You know what the Scumbags in Boxing I can respect a little bit.....

[Sweet Jesus]

Does this mean Fedor is with UFC now?

[King Ghidorah]

No question that it's terrible for the fighters, but for the fans it may not be such a bad thing. When UFC/ZUFFA bought out PRIDE, they had so many fight options and had champions from both organizations duking it out for supremacy and the UFC thrived, was constantly bringing 500K-1 million+ buys every month and growing in the mainstream. Same thing will probably happen here. They'll get Fedor, Overeem, Barnett, etc and have more big fight cards to put together.

I wonder if Arum knew about this deal going down and that's why he made the move to SHOW/CBS. Wouldn't surprise me one bit, he is a cagey **** and always several moves ahead on the chess board.

They aren't signing Barnett......

[FeFist]

How is MMA dead? If anything it will be bigger than ever now that the UFC has effectively destroyed its competition. They will have a much larger roster which=more fights frequently and more matchup options. Competition between organizations may be dead, but the sport isn't.

But this may be great news for Boxing because Strikeforce being absorbed by the UFC means that they will most likely not broadcast cards on Showtime and have no partnership with CBS, leaving Boxing to fill that void. If I was Arum, I would be on the phone right now with Hershman talking about those soon to be open slots. Also would be talking to CBS about bringing a show like Top Rank Live to the main network (if he isn't already).

No business sense.

[King Ghidorah]

http://http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/12/zuffa-purchases-strikeforce/

Vidoe on Fakkot boy Dana...

[ThePrince]

No business sense.

Explain yourself.

[King Ghidorah]

Does this mean Fedor is with UFC now?

No StrikeForce will continue doing what its doing but once that Showtime contract is up its all over...... And Fedor wil be forced to go the UFC or retire....

[Steak]

I used to be a pretty big mma fan. After PRIDE died, so did a lot of my enjoyment for mma. and I was startign to get more and more into boxing, and that pretty much consumed me.

I never could stand the UFC marketing and all their other BS. Totally turns me off.

[FeFist]

Explain yourself.

I'd prefer to be sober when doing this but whatever.

Competition is always best for the consumer as it forces companies to elevate their game and prevents them dictating the price on their product and what not, this is why the law goes to great level to protect competitiveness with companies.

With regards to UFC taking greater strides to gaining a monopoly in the MMA scene it prevents fighters from having the option of going to another promoting company meaning they will accept the peanuts that UFC has to offer. In the long run this will turn people off MMA due to not enough opportunities going around.

There is also the issue of talent going unfound, if I am to use JK Rowling as an example she was turned down by the first publisher she went to, this highlights that some times an individual's talent or potential cannot be realised under a certain promoter.

Going back to what I said earlier about competition forcing companies to step their game up, by having minimum competition they can essentially sell their consumers **** and people who want to get their fix on it would have no choice but to scoop up their **** and accept it. Knowing that their rivals are on their case would act as an incentive to put out the best card possible, when the competition isn't around it would be a waste to put all their good fights on one card, when they could essentially space it out.

They would also be able to jack the prices up with the knowledge that they are not going to be undercut by anyone else.

[ThePrince]

I'd prefer to be sober when doing this but whatever.

Competition is always best for the consumer as it forces companies to elevate their game and prevents them dictating the price on their product and what not, this is why the law goes to great level to protect competitiveness with companies.

With regards to UFC taking greater strides to gaining a monopoly in the MMA scene it prevents fighters from having the option of going to another promoting company meaning they will accept the peanuts that UFC has to offer. In the long run this will turn people off MMA due to not enough opportunities going around.

There is also the issue of talent going unfound, if I am to use JK Rowling as an example she was turned down by the first publisher she went to, this highlights that some times an individual's talent or potential cannot be realised under a certain promoter.

Going back to what I said earlier about competition forcing companies to step their game up, by having minimum competition they can essentially sell their consumers **** and people who want to get their fix on it would have no choice but to scoop up their **** and accept it. Knowing that their rivals are on their case would act as an incentive to put out the best card possible, when the competition isn't around it would be a waste to put all their good fights on one card, when they could essentially space it out.

They would also be able to jack the prices up with the knowledge that they are not going to be undercut by anyone else.

This is just some **** you regurgitated from your intro to economics book.

Truth of the matter is, fight sports isn't an essential like say energy or oil... it's just entertainment. So the consumer isn't hurt in any way by one company having a monopoly. Yes, many fighters will suffer when the merger happens, but that's a harsh reality they'll have to deal with. If the UFC or any other entity doesn't step their game up like you said competition would force them to, then people will stop watching/paying for their cards and they'll fold like they did in the 90s.

But they want to increase their revenue and they know that to maximize their profits, they'll have to put on the most attractive cards to the public. Now that they have more talent and more possible matchups, why would they instead choose to put on inferior cards knowing that it will mean less viewers/consumers?

If the fans are calling for say Velasquez-Overeem and the UFC has both under contract and they instead go with Velasquez-some journeyman to headline a PPV, you don't think the fans would respond negatively and this would hurt their bottomline?

Monopoly or not, the fans have the power of choice literally in the palm of their hand. They can use the remote to send a message to whoever's in charge- less views/buys hurts the company, more obviously helps. If the UFC realizes that the cards most attractive to the public means the most revenue, then why the hell would they willing hurt themselves? I think the UFC has been great in giving fans what they want regularly for the most part which is why they are thriving and have the luxury of buying out lesser en******.

[FeFist]

This is just some **** you regurgitated from your intro to economics book.

Truth of the matter is, fight sports isn't an essential like say energy or oil... it's just entertainment. So the consumer isn't hurt in any way by one company having a monopoly. Yes, many fighters will suffer when the merger happens, but that's a harsh reality they'll have to deal with. If the UFC or any other entity doesn't step their game up like you said competition would force them to, then people will stop watching/paying for their cards and they'll fold like they did in the 90s.

But they want to increase their revenue and they know that to maximize their profits, they'll have to put on the most attractive cards to the public. Now that they have more talent and more possible matchups, why would they instead choose to put on inferior cards knowing that it will mean less viewers/consumers?

If the fans are calling for say Velasquez-Overeem and the UFC has both under contract and they instead go with Velasquez-some journeyman to headline a PPV, you don't think the fans would respond negatively and this would hurt their bottomline?

Monopoly or not, the fans have the power of choice literally in the palm of their hand. They can use the remote to send a message to whoever's in charge- less views/buys hurts the company, more obviously helps. If the UFC realizes that the cards most attractive to the public means the most revenue, then why the hell would they willing hurt themselves? I think the UFC has been great in giving fans what they want regularly for the most part which is why they are thriving and have the luxury of buying out lesser en******.

Look I'm not going to get into a back and forth argument with you, I'm confident time will prove me right.