Changes The UFC Needs To Make

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harry1of1
harry1of1
0:00 intro
0:35 the apex
1:39 muay thai/kickboxing
5:09 weight divisions
6:56 the price of ppvs
9:20 start times
10:57 Rule changes
13:09 the judges
14:52 weight cutting
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[@petion2013]

Hell no to 10 judges. The most i think should be 5

[@cesaralvarez8187]

Bro wants everybody to have a belt. 155, 165, 170, 175... Shit... I strongly disagree. You'll get watered down divisions like boxing.

[@seamussynnott921]

Scrap 170 and have it continue in steps of 10 upto light heavyweight eg 45,55,65,75 etc etc

[@Mafiosoleo]

No bro

[@Eltiburonmma]

That’s why you keep it simple 125, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175, 185, 195, 205, 265 Adding one weight class or 2 helps keep it safe for the fighters and gives other fighters a chance to fight at a weight class that works for them, it’s also a good thing for the UFC since it gives way for more fighters, more fights, more exciting match ups. Obviously just keep it regulated where it’s a 10 lb increment, one belt for each weight class. The reason boxing is such a mess rn is because of the corruption and the constant addition of new belts (regular and super champions). We obviously know Dana is not like that so it probably won’t have the chance to get out of hand. That’s just my thoughts.

[@devenp.5508]

10lbs difference for the lower weights, add 165 scrap 170 for 175 and leave the rest.

[@c_rem6101]

​@@seamussynnott921 I agree that this is the best compromise to mitigate the watering down of the divisions

[@EddieH767]

I disagree that the UFC should bring in Muay Thai/kickboxing they should focus on there sport, i think people forget that the UFC is like the WBO,IBF etc… in boxing it’s a league for only that sport. Dana wants the ufc to be like the nfl and nba where it alone is the where the best go and expanding that out to another sports kinda devalues what it means to hold a UFC belt, holding that belt means you are the Ultimate fighter champion and slapping the ufc onto another belt outside MMA also devalues the meaning.

[@staurosgames7649]

you do understand that the nba and nfl are only in america but the ufc is in many different countries

[@hulkwithagun9749]

@@staurosgames7649his points still stand

[@Theking-nm6wc]

Wbc does muy thai aswell

[@bambam-rq7sy]

This makes no sense Bellator did Bellator kickboxing for a few years. Did not ruin their validity at all as the belts were called Bellator kickboxing belts. If the ufc is like boxing commissions the largest one is the wbc and they have muay thai divisions.

[@EddieH767]

@@bambam-rq7syBellator was in such financial trouble they got sold to PFL and the wbc didn’t introduce Muay Thai until till 40 years in 2004 after they were founded so they had a lot of time to be established as one of the biggest boxing promotions

[@Kaihegon]

Biggest issue with changing the weight cutting is about 90% of the fighters would have to change divisions. Most of the champions wouldnt make weight for their division. Thats why the ufc would never change that

[@leanderprioleau4494]

4 views 3 minutes bros goated with the sauce

[@Nameandaddresswithheld]

“They should add kickboxing or muaythai” directly translates to “I don’t like grappling, because effective fighting is boring

[@Kaihegon]

Facts, if I wanted to watch muay Thai or kickboxing, I'd fucking watch them... not mma

[@kazuhiramiller1616]

Or hear me out, having to watch boring ass fighters like Holm, Belal, or Pantoja sit there and stall a fight for the sake of "smart fighting" isn't good for the sport. People don't mind grappling, just hate it when they stall or play for control time.

[@Nameandaddresswithheld]

⁠@@kazuhiramiller1616hear me out, maybe the ‘exciting fighters’ should learn better grappling defense instead of spending their entire career complaining that a high school wrestler could take them down and hold them there indefinitely. Maybe we shouldn’t get rid of like 70% of the sport to make it ‘more exciting’ to people that don’t understand or care what’s going on anyway. This isn’t the NFL. Maybe grapplers get stuck in ‘boring positions’ because ‘exciting strikers’ don’t know how to do literally anything on the ground but hold on tight and hope the ref stands them up. Maybe if strikers did anything other than shell up and complain that they don’t get to just punch a wooden board that lets them, more exciting grappling exchanges could occur.

