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WAMMA are parasites, pure and simple… putting on a face of goodwill and yet promoting just the opposite. If WAMMA truly had MMA at heart they would be wagering a campaign for legalization in all 50 states, for unionization and ensuing benefit programs of the fighters and for public marketing and awareness in the US and worldwide and they should NOT try an live off of another organization’s hard work with bogus belts, titles and rankings. They disgust me, working under false pretenses of supposed ‘do gooders’ and doing nothing but trying to embellish their own pockets. They are smart enough to see the explosion potential of MMA and they are simply trying to position themselves as more powerful players down the road because they want a piece of what Zuffa created. Who would take serious some other organization trying to declare a different NFL champion? Who takes serious the WBA, WBC, WBO etc anymore?

It’s called ’speculation’ when taking an investment position and looking for a long term gain, but when there is no set commodity marketplace and when its being done to dilute and steal from the efforts of a visionary organization, its called ‘pathetic’ and I applaud Imbiclie’s enlightening comments above, where he even points out even this forum’s active involvement in these shenanigans.

Dana and the UFC are no saints, they are flawed but they are shrewd and ruthless business men and they have moved a fledgling company into a massive and potentially worldwide megasport on par with anything currently out there in in a record short period of time. HexRei, what you want will happen, but it took 30-50+ years in any previously comparable sports model, do you really think it won’t eventually happen here and much sooner than ever before….relax dude and enjoy the next few PPV’s. ONE BELT! ONE WORLD CHAMP! If we want that, then yes, there will be bumps in the road and we can call them out on those, but consider the alternative, because most people here don’t ever look at the past for such clear and obvious lessons.

Cheers Mates

(by the way Robert, nice facts supporting your truly hilarious conclusions. What’s on RAW tonight buddy?)

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2 major organizations meant we as the fans got to see more quality fights. And the sport was not tarnished.

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Every sport will eventually either get monopolized or turn into a total mess (like boxing). Either one corrupt group rises to the top or a ton of corrupt groups rip the sport to shreds. It’s not fair. It’s not right. But it’s reality and all the righteous indignation in the world won’t change that. Deal with it. For better or worse, it seems that the UFC is going to be that monopoly and I’d rather have that than have a clusterf-ck like boxing.

Would I like to see several different MMA promotions co-exist without crushing the sport? Yes. Would I like to bang Jessica Alba? Yes. Yet, reality says “no”. Damn reality!

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You won’t even visit a site like mmajunkie or yahoo, even for an interview with the head of ATT giving an alternate opinion on this topic, because you think they are biased. Maybe they are. But you will post endlessly on a site owned and run by someone who has been employed by CBS and ProElite, and currently is heavily involved with WAMMA? You see no bias there, I guess? Everyone has their own particular bias going into reporting, but you should be smart enough to read around that and determine the facts. But the only way you will get the whole picture is if you bother to read more than just those you blindly agree with.

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If the UFC gains a monopolistic hold on the sport to the degree you are talking then there will be a union. A union would not allow for a fighter to be dropped in this fashion, so maybe that scenario solves the problem.

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