What changes would you make to the UFC if you could pull strings?
A lot of posts recently about how stale people think the UFC has become, so I was wondering what changes could be made for it to be improved. Some of my suggestions would be : Increase fighter pay revenue split (obviously) Build some more seating into the Apex (maybe have around 500-1000 people in there) and then stop any fight nights from happening in there Decrease the amount of events (have around 18 fight nights and 12 PPVs, I feel like 30 events a year is reasonable but am open to other opinions) Have around 30 main fighters per division, who will be used for fight nights and PPV's Every other week, use the Apex (could still be on a Saturday or maybe midweek) for a "Prospect night" in which lower level fighter who are outside the rankings can get a spotlight. Have 10 bouts on the card, and have 8 of these nights feature DWCS as the prelims and then a regular "Prospect card" for the main event. I feel this is a good way to deal with the current roaster bloat we have now while also not oversaturating the market. Basically have a UFC G league. Maybe even include a 500k tournament to keep the interest and see fighters who aren't as high level get a chance at big money. Add a finishing bonus, 25k finish bonus would incentivise less stalling Design better gloves, and change the colours more often. I know people weren't a fan of the gold, but I think adding some different glove designs to choose from might make fighters more visually unique Every champion should be given custom shorts, and once given custom shorts you are allowed to always wear them no matter the fight Increase fighter activity, unless the excuse is injury there should be no one fighting once a year. Also no more Ultimate Friendship Championship, it doesn't matter if you represent the same country or go to the same gym if you are given a fight you should accept this (the best way to do this would be by paying fighters salaries, which I would also try to implement. Make them UFC employees and give them good consistent, lucrative contracts in return for the power of who fights who to be given to the matchmakers) Allow for extravagant fighter walkouts, Rizin and Pride esque Better media and more press conferences, where was the classic all champs on stage presser this year? Last year that was where we got some of the best fighter - fighter interactions. Putting more fighters on stage allows for more storylines, also better journalists asking the questions. Would love to hear feedback and opinions submitted by /u/AffectionateFace5858 [link] [comments]
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A lot of posts recently about how stale people think the UFC has become, so I was wondering what changes could be made for it to be improved. Some of my suggestions would be :
Increase fighter pay revenue split (obviously)
Build some more seating into the Apex (maybe have around 500-1000 people in there) and then stop any fight nights from happening in there
Decrease the amount of events (have around 18 fight nights and 12 PPVs, I feel like 30 events a year is reasonable but am open to other opinions)
Have around 30 main fighters per division, who will be used for fight nights and PPV's
Every other week, use the Apex (could still be on a Saturday or maybe midweek) for a "Prospect night" in which lower level fighter who are outside the rankings can get a spotlight. Have 10 bouts on the card, and have 8 of these nights feature DWCS as the prelims and then a regular "Prospect card" for the main event. I feel this is a good way to deal with the current roaster bloat we have now while also not oversaturating the market. Basically have a UFC G league. Maybe even include a 500k tournament to keep the interest and see fighters who aren't as high level get a chance at big money.
Add a finishing bonus, 25k finish bonus would incentivise less stalling
Design better gloves, and change the colours more often. I know people weren't a fan of the gold, but I think adding some different glove designs to choose from might make fighters more visually unique
Every champion should be given custom shorts, and once given custom shorts you are allowed to always wear them no matter the fight
Increase fighter activity, unless the excuse is injury there should be no one fighting once a year. Also no more Ultimate Friendship Championship, it doesn't matter if you represent the same country or go to the same gym if you are given a fight you should accept this (the best way to do this would be by paying fighters salaries, which I would also try to implement. Make them UFC employees and give them good consistent, lucrative contracts in return for the power of who fights who to be given to the matchmakers)
Allow for extravagant fighter walkouts, Rizin and Pride esque
Better media and more press conferences, where was the classic all champs on stage presser this year? Last year that was where we got some of the best fighter - fighter interactions. Putting more fighters on stage allows for more storylines, also better journalists asking the questions.
Would love to hear feedback and opinions
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