By now most of the MMA world has probably heard about Rampage Jackson’s arrest yesterday afternoon in Newport Beach, California. It was certainly a shock to many, but as troubling as his predicament may seem, I would encourage everyone not to jump to conclusions, nor to pass judgement. When an MMA fighter finds himself in […]
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Scoring Systems and Power Rankings Impacting UFC Business
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 […]
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 […]