[@Nameandaddresswithheld]

@@kazuhiramiller1616 or, hear me out… you could just go watch MT or KB. You shouldn’t watch basketball and complain it should be more like hockey

[@kazuhiramiller1616]

@@Nameandaddresswithheld you don't get it. Those fighters aren't fun to watch, never have never will be. People love guys like Charles or any of them dagestanis. Why? Because they fights for the finish. They put on a show. Watching Almeida sit on a guy for 15 minutes playing control time isn't effective or fun. Even look at UFC 300, the worst fight, hands down was Sterling's. He didn't attempt to try anything. The greatest fights in UFC history have largely been striking. But you don't need to remove grapping, it is entertaining, just not when the rules allow bums to hold a position and somehow come out on top with 0 damage inflicted.

[@JoelVenc]

I sometimes doubt myself then I watch you make these suggestions with full confidence and I feel better about myself

[@Mafiosoleo]

Weight classes are fine how they are imo . It keeps the best fighters and competition super high and entertaining between divisions

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

I agree, the more belts they add, the less prestigious it is to be a champion, other than the heaviest title which will always be the biggest one.

[@Anonymoushomie69]

Imo they should still add something like cruiserweight if not when a lhw guy wants to move up it takes years. Look at Jon Jones.

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

@@Anonymoushomie69 No one forced him to move up tbh. Heavyweight is the big boys class, it shouldnt be easy to move up to it.

[@ssglbc1875]

@@Anonymoushomie69it doesn’t take years to move up also say 220 ibs is the new cruiser weight? So guys like Jon jones, ciryl gane, Jalton almedia and tyburia while being at the top of Hw would make the easy cut and dominate cruiser weight because they are all around 250 or less

[@Anonymoushomie69]

@@ssglbc1875 Fair enough, cruiserweight might not be a great idea.

[@Mafiosoleo]

Almost none of the young people buy PPV anymore

[@sk1p2mycl0ud8]

I'm 19, earnin around 800€ in my vocational job, its hard to afford live, when do it by my lonely, things like ppv are often too expensive at the end of the month, bet many guys my age feel the same

[@appleboss9742]

​@@sk1p2mycl0ud8that's why people illegally stream it

[@ImMeE19]

The best way to fix weight cutting is a very strict 15 lb (maybe even 10 lb) limit of that desired weight. Say Paulo Costa weighs 215 fight day then he’ll forbidden from competing in 185 anymore. Right before they go out to fight you can weigh the fighter and if they’re over the 15 pound limit then they’ll be “banned” from that division(after competing ofc) Adding 165, 175, 195 and or 225, 230 or 235 would make it easier

[@appleboss9742]

Yea, but they also could just make the weigh in on fight night

[@TheMuddyfox]

Almost staying up untill 6 am every Sunday. It’s torture 😂

[@andrewaguilar3127]

just go to bed early bro

[@Burgo30]

You should know Dana will hate you now for bringing up All these ideas that makes sense to everyone else but him.

[@Jamdodge08]

I get your point about wanting muay thai and kickboxing in the ufc however i equally think there's a good reason why they don't. The audiences who want to watch kickboxing watch glory and muay thai fans typically watch one fc and so i think that the biggest audiences likely wouldn't want to watch a ufc version when all the big names aren't fighting there. These big names probably want to stay in their current promotions as well as they are valued much more by the companies they are under where as in joining the ufc a guy like say haggerty goes from being one of ones biggest fighter to a lower priority behind the mma champs which are bound to be prioritized. As well as this if the ufc takes after one fc i can see them leaning into the more gimmicky mixed rules fights which i know lots of people like but i myself dont and i'm sure some people may agree. I also dont think that it is great for a more established and well known company like the ufc to stray away from a structure which is proven to work very well and as the saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it. With the weigh class things i equally can totally see where your coming from however it is a large change in the infrastructure of the company that would likely result in similar ppv numbers as the majority of viewers are casual fans who just want to watch fights and so such a big change likely isn't as profitable for them. As well as this i think the larger weight gaps in the upper weight classes is misunderstood. As much larger people they have the capability to cut much more weight as their body holds more water and so the proportion of the weight that they have to cut balances out with the smaller guys who hold less water. Finally with the judges part i know i have already said this on a previous video but i really dislike the phrase judges may value xyz more. I agree that that is reality and there's not much we can do but i think the biggest thing we can do to help judges is to make clear they cannot value certain things more and to ensure that they are reminded before each fight night that there is a definitive scoring criteria and that they should be scoring solely off of this. I know it's hard as mma is a subjective sport to judge but equally i feel although people treat it as more subjective than it is in many cases. I know this is a lot but trying to be constructive and overall a great video. I couldn't agree more on the ppv prices bit😂

