Comments on: Report: Zuffa Sells Stake to Sheikh Tahnoon of Abu Dhabi

By: MMAMostWanted.tv

MMAMostWanted.tv — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:53:15 +0000

STRIKEFORCE – it’s growing, with all of the fighters defecting from the UFC and other fight leagues. Strikeforce is the league to watch.

StrikeForce events are pretty good. I enjoy going ot San Jose, California and watching the fights about twice a year.

The StrikeForce events are getting better and better. If you hang around after the fights you are sure to run into some popular fighters.

I’ll post some cool pics (on my site) of fighters and people that i met at the last event.

See you at the next StrikeForce event in San Jose, California

Ruben
MMAMostWanted.tv

By: MMAMostWanted.tv

MMAMostWanted.tv — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:45:19 +0000

It’s nice too hear about the UFC being pushed around. The UFC is being intimidated by a Shiek in Abu Dhabi…. ha ha.
Isn’t that whole Abu Dhabi development out in the ocean going downhill? Because to put your eggs into a basket with holes in it.

The sheik probably made them an offer they counldn’t refuse. lol

Good luck…. you better invest some new METAL DETECTORS.

By: Multiple Abu Dhabi trips may have been setting up UFC sale | Newstion.com

Multiple Abu Dhabi trips may have been setting up UFC sale | Newstion.com — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:15:02 +0000

[...] is rumored to face Matt Hughes at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi on Apr. 10. internet marketing MMAPayout is reporting that Sheikh Tahnoon may own as much as 10-percent of the company. Five Ounces of Pain [...]

By: yogi bear

yogi bear — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:34:59 +0000

so if the ufc cannot run events in the same place over and over than how the hell can Dana white claim that it would be bigger than the NFL who have games over and over in a span of a month..so the ufc would be like the wwe? IF Thats the case then i agree..
also if other promotions dont seem to exist than ufc is getting bigger and not mma as a sport…

By: Brain Smasher

Brain Smasher — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:37:42 +0000

Youtube

Elite XC and IFl went under because of poor management. Also they dont have anywhere near the popularity the UFC has. The UFC is making profit of every event they run be it Ohio or UK. They could run many events and sell out but it lose its edge real fast. The UFC moves around to keep the product fresh. When the UFC shows up its a big deal. That wouldnt happen if they run events in the same place over and over. They even had to take a break from Vegas to keep the events meaningful.

By: Quick Hits: Part of UFC Sold, Strikeforce Talking to Huerta and Barnett, “Rampage” Gets Probation, and More | MMAFrenzy.com

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:01:36 +0000

[...] A minority stake in the UFC, estimated to be approximately 10% of the promotion, has been sold to Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of the former United Arab Emirates president, Abu Dhabi Combat Club founder, and Jiu Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie. The news explains the stacked fight card that is shaping up for the UFC’s April 10 event in Abu Dhabi. [Five Ounces of Pain, MMA Payout] [...]

By: youtube

youtube — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:54:05 +0000

the economy wont allow it reason for it to be held monthly in a place like ohio is the same reason it wont be profitable around the world…its very expensive..ergo how would they be able to promote monthly in different countires..and go global as dana claims
now if you go to different countries you will see that a sport like boxing has monthly promotions with different local promoters running it and making a profit…(ill try and find some data—germany has universum,k2 promotions and arena promotions….in thailand they have probably 2 boxing promotions a month—different promoters,britain has frank warren and sky promoting,,mexico has A LOT of promoters..in the philippines there are about 5 promoters promoting regularly etc…and all of these businesses are making money)
ufc is very dependent in vegas where casinos pay them a site fee…but saying they would be global and profitable worldwde would be hard to do…(how many countries right now have a mma promotion that has been promoting regularly for at least 3 years and are making money? in the u.s where mma is the strongest elite x and ifl didnt make money…

By: Multiple Abu Dhabi trips may have been setting up UFC sale? | UFC News

Multiple Abu Dhabi trips may have been setting up UFC sale? | UFC News — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:04:31 +0000

[...] MMAPayoutis reporting that Sheikh Tahnoon may own as much as 10-percent of the company. Five Ounces of Pain reminded us of several tweets from the UFC’s power brokers starting in the August of 2009. white first indicated he was there on Aug. 3. The next Abu Dhabi-related tweet came in November when Fertitta said he was there and asked if anyone wanted to see Gracie fight in the UFC. After UFC 105 in the U.K. White said a crew was headed to Abu Dhabi: “We’re trying to figure out how this thing we’ll work. I don’t have a deal, but I’m pretty confident that we’re going to make one. I really don’t have any details other than that we’re working on it, and we’re confident that it will happen. Obviously, everybody knows Shiek Ta Sheik Tahnoon is a huge jiu-jitsu guy. He’s a Renzo Gracie black belt. He’s very into jiu-jitsu.” [...]

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uberVU - social comments — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:19:50 +0000

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By: Brain Smasher

Brain Smasher — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:17:58 +0000

ffww

The UFC can go to many cities and run events all year round. Just because they dont doesnt mean they cant. These countires clearly have a MMA following or the UFC wouldnt sell out at all. The reason they dont run events all year around is the same reason they dont come to Ohio every month. It is a big MMA state but the economy there doesnt allow them to charge much for tickets. So they get a 2 million gate which is no better than any other location like Atlanta, memphis, philly, etc. BUt they can pull 3-5 million in gate with much less tickets sold in Vegas. I was at UFC 68 which set the North AMerican attendance record at the time for mma. 19,000. The gate was only 3 million. Yet i think UFC 52 sold only 12,000 seat but had a gate of over 5 million. This added to the UFC wanting to expand their brand all over the world causes them to not focus on any one location unless its Vegas or maybe one day New York. Even with all the success in Ohio they are not coming back this year.