A lot has been made over the past few days about Jackson vs. Griffin, the latest, and probably most high profile of controversial fight decisions in the UFC. The fight highlighted the inadequacies of the current 10-point scoring system and the need for some sort of criteria-based ranking system. Understandably, results like that of UFC […]
Archives for July 2008
Former IFL Stars Fill UFC Counter-Card
When the IFL first started-up, the UFC downplayed the significance of the league and its fighters. However, on July 19th, 3 former IFL fighters are hoping to make new homes for themselves under the UFC banner. Competing on main card, in a televised bout is Reese Andy, who went 5-1 in the IFL, has an […]
Fighter Salaries: Questionable UFC Contract Provisions
Fighter Salaries: Minimum Fighter Payouts
Fighter Salaries: Addressing The Problems
As a follow-up to Fighter Salaries: The Problems With Revenue Linking, in the coming days I will be examining potential suggestions that could help to improve the hotly contested MMA issue that is fighter pay. For the sake of convenience – and also because they are the “800 lbs. gorilla in the room” – most […]