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Originally Posted by Robert_Lake
The UFC has brought the UFC into the public eye by starting a reality show. THey in no way have helped out MMA, only themselves. They have stated before that they won't join with any other promotions and wont sign open contracts. Every single other organization out there is under some type of alliance which allows fighters to compete in other organizations.
The UFC needs to open their doors to other promotions fighters/champions to compete against their fighters and vice versa, otherwise we will wind up with th boxing alphabet soup champions like Reaped said.
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sure they've helped the sport, without UFC becoming more main-stream and seen these other orgs wouldn't be able to survive if the fanbase was still as small as it was 5 years ago. Obviously they've done it to help their brand but it has helped the sport as well. They're also working hard to get regulation in states/countries that don't currently have it so they can put on a UFC show but after that is accomplished, other mma promotions can go into these places as well.
The UFC is like the NBA or NFL, why do they need to cross promote? You don't see Kobe Bryant playing for FIBA.
I do think it'd be great to see, but if their champions start to lose to other champions it only lowers their value and raises others. If the UFC champs win, well they're supposed to. The UFC gains nothing by fighting outside of their org.
I'd prefer one org to have all of the top fighters and have the best fight the best under one brand. The obvious choice is the UFC, but they had a shot to do that and fumbled the ball IMO.
Dreams will never be huge in the U.S. because it's not an American product.