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If they figure out a way to get PPV events down to $20 on some streaming service, I'll literally buy every single one. But at the current cost, I'm sailing the high seas every time.
 
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think 8 was the last one i watched
 
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MMA fighter Mark Kerr struggles with addiction, winning and love during his peak era in the UFC.
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MMA fighter Mark Kerr struggles with addiction, winning and love during his peak era in the UFC.
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The draft, team, and tournament aspects of the league look pretty fun.

There are some pretty hilarious names on that roster and guys I literally haven't thought about in 10 years.

Greg Hardy
Wanderli Silva
Palhares (lol)
Tyron Woodley
Benson Henderson
Gegard Mousasi
Frank Mir
JDS
Gustafsson
Lombard
Rockhold
Pettis

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Gegard Mousasi was on a tear when UFC failed to re-sign him. Another black mark for UFC management.
 
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Palhares (lol)
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What kind of shit tier scrub league organization would sign Palhares after his history? For this reason alone I wouldn't watch them even if they busted out a time machine and went back to grab a pre-whore version of Paige VanZant.
 
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Some of the signings are just for promotional purposes I'd guess. Pretty sure Wanderlei has been open about CTE.
 
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Gus had one of the best performances against Jon Jones if I remember right
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The Reebok deal destroyed that era. Vitor was on a tear and still had fights left in him but quit for similar reasons to Gegard Mousasi over the Reebok deal.

Top talent could quit back then because there was so much of it that the UFC wouldn't feel it until hindsight. Gegard leaving was a huge deal at the time on a massive tear-- UFC was so popular and still riding the end of the golden era wave.

Think the max Reebok payout was 20k to main card fighters. Vitor said that's nothing he can do 200k-300k a fight on sponsors and bounced.

They were asking guys to take multi-six figure paycuts to continue fighting in the UFC. The new owners ditched the Reebok deal pretty fast fortunately.
 
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Homsar

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I don't think I've ever seen a fighter really come back fully after a knockout besides GSP. But even then he wouldn't let the the fight stay on the feet after Serra
 
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I don't think I've ever seen a fighter really come back fully after a knockout besides GSP. But even then he wouldn't let the the fight stay on the feet after Serra
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GSP did stand with Hendricks for 5 rounds but it retired him. He took a massive amount of damage.
 
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UFC CEO Dana White joins Mark Zuckerberg's Meta board of directors

Mark Zuckerberg has added UFC CEO Dana White to Meta’s board of directors.
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UFC CEO Dana White is now in business with Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc., announced Monday the UFC CEO has joined the company’s board of directors along with John Elkann, CEO of Exor; and Charlie Songhurst, former General Manager and Head of Global Corporate Strategy at Microsoft.

“Dana, John and Charlie will add a depth of expertise and perspective that will help us tackle the massive opportunities ahead with AI, wearables and the future of human connection,” Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, said in a news release.

White, who’s mainly known for his work with the UFC, which spans over two decades, showed eagerness for the new venture.

“I’ve never been interested in joining a board of directors until I got the offer to join Meta’s board,” White said. “I am a huge believer that social media and AI are the future. I am very excited to join this incredible team and to learn more about this business from the inside. There is nothing I love more than building brands, and I look forward to helping take Meta to the next level.”

The announcement may not come entirely out of left field. Zuckerberg is a public fan and supporter of the UFC, and in recent years has been attending events, and seen hanging out with fighters and White himself. He even was one of the cornermen for Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. In addition, the UFC also used to stream its preliminary card fights on Facebook Live.
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wonder how long till we get "ufc rankings powered by meta ai"
 
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the other day, clip of rogan saying jj and ufc had agreed to $30m to fight tom was going around.
 
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UFC Fight Night 249

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
  • Mackenzie Dern (116) vs. Amanda Ribas (116)
  • Carlston Harris (170) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (171)
  • Abdul Razak Alhassan (185.5) vs. Cesar Almeida (185.5)
  • Chris Curtis (185.5) vs. Roman Kopylov (185.5)
  • Austin Bashi (145.5) vs. Christian Rodriguez (145)
  • Uros Medic (171) vs. Punahele Soriano (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
  • Felipe Bunes (126) vs. Jose Johnson (128.5)*
  • Ihor Potieria (188)** vs. Marco Tulio (185.5)
  • Thiago Moises (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5)
  • Preston Parsons (171) vs. Jacobe Smith (170.5)
  • Nicolle Caliari (125.5) vs. Ernesta Kareckaite (126)
  • Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (205) vs. Bruno Lopes (205.5)
  • Viktoriia Dudakova (116) vs. Fatima Kline (116)
  • Nurullo Aliev (155.5) vs. Joe Solecki (155)
* Johnson missed flyweight limit by 2.5 pounds; fine amount TBD
** Potieria missed middleweight limit by 2 pounds; fine amount TBD
 
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believe conor and ronda are the only 2 to ever have a base pay for $3m or more. iirc rogan said after being champ conor has not earned under $12-15m per fight and could have made more than $30m from the khabib fight.
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Just remembered Brock's comeback was scuttled because the UFC wouldn't offer 2 mil in guaranteed money. UFC had just moved to ESPN+ PPV and numbers were abysmal. Brock took a look at UFC's books got a whiff of the ESPN+ buyrate and said "hell no, money up front". UFC turned him down on the guaranteed money he wanted. He was looking for more than his WWE contract offer was ballparked around 2-3m at the time.

It's funny hindsight with all these arguments over money with Ngannou etc while some fighters are being massively overvalued. Jones is a draw, but during his reign he wasn't exactly doing Lesnar numbers.

Conor opened a lot of doors for "big pay days" is what it came down to. Since Conor blew the doors open the UFC hasn't cheaped out besides deciding Ngannou is too difficult to work with.

Nobody is really clamoring to see Jon Jones after they failed to make the Ngannou money fight either way.
 
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