If You Thought UFC Was Like Pro Wrestling…Just Wait.

UFC and WWE will be one

I forget the name of the AEW event where he said it, but CM Punk once said ( and I might be paraphrasing here), “There are pro-wrestling fans, and there are WWE fans. They’re not the same thing.” The same can be said when it comes to mixed martial arts and the UFC.

Rumors were already swirling last weekend, then Monday morning, the news was official. Endeavor has acquired the WWE and will be merging them with the UFC.

July 2016

UFC 200 had just taken place, and shortly afterward Endeavor (then known as WME/IMG) acquired the UFC for a little over 4 billion dollars. Then it was one of the largest sports deals to ever take place. On the surface, it looked like MMA’s uphill battle to become a mainstream sport was finally getting what it deserved. But as time passed, something else started happening. If you want to be a fan of the UFC, you’ll need more money.

In 2021, you were looking at about $1,400 dollars a year to be a UFC fan. Since then, prices have only gone up so it’s much more now and that is just to watch the events from your own home…