UFC OUTSOURCING?
Before I get to the main point of this splatter of words that is called a blog, let me remind all readers about this Saturdays UFC 111, whose fight card contains three fights with real good potential. GSP defends his title against Dan Hardy, should be an exciting match up. You also have a heavyweight match up between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin, this fight is for the Interim Heavyweight Championship, according to UFC president Dana White, the winner of that match up is supposed to square up against Brock for the title, but with the UFC you never know, Brock might come down with a cold or something or he might just decide he doesn’t wish to fight which will inurn mean more interim matches ..blah blah blah, he needs to lose!. Also on the UFC 111 card is a another Welterweight matchup between Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch should also be exciting.
Regardless of my opinion about Dana White and his weird fight scheduling, I have to respect him as a business man. Due to the horrid Economical Situation even the worlds self proclaimed fastest growing sport has taken a hit in the attendance of their fights within the states. Due to the high popularity of the sport there has been a high demand for more International UFC events. The UFC piloted the idea a few times by holding events in Europe. All the events where sold out within the first day of ticket sales. The last UFC, 110 was held in Australia and that also sold out. The UFC figures that it can sell out arenas outside of the US and still get all those people in the states that did want to attend the event, will end up purchasing the PPV anyway. So in retrospect they are raking in mad cheddar! It is also fair that the UFC hold events in other countries, being that over 50% of the fighters in the UFC are international fighters, the majority from Brazil and Japan.
After Saturdays UFC event that will be held in New Jersey, the following three UFC title bouts will be held on foreign soil. In my opinion the biggest International UFC event to date will be held on April 10th 2010. UFC 112 will be held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, yes this is the middle east! The card will also host two tile bouts with two huge names in the UFC and in the world of MMA. Anderson Silva and BJ Penn will both be defending their belts. Following UFC 112, UFC 113 is set to be held in Canada with a re match between Machida and Shogun. It is expected that the winner of that bout will face the Winner of Evans vs Jackson… oh yes I forgot to mention that RAMPAGE IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK MAY 29th is official Evans VS Rampage! Never the less it has been a while that there has been this much anticipation for MMA events especially in the UFC, as a Fan I am very pleased with the improvements the UFC has made in their fight scheduling, by being fair to the fighters and fans, they need some improvement but its getting there. And as a Business Student I truly do admire the way the UFC’s is handling the venues of their fights and once again making money and keeping fans around the globe pleased
Amarjit “The Fighting Guru” Singh
Before I get to the main point of this splatter of words that is called a blog, let me remind all readers about this Saturdays UFC 111, whose fight card contains three fights with real good potential. GSP defends his title against Dan Hardy, should be an exciting match up. You also have a heavyweight match up between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin, this fight is for the Interim Heavyweight Championship, according to UFC president Dana White, the winner of that match up is supposed to square up against Brock for the title, but with the UFC you never know, Brock might come down with a cold or something or he might just decide he doesn’t wish to fight which will inurn mean more interim matches ..blah blah blah, he needs to lose!. Also on the UFC 111 card is a another Welterweight matchup between Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch should also be exciting.
Regardless of my opinion about Dana White and his weird fight scheduling, I have to respect him as a business man. Due to the horrid Economical Situation even the worlds self proclaimed fastest growing sport has taken a hit in the attendance of their fights within the states. Due to the high popularity of the sport there has been a high demand for more International UFC events. The UFC piloted the idea a few times by holding events in Europe. All the events where sold out within the first day of ticket sales. The last UFC, 110 was held in Australia and that also sold out. The UFC figures that it can sell out arenas outside of the US and still get all those people in the states that did want to attend the event, will end up purchasing the PPV anyway. So in retrospect they are raking in mad cheddar! It is also fair that the UFC hold events in other countries, being that over 50% of the fighters in the UFC are international fighters, the majority from Brazil and Japan.
After Saturdays UFC event that will be held in New Jersey, the following three UFC title bouts will be held on foreign soil. In my opinion the biggest International UFC event to date will be held on April 10th 2010. UFC 112 will be held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, yes this is the middle east! The card will also host two tile bouts with two huge names in the UFC and in the world of MMA. Anderson Silva and BJ Penn will both be defending their belts. Following UFC 112, UFC 113 is set to be held in Canada with a re match between Machida and Shogun. It is expected that the winner of that bout will face the Winner of Evans vs Jackson… oh yes I forgot to mention that RAMPAGE IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK MAY 29th is official Evans VS Rampage! Never the less it has been a while that there has been this much anticipation for MMA events especially in the UFC, as a Fan I am very pleased with the improvements the UFC has made in their fight scheduling, by being fair to the fighters and fans, they need some improvement but its getting there. And as a Business Student I truly do admire the way the UFC’s is handling the venues of their fights and once again making money and keeping fans around the globe pleased
Amarjit “The Fighting Guru” Singh
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