The Future of M.M.A.

The Future of M.M.A.


Tuesday April 1 2008
The future of MMA! Current mood: irritated

OK Peeps! I am getting a little frustrated so I think its time to write another blog!I am sure once again I will offend a few people, but I really don’t care....don’t read my blog if you can’t handle it!As a hardcore MMA fan, I am wondering what the future will hold for my favorite sport!I have always been a fan of the UFC, but lately I feel like they are making very poor decisions concerning a few different fighters.I understand that Dana White and Tito Ortiz have never seen eye to eye on a lot of their issues, so it makes sense to me why Tito will be fighting his last fight for the UFC in may.They failed to sign Fedor and they had the money to do it. That decision in my opinion, was pretty stupid. It surprised me that Dana, who has a hard time parting with his money, didn’t understand that had he signed Fedor he probably would have made more money on the Fedor/Randy fight, than he had to pay Fedor to sign with the UFC.On the other hand, I wouldn’t put it past him to lose a little money just to spite somebody. It has happened before.When Dana doesn’t get his way, he will punish the fighter until his contract is up or until he eventually get what he wants. I am not understanding what he is thinking.The UFC has the money to pay the fighters what they want or agree on a fair amount. If he did so, I think the fighters in the organization would be loyal to the UFC. Instead he is losing a lot of big name fighters to other MMA organizations. And with the fighters go their fans!I think Dana and the UFC could make even more money if they got together with other MMA organizations, and put together bigger fights. Am I wrong to think this?Like I said before, I understand Dana and Tito have their differences, but this isn’t just about Tito anymore. Now Randy is having issues, and we all saw what Dana did to Arlovski, when he didn’t sign a new contract. They didn’t even air his fight on the PPV. What the hell?????I actually thought Dana was just unhappy with Arlovski’s performance at first. But then after thinking about it I wasn’t too sure....Tim Sylvia who has never really had an exciting fight unless he was losing, has pretty much been the main event. Arlovski has not lost a fight since Sylvia, and now his fight isn’t even televised?????And as of a few days ago, the UFC has even lost Tim Sylvia!The heavyweight division is totally lacking in great fighters, I mean come on! Brock Lesnar?? what the heck was that??? A new way to fill Dana’s pocket? Getting WWE fans to watch? The UFC has sunk to a new level.So now I have to ask this question, are the UFC fighters having the problems? Or is it one person? Dana White!I don’t think that they realize that with these big name fighters, go their huge fan base. Do they really think they are established enough to lose all of these huge names and stay 1? I don’t think so! Real MMA fans are going to watch their favorite fighters in other organizations.I know the UFC is the most recognized MMA org. right now, but when the others organizations are getting all of the fighters Dana is screwing over, the fans are going to go elsewhere to see their favorites fight.It really says something about Dana, when this many fighters are going elsewhere. I think the UFC and Dana White are actually helping these other organizations become mainstream.And who’s bright idea was it to pass on putting fights on CBS???? Now people who are gonna watch and discover MMA, are not going to recognize the UFC as the top MMA organization. helping the other Organizations become more popular to a new fan base.It seems really sad to me that this is not about the sport anymore, its about how much money Dana can get his hands on. Instead of taking care of these fighters and staying the number 1 MMA organization, the UFC and Dana are screwing the fighters over and are in danger of losing fans to these new MMA Organizations.I have been very impressed with Elite XC. And if anyone has watched the last few fight cards, you know what I am talking about.Dana White is burning his bridges. Even if he would pay the fighters more money, are they going to even want to fight in the UFC after all the garbage he puts them through?I guess we will soon find out.....Anyone care to share their opinion???