Wow he sounds arrogant. But he's missing the whole thing of co-promotion. I dont think its Fedor's fault but M-1 who control Fedor for the next 3 fights.
Doesnt matter who's fault it is. Everyone else can co promote and works for the good of MMA just not the UFC. Dana doesnt care about MMA. He's a businessman.
Comparing Tito's contract to Fedor's is pointless. Tito may have had problems with Dana in the past but Tito is not the dominate champ he was then. Fedor is still the top dog and can dictate terms a whole lot more.
This content is protected Dana White's a farce, he doesn't understand that eventually there will be competitions in a growing sport like MMA. Monopolizing the sport will not be achieved because we all know that some people whether its the fighters or fans will not agree on UFC's This content is protected business model. It happen several times in other industries around the world and yet Dana cant learn from this..Besides co promotion brings different Org's best fighters fight with one another, that's why I dont understand Dana's reason that he want to put the best fighting the best...UFC's monopolization is what destroying this sport
lol at the pic above. To be honest I've gained a lot of respect from Dana's recent actions. On the other I understand Fedors priority. Let me put it this way, I side with Dana but I understand Fedors point.
Look what happens to companies that co promote with M1, most die. To think that M1 should get half of a show that wouldn't exist without the years of time, effort, and skill of Dana, and the millions lost by the Fertittas, just to sign one fighter is an absurd idea. Nobody is worth giving up half of every UFac show they are on. It would be one thing if the companies were on even terms, either the ufc was much smaller like strikeforce, or M1 had spent the last decade making MMA as big as it is today. They aren't though, they two totally different types of companies. In Europe M1 actually puts on their own cards, in the US they latch on to another company that has done all the work to make the show viable, slap their logo on, give them Fedor, and proceed to take half the money and kill the company. There is literally nothing M1 offers as a co promoter for the UFC. They found somebody willing to give up half of everything for Fedor, hopefully it works out because strikeforce is one of the good guys, they put on great shows and know their niche, which is why they have survived. This whole getting into bed with K1 and M1 worries me though, hopefully the deal with K1 is just sharing fighters. Giving up half of everything when they have done decades worth of work and M1 has done nothing bit give them a fighter is a seriously dangerous move. As for "not caring about MMA" compare Dana with the last savior who was going to take over the ufc, EliteXc paying off fighters to just stand with Kimbo. Dana has to be a business man to keep the company alive; with no UFC, MMA suffers a catastrophic blow. Would you give up half of something that have spent every bit of energy and time you've had for years just to get one guy to fight? When the other group literally brings nothing to the table other than a history of killing shows?
Yes, look what great things co promotin has done for mma: Kill bodog, Kill affliction Kill elitexc Co promotion implies both sides actually doing work; M1 has nothing to offer in terms of real co promotion, they do nothing for the ufc. They want half the take for one fighter, that deal had killed every org that has taken it. Explain why Dana should take the deal? And please find something that explains what a monopoly is, the fact that fedor didn't sign with the ufc is all the proof needed to show that the IFC is not a monopoly. If anything m1 has done more to make the ufc a monopoly by killing their competitors for them than the ufc ever could.
