2014 MMA Story of the Year (Poll)

Cammo101 · Post #1 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:21 pm

Previous winners:

2013 - Anderson Silva gets KOed
2012 - UFC 151 is canceled
2011 - UFC signs with Fox
2010 - Fedor finally loses

NZB2323 · Post #2 » by **NZB2323** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:41 pm

The UFC losing money has to be the story.

REDDzone · Post #3 » by **REDDzone** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:20 pm

NZB2323 wrote:The UFC losing money has to be the story.

That got almost no discussion here for whatever reason.

http://mmapayout.com/2014/10/sp-downgra ... -bb-to-bb/

Bernman · Post #4 » by **Bernman** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:23 pm

I think Lawler's career resurgence was one of the great stories of the year. One of the great individual stories in MMA history quite possibly.

But that's a micro level story.

As far as a macro one, I gotta go with the Reebok deal, because that might turn the MMA landscape on its head, and contribute to losing the UFC more money than they did this year in the long run.

Post #5 » by **CPT** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 12:03 am

This lawsuit could be it, but we have to see where it goes.

For now, Reebok.

SDM · Post #6 » by **SDM** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:25 pm

REDDzone wrote:
NZB2323 wrote:The UFC losing money has to be the story.

That got almost no discussion here for whatever reason.

http://mmapayout.com/2014/10/sp-downgra ... -bb-to-bb/

Had no idea it was that bad.

Also, it appears that there's no Canadian tv partner for 2015 (link is from October, maybe it's changed) and they closed the UFC China offices.

REDDzone · Post #7 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:46 pm

SDM wrote:
REDDzone wrote:
NZB2323 wrote:The UFC losing money has to be the story.

That got almost no discussion here for whatever reason.

http://mmapayout.com/2014/10/sp-downgra ... -bb-to-bb/

Had no idea it was that bad.

Also, it appears that there's no Canadian tv partner for 2015 (link is from October, maybe it's changed) and they closed the UFC China offices.

The boring guy who is the ufc representative for Canada said the TV deal will be done this week. Those things usually come down to the last minute for whatever reason, so I'm thinking no issue there.

There is another article though that basically says the Fertitta's have been taking all the revenue from the ufc in order to keep station casinos afloat. I could probably find it after work but it seemed kind of sketchy.

SDM · Post #8 » by **SDM** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:03 pm

Wouldn't surprise me... from what I can gather about their current gaming set up, they're wrapped in deeply with Boyd, which is taking a rinse on a stalled multi-billion dollar project in Vegas. CET is in trouble... yeah, not a good time to be in gaming.

REDDzone · Post #9 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:12 pm

I have no idea what any of that means.