Cammo101 wrote:While this is a good thing for MMA for sure, there is also some concern here. Fighters may be less likely to fight through injury now and more willing to pull out of fights. Also, certain guys may start to pull the old GSP move and opt for boring fights to reduce risk of losing and thus getting cut.
True, fighters may be more willing to pull out of fights due to injury now that they don't have to pay out of pocket, but from what I understand, they won't be getting their purse or anything like that. So there will still be plenty of incentive to fight. It will be typical insurance type stuff. They won't be making money off injuries, just not losing money. The (big) upside is that fighters will be getting better treatment and we will more often see fighters at 100% or close to it when they do fight. Also, it's not like these guys don't want to fight.
As for the second point, I disagree. For starters, this is supposed to be a sport, so I don't see why GSP gets dragged through the mud for winning. Sure, we as fans can say it is boring, but I rarely hear the same logic applied to other sports. Then, of course, there's the fact that the average guy on the brink of getting cut by the UFC can't just decide to fight like GSP. But the main point (without the needless shot at GSP) that fighters may decide to be boring in order to win fights and avoid getting cut still doesn't really pass the sniff test. The UFC has made it known that they will keep guys around who have exciting fights, even if they lose a few in a row, and on the flipside, have shown they are willing to cut less exciting guys after just one loss.
