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A little ownership news

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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LinvilleGorge Grand Master

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Not surprised at all. The rumor has been that the Fertitta brothers have been wanting in on the NFL for a long time now. Man, did they ever fleece WME on that UFC deal. $4 billion+??? LOL! The PPV numbers have been absolutely horrible in the past couple of years outside of Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey cards and Fox isn't offering them anywhere near the money they want on their broadcast renewal contract. They had always ran the UFC much like the NFL and never relied too much on individual stars instead promoting the UFC brand more, but then they got Ronda and Conor and threw that all to the wayside. That maximized their immediate value and they cashed in their chips. Now WME/UFC is left to try to clean up the mess where now all these champs (and even non-champs) are entitled as hell and want to call their own shots like the UFC allowed McGregor to do. Zuffa (the Fertittas) created that mess and now the UFC is a junk show with interim belts right and left.

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50 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Not surprised at all. The rumor has been that the Fertitta brothers have been wanting in on the NFL for a long time now. Man, did they ever fleece WME on that UFC deal. $4 billion+??? LOL! The PPV numbers have been absolutely horrible in the past couple of years outside of Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey cards and Fox isn't offering them anywhere near the money they want on their broadcast renewal contract. They had always ran the UFC much like the NFL and never relied too much on individual stars instead promoting the UFC brand more, but then they got Ronda and Conor and threw that all to the wayside. That maximized their immediate value and they cashed in their chips. Now WME/UFC is left to try to clean up the mess where now all these champs (and even non-champs) are entitled as hell and want to call their own shots like the UFC allowed McGregor to do. Zuffa (the Fertittas) created that mess and now the UFC is a junk show with interim belts right and left.

You call it a mess they called it marketing to the masses. If you want billions its built on flash and Star branding not quality. For years they had a quality product that no one cared about. 

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20 minutes ago, Snake said:

You call it a mess they called it marketing to the masses. If you want billions its built on flash and Star branding not quality. For years they had a quality product that no one cared about. 

Viewership numbers are actually in steep decline now. They cashed in on their two megastars. It was smart business, but WME got hoodwinked big time.

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