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Make it openweight. No more weight classes, everyone can fight everyone. Weight classes are just to protect the weak from the strong. Remove it
I think most people including them want that. Politicians don't and influence athletic commissions. It will probably never happen unfortunately.Allow knees to the head of grounded opponent. Super heavyweight. Open weight tournaments. Yellow cards for no action. Better entrances. Basically bring back a little pride to UFC
lol wtf- Only top 15 ranked guys fight on TV and PPV cards. Every fight then matters.
toucheWhy would I want to appeal to you?
These "people" you speak of who hate submission grappling would probably benefit from watching a match or two. It's not reverse psychology. I never said a card full of submission wrestling, I said every now and then. Make it EBI style and use fighters familiar to the fans. Your suggestions sound like a bunch of fluff. "Looking for a fight" is just the UFC's sweat shop to find fighters to fight CHEAP. To be fair I've never seen a single episode. Getting fighters on sitcoms?? Seriously? That just further plays into the stupid popularity contest based rankings and it's not gonna reinvigorate jack. No thanks. Co-promotion, although I know they won't do it, would revitalize things. UFC vs bellator, or PFL. You had it right on less events.
He's a 145er now. Ouch.1. Ditch WMMA
2. Ditch everything under 155
3. More Anthony Pettis
They go and watch "local" MMA events just like any talent scout would Usually the fighters are given advance notice that Dana & co will be watching and the other stuff in the show is kept separate from the fight events entirely. It's a decent show too, Dana, The Tooth, Serra and Din Thomas are all funny AF.These "people" you speak of who hate submission grappling would probably benefit from watching a match or two. It's not reverse psychology. I never said a card full of submission wrestling, I said every now and then. Make it EBI style and use fighters familiar to the fans. Your suggestions sound like a bunch of fluff. "Looking for a fight" is just the UFC's sweat shop to find fighters to fight CHEAP. To be fair I've never seen a single episode. Getting fighters on sitcoms?? Seriously? That just further plays into the stupid popularity contest based rankings and it's not gonna reinvigorate jack. No thanks. Co-promotion, although I know they won't do it, would revitalize things. UFC vs bellator, or PFL. You had it right on less events.
Cm punk? They tried to milk him by signing a guy after his pro debut. Mickey Gall was hand picked for Punk. Dana saw him make his pro debut and signed him and told him if you win your UFC debut you'll fight punk. It just so happened that Mickey was a lot better than what people were probably thinkingThey fed Ronda to Amanda straight after holly and while she was clearly mentaly shook. The right thing to do was to feed her one or two cans. And then make her fight someone decent. Same thing with cm punk. If was the ufc I would have milked him with 3 or 4 fights vs bums. Then make him fight someone tough
Not only that, they actually signed a guy without any pro fights for Mickey to make his UFC debut against to make a case for him to fight punk. They gave him the easiest route to victory. The problem is that Mickey can actually fight and I strongly believe the average amateur can mop the floor with punk. He really is that bad.Cm punk? They tried to milk him by signing a guy after his pro debut. Mickey Gall was hand picked for Punk. Dana saw him make his pro debut and signed him and told him if you win your UFC debut you'll fight punk. It just so happened that Mickey was a lot better than what people were probably thinking
Cm punk? They tried to milk him by signing a guy after his pro debut. Mickey Gall was hand picked for Punk. Dana saw him make his pro debut and signed him and told him if you win your UFC debut you'll fight punk. It just so happened that Mickey was a lot better than what people were probably thinking
Don't agree with that. Don't really need less events, just need to make events less than 7+ hours long.1- less events
Your argument is how to make it more mainstream. The OP asked how to get it "back on track." It's sherdog so I'm assuming he's not asking for the "casual" fans; it sounds like he's directing his question towards real, knowledgeable fans. Next time don't be a fuckin smart ass and shit all over someone's genuine ideas. Do you REALLY think I suggested those things to "destroy" the UFC? Get a clue.One of the ways that major sports have been able to expand their reach is by placing their athletes where people are already vested. It not only entices people to gravitate towards a sport, it makes makes the athlete more recognizable, which means more endorsement deals. Sports is a popularity contest, contrary to what you believe.
The same strategy is used to cross promote musicians across genres, etc. Pretty simple. And it works. There is a reason why Paige makes more money than virtually everyone except Conor. She is being marketed on multiple platforms. Ronda enjoyed the same cross-promotion.
When we were kids we watched NFL players sing carols on Bob Hope specials. We watched hockey players play volleyball on Wide World of Sports. All of that was about getting you familiar with sports you would have normally avoided. It was about making an athlete more approachable, in hopes you would buy a ticket to an event that you might have otherwise skipped.
And it worked. That is why basketball, baseball and football is so big. They have invested huge amounts of money in getting their players noticed on every platform.