[@EddieH767]

Exactly the ufc is a mma promotion and if we want to sport to grow we should focus on MMA and not let the ufc be stretched thin building up another sport The ufc is the Ultimate Fighting Championship, it’s to find the best fighter that’s the appeal of MMA knowing that this fighter can beat anyone because there verse in every style.

[@Kaihegon]

You wrote a lot when all you had to say is - the ufc is mma (essentially) so why would they veer from that? Go watch muay Thai if you wanna see that...

[@Jamdodge08]

@@Kaihegon an the weight stuff but essentially yeah😂 i write lots as I would rather explain my thoughts in the comment rather than people’s replies to it although i guess thats what im doing now😂

[@Guru-ue2yp]

Great video Harry! U da man

[@Harry1of1]

Thanks bro

[@louispierre-dion9757]

Talks about casuals.. sounds exactly like a casual

[@LuanJaguarREAL]

Yeah, based takes. UFC should do what ONE FC have been doing and introduce kickboxing, muay thai, submission wrestling and special rules fights. Also UFC really need a superheavyweight/openweight/no weightlimit division.

[@danielculverwell6069]

PPV is $40NZD for us which is expensive but way more reasonable

[@LuanJaguarREAL]

yeah man, I really miss those Pride FC days where you could knee and kick grounded opponents head. only that it didnt have elbows, now add it and make a complete ruleset. like free vale tudo. elbows allowed, ground knees/kicks allowed. and bam action. :) That would also create a threat to these who exploit rules to their advantage. modern UFC/MMA rules favor grapplers and BJJ guys so much. you know those who just lay and pray all the fight, or lay on the ground waiting in the guard etc

[@Biggestlebronfan23]

i think it should be 5 judges and i do agree with the weight classes

[@gimpystimpy5304]

your contents goated, an honest discussion for the 165 belt is needed, while yes the division would be perfect and going up 10 pounds from 125-185 would honestly be better but how would they go about initiating it?

[@Harry1of1]

Thanks bro I think I’d get 8 of the highest ranked fighters between the two divisions in a tournament winner takes all

[@ImMeE19]

After 185 it should go 205, 235, 265

[@Heisenberg_Plays]

dont be late for the livestream this weekend lmao

[@DerEchteBabo]

My solution for weight cutting would be to see what people on average weigh at at fight night, so if 155ers usually weigh 175 at fight night then for 155 the weight at fight night should be 175. It's basically the same as now without the cut and no way to cheat

[@damnvruv1994]

Or just make weigh in the day of the fight so drastic weight cuts are not feasible or beneficial

[@Karim_namazbayev]

I always have a question why do you buy ppv, can't you watch ufc by fightpass?

[@GamedevDen]

You cant see the main event, just the prelims. Found this out the hard way :(

[@Karim_namazbayev]

@@GamedevDen wtf, I live in Kazakhstan, and I bought fightpass, we have all events with all fights included in our fightpass + the whole archive of all previous fights in UFC.

[@vicentecorderofight]

I stayed Up until 8:00 AM to watch Topuria VS Volk with 40 guys It was crazy when he knocked Volk out de almost got kicked out of the apartment.We are from Spain

[@1stClassT.V]

No american do t want to fight at 4pm or go out to a bar in the middle of the day 🤣

[@adriii_021]

Here in spain we can see pov for 7€ a month i thought it was a thing for every european country

[@Habib_Osman]

If it was easy to go to other places the UFC would never use the Apex arena. The apex is the solution to the UFC wanting to put up 50+ shows a year.

[@faampie]

If you take weight cutting out Paddy will have to jump up to heavy weight.

