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| He's shown quite a bit. Maybe not heavyweights.. but Dana has shown that he knows what's best for his business.. the UFC isn't in such a nice financial standing without reason.. I have no reason to doubt him. Also, if Affliction folds which isn't unlikely, a lot of their heavyweights are going to HAVE to consider UFC if they want to make anything.. Not everyone is Fedor status. |
As long as there are promotions in Japan that can afford to put on shows, there are always going to be options. And Japan is still a very appealing one.
There are rumors that DREAM is in some financial trouble. But they co-promote with K-1, and K-1 is loaded. So I don't know how much of a concern it really is. The bigger Japanese promotions pay pretty damned well, even if they lack the stability of the UFC at this point in the time.
Where fighting in Japan gets really intriguing for fighters is the sponsorships. There is so much money that can be made in the Japan through sponsorships, compared to the US. There are fighters in Japan sponsored by companies like Nike and Reebok. Fighters can get some mainstream companies to be sponsors, which just doesn't happen over here yet.
There is also the whole lack of steroid testing, which might appeal to a few fighters.