fuck with it, I respect that, for a while they went 'fuck you' to the politicians and we had fightpass for free!
And I just don't think new owners would go the same hard route. Needs love for the sport.

In the context he was talking about, his point stands. Germany, for better or worse, doesn't offer American as profitable a market for their sports product. And not because of population numbers (obviously) but because of advertising. What are advertisers going to sell or promote in Germany that would require them to associate themselves with mma?

I don't really get that point, they would advertise with the same shit?! Reebok is here, we have beer, we have Harleys over here, we have Monster, we have supplements and whatever else.
For the UFC, all their sponsors could get something out of it, and for everything else, they don't really care anyway, right? Then its up to the TV station to get the right advertisers.
And there is no reason MMA couldn't do very well other than inexperience and bad education. Like it was in the US too in the beginnings.
Other American sports, yeah, their market is slim, but fighting has a huge potential here too, not just boxing.

Look, Kickboxing is rather small here, was rarely seen on any big TV station, but you can still produce stars if you do it right.
This girl became a big star and made shitloads of money with kickboxing, out of nowhere basically, had all her fights on a big station from some point on. And her advertisement-partners come from every fucking where. She is retired now but still around on TV and stuff.

Big deodorant.

Voltaren (pain-ointment, biggest out here)

Even for fucking Goodyear-tires! Why? No clue!

And much more I ain't even gonna post. That's some next level mainstream shit totally out of the niche.

Advertisement can't be the problem. I don't see it.

PS: She is a doctor, so watch out @Splinty

And pipe down about Canada. Look Gerry I'm in Poland and know what it's like to compete to eat over here. I can just as easily drive up to your flat in my Fiat 126, jersey ya, give yer block-shaped noggin a once over and then make sweaty love to...well okay, that's a bit ambitious and I probably wouldn't feel any strong emotional attachment to whoever.....and to be fair I wouldn't last long enough to work up a sweat but you see where I'm going with this so back off, eh!

 

[Mishima Zaibatsu]

Canadians are all ghey?

Yessir, that's why our population is so low eh?

None of us are fucking the right holes.

 

[1031]

I don't really get that point, they would advertise with the same shit?! Reebok is here, we have beer, we have Harleys over here, we have Monster, we have supplements and whatever else.
For the UFC, all their sponsors could get something out of it, and for everything else, they don't really care anyway, right? Then its up to the TV station to get the right advertisers.
And there is no reason MMA couldn't do very well other than inexperience and bad education. Like it was in the US too in the beginnings.
Other American sports, yeah, their market is slim, but fighting has a huge potential here too, not just boxing.

To advertise is to invest. There are better investments than mma in Germany.
I agree with you in how mma should be developed in Europe from a business perspective but the people in the UFC obviously don't want to put in the work to do that again (and with a different set of cultural standards). If they did then they would have established a UFC Europe or something with more of a permanent presence some time ago. It's idiotic that they haven't but I'm not working for anyone with the ability to invest in and develop something that big so obviously I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

 

[Qat]

To advertise is to invest. There are better investments than mma in Germany.
I agree with you in how mma should be developed in Europe from a business perspective but the people in the UFC obviously don't want to put in the work to do that again (and with a different set of cultural standards). If they did then they would have established a UFC Europe or something with more of a permanent presence some time ago. It's idiotic that they haven't but I'm not working for anyone with the ability to invest in and develop something that big so obviously I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

They do have this British dude doing it, don't they? Things are happening, but yeah its not going at a high pace.