White and Fertitas looking to sell the UFC?

[aholbert32]

http://espn.go.com/mma/story/_/id/15...sell-promotion

Looks like it may be true,

[p_rushing]

Looks like they are trying to cash out on success of Conor and Ronda. I wonder how much changes if the Chinese group or the China government backed group buys them.

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[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by p_rushing

Looks like they are trying to cash out on success of Conor and Ronda. I wonder how much changes if the Chinese group or the China government backed group buys them. Sent from my Venue 8 7840 using Tapatalk

I would love if they stayed american and went with WME or Blackstone.

[redsox4evur]

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And now there's this. Love the shot at Rovell.

[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

Attachment 120219 And now there's this. Love the shot at Rovell.

Dana lies all the time, it's almost a lock that the sale is happening after he said that.


Edit: Rovell has tweeted that they had 5 independent sources, 3 of which had the docs from the investment bank that the UFC used to put the word out.

Also rumors that they may want to get in on the Raiders and need cash to do that.

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[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

I would love if they stayed american and went with WME or Blackstone.

Blackstone would be the best, the other one represents athletes so I don't want that dynamic introduced unless they drop current fighters.

I hope they bring back the Pride presentation, some rules, and replace Dana.

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[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by p_rushing

Blackstone would be the best, the other one represents athletes so I don't want that dynamic introduced unless they drop current fighters. I hope they bring back the Pride presentation, some rules, and replace Dana. Sent from my Venue 8 7840 using Tapatalk

I always thought they could flip it to pride while doing shows in Japan and use those rules while they are there - but try telling that to anyone who works anywhere near the word of the century: "BRAND"

The UFC to me has already had it's golden age and is currently declining imo. But that doesn't mean it's going to die or anything, it's just like other sports like the NBA for example where you have some decades or 5 year stretches much better than others. For me it started being less appealing as soon as fox got involved.

Unionization is the biggest thing to come next, that issue has been brewing a long time - you have Dana saying deals like Reebok make it more like the NFL with a uniform, but no you can't have a players union!

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

I always thought they could flip it to pride while doing shows in Japan and use those rules while they are there - but try telling that to anyone who works anywhere near the word of the century: "BRAND" The UFC to me has already had it's golden age and is currently declining imo. But that doesn't mean it's going to die or anything, it's just like other sports like the NBA for example where you have some decades or 5 year stretches much better than others. For me it started being less appealing as soon as fox got involved. Unionization is the biggest thing to come next, that issue has been brewing a long time - you have Dana saying deals like Reebok make it more like the NFL with a uniform, but no you can't have a players union!

None of this makes sense to me. If it declined as far as your interest, understood. But it's on TV (and known networks) more than ever. Athletes are in movies. Athletes are in major commercials (Nike, Gatorade). IDK that it's growing at the same rate it was say 5 or 6 years ago, but I'm pretty sure it's not declining at any kind of noticeable rate.