The Super-Elite Is Tightening Its Grip on Combat Sports (jacobin.com)

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Beneath the spectacle of fighters beating each other bloody on the White House South Lawn, fight promoters, tech billionaires, and the Saudi government are working to concentrate wealth and power in fewer, richer hands.

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[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago

UFC was never a proper tournament (fighters are chosen by admin not by a regimented competition scheme) but now that it lives under the WWE umbrella everyone should receive it as a spectacle and not a sport anyway.

[-] forgetfulmeat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

It's a shame because I absolutely love MMA but hate UFC. Unfortunately they have the best talent and I feel torn on it. Lately I've been keeping up with the regional scene more than UFC. At least I can afford the front row seats at these events.

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