Why does boxing have some complex with UFC?

UFC reminds me of hulk hogan, Triple-V, The Undertaker, Bushwackers,etc and these people had lots of fans! same atmosphere, same type of promotions, same media exposure.

Boxing has always been more subtle and does not need hyping to survive. Boxing organizations, TV networks, Proomoters and fighters just have to lessen the greed.

 

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Same ****/different day

 

Archaic aye? Ricky Hatton gets to be a millionaire of the back of an organisation run from a Cottage in the Norwich hills (WBU) and thats archaic? The problem is people regurgitate and recite the same bull**** again and again. The UFC and the sport of boxing are NOT comparable. One is a franchise the other is a SPORT. The UFC has an economic model that looks after itself. How is that any diffrent from any other boxing promotion? Because the facts remain its not. Its exactly the same. The only diffrence is Dana has a bigger stable of fighters which allows him to call ALL the shots because he has ALL the options on his fighters. Not thats not good business thats a monopoly.

 

Does the UFC have a choice in that? How far do you think their product would last if they put on **** shows that never turned a profit? They'd go the same way as the IFL EliteXC WFA PRIDE etc which is down the toilet.

 

Bingo. But NOT MMA the UFC. The problem here is fans of boxing think that MMA IS THE UFC. That couldnt be further from the truth. The UFC is a brand of MMA. Its its own entity its own promotion that participates in the sport of MMA.

Dana a failed boxing promoter for the entirity of his life with the UFC has been using boxing as some form of leverage. He curses the sport that made him his early career as a "Boxcercise instructor" and a failed promoter who couldnt make a dent. He then with the help of his billionaire benefactors buys the failing UFC and with an extremely aggresive marketing model turns it around into the giant it is today. Dana is nothing more than a businessman. He will do whatever it takes to increase he's wealth as a 10% owner. And he will do that by any means neccesary even if that means spreading lies and false propoganda that is recited parrot fashion by every UFC fratboy in an Affliction T on this planet.

Bottom line is boxing is STILL popular and going through some good times at present. The problem is fans are incredibly fickle and are only capable of remembering the last rumour they heard.

 

What really pisses me off is that the media covers the UFC with only a positive spin, they never focus on anything negative in terms of both the fights and the business. This comes from both the so called MMA media and the mainstream media (aside from the rediculous MMA = the end of civilization articles that no one takes seriously).

At the same time almost every mainstream boxing article is negative/boxing is dying etc.

Last nights UFC card would have been blasted if it was a boxing PPV. A boring undercard , one ridiculous mismatch and a main event that before the last round made John Ruiz look like an action fighter.

I was watching Sportsnet connected (A Canadian version of sportcenter) and the announcer went on and on about how UFC 101 lived up to the hype and that the momentum from their centennial card continues to grow. GTFO.

 

UFC 101 as a card was crap. Other than Silva vs Griffin which was a gimme and Penn vs a TUF product (Florian is the goods though) it was rubbish and no diffrent to a Frank Warren PPV. The problem is fans are only interested in whats popular. Right now the UFC is popular. Its gets alot of media coverage which is vital for the life blood of the product. Boxing on the other hand does not.

 

MMA fans are also a lot easier to please because they will still pay to watch fighters after devastating losses. Nogueira vs. Couture is the UFC's next PPVs main event, both are coming off KO losses and they are both past their physical prime, especially Minotauro who might as well be 50. But in MMA this is a battle between two "great legends", not a fight that should have happened years ago.

The worst are the UFC only casual fans which make up 95% of the sports fanbase, they are programed to buy a monthly card just because its the UFC and they will ignore any other fights from "rival" promotions.