I think the biggest thing the ufc needs to do is find stars to help build the brand. The most important thing In the wwe world is the ‘it factor’. It’s what gets you over. You can be the most technically gifted guy in that world but if you’re boring on the mic you have no shot. If you can’t have emotion where people either hate you or love you, you’ll never be a top guy. You’ll never draw. The ufc is in the same boat. Connor knows that. Connor got himself over because he’s fully aware of the entertainment factor in the Ufc. Ufc is full of boring guys. Stipe is boring. He can’t cut an exciting interview to save his life. If you can’t make people want to tune in to either watch you win or watch you lose, people won’t tune in. Ufc die hards can hate Lesnar all they want. But he was one of the most important fighters in the history of the ufc. He brought a lot of casuals and wrestling fans over to the ufc. His name/brand took the ufc to the next level. But that was him that did that and not a boring ufc fighter. Dana pays Cm punk a lot of money and punk has no reason to be in the ufc. Punks In the ufc because he has a name and brings interests to the spot. Someone has to do that. Someone has to move the needle. For Dana to go outside his roster to bring in guys to move the needle is not a good thing for the Ufc.
Boxing is more or less dead in America because they don’t have a character/entertainer like a mike Tyson. No boxer is exciting and draws interests to the sport.
