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Old 04-29-2007, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Boone
UFC should let fighters mention their sponsors and shit too. Quit banning certain sponsors, etc. Sponsorship makes up a lot of the fighters money. When we sponsored John Alessio for the Diego Sanchez fight in the UFC, he got almost as much from us as he got for the fight from the UFC. That's insane, but if he could make it up with sponsors it balances out. Preventing fighters from mentioning anyone but the UFC sponsor Xyience is wrong.
I would imagine that for some of those guys at the bottom of the card that are pulling $2-4000 per, those sponsorships are the only thing that keep them going. Besides, the more guys that can afford to quit their straight jobs and fight for a living, the more quality fighters there are to go around.
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