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Originally Posted by Carman Bulldog
I'm of two minds on this issue. One of those is that the shelf life of fighters is so short that they should be looking to maximize their potential earnings in the limited period of time that they have. If I'm getting paid to get punched in the head, I want to be making as much money as I can at it. Therein lies the incentive to self-promote.
Now one can argue that UFC should have never rewarded these self-promoters and let them talk themselves into fights that they hadn't earned in the first place. But at the end of the day, the UFC is a business predicated on making money.
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If you were good enough, you wouldn't be getting punched in the head. Perhaps it's back to the gym for you then.