Question: Why does UFC and Boxing have 2 different Demographics in America?

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

*loves how people love to overlook the brazilian people*

[squealpiggy]

Brazilians are not a major demographic in the US.

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

No, but they totally discredits the "MMA is a white sport" statement.

[squealpiggy]

No, but they totally discredits the "MMA is a white sport" statement.

No it doesn't. MMA is huge in Japan and in Brazil, in the US MMA is big only in the form of the UFC and the main target audience is white frat-boys and their girlfriends. I don't really think it makes sense to try and argue that the UFC is not marketed to this demographic.

[Domain]

No it doesn't. MMA is huge in Japan and in Brazil, in the US MMA is big only in the form of the UFC and the main target audience is white frat-boys and their girlfriends. I don't really think it makes sense to try and argue that the UFC is not marketed to this demographic.

thank you

royal didnt seem to get the point lol.

[neils7147933]

Do you have stats to support what you're saying? Let's see some numbers, then we can discuss reasons why...

I would say people I hang around watch UFC over boxing, but that's because UFC is on on regular cable while most of the good boxing events are on pay cable (other than the pay-per-views) Also, whites outnumber other races I would imagine (I'd like to see some numbers, but I'm pretty sure) in high school and college wrestling totals - to which MMA is a more natural progression... But I don't hang out with frat boys, or teens for that matter - it's about the reality show and the accessibility on Spike TV more so than the sport itself

[M Deezy]

I know there are the Exceptions but im talking about the general fan base.

How come Boxing is mainly filled with an Ethnic Fan base in America?

While UFC majority are White suburban teens girls and guys watching it?

Can someone Explain this?

i aint a white, or a suburban teen guy, and i am a huge fan of ufc, so is most the people i know, and honsestly not one of them are white. but lol i know what ur talkin bout

[neils7147933]

i aint a white, or a suburban teen guy, and i am a huge fan of ufc, so is most the people i know, and honsestly not one of them are white. but lol i know what ur talkin bout

...and the number of fans who enjoy both boxing and UFC may outnumber those who prefer just one or the other. It's just that right now the UFC product is more appealing than the boxing product to many a disillusioned fan...

[yrrej]

My point is mixed martial arts is more about fighting than the money, whereas boxing is more about the money than fighting. There isn't much money in MMA compared to boxing, even at the highest levels. Selling 1,000 wrestling DVD's or franchising jui jutsu studios or fighting every few months can't compare with what DLH and other big name boxers do as stand-alone events once a year or so on PPV. And getting your arm broken or getting choked out or knocked senseless, as opposed to waltzing around the ring like some big name boxers, is not cost effective from a financial standpoint. These guys, who are white by-and-large here in America, fight for the hell of it. I'm not slaying there aren't good MMA fighters of other ethnicities also, but overall they are white, and the "ethnic" types tend to be American, as opposed to culturally, oriented. The white fan base of MMA enthusiasts here in America are already "made people" so to speak, compared to the relatively "poor" boxing base also.

[freedom213]

I think it's a tradional embracing of styles.

White flight from urban areas made boxing a bit more accessible for ********** to participate as well as compete.

The farmlands and 'burbs carry a long tradition in Folk and Catch wrestling that goes back hundreds of years and permiates through Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. A really good portion of MMA's fanbase are from that amatuer wrestling base. Hell, several MMA meccas share the same cities as several Amatuer wrestling meccas.

very perceptive! Most guys I know who are into mma were also HS or College wrestlers. How many bxing gyms/programs do you see outside big cities? Not many cause I would have been there if we would have had a local boxing gym or program in school. Also mma is a sport that the everyday guy can realistically imagine being able to compete. Most people know if they try to run down to the boxing gym for a few months and jump in a ring they get their asses handed to them in avery painful and embarrasing experience.