This past month has seen three major stories break related to the future of MMA and boxing delivery, all of which seem to offer more of a glimpse into the future of combat sports.
The question is: When is that future? And is that future being compromised by the spending habits of the present?
Earlier this month, HBO announced that it was getting out of the boxing business after 45 years of being regarded as the home of the sport in the United States. At times over the past five decades, HBO was credited with being the entity that kept a declining sport alive.