RUMOR: UFC has been sold; announcement soon

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Treadstone06

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LawFitz said:
All of you cheering, be careful what you wish for. The demise of the UFC may put this sport back into the dark IMO. Hopefully not, but if the Ali Act disrupts the model enough, we may see the fighters scatter across 4-5 orgs. If you think cards are top-heavy and scattered with no names now, just wait until that happens.

We might be about to go from one extreme to the other. One where the fighters lost out, but Zuffa and the fans won (yes the fans won because we got to regularly see the best fight the best and only had to follow one org to see 80-90% of the top fights) to the other extreme, which is boxing. The most marketable fighters will get paid a lot more, but they will fight one another way less often and if you thought it was a chore before to watch all the top guys by watching every UFC event, good luck going forward when you'll have to watch every UFC, Bellator, ONE, WSOF, Titan, RFA and who knows what else to see the same 80-90% of top-ranked fights. Extremely watered down cards coming to an MMA theatre near you.

The current UFC/WWE model had major flaws, but scrapping it for the boxing model is going to suck hard. I'm hoping that's not what we are facing, but when I put the puzzle pieces together (Ali Act momentum + Zuffa parachute), it's the most likely outcome IMO.
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This is basically what I'm afraid is going to happen. I don't have the time or resources to catch everything that the UFC does let alone follow them all in this worst case scenario. While it probably would be better for the fighters, I can't imagine it would be better for us the consumer.
 
Jehannum

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aghof said:
I was hoping google image search might give a clue as to the identity of this mysterious man. Alas, no luck:

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ok who the f*#@ photochopped me in this ....3rd from right bottom row
 
Left Hook Larry

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aghof said:
I was hoping google image search might give a clue as to the identity of this mysterious man. Alas, no luck:

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i was checking that out back when the forum started. we will find out one day.
 
Left Hook Larry

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Jehannum said:
I've check about ten reverse image search sites and nothing.

do we have any clues to narrow it down?
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i couldnt find anything. im thinking we kidnap him and waterboard him till he tells us or get him drunk
 
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Left Hook Larry said:
i couldnt find anything. im thinking we kidnap him and waterboard him till he tells us or get him drunk
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well at that point couldn't we just photograph him and use that? :D

although I guess that info would be a nice bonus
 
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well at that point couldn't we just photograph him and use that? :D

although I guess that info would be a nice bonus
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his picture has already been posted hes a young 30's age guy with spiked hair. he was at the ufc q&a with a tmmac shirt on
 
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benjo0101 said:
New owner brings back Pride in Japan only, no testing. Folds the UFC due to poor performances by non juiced athletes. MMA fans lose their shit left right and center. World peace occurs. Man lands on moon. Diet Coke is removed from market. Future, solved....
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... and also reinstates entrances via THE RAMP!
 
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dacofty said:
Well it cant be much worse. If it collapses then the figthers go to Bellator. One or WSOF. It isnt about the Promotion I dont come to watch the UFC i come to watch the face punches, elbows that slice and the beat downs. That can be done in any of those othr organizations.
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Where they earn less money, where they don't have medical treatments and whatnot. And lets face it, even with the same fighters, a Bellator PPV would do less buys than an UFC PPV.

Though the buyers surely aren't dumb and know how to not destroy a very expensive brand right away, the changes will come rather slow and small if they can help it. And who knows how it will be.

But, personally, as a dude from a hard market for them, I very much appreciate the UFC being very stubborn and patient in their international expansion plans. I don't think a corporate buyer would have the drive to take those risks to try growing the sport worldwide, not just in China (if true).
So Hamburg will probably be the last UFC ever here then, let alone TV-deals or anything like that.
 
dacofty

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Qat said:
Where they earn less money, where they don't have medical treatments and whatnot. And lets face it, even with the same fighters, a Bellator PPV would do less buys than an UFC PPV.

Though the buyers surely aren't dumb and know how to not destroy a very expensive brand right away, the changes will come rather slow and small if they can help it. And who knows how it will be.

But, personally, as a dude from a hard market for them, I very much appreciate the UFC being very stubborn and patient in their international expansion plans. I don't think a corporate buyer would have the drive to take those risks to try growing the sport worldwide, not just in China (if true).
So Hamburg will probably be the last UFC ever here then, let alone TV-deals or anything like that.
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LOL hello we are talking if the UFC tanked... shills gonna shill
 
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dacofty said:
LOL hello we are talking if the UFC tanked... shills gonna shill
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Exactly.
I'm not surprised you are throwing around derogatory terms and names, you seem like a mindless hater with very low intelligence. I just talk reality here, or can you show me a Strikefore, Bellator, or whatever card that ever happened in Germany, and if so, with fairly big names even?

No?

Didn't think so.

So of course its gonna be a loss for me, even for local fighters, if the UFC goes down, you get it? Bellator might never get there or it might take long years.

But I suppose I have to expect for you not to understand simple reasoning and instead lash out like an idiot.
 
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Qat said:
Exactly.
I'm not surprised you are throwing around derogatory terms and names, you seem like a mindless hater with very low intelligence. I just talk reality here, or can you show me a Strikefore, Bellator, or whatever card that ever happened in Germany, and if so, with fairly big names even?

No?

Didn't think so.

So of course its gonna be a loss for me, even for local fighters, if the UFC goes down, you get it? Bellator might never get there or it might take long years.

But I suppose I have to expect for you not to understand simple reasoning and instead lash out like an idiot.
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To add to what Qat posted above, Bellator doesn't automatically get the UFC's money if the UFC caves. We would have the same landscape, but Bellator would be the number one organization and all of the fighters that the UFC has would have to re-negotiate their contracts with an organization that already has fighters and has a LOOOOOOOT less money than the UFC. Also, there are a lot of casual fans that care more about the letters UFC than the letters MMA. Sure, those aren't "real" fans (I cringed when I typed that), but they are a substantial piece of the promotional puzzle. There is zero guarantee that if the UFC disappears an organization will just take its place as the new king and have all of the promotional power that it possesses. Say what you want about the UFC brass, and there is a lot to say, but the UFC tanking could very well be devastating for the sport of MMA as a whole.
 
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Qat said:
Exactly.
I'm not surprised you are throwing around derogatory terms and names, you seem like a mindless hater with very low intelligence. I just talk reality here, or can you show me a Strikefore, Bellator, or whatever card that ever happened in Germany, and if so, with fairly big names even?

No?

Didn't think so.

So of course its gonna be a loss for me, even for local fighters, if the UFC goes down, you get it? Bellator might never get there or it might take long years.

But I suppose I have to expect for you not to understand simple reasoning and instead lash out like an idiot.
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Zeph said:
Dana sticking around would be to help facilitate a successful transition, and show his replacement the ropes, so to speak. It's pretty standard in business.
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Yea I get that I'm speaking anything outside of the transition period. I hope they realize they do have some really smart guys working for them and have a guy like Garry Cook take a much larger role within the company.
 
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