[@daniel-zy1zh]

They need jiu jitsu tournaments for sure

[@sk1p2mycl0ud8]

Hell nah, we would never see Charles compete in mma again😂

[@daniel-zy1zh]

@@sk1p2mycl0ud8 you right😂that 145 Gracie dude even worse

[@davestorm8819]

Only 15 dollars for a ppv though? In all seriousness if they made ppvs THAT cheap then we'd be getting a fuckton of ad breaks and everything. Longer downtime during events too. To hell with that.

[@cadellvandernol2460]

Having more belts derails the value of a belt

[@falkjohannsen8709]

PPV in Germany is like 18 euro

[@jiriz591]

UFC needs to sell PPVs in US. US is a high-paycheck/high-life-expenses country. You might have countries e.g. in Europe where the standard of living is similar as in US, but the average paycheck is one third. Why so late event starts? My guess is so that ppl in US can go out on Saturdays and still watch the whole main card after. I'm afraid applying all your changes would make UFC go bankrupt in 2-5 years :)

[@bryancontreras3051]

Yea don’t let bro ever cook again

[@FLAWLESS_NEWB]

why would they if dana dont pay the fighters

[@Johngottisentme]

Keep the start time on American time. We pay the Ufc bills.

[@alittlemadd]

25 to 30 dollars for a pay for view is fair considering you have to have espn+

[@ImMeE19]

Rodtang, Tawanchai, Superlek & Haggerty are the best of the best strikers

[@Harry1of1]

They could sell crazy ppvs off those guys alone

[@JACKRIPPHER7]

Pantoja didn’t win at all It’s damaged based scoring not control time based

[@NeverWrongMMA]

Imagine the ufc having the crossover fights for muay thai and kickboxing champions that would be the greatest thing ever

[@Harry1of1]

Put the best base for mma conversations to bed

[@EddieH767]

Nah I don’t think so like don’t get me wrong it would be electric but it runs into the same problem with boxing where of course the boxer will win that’s all they even train. It’s just not fair for either fighter.

[@TheRealAbraxas]

The UFC needs Muay Thai with 4 oz gloves just like ONE does. They could even invite some current UFC fighters to participate like some fighters do in grappling tournaments. Imagine the slugfests that would happen without any grappling.

[@ImMeE19]

We definitely need a division between 205 and 265. Maybe 235? Call 205 Cruiserweight and 235 LHW

[@AcrylicStew]

I don’t think they have enough fighters to do that.

[@ImMeE19]

@@AcrylicStewJones could make 235

[@BlueprintGB-gz5qq]

3:32-3:36 O'Malley a better striker than both tho, no doubt.

[@ssglbc1875]

Pereira would snap o malley

[@LuanJaguarREAL]

scrap the old 125 Flyweight, no one cares about it anyway. they should just move up to Bantamweight or New 135-Flyweight thats what to make : Flyweight 135 Bantamweight 145 Featherweight 155 Lightweight 165 Welterweight 175 Middleweight 185 Light Heavyweight 205 Cruiserweight 220 Heavyweight 265 SuperHeavyWeight/OpenWeight - no limit

[@ssglbc1875]

220 ibs cruiser weight? Why just too gift guys like jones almedia gane and tbura free way trip to beat up lhws and become champ. Then still a 165 ib division would take away from WW where no one even fights and LW which is stacked so whatever but scrapping 125 will make so many guys loose their jobs and so many fighters would be at 135 so win for fans but L for fighters

[@ssglbc1875]

Super hw open weight? Nah just make HW no weight limit. Who the heck would fight at super heavyweight a bunch of fat guys no one wants too watch winning a free easy belt.

[@subtokeatonwalsh6562]

I think you’re kinda crazy to think the one fc muy Thai fighters will leave for the UFC. One isn’t some secondary promotion, it’s basically the UFC for the east. And the UFC is famous for shitty fighter pay, so they’re probably getting better money at one than the UFC would give them, not to mention one is much nicer to its fighters, giving Angela lee 2 years off for a pregnancy and encouraging respect and honor over the shit talking the UFC makes stars off of. Sure nobody in ONE makes as much as Conor or bones but the average fighter makes more, they have better and more frequent bonuses, and they are arguably just as good a stage to prove yourself as the best fighter in the world, if the UFC started a muy Thai division they’d only get the fighters from Europe, north America, South America, and about a third of Russia, they wouldn’t get rodtang or haggerty