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Since taking over the UFC in 2016 for a hefty $4 billion price tag, new owners WME-IMG have been making change. Given the amount they’d spent on acquiring the promotion, alterations were expected. That said, some of the changes have stirred up concerns amongst fans and employees of the promotion. Aside from sacking some 100 employees in the space of a few months, the new owners raised eyebrows with their termination of Mike Goldberg’s contract. After 20 years of working for and helping build the UFC, Goldberg was canned, and not in a nice way.

Yesterday’s alarming interview with ‘Goldie’ provided a deeper insight to his last month with the promotion. Feeling mistreated and dejected, Goldberg said he wasn’t even informed of the reasons for his dismissal, and received no contact from Dana White. Leaving a hole that many feel cannot be filled, Goldberg’s parting with the UFC highlights a worrying time. Among those with an unsure view of WME-IMG is color commentator Joe Rogan.

Rogan’s Concerns

During a recent episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ the longtime commentator voiced his concerns about the new UFC owners. After the quotes you’ll see the latest promo video for UFC Denver, which illustrates Rogan’s worries quite well. Here Rogan is talking about ‘out of context’ quotes used for Ronda Rousey’s UFC 207 return:

“A lot of that stuff they used in those promos were totally out of context. You gotta respect the champion.

“I have a problem with that, because that’s not what I would say. I saw these executive type guys, I don’t know (maybe) they were part of William Morris (new UFC owners). They were super connected on Rousey’s comeback, they were calling Amanda Nunes ‘cannon fodder.’

“They had this idea that she was just going to go in there and storm the castle, and take back the title. It was weird. Saying the loss was just a bump in the road, just a hiccup. These people who were talking backstage didn’t know Nunes’ name.”

Experience

Primarily known as a talent management agency, are WME-IMG experienced enough for the world of MMA? What are your thoughts on the above promo video? Is it a baron example of what’s to come?

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Reports of the UFC finally accepting a massive $4.2 billion bid for full ownership of the company emerged last night, and the largest mixed martial arts organization’s future is suddenly up in the air with this revelation. The fact the reported bid has been disputed by UFC executive Dave Sholler provides an interesting twist in this ever-evolving storyline, but the obvious questions about the purchase and change of ownership still remain.

It’s interesting to think that after nearly 23 years of existence, the UFC could be undergoing yet more massive changes. Having evolved from a ‘guilty sin’ sport in the early 1990’s to a somewhat lost product towards the end of that decade, to the now-firmly polished profit-generating machine we see in 2016, what’s going to happen if the UFC really has been sold?

For starters, there will be two very happy casino tycoons on the way to the bank... — For starters, there will be two very happy casino tycoons on the way to the bank…

There are three ways this could go; up, down or neither, and the importance lies in exactly what could be changed, because at this stage we aren’t sure what the reported new owners plan on doing with the company.

UFC president Dana White is rumored to be staying on, but commentator Joe Rogan said he’ll walk instantly if the promotion changes hands. Aside from this, here are some areas of the UFC that could be altered immeasurably:

Fighter Pay Conditions

Here’s a massive part of a very controversial argument that’s ongoing right now, and could be hugely impacted by a change in the ownership of the UFC. For years now, fighters have been crying out for a union, better pay and working conditions, and perhaps the expansion of the Muhammad Ali act to MMA actually helped the timing of this entire sale.

Things can surely only get better when, for instance, Joanne Calderwood scores brutal TKO against former title contender Valerie Letourneau only to later reveal she is too broke to afford another training camp. Danger pay alone should cover a fighter’s next camp. Donald Cerrone, a 21 (17-4) fight UFC veteran recently declared he ‘wasn’t worth sh*t’ to the UFC. Is this really the attitude the new owners want to promote?

That said, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, and it’s also hard to envision new ownership actually increasing operating cost from the start. Going with that mantra could mean fighters could also remain on the same ‘living wage’ or maybe even take a hit.

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