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Is the UFC the best MMA promotion in the world?
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| Yes | 82% | 68 votes | Total: 83 votes | |
| No | 18% | 15 votes |
Yes
by R.A. Scott
Created on: August 29, 2010
What is the best? How does one define it? Certainly you can make an argument that Dream is the best MMA promotion in the world but that would usually be made by fans of Dream. So how do you really define the best MMA promotion? Perhaps you have to look at the fighters in each promotion.
Which promotion can afford to bring in the best fighters in the business? The answer is obvious; the UFC. They have become the White Shark of MMA promotions. They circle the other promotions looking for the best fighters and picking them off when their contracts come due. The past few years have allowed the UFC that luxury.
The UFC was nearly dead in the water when Spike and the UFC produced the 1st season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). This brought the UFC to a much wider audience than they could have hoped for otherwise. Further TUF seasons produced more stars and showcased some good fighters. Each season also produced more and more fans and of course more money found its way into the pockets of the UFC.
So fighters are indeed the way to judge the best MMA promotion in the world. The single best way to entice the best fighters to fight for you is with cold hard cash. That explains why fighters who have made their mark in other promotions hop on over to the UFC when their contracts expire. The UFC has more cash and can and does use that to bring in the best fighters. Although for some reason they have been unable to come to a contract with the man who is considered the best fighter ever: Fedor Emelianenko.
Money cannot be the reason for not having signed Fedor. It has more to do with Fedor’s management company wanting to co-produce and co-present any event Fedor participates in. The UFC has no interest in that so money is not really the object in this case.
Any company who is able to bring in the best people in that business will end up being the best company in the world at what it does and this is the position the UFC is in. Their pay per views bring in so much money and they happen so often that the company is making money hand over fist, even in this recession.
So it’s apparent that the UFC is the best mma promotion in the world simply by virtue of the money they have to bring in the best fighters from all over the world.
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No
by J.D.Curtsinger
Created on: January 07, 2010
I understand the temptation to vote yes on this particular subject, but I can do no such thing. Although the UFC is the most popular MMA promotion currently available to viewers, as a practitioner of the martial arts approaching 12 years of intense training, I see things differently.
I enjoy watching the action as much as anyone, but to proclaim it the best promotion in the world would be stretching it. Is the Big Mac the best burger in the world? Certainly most popular, and I indulge occasionally, but it is far from the best I have encountered.
I have great respect for individuals brave enough to enter the octagon. They are in a league of their own. I have entered the competitive arena myself in the course of my training. I can speak first hand, it is not for the faint of heart. But we are not discussing the participants. We are discussing a single entity of the fight game; namely the UFC.
There are promotions available world-wide to the viewing audience. I could name several, but it would seem a list of personal favorites. At local levels there are talented individuals eager to display techniques learned through years of vigorous training. The intensity and excitement is every bit as good as anything on television. Of course most are caught up in the hype of the program fed to them, but some are willing to take the path less traveled. I encourage all to explore.
The bottom line is not so much the fights, the fighters, or the styles and disciplines represented. Sadly, it is the money to be made. In countless dojos across the country instructors take payments, never really caring if students learn much at all. If they fail to show up for classes, or drop out, they are sued in small claims court for fees. I have witnessed this foolishness, so I know what I am talking about.
Real warriors are practicing in self-made dojos in quiet areas away from the glitz and glamour. They find no interest in being under the spotlight. They tend to be loners; they keep to themselves. They are protectors of the weak, and will not hesitate coming to the aid of someone in need. That to me is the greatest promotion of all. Real life; where the rubber meets the road. Be aware of what is entertainment and what is reality.
Enjoy the UFC for what it is. Entertainment. Television. Hype. But do not look at this stuff in attempt to judge a true practitioner of the Arts.
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