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The CEO of the IFL also went on to comment that he believes solidarity between promotions is the only way MMA will survive and be successful in the future.

“This harkens back to something I’ve been saying consistently, is that I do believe the MMA world is a fractured world, and the way to make it a healthier, stronger, and a mainstream sport and industry, is through consolidation and roll-up,” Larkin stated. “There’s just too many little groups out there who are fighting over the same meatless bone.”

This is kind of the UFC's thinking too, it seems. They just want to be the ones that consolidate it under their own organization.