There are many golden rules within the business world, but in regards to selling yourself, your company, or your product, none are more important than this: never over-sell, never over-hype, never over-promise. It’s basic expectations theory. When an organization makes a promise, they set an invisible bar of expectations within the minds of their customers. […]
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No Need To Panic: A Realistc Future for MMA
What do the failures of so many organizations mean for MMA? It means that promoters and their investors need to be smarter with their money. And it’s not like there isn’t precedence within the business world for this sort of gross mismanagement either. I’m sure everyone remembers the dot-com bubble of the late 90s that […]
No Need To Panic: An Analysis of the MMA Industry
In recent days we’ve seen a flurry of MMA business activity that has forced everyone within the community to re-evaluate the health of the industry. Individuals like Dana White will be the first to tell you that MMA is going to be more popular than soccer or the Superbowl, worldwide, by 2016. Yet, others are […]
Updated: Randy Couture to face Brock Lesnar in the UFC
In an on-going conference call, UFC President Dana White announced that Randy “The Natural” Couture will fight Brock Lesnar in an upcoming UFC pay per view for the Heavyweight title on Novemer 15th. The original plan was to do this show live in Portland but that has been delayed, the fight will take place in […]
Report: UFC & Couture Negotiating; Possibly Lesnar in November
Bloodyelbow.com is reporting that the UFC is currently in negotiations with Randy Couture for a potential return to the Octagon in November to fight heavyweight blue chipper and former WWE star Brock Lesnar. It’s worth noting that aside from Florian vs. Stevenson, no other fight, let alone a main event, has been booked for UFC […]