Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Sport To Enter The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Arena

[M Bison]

Clearly a bad move. MMA just isn't as marketable unfortunately due to the barbaric look of the cage. MMA is doing pretty well on a grass root level but the money isn't there at the top in terms of a regional level.

In Britain at the moment perhaps
Not marketable at all though... You're lying and lying badly.

Barbaric?
Fighting is barbaric what do you expect both guys are trying to put the other guys lights out both sports are barbaric by your standard but its what we evidently like watching.
Pretty obvious that a cage doesn't make something barbaric.

The money is clearly there have you seen the success the UFC has achieved?
If anything MMA can pay their guys reasonable and make their guys millionaires whilst putting on several good fights the structure is great I don't think Eddie will have the same success as the UFC but he will see what they've done and he will obviously want a slice of the pie.

[brettWall]

It's a complicated business to be in. You're dealing with tens and tens of competitors, not just a few. Only 3 rounds per fight, so it's tough to fill all those spots just to satisfy the paying public. How do you deal with fighters who get injured and back out? Things of that nature. There are too many moving parts.

[hayZ]

In Britain at the moment perhaps
Not marketable at all though... You're lying and lying badly.

Barbaric?
Fighting is barbaric what do you expect both guys are trying to put the other guys lights out both sports are barbaric by your standard but its what we evidently like watching.
Pretty obvious that a cage doesn't make something barbaric.

The money is clearly there have you seen the success the UFC has achieved?
If anything MMA can pay their guys reasonable and make their guys millionaires whilst putting on several good fights the structure is great I don't think Eddie will have the same success as the UFC but he will see what they've done and he will obviously want a slice of the pie.

LOL. The UFC did it when there was nothing around other than PRIDE focused just in Japan. It was a different time. Look at Bellator/OneFC/Titan/the promotion on Showtime and so on, they are all losing money for the most part. Matchroom Boxing has some of the best fighters in the World, the model of Boxing allows it. In MMA, it's different. If Matchroom has anyone semi-decent, they're going to the UFC so that begs the question, are we happy seeing subpar fighters or average domestic level fighters fight? Will it make serious money?