Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
Quote Originally Posted by ykdadamaja View Post
Explain "fan friendly"??
-Multiple free cards per month.

-Undercard fights of all PPV's on free TV.

-Big/exciting fights that the fans want to see get made (because its all in house and there's no I WONT WORK WITH THAT PROMOTER nonsense)

-Tons of interactive fan expos that make UFC superstars much more accessible than boxing's superstars. Fans get to meet and hang out with the champs and top p4p guys in the sport: can the same be said for the top boxing stars? On the MMA forum I post at, meeting UFC superstars is a very common occurance: how many people here have met Mayweather, Pacquiao, Canelo, ect?
Above is all true but a lot of the MMA stars are accessible because they are not super stars like the people you have mentioned. If you go to fight cards you and want to meet fighters you will. Ive had converstaions with fighters like Andy Lee, Stephen Ormond, Gary O Sullivan, Tyson Fury, Barry McGuigan at fight cards in Irish. Ive talked to plenty of US fans who have gone to fights in the US and spoken and got pictures taken with fighters. The difference is the UFC fighters are contractually obliged to do this while boxers are not.

I dont think UFC will ever catch up with boxing just look and PPV figures and even free televised card figures and you'll see which is more popular.