For regional promoters, finding fighters who sell tickets might be more important than scouting future champs

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 May 2017 18:02:57 +0000

Say you’re a regional fight promoter. Say this is how you make your living, putting on fights, selling tickets and VIP tables and sponsorships and anything else you can so that you still have some money left over after the fighters are paid. How are you supposed to accomplish that, exactly? How do you ensure that you don’t go broke trying to be a small-town Dana White? If you ask the guys at CES MMA in New England, they’ll point you to their featherweight champion Matt Bessette .

The path to a 1-34 record: One man’s ‘worst fighter ever’ is another man’s ‘Band-Aid’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 02:53:46 +0000

The Internet knows him by many names. On Sherdog’s Fight Finder, he’s Kenneth Allen , owner of exactly one win in 35 fights. On the Underground he exists as both Kenneth Allen (2-23) and Kenneth Micah Allen (10-2) . On most MMA forums, he’s simply known as the “worst MMA fighter ever,” a guy whose name can be plugged in for an easy punchline or Wikipedia troll job.

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The path to a 1-34 record: One man’s ‘worst fighter ever’ is another man’s ‘Band-Aid’ – MMA Junkie

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For regional promoters, finding fighters who sell tickets might be more important than scouting future champs

The path to a 1-34 record: One man’s ‘worst fighter ever’ is another man’s ‘Band-Aid’