Rousey redeems herself
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So, then, the money that the other fighters make should be commensurate with what they bring in....right Dana?
Exactly. The Fertittas and White are getting filthy rich and paying the fighters peanuts. They really are geniuses in the way they've shut out any outside promoters and locked down fighters into contracts that give the UFC full control of everything.
Because if they didn't have full control UFC would turn into boxing, where rival promoters and organizations have made it a fraction of what the sport used to be.
I disagree. Boxing has suffered because:
1. It's an inferior product to MMA.
2. Good fighters refuse to fight each other.
Now, item two you could partially blame on promoters but if the UFC maintained match making control, they'd get around that.
One of the problems I have is that fighters are signing away their likenesses FOREVER. Even if they retire or wash out of the UFC, they are still owned and can't make money with their likeness.
On top of that, the UFC inks a deal with Reebok for their fight gear shitting off revenue streams for fighter sponsors on their clothing/trunks during fights.
The UFC has gone from small PPVs with a title sponsor of tiny companies like Condom Depot to record setting PPVs with sponsors like Bud Light, Reebok and Harley Davidson. And despite that, fighters are not making significantly more money. They're getting screwed.
1. It's an inferior product to MMA.
2. Good fighters refuse to fight each other.
Now, item two you could partially blame on promoters but if the UFC maintained match making control, they'd get around that.
One of the problems I have is that fighters are signing away their likenesses FOREVER. Even if they retire or wash out of the UFC, they are still owned and can't make money with their likeness.
On top of that, the UFC inks a deal with Reebok for their fight gear shitting off revenue streams for fighter sponsors on their clothing/trunks during fights.
The UFC has gone from small PPVs with a title sponsor of tiny companies like Condom Depot to record setting PPVs with sponsors like Bud Light, Reebok and Harley Davidson. And despite that, fighters are not making significantly more money. They're getting screwed.
I categorize myself as an extremely casual boxing fan. I haven't watched any boxing since Tyson was done. If they want to bring viewers such as me back they need another Tyson. Not NECESSARILY a heavy weight but a destroyer of worlds like Rousey.
