re: UFC on Fox - Donald Cowboy Cerrone vs. RDA - Saturday (12/19) @ 8:00C on Fox

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Don't know who your source is but that is not what I have heard. The fighters were told they would get a percentage from the kits sold. As of last month, according to Tim Kennedy, that has not been the case at all.

As to Cuban (or someone like him), he would not try to buy the UFC...he would, with other investors, both private and institutional, set up a platform to draw talent away from the UFC.

I know some folks in the medical community that have worked on UFC fighters. Apparently (and KBeezy may be able to confirm or deny this), there is a very strong undercurrent of mistrust and frustration with Dana White and the UFC.

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Never said I had any sources.. also I didn't say shite about fight kits.. Reebok gives a bonus to fighters when they fight based on either tenure or title holders, last weekend's breakdown LINK .. other than that it's been a disaster, but some sponsors were sending bounced checks or not sending checks to fighters at all.. Mark Cuban has been running small promotions on his cable station for like 7 years; if he wanted to start his own company he would've tried by now.. Oh and 7 years ago, fighters like Randy Couture were complaining about pay.. UFC will be sold before killed.. the word UFC to MMA is Kleenex to tissues... the brand name value is almost worth more than the actual product and I'm sure something like a ESPN would try to outright own it; Viacom, which has nearly 14 billion in revenue owns Bellator and if they can barely compete how will another new company out of the blue.. the most I know of Cuban is he was a money man for Jim Cornette's OVW pro wrestling group.. like I said there's over 500 fighters under contract.. of course some will feel shafted; nature of the beast.. and Tim Kennedy complains about everything, nothing new there