There’s an opportunity to pick up a “rival” organization at a reasonable price. I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t jump on it. As for the need for feeder leagues: There are tons of those to go around. Most of them are unknown, but these unknown leagues supply most of the big fighters to the UFC, eventually. Buying IFL doesn’t hurt MMA, even if they do disband it. There wouldn’t be an IFL for too much longer anyway, regardless of Zuffa’s involvement. They are not making money. So you can say goodbye to the team format. I say “good riddance.”

I suppose this will end up putting the kaibash on the rumored Horodecki/Gomi fight, eh?

yeh but then randy got tested

His days in the UFC ended before the organization and the sport exploded in popularity. He spent most of his career in Pride, where his skills in the ring and reverence for Japanese culture made him an icon.

Ben, you forgot one teensy weensy little detail about why Barnett left UFC and fought in PRIDE. Hint: It’s something they test for in UFC and not Japan.

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thats good shit

Medium, not knit picking you or insulting you,
but i think you’re using pacific instead of specific.
it’s confusing… cause it’s not atlantic

brad, not knit picking or insulting you,
but i think you’re using well instead of while.
it’s confusing…be more pacific.

Oh they want smaller venues to be around. They just don’t want televised Venues that aren’t there own. They will always need the little guy to bring up there new up and coming fighters, but they just don’t want them taking any spotlight well doing that.

Now in this case, the IFL take over would give them video rights (which we have seen has been widely used on there pride take over) and a handful of fighters that are ready to step onto the big stage. Easily worth a million to the UFC. Even if some of the fighters don’t pan out, or even get outright destroyed by tougher competition. It just further pushes the idea that the best fighters in the world are in the UFC, well giving them profit in the mean time.

Rather ingenious really! from a business owners perspective

I dont get Dana White…he keeps saying they need the smaller organisations, that the UFC is like the NFL and other organistations like college football or whatever, but every chance they get, they buy the small organizations ….are they gonna get the fighters and disband the IFL like they did with Pride?