ZUFFA BOXING -- Coming To You In 2018

[Eff Pandas]

ZUFFA BOXING means nothing.

Well of course not. Its not even officially in business yet so why would it to 99.9% of people?

MMA as a sport is nothing

Thats silly or uninformed at best. MMA is a growing sport in many countries now. If MMA was a stock its still a buy. The sport in the US & the UFC will have many ups & downs before its gotten as big as it will get worldwide.

UFC BOXING or UFC BOXING LEAGUE and have their guys fight for the UFC BOXING WORLD TITLE.

That'd be like the WNBA to the NBA. I can't imagine that THAT many people interested in boxing will wanna see the B or C league of boxing which is what you are suggesting with MMA guys boxing. Let the MMA guys MMA, let the boxers box. And let the UFC promote which is what they do, arguably better than everyone, without argument better than most people in the MMA & Boxing business.

If all they offer is the exact same as boxing but with a few bells and whistles like extra lighting and stuff, they won't last long.

Fail or succeed the UFC's ability to craft a story & move the narrative of the sport, fighters & specific fights IS one of the major reasons the UFC is standing instead of Pride or WEC or Strikeforce or Bellator or other defunct or second tier leagues. They will bring that to the boxing world & it'll have impact.

Enough impact? Thats the question cuz one of the problems with boxing is the fans are so old & grumpy & hate change & new things. So the UFC will either need to turn enough of those guys into fans or bring in new fans or there will have to be more cats like me who just wanna see good fights on well put together shows.

[Eff Pandas]

dana already saying he wont work with sho now, im gonna go with option A

That was a silly move I agree.

BUT idk what went on behind the scenes with Showtime either, I don't actually think that the UFC will wanna deal with Showtime, or HBO for that matter, anyway (I'm leaning more to them wanting to have this boxing thing be part of w/e new TV deal they sign when the Fox one is up, which I doubt Showtime is a serious competitor in) & lets not act like Dana isn't a guy to make bold opinions that he's eventually reversed upon future information.

[USMCer]

There were exactly TWO cards in Europe, one in Holland and one in Poland. There are over 40 countries in Europe so how the hell do European fighters get a chance to fight in their own country? Even if you're Polish or Dutch the UFC has maybe 1 card every two years there or maybe 2.

All those Dubai cards and Asian cards don't mean ****. UFC is a garbage American company and a pseudo-sport.

So what is Premiere Boxing Champions?
What is TopRank?

How many of their Events are held outside of the U.S. let alone in Europe?

To answer my own questions (and to bump this thread)...

PBC and TopRank just might be owned by the very same "garbage american company" (the UFC's parent company) pretty soon.


reference: https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/6/1...pions-mma-news