hindsightufuk: except in the WEC. I’m starting to think a merger with the UFC would be a great move now. More fighters dropping to 145, plus they would have more fight options when it comes to a card like 109, which was lacklustre at best. Coulda bought in the small guys instead of these stale heavyweights  (Quote)

I agree withthe merger. I think the only interesting fights left for BJ Penn would come from a merger with the WEC. He could go to 145 easily (IMO) and face an Aldo, Brown, Faber. Or maybe a Benson Henderson, Cerrone or Varner. He has already cleaned out the 155 division in UFC.

They’ve been inching closer to a merger with the absolution of the heavier weight classes, the UFC on versus/WEC on PPV, and all the commercials and interviews they do with WEC stars at UFC events and vice versa. But I don’t see it happening within the year unless some other consolidation efforts occur soon.

Problem is from a business stand point WEC has contracts with multple outlets/ vendors and would have to renegotiate these deals regardelss if both entities are under the Zuffa umbrella… Probably the same would happen with fighters contracts… your going from fighting and drawing for a small venue to helping draw for an arena- I’m sure they would want more $ for there efforts.

I really think the merger is inevitable but it will def. be later rather than sooner.

Rece Rock: so I don’t see how MMA can get stale unless the fighters are fighting the same opponents over and over again which really wouldn’t happen.  

except in the WEC. I’m starting to think a merger with the UFC would be a great move now. More fighters dropping to 145, plus they would have more fight options when it comes to a card like 109, which was lacklustre at best. Coulda bought in the small guys instead of these stale heavyweights

Is it just me or did anyone else have trouble with this first sentence?

I think this site needs an editor…

hindsightufuk:
Plus i dont understand the baseball/ecw analogies, i’m european and they play gay sports over here too, which i also dont understand  

Basically what he was trying to get at is there was a time when Vince McMahon (WWF, er, sorry, WWE) didn’t rule nearly all of “Professional Wrestling”. There were other companies out there, such as ECW, WCW, etc., just like there are other companies to MMA, like Strikeforce, Bellator, K1, and EliteXC and PRIDE (before those two were disbanded).

As far as this article is concerned, you’re always going to have your meathead fans, no matter what sport it is. I, for one, do support fighters and not just organizations (although I do find some of Strikeforce’s signings a little ridiculous….) and although there are a few DREAM (no pun intended) fights I want to see, I don’t hope what happened to pro wrestling happens to MMA (everyone basically fighting for the same company)