If this is true, how do they justify the fact that the "purse" from one Mayweather fight is more than every single fighter in the UFC combined will make for years of fighting?
Like I said, the UFC has a different model, they promote their athletes differently, their is no standout stars, but many of them, the fights attract a more diverse audience,so when someone buys a Floyd Mayweather fight, they are paying to see Floyd fight and don't really give a fuck about the under-card. In the UFC, somebody might be interested in 3 or 4 fights on the card or different people are buying it to watch a certain fight and not necessarily the main fight. Boxing relies on these one off mega-fights that sell mega PPV, but then the rest of the time nothing happening, they are generating much money. The UFC sells it's events regularly, attracting smaller PPV sales but because they market their product on volume, they make more money in the long run.
From a business perspective, the UFC's strategy is far superior to the one boxing adopts. Boxing puts all it's eggs in one basket and mega fights are few and far between. The punters lose interest after awhile and they aren't constantly hooked in. Also when a big star leaves the promotion, they are fucked, like what happened after Tyson left the heavyweight scene. Boxing started dying, because they rely too heavily on too few a fighters. Not only that, these so called mega fights are often boring snooze-fests, and the punters are beginning to wake up to it. As it stand now, the punters are only buying Mayweather fights in the hope they see him lose. The UFC on the other hand can afford to lose some of it's stars and have a few unsuccessful UFC events.
Boxing is on the decline and the UFC is on the climb.
