Why does UFC get lots of respect?

Question

they just fight 5 or 6 times a year and heavy weights only fight 1 time every 6-8 months

Answer 1

i think you will find the UFC puts on a PPA event every month, plus the odd fight night on spike tv and setanta in the UK. the reason there has been no heavyweight title fights in a while is due to contract problems between couture and dana white.

the UFC has 90% of the best fighters in the MMA world in all divisions, Just Fedor that they need in the heavyweight division.

i thinks its good that the UFC try to get all the best fighters, that way we get to see the best fighters fighting each other in there prime. i mean who wants to see MMA go the same direction as boxing?

Answer 2

1 because they cornered the market.

2 because dana white is a rather clever businessman.

3 because even with all of that...the UFC still is the highest profile mma tournament on the planet.

because it is/was the original.

4 to even make it far enough to make it into the UFC...you are a d**n good fighter.

there's just something that draws people in when you put on "cage fights"...rather than 'ring fights'

i think maybe the world has about had enough of dana white's business savvy though.

Answer 3

It's tough to fight someone who is good period, and most fighters in the UFC are good.  If it was easy everyone would do it.  That's why they fight so infrequently.  

The body takes time to heal, plus you take into account training for a specific fight...  All of that takes time.

Marketing also has a big role in why they are so successful.  Love him or hate him, Dana White knows what he's doing.

One thing I can say though is that the fighters are way underpaid, that's why their trunks look like the yellow pages when they enter the octagon.

Answer 4

The UFC gets respected more than other organizations because it has a higher production value along with a deeper talent pool in all but the HW division.

Unlike other organizations the UFC is a national based MMA organization that trys to put on shows in as many states as possible and often times is able to produce international shows multiple times a year. Elite XC and other small organizations are regional and often times don't leave the state they are created in.

On top of that, the UFC has been around since 1992 and is regarded as one of the first MMA organizations started by a well respected family in the Martial Arts community... the Gracies.

Lastly, the UFC pays its fighters far better than any other organization and treats them far better than any other organization in the states. The UFC offers its fighters the ability to earn large amounts of money through not just contract and bonuses but also through the ability to garner well known sponsors.

I hope this answers your question.

Answer 5

because their AWESOME!!!

Answer 6

bluto you rock

Answer 7

I think you answered your own question.

Answer 8

They dont. In fact they are losing it.

They just get more coverage than other mma organizations in the united states because they have almost a monopoly on the best fighters (hence some contract controversy which is making the ufc look bad) and because they are the ones with the best coverage. They were the guys who essentially started mma in america, they just keep spearheading it.

They are popular because of the quality of the fighters. The problem is the ufc is so popular that they think they can control what mma should be. They refuse to allow their fighters to fight in other organzizations- hence a controversy. UFC thinks MMA is them. It wants MMA TO BE only them. That why it took such great pains as to make sure other organizations used the octagon ring- to achieve uniformity in an emerging sport to help the sport get more sanctioning- sanctioning the ufc had money to take advantage of. However other organizations are evolving to let their fighters fight in other organizations. the ufc is heavily against this because it the most profitable oraganization in the west.

So basically it because of the quality of the fighers. They are the best in the west. Some in the world. Eg anderson silva

Answer 9

because u kill one another in the match

Answer 10

On what do you base the assumption?

Answer 11

Because they're on tv.