You have the fatigue. Been with me since they merged with WME. Oversaturated market with a shitty promoter that can't sell a name that isn't retired. It still amazes me the big red tomato hasn't sunk the company and been "disappeared" to the desert by the Fertitas.
The Paramount broadcasts are awful. There are advertisements taking up half of the screen. Ruins the experience. You can just feel your enthusiasm for the fights die when the walkouts and corner cams are replaced by commercials for b-movies or gambling sites.
Champs are inactive (Merab was our last hurrah). Top contenders, and contenders in general, aren't strivers; they're mostly nice, respectful guys who are happy to put on something for the fans with no stakes (you literally sending each other to the hospital, so act like there's more to this, please). And anyone who tries to raise stakes (Ilia, Hokit) is seen as delusional and/or a fake douchebag.
Torn meniscus and ACL. He needs to clean up his training regimen (at certain point of injury you can't will yourself through injuries) if he has any intent of coming back as a contender.
UFC booking went from okay to ass with the Paramount era.
When the supposed best is at its worst, it drags everything else down with it.
They can't keep up having a shitty promoter or product forever, even if line just keeps going up forever. At some point the profits will tank and like Charity Sityadong (hah, sityadong), it will fall apart as investors start pulling their cash from it. Even the arabian sheihk's and princes cannot keep funelling money forever because they will always want to see a return on investment. Even ADCC follows this as well.
She should go back to being in playboy mags
God help us if someone finishes in the first round. Like eight to ten ads until the next fight if it ends too quickly.
They get $1.1 billion per year from Paramount. I know for a fact that ESPN lost money on the UFC deal overall. They didn't get near enough signups or PPV buys to justify the money they were paying to the UFC. And that was only a $300 million annual deal. Paramount is paying four times that and also not getting PPVs from the American audience. This deal was truly insane.
Nope, you watch this guy vs Hafez and you knew he was cooked against Islam. Wouldn’t mind seeing him vs Prates even if I assume Prates will get taken down and subbed. You want a monstrous guy who can one shot Islam or put on a brutal beating on him as an opponent rather than “I guess he’s good but never does anything truly impressive” Garry,
Going over into boxing as well means they are trying to spread this poison over there as well. Seems to be having issues because none of the boxers look at the Zuffa Belt as anything other than a meme.
Raquel Pennington is still ranked number 2 despite not having fought since losing the belt to Peña in 2024
I’m gonna be real, I felt the UFC was dying while Jones was champ, the UFC tried to push him hard but he never really had excellent ppv numbers like GSP or Mcgregor. I think his constant bullshit made for a lack of consistency in his fights which really broke up the momentum.
Alex and Ciryl are dressed like they are about to go shoot a buddy-cop movie together.
Let's fucking go. I have my excuse now, especially if they go the diatance. Cut the inbred.
Arman headbutted Hooker in their faceoff and nothing came of it
Something half interesting for once but again the ufc should go back to doing one on one face offs. Now that Strickland has been hit there, I can see them running back purely on “well Strickland wasn’t in prime condition”. I don’t know if Dana will be willing to stand his American cash cow being beaten up by his forced Chechen cash cow.
IYKYK, Strickland has been through a number of UFC hit jobs. He's elite, but they'd sooner send him to Prelim Hell than deal with him on the main card mic.
