I for one think this maybe the best year for the U.F.C. in terms of brand recognition. As far as finances go I'm expected a slight dip in their growth. I know they'll make profit but I think comparing how they were growing compared to prior years this maybe a slight step backward. So we got the obvious stuff out of the way now lets move onto the important stuff.
So in the old blog I mentioned how the U.F.C. being sold for $4 Billion was a low number. Yes, I know it was bought for $2 Million and sold for $4 Billion, blah, blah, blah. The point was if your buying it for 4 than you expect to make back 8. So the U.F.C.being bought by William Morris Endeavor (W.M.E.) for $4 Billion dollars means that within a few years they expect a return on invest of their purchase for no less than $8 Billion. I'm guessing within 5 years of their purchasing of the company they'll expect to have made back their initial $4 Billion. But that is in 5 years, this year they have a major problem on their hands that most people aren't paying attention too.
Here's a question for you to think about. What is the average age of all the male fighters in the U.F.C.? Another question would be. What is the average age of all the female fighters in the U.F.C.? The U.F.C. is facing a problem with it's current roster that no one is talking about. Their roster is getting older without a new crop of younger fighters coming in to help keep the company exciting. I know people want to say that the U.F.C. has a lack of star power with their fighters. I'm saying they have a youth problem with their fighters.
If you owned the U.F.C. there would be two things that you would need to look at as major problems. One is who is on your roster and for how much money. The second is who can you add to your roster that can possibly make you money in the future. I just mentioned how in 5 years the U.F.C. should be worth $8 Billion to W.M.E. if everything works out positively. Now if your WME ask yourself how many of the current fighters on the roster today will still be on the roster in 5 years. This goes back to the average age question.
When Zuffa owned the U.F.C. the majority of fighters coming into the U.F.C. were over the age of 25 years old. One of the reasons being that some would have done four years of college starting at age 18. Than four years later they were 22 years old and graduating college. Now they'd decided to become a Mixed Martial Arts (M.M.A.) fighter. Training for that took 2 years and than there was finding places to have amateur fights. After a few amateur fights, meaning they fought for no money, they would have fights for money. From there they would hope to get the attention of the U.F.C. and go from there. Now that I've just described part of what Jon Jones went through before he joined the U.F.C. realize that his story was just a little over 5 years ago. Things have changed a lot in 5 years.
If your W.M.E. you really need to start rethinking how you bring in new fighters. Particularly those between the ages of 22-27 years old. Many of you are not aware of how M.M.A. has evolved into being more accepted by the main stream audience. Even fewer of you realize that those training in M.M.A. are now starting as young children. Eventually those children will become adults who have trained in M.M.A. for 10 to 15 years before they ever step foot in the U.F.C. Octagon. I know that before Zuffa sold the company they opened a U.F.C. Performance Center in Nevada. But just like World Wrestling Entertainment (W.W.E.) is seeing now, how long will it take before you have fighters that are not just ready to fight in the Octagon? When will the Stars of the future be ready for the U.F.C.. More importantly for the bottom line for it's parent company when will they start making big money?
+UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship
+WWE
+Sherdog.com
+HeymanHustle
+ESPN
+FOX Sports
+Wrestlezone.com
+CraveOnline.com
www.ufc.com
www.wwe.com
www.sherdog.com
www.heymanhustle.com
www.espn.go.com
www.foxsports.com
www.ringtv.craveonline.com
www.wrestlezone.com
Check out Geek-a-Tron on Blogger for my previous posted tagged UFC for my previous posts.
So in the old blog I mentioned how the U.F.C. being sold for $4 Billion was a low number. Yes, I know it was bought for $2 Million and sold for $4 Billion, blah, blah, blah. The point was if your buying it for 4 than you expect to make back 8. So the U.F.C.being bought by William Morris Endeavor (W.M.E.) for $4 Billion dollars means that within a few years they expect a return on invest of their purchase for no less than $8 Billion. I'm guessing within 5 years of their purchasing of the company they'll expect to have made back their initial $4 Billion. But that is in 5 years, this year they have a major problem on their hands that most people aren't paying attention too.
Here's a question for you to think about. What is the average age of all the male fighters in the U.F.C.? Another question would be. What is the average age of all the female fighters in the U.F.C.? The U.F.C. is facing a problem with it's current roster that no one is talking about. Their roster is getting older without a new crop of younger fighters coming in to help keep the company exciting. I know people want to say that the U.F.C. has a lack of star power with their fighters. I'm saying they have a youth problem with their fighters.
If you owned the U.F.C. there would be two things that you would need to look at as major problems. One is who is on your roster and for how much money. The second is who can you add to your roster that can possibly make you money in the future. I just mentioned how in 5 years the U.F.C. should be worth $8 Billion to W.M.E. if everything works out positively. Now if your WME ask yourself how many of the current fighters on the roster today will still be on the roster in 5 years. This goes back to the average age question.
When Zuffa owned the U.F.C. the majority of fighters coming into the U.F.C. were over the age of 25 years old. One of the reasons being that some would have done four years of college starting at age 18. Than four years later they were 22 years old and graduating college. Now they'd decided to become a Mixed Martial Arts (M.M.A.) fighter. Training for that took 2 years and than there was finding places to have amateur fights. After a few amateur fights, meaning they fought for no money, they would have fights for money. From there they would hope to get the attention of the U.F.C. and go from there. Now that I've just described part of what Jon Jones went through before he joined the U.F.C. realize that his story was just a little over 5 years ago. Things have changed a lot in 5 years.
If your W.M.E. you really need to start rethinking how you bring in new fighters. Particularly those between the ages of 22-27 years old. Many of you are not aware of how M.M.A. has evolved into being more accepted by the main stream audience. Even fewer of you realize that those training in M.M.A. are now starting as young children. Eventually those children will become adults who have trained in M.M.A. for 10 to 15 years before they ever step foot in the U.F.C. Octagon. I know that before Zuffa sold the company they opened a U.F.C. Performance Center in Nevada. But just like World Wrestling Entertainment (W.W.E.) is seeing now, how long will it take before you have fighters that are not just ready to fight in the Octagon? When will the Stars of the future be ready for the U.F.C.. More importantly for the bottom line for it's parent company when will they start making big money?+UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship
+WWE
+Sherdog.com
+HeymanHustle
+ESPN
+FOX Sports
+Wrestlezone.com
+CraveOnline.com
www.ufc.com
www.wwe.com
www.sherdog.com
www.heymanhustle.com
www.espn.go.com
www.foxsports.com
www.ringtv.craveonline.com
www.wrestlezone.com
Check out Geek-a-Tron on Blogger for my previous posted tagged UFC for my previous posts.
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