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Originally Posted by captonion
I saw an iterview with Fedor,and Randy after the affliction photo shoot where Rand talked about cross-promotion.Randy said he had offerered to give up his purse to make the fight happen with Fedor in the octogon.
Seems to me Randy knows that cross-promotions would be very good for MMA,and is smart enough to try and make it happen.To go so far as to give up your purse shows how passionate he is about it.It's too bad that Dana isn't as passionate about MMA,and less concerned about money.
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M1 offered to pay the purses in cross promotion between Randy and Fedor, so it's not like Randy was actually giving up his purse.
Either way it isn't Dana's job to be passionate about MMA. It's Dana's job to run the UFC the best way he can. If Steve Jobs was passionate about improving the quality of everyone's cell phones he would sell the iPhone for $1, but he would get fired real fast. Businesses are created for the purpose of making money and staying/getting on top.
I can bet you that if EXC was in the UFC's position, Gary Shaw wouldn't be talking so much about cross promotions with orgs he doesn't own.