The UFC’s Smartest New Business Move: Cutting Fighters

Sage Northcutt vs_Francisco_TrevinoAt first, we all thought that the UFC was just focusing on their younger talent. Then, we thought that they were reducing the flyweight division. But yet again, it seems the bottom line is that the UFC is just cleaning house by cutting fighters. And for good reasons.

The UFC has been the benchmark for all professional mixed martial artists for the last two decades. Every athlete who dedicated their life to fighting has, at one point, dreamt of competing within the Octagon. From being sold for 4.2 billion dollars to William Morris Endeavor, to now having an evaluation of 7 billion dollars after a blockbuster ESPN deal – it seems the UFC’s business moves have…