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Wongtouski 02-25-2014 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RRxtar (Post 8423841)
The one arguement that could be made is that the UFC insists they should be in the same group as major league sports like MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, but all of those leagues have agreements to pay the players ~50% of revenue. All of those leagues assume the costs of training the players as well as promotion/logistics/running the league.

The UFC, by my estimation, pays fighters 5-15% of revenue. And the fighters are responsible for their own training, and up until 2 years ago, were even responsible for their own medical insurance. And at any given time, their employer may simply tell them to fuck off and fire them.

Granted, running a league with teams vs paying contractors to fight are different, but that is still a huge discrepancy.

True, but that's similar to the WWE, and it still hasn't stopped people from joining that company as well. I mean from a "real world" perspective yes they're comparatively underpaid but it's still a fair price is what they're paying still attracts lines of people trying to join the UFC.

Also, given the career arcs of most fighters, their prime probably doesn't last more than 5-10 years, making it so much harder to market fighters instead of their own brand. The NBA can milk Lebron for 15-20 years, they've been milking Kobe for 18

SkinnyPupp 02-25-2014 04:36 PM

Vitor's new hairdo :heckno:

http://distilleryimage7.ak.instagram...8050d0e7_8.jpg

GLOW 02-25-2014 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkyMark (Post 8423866)
"You gotta understand, we've only been making money at this since 2006" -Dana White anytime someone brings up fighter pay.
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Don't forget "we were in the hole 40 million"
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GLOW 02-25-2014 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 8424061)

Holy shield against shots to the back of the head
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Wongtouski 02-25-2014 06:37 PM

^ That may be a T for testosterone and not a cross

SkinnyPupp 02-26-2014 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 8419303)
I predict this one will do 350K, and Bones will be around 300K. Weidman/Belfort will be around 250K


So far so good ;)

411ken 02-27-2014 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RRxtar (Post 8422947)
wow Gil got a huge deal! and will coach against pettis in tuf 20

Damnnn.. no Aldo vs Pettis??


Check out Aldo and his buddies singing about Pettis lol

http://instagram.com/josealdojunioroficial#


"Aldo and his crew sing, “e o Zumbi eu nunca vi, Ricardo Lamas la la la, Anthony Pettis seu viado, a sua hora vai chegar!” The original soccer song goes: “Cadê você? Cadê você? E no Maraca eu nunca vi, no Engenhão não estava lá, os jogadores todos choram, não têm torcida para apoiar.”

Crudely translated it goes, “the Zombie I have never seen, Ricardo Lamas la la la, Anthony Pettis you f**got, your time will come.”

They adapted a song from Flamengo’s supporters (Flamengo is the most popular soccer team in Brazil and Aldo is a Flamengo fan). Basically, it says that Anthony Pettis is a f**got and his time is going to come. They are clearly joking, but that is what they are saying.

The original song says: “Where are you? Where are you? In Maraca (the abbreviation of Maracanã, the biggest soccer stadium in Brazil) I have never seen, in Engenhão (the other big stadium of Rio de Janeiro) they weren’t there, all their players cry, they have no supporters to stand for them” Flamengo supporters sing this because Botafogo has a lot less supporters. -

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 05:04 PM

Wow


Dana White says UFC will no longer allow TRT, 'couldn't wait for that garbage to go away' - MMA Fighting

GLOW 02-27-2014 05:10 PM

I read Nevada banned it too
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SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 05:12 PM

NSAC are the ones who banned it

No other commissions have yet

UFC said that when they travel to areas where they act as commission, they will follow NSAC rules.

So if fighters are on TRT they will just fight in Texas or wherever. Other guys will just go back to doing it carefully and passing the piss tests. For some guys this will be harder than others obviously.

incubus 02-27-2014 05:38 PM


411ken 02-27-2014 06:49 PM

Lol. Wand looks like he got taken down already haha


As for the trt ban. Bisping reaction was the best

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 411ken (Post 8425239)
As for the trt ban. Bisping reaction was the best

ya?

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 08:02 PM

Big announcement being made in 1 hour regarding who knows what

http://i.imgur.com/T1iAgcH.png

http://i.imgur.com/IFsT1dR.png

http://persephonemagazine.com/wp-con...ofpopcorn1.gif

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 08:13 PM

List of MMA fighters who received therapeutic use exemptions for testosterone - ESPN

Some of those are :fuckthatshit:

Ch28 02-27-2014 08:33 PM

Probably Vitor being out of the main event fight HAHA

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 09:07 PM

If that's the case, it sure makes the TRT ban look really sketchy

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 09:34 PM


:lawl:

Ch28 02-27-2014 09:36 PM

Vitor is so roided up that he can't get his levels down to an acceptable one before the fight?

There's no way. ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that he gave up that shot willingly. There has to be more to this

RRxtar 02-27-2014 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 8425303)

Todd fucking Duffy at age 24?!

side note: if you're wondering where duffee is, he was diagnosed with Parsonage-Turner syndrome which can take 18-24 months of treatment to beat.

RRxtar 02-27-2014 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ch28 (Post 8425317)
Probably Vitor being out of the main event fight HAHA

:pokerface::lawl::facepalm:

War Machida

RRxtar 02-27-2014 09:48 PM

wonder what the post TRTitor will be like?

TRTitor > old vitor > new old vitor > new vitor > sisterless vitor

i think he will slot in somewhere better than new vitor but worse than new old vitor.

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 09:49 PM

http://i.imgur.com/uHj9Cxm.jpg

SkinnyPupp 02-27-2014 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RRxtar (Post 8425380)
wonder what the post TRTitor will be like?

TRTitor > old vitor > new old vitor > new vitor > sisterless vitor

i think he will slot in somewhere better than new vitor but worse than new old vitor.

I think he'll be slightly above New Vitor but below New Old Vitor

Wait I just said the same thing as you :lawl:

Ch28 02-27-2014 09:53 PM

Nothing will beat TRTitor


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